Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre

Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre is a compilation album by Jean-Michel Jarre originally released in 1991.

Images
Greatest hits album by Jean-Michel Jarre
Released	October 1991
Recorded	1976–1991
Genre	Electronic
Length	about 58 minutes, depending on release
Label	Dreyfus
Producer	Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
En attendant Cousteau (1990) Images (1991) Chronologie (1993)

Unlike previous Jean-Michel Jarre compilation albums, Images is not just a collection of separate tracks. Instead, most of the tracks appear in edited form and segued together.

Apart from Jarre's best-known tracks, the album also contains two previously unreleased tracks composed for the canceled Teotihuacan solar eclipse concert scheduled for 11 July 1991, one rare track ("Moon Machine") and three new versions of older work.

At the time of release two versions were issued with different track listings. In 1997 a new version was released with both track listings combined and a few extra tracks added. The compilation was also released in VHS format in 1991. The VHS contains all Jarre's videos from 1976 to 1991, except "Equinoxe 5".

Track listing

1991 international release

1991 international release of Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Oxygene 4"	3:09
2.	"Equinoxe 5"	3:21
3.	"Magnetic Fields 2" (new version)	3:57
4.	"Oxygene 2"	3:11
5.	"Computer Weekend"	3:36
6.	"Equinoxe 4" (new version)	3:12
7.	"Ethnicolor 1"	3:41
8.	"London Kid"	3:45
9.	"Band in the Rain"	1:26
10.	"Orient Express" (new version)	3:26
11.	"Calypso 1"	2:59
12.	"Calypso 3 (Fin de Siècle)"	3:42
13.	"Rendez-Vous 4"	3:24
14.	"Moon Machine" (rare)	2:58
15.	"Eldorado" (previously unreleased)	3:39
16.	"Globe Trotter" (previously unreleased)	3:29
17.	"Rendez-Vous 2" (new version)	8:48
Total length:		1:01:43

1991 French release

1991 French release of Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Oxygène 4"	3:09
2.	"Équinoxe 5"	3:21
3.	"Chants Magnétiques 2" (new version)	3:57
4.	"Oxygène 2"	3:11
5.	"Computer Weekend"	3:36
6.	"Équinoxe 4" (new version)	3:12
7.	"Ethnicolor 1"	3:41
8.	"Zoolookologie (1988 Edition)"	3:45
9.	"L'Orchestre Sous La Pluie"	1:26
10.	"Orient Express" (new version)	3:26
11.	"Calypso 1"	2:59
12.	"Calypso 3 (Fin de Siècle)"	3:42
13.	"Rendez-Vous 4"	3:24
14.	"Moon Machine" (rare)	2:58
15.	"Eldorado" (previously unreleased)	3:39
16.	"Globe Trotter" (previously unreleased)	3:29
17.	"Rendez-Vous 2" (new version)	8:48
Total length:		1:01:43

1997 international remastered release

1997 international release of Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Oxygene 4"	3:09
2.	"Equinoxe 5"	3:21
3.	"Magnetic Fields 2" (new version)	3:57
4.	"Oxygene 2"	3:11
5.	"Computer Weekend"	3:36
6.	"Equinoxe 4" (new version)	3:12
7.	"Ethnicolor 1"	3:41
8.	"Band in the Rain"	1:26
9.	"Orient Express" (new version)	3:26
10.	"Calypso 1"	2:59
11.	"Calypso 3 (Fin de Siècle)"	3:42
12.	"Rendez-Vous 4"	3:24
13.	"Moon Machine" (rare)	2:58
14.	"Eldorado" (previously unreleased)	3:39
15.	"Globe Trotter" (previously unreleased)	3:29
16.	"Wooloomooloo"	3:18
17.	"Blah-Blah Cafe" (slightly different version)	3:21
18.	"London Kid"	3:47
19.	"Zoolookologie" (1988 Edition)	3:46
20.	"Rendez-Vous 2" (new version)	8:48
Total length:		1:12:10

VHS release

VHS track listing

No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Oxygene 4"	Francis Dreyfus, Jean-Michel Jarre
2.	"Equinoxe 4"	Gilles Amado
3.	"Magnetic Fields 2"	Julien Temple
4.	"Orient Express"	Andrew Piddington
5.	"Souvenir Of China"	Andrew Piddington
6.	"Zoolook"	Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
7.	"Zoolookologie"	Frank Coppolla
8.	"Rendez-Vous 4"	Bob Giraldi
9.	"Revolutions"	Mike Mansfield
10.	"London Kid" (Live in Docklands)	Mike Mansfield
11.	"Oxygene 4" (Penguin Version)	Jean-Michel Jarre
12.	"Calypso 1" (Animation Version)	Andy Goff
13.	"Calypso 1" (Live In Paris)	Mike Mansfield

Charts

Chart performance for Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[1]	85
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[2]	15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3]	20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[4]	23
UK Albums (OCC)[5]	14

Certifications and sales

Certifications for Images – The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France	—	248,800[6]
Germany (BVMI)[7]	Gold	250,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[8]	Platinum	100,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[9]	Gold	100,000^^
Summaries
Worldwide	N/A	1,500,000[10]
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Dutchcharts.nl – Jean Michel Jarre – Images - The Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
2. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 168. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
3. "Offiziellecharts.de – Jean Michel Jarre – Images - The Best Of" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
4. "Swisscharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Images - The Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
5. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
6. "Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums "Tout Temps"". infodisc.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
7. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Jean-Michel Jarre; 'Images')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
8. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 930. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
9. "British album certifications – Jean-Michel Jarre – TBO". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type TBO in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
10. Hennessey, Mike (22 May 1993). "Around the French Companies". Billboard. Retrieved 9 November 2018.