Jean-Michel Jarre discography
Jean-Michel André Jarre (born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, synthpop, ambient and new-age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.
| Jean-Michel Jarre discography | |
|---|---|
 Jarre in 2016 | |
| Studio albums | 22 |
| Live albums | 8 |
| Compilation albums | 28 |
| Video albums | 19 |
| Music videos | 31 |
| Singles | 41 |
| Remix and cover albums | 4 |
| Books | 11 |
Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and grandparents, and trained on the piano. From an early age he was introduced to a variety of art forms, including those of street performers, jazz musicians, and the artist Pierre Soulages. He played guitar in a band, but his musical style was perhaps most heavily influenced by Pierre Schaeffer, a pioneer of musique concrète at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales.
His first mainstream success was the 1976 album Oxygène. Recorded in a makeshift studio at his home, the album sold an estimated 12 million copies. Oxygène was followed in 1978 by Équinoxe, and in 1979 Jarre performed to a record-breaking audience of more than a million people at the Place de la Concorde, a record he has since broken three times. More albums were to follow, but his 1979 concert served as a blueprint for his future performances around the world. Several of his albums have been released to coincide with large-scale outdoor events, and he is now perhaps as well known for these performances as his albums.
Jarre has sold an estimated 80 million albums and singles.[1] He was the first Western musician to be allowed to perform in the People's Republic of China, and holds the world record for the largest-ever audience at an outdoor event.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [2] |
AUT [3] |
FIN [4] |
GER [5] |
NL [6] |
NOR [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] |
US [11] | |||
| 1972 | Deserted Palace
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1973 | Les Granges Brûlées
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1976 | Oxygène
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1 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 85 | 2 | 78 | |
| 1978 | Équinoxe
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1 | 14 | — | 22 | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | 126 | |
| 1981 | Les Chants Magnétiques (Magnetic Fields)
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1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 22 | — | 6 | 98 | |
| 1983 | Musique pour Supermarché (Music for Supermarkets)
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1984 | Zoolook
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— | 28 | — | 24 | 27 | — | 21 | 30 | 47 | — |
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| 1986 | Rendez-Vous
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1 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 12 | — | 8 | 24 | 9 | 52 |
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| 1988 | Revolutions
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6 | 13 | 9 | 28 | — | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | — |
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| 1990 | En attendant Cousteau (Waiting for Cousteau)
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2 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | Chronologie
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2 | 32 | 10 | 50 | 56 | — | 25 | 21 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | Oxygène 7–13
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6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 11 | — | |
| 2000 | Métamorphoses
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7 | 28 | 7 | 17 | 42 | 19 | 30 | 32 | 37 | — | |
| 2001 | Interior Music
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2002 | Sessions 2000
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140 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | Geometry of Love
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | Téo & Téa
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8 | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | 43 | 103 | — | |
| 2007 | Oxygène: New Master Recording
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40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 140 | — | |
| 2015 | Electronica 1: The Time Machine
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3 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
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9 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | Oxygène 3
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50 | 47 | 23 | 34 | 20 | — | 46 | 14 | 41 | — | |
| 2018 | Equinoxe Infinity
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29 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 26 | — | — | 15 | 33 | — | |
| 2019 | Snapshots from EōN
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [2] |
AUT [3] |
FIN [4] |
GER [5] |
NL [6] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | |||
| 1982 | Les Concerts en Chine (The Concerts in China)
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5 | — | — | 35 | 9 | — | — | 6 |
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| 1987 | En Concert Houston/Lyon (In Concert Houston/Lyon)
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2 | 19 | — | 31 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 18 |
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| 1989 | Jarre Live (Destination Docklands: The London Concert)
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16 | — | 22 | — | 57 | 45 | — | 16 |
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| 1994 | Hong Kong
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21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1998 | Paris Live "Electronic Night" Featuring Tetsuya "TK" Komuro
