Images: The Best of Jean Michel Jarre

This is one of the best album he's ever done and I don't think he's ever topped it and once you hear it you'll recognize a lot of tunes

Great music, and well worth the cost. This CD has an early 80s, European feel to it, that will lift your mood. Just great!

This music works well for specific workouts. That was the intent for the puchase.

I bought this curated mix to revisit fond 40 year old memories of the lush, sweet, swirling, symphonic soundscapes JMJ created in Oxygene & Equinox (and Concerts in China) and then to check out what came after that which I had never heard. Well, you might like it, but I found it to be an unpleasant array of dumbed down electro-power-pop searching desperately for some kind of gig in a video game, cheesy sci fi flick or sports show and left me in a state of wtf is this? Sound production quality was fine. Just my opinion.

Images is the second album I owned, after Jarre Live. I have since purchased every major Jarre album and I still do not regret owning Images. While the version I own has 17 tracks, Jarre remixes several of them and includes transitional sound effects and music "to create a continuous one hour [program]" (as translated from his liner notes). Indeed, listening to Images is more like listening to a medley, with each track blending well into the other tracks, or fading out to create phases. On one hand, Jarre cuts many of his tracks in half or in thirds, while on the other hand he has created a 62 minute electronic smorgasbord of his popular works.Opinions on the remixes vary. While I haven't sat down and noted every difference, I can say off the top of my head that I prefer the somewhat frightening intro to Oxygene 2 on Images. The particles of music here sound fuller. Jarre adds thunder and rain effects to L'Orchestre sous la pluie, making it a fanciful delight to listen to, with atmosphere to boot!Calypso 3 has some extraneous music (fifteen seconds or so) removed from the middle and actually tightens the track up quite nicely (with headphones you can hear the splice). Since this is what I became used to, after purchasing En Attendant Cousteau, I realized he did the right thing on Images.And Rendez-Vous 2 has an awesome chorus singing with power throughout this track, rather than the weak synth vibe that is on the original album. Bravo!A pleasant surprise awaits you when you open the insert booklet, too. A nice note (in French) handwritten by Mr. Jarre himself, dedicating the music to the listener. I thought it was a nice touch. I can't wait for Aero to be released (the American version) as it has some fantastic sounding remixes on it as well.One note: I noticed at a store years ago that they re-released Images with a slightly different hue to the cover. Also, they added Wooloomooloo (from Zoolook). A reviewer here mentions Blah Blah Café (also from Zoolook) on the 24-bit remaster version. Expect to receive a disc that slightly varies on tracklisting than is posted here.

This compilation spans across 7 studio albums and 1 live recording made during the period of 1976-1991. Obviously, it's next to impossible to pick a dozen of "best of" tracks from that much material, so that everyone would agree upon the choice. However, "Images" does a nearly perfect job of giving a taste of each of Jarre's albums made in the first 15 years of his working, presenting a couple of tracks off each of them. As such, it is a good place to start getting into Jarre's music, and a good compilation to choose which album is worth buying. Jarre's music is normally meant to be listened to for the duration of the whole album. This fact shows these individual pieces' compositional strength, as they stand quite good on their own, being separated from their respective album's concept.The compilation also includes 3 previously unreleased tracks. Normally I hate such inclusions, because, frankly, they are nothing more than an attractor to force people who already own every studio album to buy the compilation. Also, such tracks are normally sub par to the "best of" material. But with "Images" these new pieces don't fall out of context. Especially "Globe Trotter" is good, with its cautios staccatto synths and a chilling melody.With its drawbacks, "Images" is a very good compilation. If you're hesitant where to start with Jean-Michel Jarre, you are advised to buy it.

The cd is among one of my best purchases of music over the years: made me wonder why I have not bought it earlier. My opinion is - if music makes you feel happier do not spare the resources to get. And that is exactly how my husband and me have been feeling - happy - since repeatedly listening to Jarre's collection. It mentally transfers us to the years of our youth - the fabulous eighties. A great buy totally worth the money if you are into cosmic, electronic, computer music.

If you like Jarre music, this is the album for you. Made of one of the best of his scores ever. From the beggining to the end. Just put the CD on, sit down, relax, close yor eyes, and let the music do the job. If you're a newbie, you've probobly heard his music before. You're just not aware of what's behind. Hear it, experience it, belive it, learn it.

In questo disco sono raccolti alcuni successi di Jarre. La registrazione è buona, tutto sommato e la raccolta dei brani è piuttosto completa. Consigliato.

I love the music of JMJ; it taps into feelings and creates wonderful moods and sensations. CD sounds OK and is convenient but it has to be heard on vinyl for best effect.

Great cd

There's been a bewildering array of Jean-Michel Jarre 'best of' compilations over the years, and you might well wonder if any of them are worth owning if you've got most of his classic albums. This "Images" one, from 1991, probably counts as one that completists will indeed want to own. It's got three exclusive tracks on it (Moon Machine, Globe Trotter and Eldorado - admittedly none of them are stunning, just out-takes really), and pretty much all the other tracks are different versions to the ordinary album ones. This ranges from simply shorter edits (e.g. Oxygene Part 2), to beefed-up versions with different some parts re-recorded (e.g. Equinoxe Part 4, which has new drums etc), to entirely new recordings (e.g. a studio version of Orient Express).

Best Of - ist hier aber relativ zu sehen.Natürlich sind viele bekannte Stücke auf der CD, aber es fehlen auch auch Aufnahmen aus anderen bekannten Albenwie "Chronologie 4", dafür gibt es eher weniger bekannte Titel als Lückenfüller, weshalb ich nur bedingt von "Best Of"sprechen würde.Die Aufnahmen sind editiert, d.h. haben einen "fade out" am Ende, was ja bei den Original-Alben mit den Überblendungenin den nächsten Titel nicht der Fall ist. Diese Ausblendungen fällen aber doch recht spontan aus, so daß es keine wirklichePause zwischen den einzelnen Titeln gibt.Alles in allem aber eine runde Sache.