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Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise is the eighteenth studio album of French electronic musician and composer Jean Michel Jarre, released on 6 May 2016 by Columbia Records. It is the second of a two-part album (the first being Electronica 1: The Time Machine) that is based around collaborations with other electronic musicians from a wide range of decades and styles.

Electronica 1 included artists such as Vince Clarke, Gesaffelstein, M83, Armin van Buuren, John Carpenter, 3D (of Massive Attack), Pete Townshend, Tangerine Dream, and others, while Electronica 2 includes collaborations with Pet Shop Boys, Rone, Julia Holter, Primal Scream, Gary Numan, Hans Zimmer, Edward Snowden, Peaches, Sébastien Tellier, The Orb, Siriusmo, Yello, Jeff Mills, Cyndi Lauper and Christophe.[2][3] In all, the two-album collaboration has some 30 collaborators, and Jarre has described it as his "most ambitious project."

The name of the album, its album art as well as its full track and collaboration listings were revealed to the public on 19 February 2016.[4][5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Heart of Noise, Pt. 1" (with Rone)Jarre, Erwan Castex4:26
2."The Heart of Noise, Pt. 2"Jarre4:10
3."Brick England" (with Pet Shop Boys)Jarre, Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe4:01
4."These Creatures" (with Julia Holter)Jarre, Julia Holter3:40
5."As One" (with Primal Scream)Jarre, Andrew Innes, Bobby Gillespie, Robert Young3:58
6."Here For You" (with Gary Numan)Jarre, Gary Numan3:59
7."Electrees" (with Hans Zimmer)Jarre, Hans Zimmer4:10
8."Exit" (with Edward Snowden)Jarre6:19
9."What You Want" (with Peaches)Jarre, Merrill Nisker3:27
10."Gisele" (with Sebastien Tellier)Jarre, Sebastien Tellier3:43
11."Switch on Leon" (with The Orb)Jarre, Alex Paterson, Thomas Fehlmann4:43
12."Circus" (with Siriusmo)Jarre, Moritz Friedrich3:09
13."Why This, Why That and Why" (with Yello)Jarre, Dieter Meier, Boris Blank3:58
14."The Architect" (with Jeff Mills)Jarre, Jeff Mills4:43
15."Swipe to the Right" (with Cyndi Lauper)Jarre, Cyndi Lauper, Carmen Cacciatore4:54
16."Walking the Mile" (with Christophe)Jarre, Daniel Bevilacqua4:52
17."Falling Down"Jarre3:23
18."The Heart of Noise (The Origin)"Jarre2:39
Total length:74:14

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6]
[7]
22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 8
Czech Albums (IFPI)[10] 3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 14
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 19
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 12
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[15] 15
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 47
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17] 25
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[18] 27
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[19] 9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 8

References

  1. ^ "Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ Allen, Jeremy. "A rendezvous with electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre". FACTmag.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Jean-Michel Jarre taps David Lynch, Julia Holter, & more for new LP". Electronic Beats. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  4. ^ Kielty, Martin. "Jarre's Time Machine is 'most ambitious project'". Team Rock. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Jean Michel Jarre - Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise Trailer". YouTube. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  7. ^ http://oe3.orf.at/m/charts/stories/2602614/
  8. ^ "Ultratop.be – Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  10. ^ "IFPI ČR" (in Czech).
  11. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Jean-Michel Jarre: Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Lescharts.com – Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  14. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  15. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2016. 20. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  16. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 19, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Album - Classifica settimanale WK 19 (dal 2016-05-06 al 2016-05-12)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  18. ^ "VG-lista - Topp 40 Album uke 19, 2016". VG-lista. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  19. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  20. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  21. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  22. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2016.