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | Jarre in China
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni)
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2006 | Live Printemps de Bourges 2002
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [2] |
AUT [3] |
FIN [4] |
GER [5] |
NL [6] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | |||
| 1982 | Synthesis
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1983 | Musik aus Zeit und Raum
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— | 5 | — | 3 | — | — | — | |
The Essential Jean-Michel Jarre
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| |
| 1985 | The Essential 1976–1986
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | Les Années Laser
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre
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2 | — | 15 | 20 | 85 | 23 | 14 | |
| 1997 | Complete Oxygene
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | The Essential
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23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
AERO
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2 | 60 | — | 37 | 33 | 61 | 14 | ||
| 2006 | Sublime Mix
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | The Complete Oxygene
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | Essentials & Rarities
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70 | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | |
Rarities
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018 | Planet Jarre: 50 Years of Music
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39 | 22 | 45 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 21 | |
Other compilation albums
Official and tribute:
- 10th Anniversary (Limited Edition Compact Disc Set) (1987)
- Razormaid (1990) (Remixes)
- Détente / Unwind (1991) (Promo)
- Razormaid – The Customize Series (1992) (Remixes)
- L'Intégrale (1992, 10-CD box)
- Le Monde Musicale de Jean-Michel Jarre (1993) (Tribute)
- The Music of Jean-Michel Jarre (1997) (Tribute)
- InFiné by JMJ (2013) (Compilation of tracks chosen by JMJ)
- Essential Recollection (2015)
Unofficial:
- Jean-Michel Jarre Collection (1990)
- Oxygene – The Magic of Jean-Michel Jarre (1991)
- Unique JMJ (1997)
- Jean-Michel Jarre – Platinum (1997)
- Greatest Hits (2000) (Russian Release)
- Golden Collection (2000) (Russian Release)
Remix albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [2] |
NL [6] |
UK [10] | ||
| 1994 | Chronologie Part 6 (Remixes)
|
— | — | 60 |
| 1995 | Jarremix
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24 | — | — |
| 1998 | Odyssey Through O2
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10 | 92 | 50 |
| 2007 | Oxygène: New Master Recording
|
— | — | — |
| 2015 | Remix EP (I)
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— | — | — |
Non-album tracks
In addition to the catalogue of songs featured on his studio albums, Jarre has also recorded (or recordings exist of) over 30 songs not included on the original editions of the studio albums. These include new songs featured on compilation albums, soundtracks, live albums, single B-sides, stand-alone singles, songs featured on special edition releases of studio albums and songs performed live on TV. The songs featured in the table below have either been released officially, and/or have high quality recordings (video or audio) of them accessible on public access sites such as YouTube.
| Title | First Appearance | Year | Other Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Souvenir of China | The Concerts in China | 1981 | Various Concert Videos, Broadcasts and Live CD's, AERO (2004 Version) |
| Apregiator (Live) | The Concerts in China | 1981 | |
| Orient Express (Live) | The Concerts in China | 1981 | Images (Studio) |
| Laser Harp (Live) | The Concerts in China | 1981 | |
| Fishing Junks at Sunset (Live) | The Concerts in China | 1981 | Hong Kong Live CD |
| Night in Shanghai (Live) | The Concerts in China | 1981 | |
| Moon Machine | Images | 1991 | |
| Globe Trotter | Images | 1991 | |
| Eldorado | Images | 1991 | Concert for Tolerance Laser Disk and Unofficial CD, The Twelve Dreams of the Sun |
| Paris La Defense (Live Intro) | Paris La Defense Video and Unofficial CD | 1991 | |
| Digi Sequencer (Live) | Europe in Concert Video | 1993 | Hong Kong Live CD, Concert for Tolerance Laser Disk and Unofficial CD |
| Vivaldi Tribute (Live) (feat Patrick Rondat) | Concert for Tolerance Laser Disk and Unofficial CD | 1995 | Amphibia (Patrick Rondat), Jarre in China |
| Rave-Oulton (Live) | Oxygene in Moscow Video, | 1997 | Oxygene Tour Unofficial CD’s, Nuit Electronic Video |
| Together Now (with Tetsuya Komuro) | Together Now Single (Theme for France 1998 FIFA World Cup) | 1998 | Nuit Electronic Video(Live) |
| Paris Underground (Live) (with Tetsuya Komuro) | Nuit Electronic Video | 1998 | |
| Oxygene in the Ghetto (Live) (with Tetsuya Komuro) | Nuit Electronic Video | 1998 | |
| Salma Ya Salama (Live) | The Twelve Dreams of the Sun TV Broadcast and Unofficial CD | 2000 | |
| The Sun (Live) | The Twelve Dreams of the Sun TV Broadcast and Unofficial CD | 2000 | |
| Akropolis (Live) | Hymn to the Akropolis TV Broadcast and Unofficial CD | 2001 | Live from Gdansk DVD (as Tribute to Jean Paul ll) |
| Alive in Bourges (Live) | Live Printemps de Bourges 2002, | 2002 | Reworked as Aero 2002 with Safri Duo at Aero TV Broadcast and Unofficial CD |
| Aerozone | AERO, | 2004 | Jarre in China |
| Aerology | AERO, | 2004 | Jarre in China |
| Aero(2004) | AERO, | 2004 | Jarre in China |
| Forbidden City (Live) | Jarre in China, | 2004 | |
| Theremin Memories (Live) | Jarre in China, | 2004 | Live from Gdansk DVD |
| La Foule (Tribute to Edith Piaf) (Live) | Jarre in China, | 2004 | |
| Tian’anmen (Live) | Jarre in China, | 2004 |
Singles
[19]
This list does not include Limited Editions, Promotional singles or Downloads.
