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- Original Release Date: 1 Jan 1976
- Format - Music: MP3
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- Also available in CD Format
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| Play | 1. Oxygène, Pt. I | 7:40 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Oxygène, Pt. II | 8:08 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Oxygène, Pt. III | 2:54 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. Oxygène, Pt. IV | 4:14 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. Oxygène, Pt. V | 10:23 | Album Only | ||
| Play | 6. Oxygène, Pt. VI | 6:20 | £0.89 |
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
At time of writing this album is nearly 30 years old. It doesn't sound it. Any artist who uses any electronic instrument owes a debt to this album. Firstly because Jarre developed many of the instruments played on this and secondly because he broke new ground. I have his earlier work: this is so breathtakingly different it is difficult to imagine it is by the same artist. This disc is visionary. Quick guided tour - for me the album speaks of movement through air, perhaps flight. We are taken through atmospheres and eventually arrive at a stormy coast. If you can allow your mind to wander with this music guiding you will be rewarded.
I rate this top of all music ever experienced. I can have it on repeat all day and not tire of it. If I wish to relax it is superb.
Jarre has recorded many fine albums - I reccomend Equinoxe, Zoolook and Waiting for Cousteau particularly, but this disc defines Jarre and it created a genre. There aren't many other discs can make the same claim.
In 20 years time I can believe this could be played as classical music. This is the original synth album and very very difficult to beat
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Imagine the scene in 1976. One unheard of French gent, a simple 8 track recording studio, mostly self made. Simple monophonic and primitive polyphonic synthesisers which no one could understand and a album consisting of 6 instrumental pieces of music strung together with no vocals titled Oxygene. Sounds dull ? Forget it.
This was an incredible achievement in anyones eyes. Electronic music in 1976 was a mostly unheard of style and only a handfull of artists broke thru to the public domain being held back not because of thier talent but because of simple prejudice and a misunderstanding of the style. Many a talent in this field struggled for many years, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Tomita, Vangelis to name a few.
Then Jarre delivered this masterpiece which caught the publics imagination then spawned many a wannabe in subsequent years.
Futuristic, majestic, deep, dark and melodic the music swirls and envelopes you in a timeless wash of synthestic tunes bubbleling to the occasional sequence or beat of an ancient drum machine or sequencer and those who ventured are rewarded with a album you can play and play and play.
Anyone around in 1976 would remember the haunting melodies on offer here, as slowly the media picked up on the LP, a fresh alternative to other 'popular music' of the day. The single Oxygene Part 4, managed to get to no.2 in the UK and even today the sounds created by Jarre then, seem as futuristic as ever even in todays over reliance of synthetic sounds especially in the manufactured world of pop. Oxygene will never tire.
Fo me, the slow outro Part 6 is stunning and a little sad as the final synth wash and bird sounds fades into the speakers, leaving silence. Fantastic
Jarre pushed the old techonolgy on this album and continued to pave the way up until Zoolook. For me, Jarre lost the magic and the distance early electronic artists had gained as then every man and thier band used a synthesier but with more comes less.
Jarre struggled to capture the magic on the sequel which shows that the technology of today will never give rise to the true experimentation of the mid 70's.
Buy some magic and buy Oxygene.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
First of all, this must be the best electronic album ever created. Although it may not be the album that began the elctronic revolution (Wendy Carlos' Switched-On Bach did that), this album certainly made elctronic music much popular. Being a musician myself, at the end of a concert in which I appeared playing Magnetic Fields Pt. II, a member of the audience said to me, after the concert, that she used to play this legendary album to her young daughter to help her sleep. It would have certainly helped.
