AERO

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AERO
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Compilation album / Remix album by
Jean-Michel Jarre
Released22 September 2004
Recorded2004 at Croissy Studio
Length73:42
Label Warner Music
Producer Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Geometry of Love
(2003)		AERO
(2004)		Jarre in China
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Release Music Magazine (7/10) [1]

AERO (Anthology of Electronic Revisited Originals) is a 2004 compilation album by electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, recorded in 5.1 surround sound and released by Warner Music on September 22, 2004. The album contains three new tracks (the title track which is a rework of "Je Me Souviens", from Jarre's 2000 album Métamorphoses , using the same main melody but with no vocals), [2] [1] and a bonus live track. All tracks are sewn together through surround-sound "Scenes". [3]

Contents

The album includes a CD and a DVD; the DVD-Video features Dolby Digital and DTS audio, whereas the CD is in stereo, mixed to give a more spacious impression than usual. Jarre chose the DVD-Video format instead of the higher-quality DVD-Audio or SACD because he claimed that DVD-Video was the most widespread format, with the generalization of home cinema setups. [4]

The video accompanying the music on the DVD show the eyes of French actress Anne Parillaud, listening to the music for the full length of the album. Johan Carlsson of Release Magazine considered that "this is a good introduction to Jarre's music and while the new tracks aren't much to write home about, its something for the old fans as well." [1]

Track listing

The DVD contains "Scenes" as separate tracks, while on the CD they are part of the track after which they follow.

CD

  1. "Aero Opening / Scene 1" – 0:50
  2. "Oxygene 2 / Scene 2" – 7:41
  3. "Aero" – 3:09
  4. "Equinoxe 8" – 1:24
  5. "Oxygene 4 / Scene 3" – 5:05
  6. "Souvenir of China / Scene 4" – 4:46
  7. "Aerology / Scene 5" – 3:40
  8. "Equinoxe 3 / Scene 6" – 6:33
  9. "Equinoxe 4 / Scene 7" – 6:46
  10. "Last Rendez-Vous / Scene 8" – 5:08
  11. "Zoolookology / Scene 9" – 3:54
  12. "Aerozone / Scene 10" – 4:56
  13. "Magnetic Fields 1 / Scene 11" – 5:59
  14. "Chronology 6" – 4:55
  15. "Rendez-Vous 4 (Live Version)" (hidden bonus track; featuring Safri Duo; recorded at the 2002 AERO concert) – 7:34

DVD

  1. "Aero Opening" – 0:16
  2. "Scene 1" – 0:33
  3. "Oxygene 2" – 7:12
  4. "Scene 2" – 0:31
  5. "Aero" – 3:09
  6. "Equinoxe 8" – 1:26
  7. "Oxygene 4" – 4:16
  8. "Scene 3" – 0:32
  9. "Souvenir of China" – 4:13
  10. "Scene 4" – 0:50
  11. "Aerology" – 3:02
  12. "Scene 5" – 0:37
  13. "Equinoxe 3" – 6:08
  14. "Scene 6" – 0:26
  15. "Equinoxe 4" – 5:40
  16. "Scene 7" – 1:06
  17. "Last Rendez-Vous" – 4:41
  18. "Scene 8" – 0:27
  19. "Zoolookology" – 3:34
  20. "Scene 9" – 0:12
  21. "Aerozone" – 4:51
  22. "Scene 10" – 0:16
  23. "Magnetic Fields 1" – 5:42
  24. "Scene 11" – 0:17
  25. "Chronology 6" – 4:54
  26. "Rendez-Vous 4 (Live Version)" – 7:35

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [5] Gold100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [6] Gold100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Carlsson, Johan. "Jean Michel Jarre: Aero - Release Music Magazine review". Release Magazine . Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Jean Michel Jarre Interview - Interviews - Articles". hkclubbing.com. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Aero (booklet). Meika Music/Warner Music. 2004. MKJP-50012/0825646199822.
  4. ↑ Source: Jarre interview on official AERO website.
  5. ↑ "French album certifications – Jean Michel Jarre – AERO" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "British album certifications – JMJ – AERO". British Phonographic Industry.
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