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [20] |
UK [21] |
NL [22] | |||
| 1971 | "La Cage" [F] | — | |||
| 1973 | "La Chanson Des Granges Brûlées" | — | Les Granges Brûlées | ||
| 1976 | "Oxygène 4" | 3 | 4 | 4 | Oxygène |
| 1977 | "Oxygène 2" | — | |||
| 1978 | "Equinoxe 5" | 5 | 45 | 13 | Équinoxe |
| 1979 | "Equinoxe 4" | 10 | — | — | |
| 1980 | "Equinoxe 7" (At the Concorde - live) | — | — | ||
| 1981 | "Magnetic Fields 2" | 2 | — | 34 | Les Chants Magnétiques |
| "Magnetic Fields 4" | — | — | |||
| "The Last Rumba" [N] | — | ||||
| 1982 | "Orient Express" (live) | — | — | — | Les Concerts en Chine |
| "Souvenir De Chine" | 4 | ||||
| 1984 | "Zoolook" | 60 | — | — | Zoolook |
| 1985 | "Zoolookologie" | — | — | ||
| 1986 | "Rendez-Vous 4" | 12 | 65 | Rendez-Vous | |
| 1987 | "Rendez-Vous 2" (live) [F] | — | En Concert Houston/Lyon | ||
| "Souvenir De Chine" (live) | — | ||||
| "Rendez-Vous 4" (live) | — | ||||
| 1988 | "Revolutions" | 36 | 52 | — | Revolutions |
| "London Kid" | 100 | 52 | — | ||
| 1989 | "Oxygène 4" (live) | 74 | 65 | — | Jarre Live |
| 1990 | "Calypso" | 31 | 91 | — | En attendant Cousteau |
| 1993 | "Chronologie 4" | 7 | 55 | — | Chronologie |
| "Chronologie 6" | — | — | — | ||
| "Chronologie 2" [F] | — | ||||
| "Chronologie 8" [F] | — | ||||
| 1994 | "Chronologie 6" (live) [F] | — | Hong Kong | ||
| 1997 | "Oxygène 8" | 61 | 17 | — | Oxygène 7–13 |
| "Oxygène 10" | 47 | 21 | — | ||
| "Oxygène 7" | — | — | |||
| 1998 | "Rendez-Vous 98" (with Apollo 440) | 31 | 12 | — | |
| "Together Now" (with Tetsuya Komuro) [J] | |||||
| 1999 | "C'est la vie" (with Natacha Atlas) | 31 | 40 | — | Métamorphoses |
| 2000 | "Tout est bleu" | — | 79 | — | |
| 2007 | "Téo & Téa" [U] | — | Téo & Téa | ||
Notes:
Video albums
- Place De La Concorde (1980, VHS PAL-G & SECAM)
- The China Concerts (1989, VHS PAL-G)
- Rendez-vous Houston: A City in Concert (1989, VHS PAL-G)
- Rendez-vous Lyon: Concert for the Pope (1989, VHS PAL-G)
- Destination Docklands (1989, VHS PAL-G)
- Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre (1991, VHS NTSC)
- Paris la Defense (1992, VHS SECAM/VHS PAL-G)
- Europe in Concert (1994, VHS NTSC)
- Concert pour la Tolerance (1995, Laserdisc PAL)
- Oxygen in Moscow (1997, DVD NTSC/VHS PAL-G, released on the US and Brazil)
- Paris Live: Rendez-vous 98 Electronic Night (1998, VHS NTSC, released on Japan as part of Tetsuya "TK" Komuro's "TK 1998" boxset)
- Aero DVD (2004)
- Live in Beijing (2004, DVD PAL, 1-disc release in France only)
- Jarre in China (2005, DVD PAL, 2-disc European re-release of the above with extra features)
- Jean-Michel Jarre: Solidarnosc Live (2005, DVD NTSC; released in 1-disc and 2-disc DVD/CD versions)
- Teo & Tea DVD (2007, DVD 5.1 with the "Teo & Tea" video in high definition HD, included in the "De Luxe Edition CD")
- Oxygene in Moscow DVD (2007, including "Oxygene in Moscow 1997 concert" + bonus "The Making of Oxygene in Moscow")
- Oxygene 2D DVD (2007, available with the special edition Oxygene 2007 album)
- Oxygene 3D DVD (2007, limited edition box set which also includes 2 pairs of 3D glasses)
Music videos
- 1977: Oxygène 4 (from Oxygène)
- 1978: Equinoxe 4 (from Équinoxe)
- 1979: Equinoxe 5 (from Équinoxe)
- 1981: Magnetic Fields 2 (from Magnetic Fields)
- 1982: Orient Express (from The Concerts in China)
- 1982: Souvenir Of China (from The Concerts in China)
- 1984: Zoolook (from Zoolook)
- 1985: Zoolookologie (from Zoolook)
- 1986: Rendez-Vous 4 (from Rendez-Vous)
- 1988: Revolutions (from Revolutions)
- 1988: London Kid (with Hank Marvin) (from Revolutions)
- 1989: Oxygene 4 (penguin video) (from Jarre Live)
- 1990: Calypso (from Waiting for Cousteau)
- 1990: Calypso (Paris la Defense) (from Waiting for Cousteau)
- 1993: Chronologie 4 (from Chronologie)
- 1993: Chronologie 4 (astronaut video) (from Chronologie)
- 1993: Chronologie 2 (from Chronologie)
- 1993: Chronologie 8 (from Chronologie)
- 1997: Oxygene 8 (from Oxygene 7-13)
- 1997: Oxygene 8 (animated video) (from Oxygene 7-13)
- 1997: Oxygene 8 (remix) (from Oxygene 7-13)
- 1997: Oxygene 10 (Sash! Remix) (from Oxygene 7-13)
- 1998: Rendez-Vous '98 (feat. Apollo Four Forty)
- 1998: Together Now (feat. Tetsuya Komuro)
- 2000: C'est La Vie (from Métamorphoses)
- 2000: Tout Est Bleu (from Métamorphoses)
