En Attendant Cousteau [Original recording reissued]

Jean Michel Jarre | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 21, 1995)
• Original Release Date: February 23, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Dreyfus
• ASIN: B000001ZSD
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,635 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Calypso

2. Calypso, Pt. 2

3. Calypso, Pt. 3

4. En Attendant Cousteau

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excitement and relaxation in one, May 21, 2000

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Colin Neal (Reading, Berkshire. England United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: En Attendant Cousteau (Audio CD)

Waiting for Cousteau is dedicated to Jacques Cousteau and is Jarre's 'water' album. Calpyso part 1 is a frantic steel drum piece (best performed live), Calypsos 2 is a thumping, pounding slower track and Calypso 3 is an even slower 'ballad' track with a 'guitar' solo at the end.

The final piece itself "Waiting for Cousteau" is a 45 minute ambient watery piece. It's very good relaxing / nature / sleep inducing music with a piano providing the limited melody.

This is probably one of the last Jarre albums you'll want to add to your collection because most of the real melodies only last for 16 minutes, the rest is the ambient track which may not be everyone's cup of tea. On the flipside, if you're looking for something really thoughful and ambient, get waiting for cousteau simply for this track!

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ambience, July 29, 1999

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Mark Goldsworthy "markyg" (Austin, tx USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: En Attendant Cousteau (Audio CD)

Waiting for Cousteau is one of those rare tracks that can be classed as pure ambient. So much more emotion than a Brian Eno ambient recording, Waiting for Cousteau is an epic. The track slowly builds adding very subtle layers of water and voices with the the slightest hint of melody just barley visible. I love it's sadness and simplicity. The Calypso's are more standard Jarre fair with part 2 standing out as a favorite. However, the real attraction is 45 minutes long.... I wish Jarre would make another recording similar to the 45 minute masterpiece here. It's not just noise - there's so much more going on than that. The piano is not random, I mean go listen to an early Tangerine Dream album - pure white noise ! Waiting for Causteau is Jarre's first pure ambient track and it stands miles higher than anything else - it's wonderful music and absolutely timeless.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Now if only he'd followed this path a little further..., May 18, 2005

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Emlyn Addison (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: En Attendant Cousteau (Audio CD)

The first three tracks are old Jarre--very pleasing. The last track is new Jarre... except he never really did this again after this album. How very disappointing. I mean who knew that Jarre could do good modern ambient!?

That last track, if you listen to it VERY CLOSELY, MANY, MANY TIMES, will grow on you until you are aching to hear it again. It's as good as any Brian Eno--and if THAT'S not a compliment I don't know what is!

Ahhh, the power of good ambient music; like a comfy chair.