Chants Magnétiques 2 / Magnetic Fields (Part 2) 03:57
Oxygene Part 2 03:12
Computer week-end 03:34
Equinoxe Part 4 03:12
Ethnicolor 1 03:41
London Kid 03:47
Band in the Rain 01:28
Orient Express 03:26
Calypso 1 02:59
Calypso 3 (fin de siècle) 03:42
Fourth rendez-vous 03:23
Moon Machine 02:59
Eldorado 03:39
Globe Trotter 03:29
Rendez-Vous 2 08:48
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.
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.