- 2004: Aerology (from AERO)
- 2005: Live from Gdańsk (from Solidarność Live)
- 2007: Téo & Téa (from Téo & Téa)
- 2007: Oxygene 4 (The Penguins Return) (from Oxygene: New Master Recording)
- 2007: Oxygene 4 (from Oxygene: New Master Recording)
- 2015: Glory (from Electronica 1: The Time Machine)
- 2015: If..! (from Electronica 1: The Time Machine)
- 2016: Exit (feat. Edward Snowden) (from Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise)
- 2016: What You Want (Lyric Video) (feat. Peaches (musician)) (from Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise)
- 2016: Oxygene 17 (from Oxygène 3)
- 2018: Coachella Opening (from Planet Jarre – 50 Years Of Music)
Remix and cover albums
- Oxygene - The Magic Of Jean-Michel Jarre (performed by Ed Starink) (1991)
- Play The Music Of Jean-Michel Jarre (performed by L'Orchestré Electronique) (1996)
- The Symphonic Jean-Michel Jarre (performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) (2006)
- Re-Oxygene (2007)
Incidental music for TV channels
- Match TV (2000)
- Radiophonie vol. 9 (France Info) (2016)
Books
- Jean-Michel Jarre (1987)
- Concert D'Images (1989)
- Paris La Defense - Une Ville En Concert (1990)
- Europe in Concert (1994)
- Concert pour la Tolérance - Paris Tour Eiffel (1996)
- The Millennium Concert - At The Grand Pyramids of Egypt (2000)
- Akropolis - Elpida (2001)
- Aero - Aalborg, Denmark (2002)
- Jean-Michel Jarre à Pékin (2004)
- Photo book - Live in Gdansk (2006)
- The Making of Water for Life (Hardback book, published by idesine)[23] (2007)
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References
- Dreyfus Records – News – The Jean-Michel Jarre Collection, dreyfusrecords.com, 2004-02-17, archived from the original on 2008-02-13, retrieved 2009-05-26
- French Album Charts:
- before June 1996 "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > J - J-Michel Jarre". InfoDisc.fr. Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- after June 1996 "lescharts.com - Discographie Jean-Michel Jarre". lescharts.com / Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- "Discographie Jean-Michel Jarre". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- Finnish charts:
- 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.
- "Discography Jean-Michel Jarre". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- "Discographie Jean-Michel Jarre" (enter "Jean-Michel Jarre" into the "Suchen" box). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- "Discografie Jean-Michel Jarre". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- "Discography Jean-Michel Jarre". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- "Discography Jean-Michel Jarre". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- "Discographie Jean-Michel Jarre - hitparade.ch". Hubg Medien. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- UK Charts:
- "Jean-Michel Jarre". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
- "Chart Log UK 1994–2010: Jessie J – JX". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- "Billboard charts". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- "British certifications – Jean-Michel Jarre". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 31 August 2018. Type Jean-Michel Jarre in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Jean Michel Jarre)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- "Gold and Platinum". Music Canada. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- "Dutch album certifications – Jean Michel Jarre" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 31 August 2018. Enter Jean Michel Jarre in the "Artiest of titel" box.
- "Awards". swisscharts.com. Switzerland: Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- "Gold & Platin". IFPI Austria. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- "SNEP, Les Certifications: Jean Michel Jarre". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/209415-Jean-Michel-Jarre
- http://www.infodisc.fr
- https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18260/jean-michel-jarre/
- https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/jean-michel-jarre
- Publisher idesine Archived 2007-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
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