Revolutions [Original recording remastered]

Jean Michel Jarre | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Dreyfus
• ASIN: B000001ZSB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,751 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not one of his best..., April 24, 2003

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Chasey - See all my reviews

This review is from: Revolutions (Audio CD)

...however, I understand why some fans rate this album. Personally speaking, I loved Oxygene, Equinoxe and Rendezvous....but never liked this one.

This was indeed a bold project for Jarre, and I understand the 'Industrial' theme, but after a dramatic opening with part 1 the whole album seems to get bogged down in musical durge, which as depressing as it is may appeal to the purist.

There is no real break from the misery, until you reach London Kid which by no means a classic, brightens things up no end. After that though it's quickly downhill with a rather flat tribute to a lady called Dulcie September (who?)

I was present at Jean-Michel's 'Destination Docklands' London Concert in 1988 and it was the most wonderful, moving experience I have ever seen in my life - despite playing some 'Revolutions' tracks. Just goes to show how awesome this guy is.

My personal advice is that you should avoid 'Revolutions' if you are a first time buyer, the same as 'Zoolook'. Both are an aquired taste.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Week sounding, but good compositions, June 11, 2000

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

Revolutions like Rendezvous is classical in nature but falls foul of bad execution - poor synth sounds. Even the track with Hank Marvin on guitar is quite a disappointment. The Industrial Revolution track is the best followed by "Revolution, Revolutions" which is the version played live in 1990 at La Defense with the Arabian orchestra not the original version with the Turkish Flute. The new version of the track is better but no the old version is no longer available which is a shame. Tokyo Kid sounds really under-developed and doesn't go anywhere.

Don't get me wrong, Revolutions is a good album but lacks direction after the first 5 tracks. It ends on a high with L'emigrant, the usual typical choral Jarre piece.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not actually revolutionary, May 30, 2000

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Mr. A. Pomeroy (Wiltshire, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Revolutions (Audio CD)

Along with 'Rendezvous', this was one of two Jean Michel Jarre albums expressly created to accompany a concert, this time a large event in the newly-demolished Docklands at London. Reaching number two in the UK pop charts, the music was overshadowed by the event, which was a shame as it was, at the very least, an interesting departure from Jarre's previous work. Taking the 'Rendezvous' / 'Zoolook' format of having a big long piece on side one and lots of shorter songs on side two, it opens with the clanking, Wagnerian 'Industrial Revolutions', which burbles along happily for a quarter of an hour or so. Side two starts off with the Hank Marvin-guesting 'London Kid', which is dull, and wobbles between the fatuous ('The Emigrant', and 'September', which may well be sincere but isn't actually very interesting), and the profound. 'Tokyo Kid' is thoroughly bizarre and extremely effective - ambient washes mixed with an evil-sounding trumpet solo, whilst 'Computer Weekend' is the closest Jean Michel Jarre got to being Kraftwerk (although not particularly close). 'Revolutions', meanwhile, is his first go at doing contemporary dance music, and, although hardly Altern-8, is good in it's own way - a kind of 'world rave', with a Cylons intoning slogans over the top. As with 'Zoolook', this album has individual track names, and non-electronic instrumentation.

If you're into synths, this is *the* Roland D50 album, too.

All in all, it's worth it for the tracks with 'Rev*' in the name, although 'Rendezvous' was much more consistent.