Revolutions is the ninth
studio album by
electronic musician and composer
Jean-Michel Jarre, first released in September 1988. The album reached number 2 in the UK charts, Jarre's best chart position since Oxygène. The
Destination Docklands concert in
London coincided with the release of the album.
Composition and recording
The album was recorded and mixed at Croissy studio.[3] The song "London Kid" was a collaboration with
Shadows guitarist
Hank Marvin.[4] The title track contains reworked samples of an unpublished composition by Turk
Kudsi Erguner, which Jarre had acquired from
ethnologist Xavier Bellenger. Erguner took his case to court and won a modest indemnity.[5] Jarre removed the flute part—the
Ney—from new releases of the record and from live performances, the track was later retitled as "Revolution, Revolutions".[citation needed] The title track also featured vocoder by Jarre and
Michel Geiss. The track "September" is dedicated to
South AfricanANC activist
Dulcie September, who was assassinated in Paris on 29 March 1988.[3]
Track listing
1988 vinyl edition
Side one
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Révolution industrielle" (Industrial Revolution)
16:51
2.
"London Kid"
4:27
Side two
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Révolutions" (Revolutions)
4:57
2.
"Tokyo Kid"
5:21
3.
"Computer Weekend (recorded and released in 1987)"
Revolutions is the ninth
studio album by
electronic musician and composer
Jean-Michel Jarre, first released in September 1988. The album reached number 2 in the UK charts, Jarre's best chart position since Oxygène. The
Destination Docklands concert in
London coincided with the release of the album.
Composition and recording
The album was recorded and mixed at Croissy studio.[3] The song "London Kid" was a collaboration with
Shadows guitarist
Hank Marvin.[4] The title track contains reworked samples of an unpublished composition by Turk
Kudsi Erguner, which Jarre had acquired from
ethnologist Xavier Bellenger. Erguner took his case to court and won a modest indemnity.[5] Jarre removed the flute part—the
Ney—from new releases of the record and from live performances, the track was later retitled as "Revolution, Revolutions".[citation needed] The title track also featured vocoder by Jarre and
Michel Geiss. The track "September" is dedicated to
South AfricanANC activist
Dulcie September, who was assassinated in Paris on 29 March 1988.[3]
Track listing
1988 vinyl edition
Side one
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Révolution industrielle" (Industrial Revolution)
16:51
2.
"London Kid"
4:27
Side two
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Révolutions" (Revolutions)
4:57
2.
"Tokyo Kid"
5:21
3.
"Computer Weekend (recorded and released in 1987)"