I don't think that Jarre has ever been recognised for this brilliant ambient album. Part 1 is pure ambience with VCS3 burbles mixing in and out with chilled-out Mellotron strings. Part 2 is probably a better song than Jarre's most popular Oxygene 4 with its brilliant complex melodies. Part 3 is another unrecognised masterpiece. A gigantic bass dominates the piece showing a great a synth programmer Jarre is. Part 4 is the most popular Jarre piece with its swirling noises and rock/pop-like melody. Part 5 is probably my favourite Jarre song, especially the last half. The first half is similar to Part 3 with its large bass and relatively thin melody. Then, the ambience crossfades into a groovy masterpiece with Jarre almost improvising through the blues scale on top of the bass and hi-hat-like synth. Then, the album ends with the most chilled-out part of the album, Part 6, where the sounds of the sea (recreated with Jarre's synthesizers) merges with Jarre's simple-but-excellent melody. The perfect ending to the perfect album.
Please, do Jarre a favour. If you're a fan of ambient electronic music, BUY THIS ALBUM NOW!!!!!!!!
I don't think that Jarre has ever been recognised for this brilliant ambient album. Part 1 is pure ambience with VCS3 burbles mixing in and out with chilled-out Mellotron strings. Part 2 is probably a better song than Jarre's most popular Oxygene 4 with its brilliant complex melodies. Part 3 is another unrecognised masterpiece. A gigantic bass dominates the piece showing a great a synth programmer Jarre is. Part 4 is the most popular Jarre piece with its swirling noises and rock/pop-like melody. Part 5 is probably my favourite Jarre song, especially the last half. The first half is similar to Part 3 with its large bass and relatively thin melody. Then, the ambience crossfades into a groovy masterpiece with Jarre almost improvising through the blues scale on top of the bass and hi-hat-like synth. Then, the album ends with the most chilled-out part of the album, Part 6, where the sounds of the sea (recreated with Jarre's synthesizers) merges with Jarre's simple-but-excellent melody. The perfect ending to the perfect album.
Please, do Jarre a favour. If you're a fan of ambient electronic music, BUY THIS ALBUM NOW!!!!!!!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A breath of fresh air
Oxygène is almost as old as I am (nearly), and any review must be written in context, taking into the account this age, because by todays standards, you could easily dismiss... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Wayne Smallman
Still sounds great!
'Oxygene' Parts 1 - 6 which still sound as fresh, new and as 'futuristic' as they did more than thirty years ago! Read more
Published 7 months ago by FAMOUS NAME
Disco immancabile nella propria collezione
Tanto mi appariva moderna negli anni ottanta la sua musica tanto mi appare obsoleta oggi. Ad ogni modo, per via del brano Oxygene IV, disco che non dovrebbe mancare nella propria... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Sandro
A (re) breath of CO2 !
Great to hear this again on CD, after all of 30 odd years. It still impresses and in some ways, doesn't sound dated. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Anthony Marshall
electronic genius
pure genius
Jean Michel Jarre at his best . powerfull & emotional . oxygene 2 & 4 are the stand out tracks . Read more
Jean Michel Jarre at his best . powerfull & emotional . oxygene 2 & 4 are the stand out tracks . Read more
Published 18 months ago by Keith Randall
Awesome Album
I Dream In Audio
I so loved this album very much, great tripping music that was simply out there in dreamland. Read more
I so loved this album very much, great tripping music that was simply out there in dreamland. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Stephen Febers
Oxygene,
Wish I'd bought this years ago....will never replace my vinyl version, but at least I can listen in the car now.!
Published 19 months ago by stormin
The Godfather of Ambient Sound
This guy blazed the trail that enabled bands such as The Orb, Leftfield, Chemical Brothers et al to evolve. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Lucioperca
Eternally Beautiful
I had the original vinyl, which wore down to molecules. Then I had the tapes, which wore down to ether and electron bonds. Read more
Published 20 months ago by J. Harrison
The Perfect Album?
In 1976 I was a 10 year old geek obsessed with spaceflight and science fiction. When I heard `Oxygene' Part 2 on the radio it blew my mind. I had to own this album. Read more
Published 22 months ago by jamesrosscooper
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