Oxygène

Spacey instrumental music. Sounds like something I’d put on to study to.

Bleepy and bloopy, but kind of fun in a 70s sci-fi optimism kind of way.

It ok

Asi spis na doma na podkres

cool soundscapes, brah

prvo sam si mislio: haha, kaj je ovo, žan mišel žar (lik za kojeg sam čuo al u stvari nisam imo pojma kakvu je glazbu radio) i njegova ambijentalna elektronika il štaliveć iz 1976., bit će zakurac. i onda sam poslušo i odlično je, nevjerojatno, na nekim sam dijelovima suzu pustio koliko je divno. sada slušam drugi put :)

I first heard this album in my sophomore year in High School (1976!), my English teacher would play an album during class during our "study" time. I love this album, I ended up buying most of Jarre's albums in the next few decades

I can understand the significance of this record - but it's something I would never listen to again - and had a hard time getting through the first time.

A bit of a weird one. Overall I liked it. It reminds me a lot of Pink Floyd and I'd say for 1975 this feels ahead of its time. Though, it's probably not for everyone. Good for lyricless music to work or study to, but I'm certainly not running to tell everyone about it.

Maybe this guy walked so that Daft Punk could fly, idk.

I actually liked this album quite a bit. I could see how this was a building block that led to music I give 4s and 5s like Daft Punk. This album walked so that the Tron soundtrack could fly.

Wasn't familiar with his work, but I was very surprised. Oxygene Pt.4 was actually a song that I've heard many times but never knew who made it. Overall very eye-opening, refreshing.

I’m not all that impressed. It’s fine but nothing outstanding, although for some reason I’ve heard pt. 4 so many times before. It must have been on a Synthesizer Greatest compilation

It's very synth heavy. Feels like the soundtrack to some sci-fi / fantasy movie from the 70's or 80's. It was released in 1976, and strangely it's the only album he made that was not a soundtrack (and was also his most successful album). I can see how it would influence future artists (maybe Air?). Also interesting to learn that Jarre has done massive performances in some very iconic places around the world, including several that broke Guinness records (3.5 million people in Moscow!).

I can appreciate the influence this must have had at the time, and parts of it remind me of Bladerunner or Big Trouble in Little China's soundtracks. But, it's ultimately background music.

Can squint and see where Air or Royksopp came from, but mostly felt like a background soundtrack to a foreign version of Tron.

Love the sound, but sounds like one endless track

Oxygène, Pt. 4 is that surreal music on Soccer AM. FINALLY FOUND IT. On the album though, I'm sure it's good, but it's really not my bag. Nice soundscape-y vibe and does feel a bit ahead of its time, but it's so far before my time it's hard to judge contextually. Gives off film soundtrack vibes - quite atmospheric.

french people :( french people with synthesizers :)

It progresses very slowly, but somehow there's tension that keeps it from getting boring. Favorite song: part 5.

Must have been mildly mindblowing at the time, if you were in awe of what synthesizers could do. In hindsight, it just sounds like 40 minutes of incidental music created for an educational programme about mathematics.

point7.

I suppose I can see how this might have blown people's minds in the 70's, very futuristic and Sci-Fi. Didn't blow me away though. 2 Stars.

I think my score would be higher if I were to listen to it in the setting it deserves! Beautifully cinematic, before it's time but not sure it works in the car!

All sounded the same to me

Parts 4 and 6 were ok, but overall not very good.

The top review on this site states that “everyone over 35 knows” who this artist is and knows at least one song off this album: “pt. 4, obviously.” What circles do you guys run in? Never heard of this before, never need to hear it again.

Early electronic ambient. I’m a fan of this genre but didn’t love the high pitch bubbling. The rest is nice, but not something I could tolerate in regular rotation.

A classic of early electronic music. Jean Michael Jarres music still sounds fresh after all these years.

Not for me.

After the first tune, I knew I needed some chemical assistance. Properly medicated, I was able to take a load off and let the trippy tentacles take me on an interstellar journey. Give it to me straight, baby! Research after listening revealed a fascinating history. Certain an important album in the development of music that I was oblivious to before. Also, for whatever it is worth, my cats really seemed to like this one.

Heard this was a banger on the way to Saturn.

Ik denk met recht een van de meest bijzondere albums op deze lijst. Electronische muziek uit 1976(!). En het is echt heel gaaf. Zet dit album aan en doe je ogen dicht, en je wordt volledig meegezogen in de klanken. Echt heel bijzonder. Zit zelf te twijfelen aan 5 sterren.. Maar denk dat ik het bij 4 houd, want weet niet of ik het perse nog een keer zal luisteren, maar dit was zeker een leuke verrassing!

Fun album. Ambient at its finest.

