Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise

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Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
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Studio album by
Jean-Michel Jarre
Released6 May 2016 [1]
Recorded2011–2016
Length74:14
Label Columbia
Producer Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Electronica 1: The Time Machine
(2015)		Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
(2016)		 Oxygène 3
(2016)
Singles from Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
  1. "The Heart of Noise, Pt. 1"
    Released: February 2016
  2. "The Heart of Noise, Pt. 2"
    Released: February 2016
  3. "What You Want"
    Released: March 2016
  4. "Exit"
    Released: 15 April 2016
  5. "As One"
    Released: 29 April 2016
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 58/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise is the eighteenth studio album of French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released on 6 May 2016 by Columbia Records. It is the second of a two-part album (the first being Electronica 1: The Time Machine ) that is based around collaborations with other electronic musicians from a wide range of decades and styles.

Contents

Electronica 1 included artists such as Vince Clarke, Gesaffelstein, M83, Armin van Buuren, John Carpenter, 3D (of Massive Attack), Pete Townshend, Tangerine Dream, and others, while Electronica 2 includes collaborations with Pet Shop Boys, Rone, Julia Holter, Primal Scream, Gary Numan, Hans Zimmer, Edward Snowden, Peaches, Sébastien Tellier, The Orb, Siriusmo, Yello, Jeff Mills, Cyndi Lauper and Christophe. [4] [5] In all, the two-album collaboration has some 30 collaborators, and Jarre has described it as his "most ambitious project."

The name of the album, its album art as well as its full track and collaboration listings were revealed to the public on 19 February 2016. [6] [7] The album was nominated for the 2017 Victoires de la musique award in France, in the Album de musiques électroniques ou dance category. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Heart of Noise, Pt. 1" (with Rone)Jarre, Erwan Castex4:26
2."The Heart of Noise, Pt. 2"Jarre4:10
3."Brick England" (with Pet Shop Boys)Jarre, Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe4:01
4."These Creatures" (with Julia Holter)Jarre, Julia Holter3:40
5."As One" (with Primal Scream)Jarre, Andrew Innes, Bobby Gillespie, Robert Young3:58
6."Here For You" (with Gary Numan)Jarre, Gary Numan3:59
7."Electrees" (with Hans Zimmer)Jarre, Hans Zimmer4:10
8."Exit" (with Edward Snowden)Jarre6:19
9."What You Want" (with Peaches)Jarre, Merrill Nisker3:27
10."Gisele" (with Sébastien Tellier)Jarre, Sébastien Tellier3:43
11."Switch on Leon" (with The Orb)Jarre, Alex Paterson, Thomas Fehlmann4:43
12."Circus" (with Siriusmo)Jarre, Moritz Friedrich3:09
13."Why This, Why That and Why" (with Yello)Jarre, Dieter Meier, Boris Blank3:58
14."The Architect" (with Jeff Mills)Jarre, Jeff Mills4:43
15."Swipe to the Right" (with Cyndi Lauper)Jarre, Cyndi Lauper, Carmen Cacciatore4:54
16."Walking the Mile" (with Christophe)Jarre, Daniel Bevilacqua4:52
17."Falling Down"Jarre3:23
18."The Heart of Noise (The Origin)"Jarre2:39
Total length:74:14

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9]
[10] 		22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 8
Czech Albums (IFPI) [13] 3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14] 14
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [15] 19
French Albums (SNEP) [16] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 12
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [18] 15
Irish Albums (IRMA) [19] 47
Italian Albums (FIMI) [20] 25
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [21] 27
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [22] 9
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [23] 12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [24] 27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [25] 5
UK Albums (OCC) [26] 8

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV) [27] Platinum20,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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