- Audio CD (18 Feb 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording reissued, Import
- Label: Us Import
- ASIN: B000001ZS9
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 121,313 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. First Rendez-vous |
| 2. Second Rendez-vous |
| 3. Third Rendez-vous |
| 4. Fourth Rendez-vous |
| 5. Fifth Rendez-vous |
| 6. Last Rendez-vous |
Product Description
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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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Supreme art,
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This review is from: Rendezvous (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.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Album That Cannot Be Missing From An Electronica Fan's Collection,
By Andie B (England, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rendez Vous (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.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Jean Michel Jarre at his best,
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This review is from: Rendez-Vous (Audio CD)
This has to be my favourite Jean Michel Jarre album, especially Rendez - Vous parts 1 & 2 pure class.
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