Loved this when I was 12. Side one holds up pretty well, side two bit less interesting. Feels like I should be in a planetarium.

Ambient music isn't exactly my thing, but Oxygene Pt. 4 slaps pretty hard.

Lovely electronic sound. Doesn’t really go for distinct tracks instead just sort of vibes the whole way through

Very early electronica

i'm aboard an alien spaceship and i don't know how to feel. all i know is that i wasn't a huge fan of this album.

75% Best: Oxygène, Pt. 2; Oxygène, Pt. 4 Must-Hear? Nah. There's nothing wrong with it, it just failed to completely grab my attention.

I find this kind of album a bit hard to rate, as I tend to just have it in the background while I'm doing something else. I quite liked it though, nice melodies in places and shimmering synths which create a chilled atmosphere

Pt. 1 // 3.5/5

Better synth music than some on here.

X-files, creepy 80/90s tv show, easy to listen to, could be good to run to

I only knowingly know *Pop Corn* by JMJ, and that famous track that I now learn is Pt. 4 here. The first half of the album was a bit slow to get going for me but the second half was really good. This feels like another album where 3 stars seems harsh but I’m not sure I want to give it 4 stars, at least not without further listens, so I’ll try and revisit in future and may upgrade. My wife commented that this sounded very 80s, so being released in 1976, perhaps it was ahead of its time.

its good, this is what electronic ambient should basically sound like typically. im feeling a 6/10 on this record

Good soundtrack or background music but fairly boring to listen to straight through.

Great for space movies, not so much for casual listening.

Not for me

Jean has a real flare for song titles, even Kraftwork (previous record and massive influence on this one) had more creativity than this! Like been held on virgins customer service line......

Everyone knows at least Part IV of Oxygène. It’s also the most conventional track here, with its melodic hook. The rest of the album is quite ambient with long, sweeping chords and notes. I discovered by chance that it’s a great album to sit down with on a Friday night with a nice beverage at hand. 4/5

7.3

9/24/25. Somewhat ambient and cool, nice synths. The 4th track was definitely my favorite with the choice of rhythm.

Synth wave from an alternate timeline

Space rave music, yes please

electronica....can't believe this is actually a subset of music....

I would say don't waste your oxygen singing the tunes of this album, but it's entirely instrumental, and not in a good way. Favorite Track: "Oxygene(Part IV)". It was a little catchy.

That's definitely a lot of 70's synth

I honestly thought it was all one song.

Слухав його якийсь час назад, може років 7 тому. Зараз сподобався більше, не здався таким нудним як минулий раз. Ембієнт частина сподобалась менше ніж частина з активним використанням синтів. Цікаво, як це з новаторської музики фактично перетворюється в ретро-футуризм.

Я розумію впливовість і все таке, але оці ретро-синти в мене викликають якусь неприємну ностальгію, тому на жаль ні, я не люблю Жана-Мішеля Жарра.

в мене ще з дитинства залишилось це відчуття, що саме так має звучати космічна музика. я таке дуже люблю, і поважаю людей, які роблять подібну музику

4/5. A pretty chill electronic album, seems to be one of the first of its kind, besides Oldfield and Tangerine Dream. And this is basically, synthesizer the album. The music is pretty calming and flowy, feels like great background music for writing or studying. I honestly would find myself listening to this again, it feels like good video game music at times as well. Can't say it's perfect but better than I thought it was going to be when it first started. Best Song: probably Oxygène (IV, II, V)

Really good stuff

Really enjoyed this one! Reminded me of the background music for Sigur Ros, or Brian Eno. Solid background music. Definitely a 4 in my books.

Pretty cool music

Pretty cool sounding especially since it came out of the 70s.

meh

I'm discovering, via this list, that I am really into ambient music. I've already gotten Brian Eno's "Music for Airports" and was really into it. I really love this album, too. Makes me want to seek out more by Jarre. 5 stars!

Cool chill electronic music. I like the understated vibe and how it doesn't try to do too much. Favorite: Oxygene, Pt. 6

Ambient music is not my jam. Imaginative and creative use of samples

Man, do i just have severe undiagnosed ADHD or something? i usually find "boring" to be a really lazy/thoughtless word to critique art, but i am at a loss for any other word. i was intrigued when this popped up because i enjoy aphex twin, brian eno, and other mainstream contemporaries. but even with those artists, i am unable to retain interest in long, droning tracks, and this record is not an exception to that preference. if i were a computer science dude working on a really intense coding project, i might like to have this on; i can see it being inspiring/stimulating in that context. but unfortunately my job is incredibly boring and requires very little brainpower from me, so repetitive music only serves to exhaust me. further, as somebody who consumes new movies as eagerly as i consume new music, there is another interesting lens through which i can appreciate this record: La Planète Sauvage, a french animated sci-fi film about a race of blue aliens enslaving human beings, was released only three years before Oxygène. much to be dredged up there about late 20th century french society, reckoning with colonialism, burgeoning forms of technology... i like pt. 3(the shortest track, go figure) but not enough to keep me coming back to it. on a more petty note: the fact that all the tracks have the same name pisses me off.

