Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre

Images
Greatest hits album by
Jean-Michel Jarre
Released14 October 1991[1]
Recorded1976–1991
GenreElectronic
Lengthabout 58 minutes, depending on release
LabelDreyfus
ProducerJean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
En attendant Cousteau
(1990) 		Images
(1991) 		Chronologie
(1993)

Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre is a compilation album by Jean-Michel Jarre originally released in 1991.

Unlike previous Jean-Michel Jarre compilation albums, Images is not just a collection of separate tracks. Instead, most of the tracks appear in edited form and segued together.

Apart from Jarre's best-known tracks, the album also contains two previously unreleased tracks composed for the canceled Teotihuacan solar eclipse concert scheduled for 11 July 1991, three new versions of older work, and one rare track "Moon Machine", which had previously appeared on a flexi disc of March 1986 issue of Keyboard and on a 12" single of "Rendez-Vous IV (Special Remix)" from that same year.

At the time of release two versions were issued with different track listings. In 1997 a new version was released with both track listings combined and a few extra tracks added. The compilation was also released in VHS format in 1991. The VHS contains all Jarre's videos from 1976 to 1991, except "Equinoxe 5".

Track listing

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1991 international release

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1991 international release of Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Oxygene 4"3:09
2."Equinoxe 5"3:21
3."Magnetic Fields 2" (new version)3:57
4."Oxygene 2"3:11
5."Computer Weekend"3:36
6."Equinoxe 4" (new version)3:12
7."Ethnicolor 1"3:41
8."London Kid"3:45
9."Band in the Rain"1:26
10."Orient Express" (new version)3:26
11."Calypso 1"2:59
12."Calypso 3 (Fin de Siècle)"3:42
13."Rendez-Vous 4"3:24
14."Moon Machine" (rare)2:58
15."Eldorado" (previously unreleased)3:39
16."Globe Trotter" (previously unreleased)3:29
17."Rendez-Vous 2" (new version)8:48
Total length:1:01:43

1991 French release

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1991 French release of Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Oxygène 4"3:09
2."Équinoxe 5"3:21
3."Chants Magnétiques 2" (new version)3:57
4."Oxygène 2"3:11
5."Computer Weekend"3:36
6."Équinoxe 4" (new version)3:12
7."Ethnicolor 1"3:41
8."Zoolookologie (1988 Edition)"3:45
9."L'Orchestre Sous La Pluie"1:26
10."Orient Express" (new version)3:26
11."Calypso 1"2:59
12."Calypso 3 (Fin de Siècle)"3:42
13."Rendez-Vous 4"3:24
14."Moon Machine" (rare)2:58
15."Eldorado" (previously unreleased)3:39
16."Globe Trotter" (previously unreleased)3:29
17."Rendez-Vous 2" (new version)8:48
Total length:1:01:43

1997 international remastered release

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1997 international release of Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Oxygene 4"3:09
2."Equinoxe 5"3:21
3."Magnetic Fields 2" (new version)3:57
4."Oxygene 2"3:11
5."Computer Weekend"3:36
6."Equinoxe 4" (new version)3:12
7."Ethnicolor 1"3:41
8."Band in the Rain"1:26
9."Orient Express" (new version)3:26
10."Calypso 1"2:59
11."Calypso 3 (Fin de Siècle)"3:42
12."Rendez-Vous 4"3:24
13."Moon Machine" (rare)2:58
14."Eldorado" (previously unreleased)3:39
15."Globe Trotter" (previously unreleased)3:29
16."Wooloomooloo"3:18
17."Blah-Blah Cafe" (slightly different version)3:21
18."London Kid"3:47
19."Zoolookologie" (1988 Edition)3:46
20."Rendez-Vous 2" (new version)8:48
Total length:1:12:10

VHS release

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VHS track listing
No.TitleDirectorLength
1."Oxygene 4"Francis Dreyfus, Jean-Michel Jarre 
2."Equinoxe 4"Gilles Amado 
3."Magnetic Fields 2"Julien Temple 
4."Orient Express"Andrew Piddington 
5."Souvenir Of China"Andrew Piddington 
6."Zoolook"Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro 
7."Zoolookologie"Frank Coppolla 
8."Rendez-Vous 4"Bob Giraldi 
9."Revolutions"Mike Mansfield 
10."London Kid" (Live in Docklands)Mike Mansfield 
11."Oxygene 4" (Penguin Version)Jean-Michel Jarre 
12."Calypso 1" (Animation Version)Andy Goff 
13."Calypso 1" (Live In Paris)Mike Mansfield 

Charts

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Chart performance for Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2] 85
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] 15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 20
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[5] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 23
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 14

Certifications and sales

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Certifications for Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre
Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[8] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[9] Gold 250,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[10] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Gold 100,000^
Summaries
Worldwide — 1,500,000[12]

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

References

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  1. ^ "BPI".
  2. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jean Michel Jarre – Images - The Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 168. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  4. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jean Michel Jarre – Images - The Best Of" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  6. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Images - The Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. ^ "French album certifications – J-Michel JARRE – Images" (in French). InfoDisc. Select J-MICHEL JARRE and click OK. 
  9. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Jean-Michel Jarre; 'Images')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  10. ^ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 930. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  11. ^ "British album certifications – Jean-Michel Jarre – TBO". British Phonographic Industry.
  12. ^ Hennessey, Mike (22 May 1993). "Around the French Companies". Billboard. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
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