Chronologie

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Chronologie
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Studio album by
Released24 May 1993 [1]
StudioCroissy studio
Length42:07
Label Disques Dreyfus
Producer Jean Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Images - The Best of Jean Michel Jarre
(1991)
Chronologie
(1993)
Hong Kong
(1994)
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Chronologie (English title: Chronology) is the eleventh studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, and was released on Disques Dreyfus with license to Polydor in 1993. Chronologie peaked at Number 11 in the UK charts and the album cover art was created by long-time collaborator Michel Granger. [3]

Contents

Chronologie was performed at a series of 16 performances across Europe called Europe in Concert. These were on a smaller scale than his previous concerts, featuring a miniature skyline, laser imaging and fireworks. Locations included Lausanne, Mont St Michel, London, Manchester, Barcelona, Seville and the Versailles Palace near Paris. [4]

Composition

The album features Jarre's traditional collection of instruments like the ARP 2600 and Minimoog, as well as newer synthesisers such as the Roland JD-800 and the Kurzweil K2000. Chronologie was recorded and mixed in Croissy studio. [5]

In the state of mind I did Chronologie, it's quite close to what I did for Oxygène, using a lot of the old synthesizers of the '70s, like the Moog synthesizer — which I consider to be the Stradivarius of electronic music — mixed with the digital sound and the beat of the dance scene of the '90s. In a sense, Chronologie is a kind of mixture between the sounds of the '70s and the sounds of the '90s. [6]

Track listing

All tracks by Jean Michel Jarre.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Chronologie Part 1"10:51
2."Chronologie Part 2"6:05
3."Chronologie Part 3"3:59
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Chronologie Part 4"3:59
2."Chronologie Part 5"5:34
3."Chronologie Part 6"3:45
4."Chronologie Part 7"2:17
5."Chronologie Part 8"5:33

Personnel

Personnel Lister in album liner notes: [5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Chronologie
Chart (1993)Peak
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 56
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [9] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 50
Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [11] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [12] 25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 21
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 11

Year-end charts

1993 year-end chart performance for Chronologie
Chart (1993)Rank
Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [15] 8

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Chronologie
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [16] 3× Platinum300,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [17] Platinum50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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