Alright.

Ganz nett.

Very good atmosphere and I like the production.

Not a while lot happening

Conal is right. Need a wee half rating

This is really good, Boards of Canada of the 70s

I do enjoy my atmospheric sci-fi soundtracks and can see why this would have been groundbreaking back in the 70s

Kill jester

I actually enjoyed this but I have no real urge to listen to it again. I like the bing, boing-boing bing bong song

ambient electronica pick: oxygene pt 4

Nothing extra

kill jester

greetings traveller, my name is falconhoof and i will be your guide on your quest

I had previously heard this album before but only once or twice. It's electronic and ambient and an interesting listen. I would listen again.

Pretty cool ambient electronica. Not the most captivating thing I've heard, but a pretty steady and enjoyable listen throughout. Big fan of the fact that the album is really one giant song, but doesn't get overly repetitive in a boring way. Worth the full listen

Interesting and soothing. Electronics is not my jam, though.

Autossa kuunnellen olisi ollut varmaankin 2/5, kotona 3/5. Tässä oli potentiaalia, soundit oli hyvät, mutta lähinnä toisti itseään.

Oman alansa pioneeri ajalta jolloin noita soundeja joutui oikeasti duunaamaankin. Pidän

Hyvää ambient musaa 👌🏼⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Vähän liian vähän tarttumapintaa tässä. Osittain ihan kivan kuulosta.

As soon as Part IV started I recognised it. There’s something almost spooky and definitely a bit otherworldly about this album. Enjoyed it.

Early electionica that holds up made for a good experience! This is what the 1001 Must Hear List is all about. (4.2*s) For the first time, I’m wishing I had heard this when it dropped. I think my music range would have been much wider. Didn’t know this until now.

The journey begins with an astronaut cruising through an intricately woven nebula. They blast their ship out of the cosmos and hone in on a distant planet in the view port. The ship drifts down through the planet's thick, billowing atmosphere of dense clouds. It touches down on a sparsely vegetated beach along an ever expanding dark ocean. The astronaut tests the air and sees that it is suitable for breathing though with higher levels of methane and CO2. Equipped with a small boat pod, the astronaut ventures out into the ocean, speeding along shoreline with the sound of seagulls echoing around. They end up at a cove with a small private beach. They park the boat and swim to shore but as they approach the sand, something seems off. There is something not right about this cove. They notice dead fish and birds strewn about the shore. Their skin starts to burn and a red rash is forming. They quickly swim back to the boat and leave the cove. Jetting along the shoreline they look for a spot to rest as night is approaching. They ride for hours, beginning to feel very sleepy and just when they are about to doze off...a loud crash is heard. They spring awake and drive towards the crashing noise. They come to a large metal barrier with the rising sea level crashing against it...trying to break in. The astronaut climbs out of the boat and up a rocky outcrop next to the barrier. As they near the top, the sun begins to rise. When they break the peak, the sun is fully out and reveals a landscape covered with oil refineries and heavy industry pumping smog and smoke into the air. Fires burning coal and tires, metal smelters showering sparks and toxic fumes. The astronaut drops to their knees and realizes that they have landed back on Earth many years later. The planet is now in a runaway greenhouse affect. With tears in their eyes, our astronaut pans over to an oiled covered seagull standing on an Exxon-Mobil sign...keowing sadly. I like this for the early electronica paving. It's slow but well done. Needs more beats though. 2.12 stars for the electro-Frenchy adventure.

Interesting entry. It's a pretty cool demonstration of the synthesizer in what felt like a very outer space inspired album. It's not bad, but also not something I think I need outside of this list. I can see how this would have influenced other electronic artists and I can see why it makes the list even if it is a niche entry. I myself somewhat enjoyed the soundtrack of a trip to the planetarium in the 70's though I'm not sure I'll ever revisit it. 2.48 stars

All this album did was make me want to squirt canned whip cream into my mouth and take a nap

Never thought I’d see the day where I enjoyed an ambient album

i know part 4 from somewhere, i enjoyed this, some good ambience

Organic

Electronic music. Has a good vibe, easy to listen to while driving or doing any activity. The first track reminds me of an underwater scene, maybe even underwater Mario levels for some reason. I enjoyed the listen. Good to listen straight through as the tracks are like movements in one piece of music. I wasn’t familiar with this artist at all, but he’s apparently quite famous and pioneering in this genre. This is one of the best things of the 1001 albums list - finding gems like this that I would never have come across on my own.

