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Revolutions (Jean-Michel Jarre album)

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. Revolutions consists predominantly of the synthesizer's presets; despite dismissing the DX7 for permitting a similar reliance, Jarre defended this decision by stating that "If you like the sound of the piano, you don't try to change or twist the sound. You use it. The same goes for a violin or a clarinet. So, if there is a sound that you like in the synth, why should you go 'no, since it's in the instrument, we should not use it?' That's stupid." The title track contains reworked samples of an unpublished composition by Turk Kudsi Erguner, which Jarre had acquired from ethnologist Xavier Bellenger. Jarre, meanwhile, claimed in a 2018 interview that Erguner was hired as a session musician before abruptly suing his past collaborators in a bid for royalties. == Track listing ==
Track listing
1988 vinyl edition 1988 CD edition 1991 remaster == Personnel ==
Personnel
Personnel listed in album liner notes: • Jean-Michel JarreRoland D-50, Korg DSS-1, Korg DSM-1, Fairlight CMI, Synthex, EMS Synthi AKS, OSC OSCar, EMS Vocoder, Dynacord Add-one, Cristal Baschet, Akai MPC60, drum programming, percussionsDominique PerrierE-mu Emulator, Fairlight CMI, Ensoniq ESQ-1, Roland D-50, Elka Synthex, OSC Oscar, Akai MPC 60 programming • Michel GeissARP 2600, Kawai K5, Matrisequencer, Cavagnolo MIDY 20, Elka AMK 800. • Henri Loustau – sound engineer • Philippe Cusset – assistant • Joe Hammer – Drums, Simmons, SDX, Dynacord Add-one • Guy Delacroix – Bass guitar • Sylvain Durand – Fairlight CMI on "London Kid" • Hank MarvinGuitar on "London Kid" • Jun MiyakeTrumpet and Megaphone on "Tokyo Kid" • Kudsi ErgunerTurkish flutePatrice TisonGuitar • Mireille Pombo – Vocal chorus on "September" • Francis Rimbert – Additional synthesizer programming • The Bruno Rossignol Choir, directed by Bruno Rossignol – choir on "Industrial Revolution", "London Kid" and "The Emigrant" • Female choir from Mali, directed by Sori Bamba – choir on "September" == Charts ==
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