Magnetic Fields (album)

Magnetic Fields
Studio album by Jean Michel Jarre
Released 22 May 1981
Genre
Length 35:53
Label Disques Dreyfus
Producer Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel Jarre chronology
Équinoxe
(1978)		 Magnetic Fields
(1981)		 The Concerts in China
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Magnetic Fields (French title: Les Chants Magnétiques, a play of word of chant, song, and champ, field) is the fifth album by Jean Michel Jarre, released on Disques Dreyfus on 22 May 1981.[2] The album was one of the first records to use sampling as a musical element and represents a departure from the sound of Jarre's previous efforts.

The long first track consists of three distinct movements, the slower second movement being heavily laden with sample work.

The album reached #6 in the UK charts and #98 in the U.S. charts.[3]

Album title

The album has official titles in both French and English. The French title, Les Chants Magnétiques is a play on words. Literally translated into English this means "Magnetic Songs"[4] or "Magnetic Singing".[4] Spoken aloud however, it sounds as "Les Champs Magnétiques" (literally: "Magnetic Fields"), due to the French words chants (songs or singing) and champs (fields) being homophones. As this is not the case in English, the more straightforward title "Magnetic Fields" was used in English. In the caption for picture 5 on the album's inner sleeve, the word "champs" in "champs magnétiques" is crossed out and the word "chants" is written above it.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Magnetic Fields Part 1"   17:50
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Magnetic Fields Part 2"   3:59
2. "Magnetic Fields Part 3"   4:15
3. "Magnetic Fields Part 4"   6:18
4. "Magnetic Fields Part 5"   3:30

Equipment

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r171689
  2. ↑ NME (London, England: IPC Media): 40. 16 May 1981. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Les Chants Magnetiques (Magnetic Fields)
  4. 1 2 1989, The Collins Pocket Reference French Dictionary, William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., ISBN 0-00-433255-5
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