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Rendez-vous (1986) [VINYL]

Jean Michel Jarre | Format: Vinyl
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  • Vinyl
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Polydor
  • ASIN: B000091EWU
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 207,655 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Album Review

Just after his live performance in Houston to celebrate NASA's anniversary, Jean-Michel Jarre released Rendez-Vous, an appropriately cosmic-sounding album of glittering synth-pop. It consists of the same music heard at the Houston concert and shows Jarre moving closer to conventional rock territory, though still with his distinct blueprint. The final track, "Last Rendez-Vous: Ron's Piece," was composed by Jarre for astronaut Ron McNair and was intended to be the first musical piece played and recorded in space. McNair's historic duty was cut short, however, by the Challenger shuttle disaster of January 1986. --John Bush, All Music Guide

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JEAN-MICHEL JARRE Rendez-vous (1986 UK 6-track LP including Last Rendez-Vous: Rons Piece intended to be the first piece of music played and recorded in space. The sleeve is excellent and the vinyl looks mint POLH27)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Supreme art 5 April 2003
By "puo2"
Format:Audio CD
Rendez-vous is an amazing work of art. Starting off with the "Ouverture", Premier Rendez-vous (First Rendez-vous),

Moving on to Second Rendez-vous, which is a marvellous pseudo-classic tune with synthesized horns, choir and a cutting lead synth.

After that, Third Rendez-vous which is a very melancholic, requiem-sortof tune, with the most beautiful synthesized choir and chords ever heard, in my opinion.

Then comes Fourth Rendez-vous, a classic everyone *must* have heard. It starts off with a bass pulse, then procedes into a technopop beat, which is very kicking, promising and a superb melody. It has a gothic kind-of-chorus where it changes character for a short time - from a overly happy track to a gothic sort of melody/chord progression.

Fifth Rendez-vous is a sheer work of art. Starting off with a 3/4th rhytm, it creates the most amazing soundscapes, coming in full 3 parts of a classic suite (which 4th Rendez-vous can be called the Ouverture to)

Sixth Rendez-vous is a mellow, sad tune which is about the tragic death of Ron McNair and the rest of the challenger crew. Ron McNair played Saxophone, and the saxophone plays a sad solo in the song.

All in all, it's an amazing album, DEFINATELY recommended.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Andie B
Format:Audio CD
Rendez-Vous (1986) is probably one of the most overlooked of the albums from both a Jarre fan and non-Jarre fan's perspective, regardless that it is an essential album in the catalogue.

Listening through headphones, take a listen to track 1, which is probably one of the best introductions to an electronic CD, being only a short track and then straight in to one of the most popular and magically performed Rendez-Vous II (Second Rendez-Vous, track 2).

I believe it's one of the best orchestral, but electronic pieces ever conceived. If you went to see Jarre live, you'd pray for Rendez-Vous to be played. It's also the debut of his famous Lazer-Harp, in which (live on stage) several lazer beems are generated, facing to the sky and then mirrored over the audience, and breaking a lazer generates a note.

The 'Lazer-Harp' sound that is used in Rendez-Vous II (& III) and future tracks is ground-shaking.

Rendez-Vous is really the anthemic of all the albums - it's powerful and makes a massive statement.

It takes a serious listener, even though it's an album you can listen to in the background to an extent, but can only be fully appreciated when you give it undivided attention. Do this, and you will be blown away.

Other important parts to note are:

Rendez-Vous IV: Made more famous as ITV's (UK) World Cup theme for 1998 and a very popular track of Jarre's...

The album also has a tribute to Ron McNair (and the other 6 astronaughts who died in 1986)...

Overall, despite the album not being a complete dream, there are tracks that have set a new standard for Jarre, and tracks people love. Rendez-Vous II & IV being the popular, and without this album, Jarre would not be as popular as he still is today.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I was at the Rendez-Vous concert in Houston, and it was truly an amazing experience. Ron McNair, the astronaut was supposed to have joined Jarre on stage that night, and when it came time for the Sixth Rendez-Vous, Jean Michelle stopped and gave a really moving tribute to Ron McNair who had just recently lost his life in the Challenger disaster. With NASA being based there in Houston, there wasn't a dry eye in the crowd that literally stretched out for miles to see Jarre turn the entire Houston skyline into a giant canvas of light and sound. The entire concert was dedicated to the Ron McNair and the crew of the Challenger, and that night under a cloudy sky was the perfect eulogy to those brave astronauts who gave their lives to science and exploration.

The album itself is amazing, and it does capture the feelings and emotions of that night in Houston. I can't recommend it enough. If you ever get a chance to see the video of this concert, I have the original VHS sold here in the USA, you will begin to understand how much this concert played in the healing of a city rocked by the tragic loss of the brave men and women of the Challenger.
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