Yeah this is just a dude messing around on a keyboard. The keyboard salesperson probably put this on to demo and make a sale.

Interessant, hört sich sehr außerirdisch aber gut an

This album sounds like standing in line for space mountain. Like if you mixed that with old school original Metroid. 2/5

Детка ты любишь рваные джинсы

Not my cup of tea. Reminds me of the time, back in 1978, when I was abducted by aliens outside of Roswell. Bad deal. Trauma resurfacing!

I mean it was fine. Spacey and outer-worldly? I like ambient music but there was nothing crazy special. Maybe it was first of its time! Idk.

Classic

Pretentious

hypnotic loops, and loops, and loops solid 7/10 - can appreciate how foundational this work is to the ambient genre also fun fact, jarre had one of the biggest concerts of all time - 3.5 million in Moscow!

Overall: 7/10 Very cool. Very ambient. When your dad composed the score to Lawrence of Arabia, you definitely need to prove yourself if you decide to make your own music, and I believe Jean-Michel did with this. It's mostly ambient and atmospheric but there are times when the music feels more bouncy and upbeat. I recommend it. Fav Song: Oxygène, Pt. 2

The soundscape of pt 2 really echoes in modern experimental electronica . Great album!

Never heard of this cat before and had no idea how big he was. Some really interesting beats and sounds.

Chill and laid back. Solid listen. Especially in the evening or during a study session. Very relaxing and spacey. Does sound slightly dated but that kind of makes it endearing.

Atmosphérique et baramine

Kinda cool, kind weird. Would be cool backing music to a night run or ride.

Personally, it didn’t leave much of an impression beyond Part IV, which was okay. I remember someone in the family owning the single. The rest of the album felt ambient to the point of forgettable. What stuck with me more was the cover art that hinted at a drama the music never quite delivered.

I wanted to hate this but I didn't

I felt like I was at a massage parlor with the Stranger Things soundtrack playing in the background.

Groundbreaking electronica for respecting your time and staying under 40 minutes. It is kinda nice tho in a video game kinda way Will I listen to again: 10%

Definitely better to listen to with headphones

Better than some other ambient European electronic albums we have had…but that’s a low bar for me

Angsty space lofi

That was pretty calming annnnnd I can’t think of a single other thing to say about it.

Cool concept but not for me. 4.1/10

Álbum interessante de música eletrônica conceitual/experimental. Celest Phoenixcall.

Interesting

3.5

Very chill. Wish there was a little more going on.

Oxygene is certainly an interesting album. I wouldn't really call this an album per se rather i would say this is just one song split into 6 parts. The parts here do feel quite a bit different from each other but still feel cut from the same cloth. The biggest thing i could think of for what this song could fit into is a video game. This already reminds me of some video game sound like in Part 6, there is ambiance that really gives me The Legend OF Zelda: Ocarina Of Time vibes. There were a few instances where this album could get overly weird but it was still a fairly relaxing listen. I wouldn't say that this is great but i still found it to be a pretty decent listen. Best Song: Oxygene, Pt. 1 Worst Song: Oxygene, Pt. 4

Halloween/video game space music. Songs were not very distinguishable from each other, overall kinda of blah.

Some cool beats on here. Kinda chill but good.

Wasn’t too into it, but the pew pew noises in Pt. 2 were cool

This is really good. I dig the vibe and can definitely appreciate the significance. It’s background music, but it’s really good background music.

Ondanks de beroemde hit, geen blijver voor mij. Het synthesizert beetje door van oor tot zonder spanning. Toen vernieuwend, nu gedateerd.

This album is a given inclusion on the list. Doesn’t mean I have to like it

I can appreciate music that puts you in a different world. i can appreciate the complexities of electronic music. It does not mean i like to listen to it

Ein paar bekannte Titel/Themen. Entspannte Musik für konzentriertes Arbeiten. Die besten Titel wie Oxygène (Part IV) blieben am besten hängen.

This did not do it for me at all, which is surprising because I like a lot of the stuff that he has most likely influenced. It bored me, there was nothing to grab on to. I can see why he used to have dramatic effects while performing

Interstellar.

I think I’ve heard this album before. When track #2 started playing, it felt so familiar, like I’d been there before. It brought back a rush of memories, though I can’t quite place where they came from.

The progenitor of video game soundtracks.

It was an inoffensive listen, that was the determination my family made when we were making the drive to the grandparents house conveniently a half hour away. I think that it may have been notable in 1975 for the electronic nature of it but so many other synth heavy albums have come out in the past 50 years I don't know if this necessarily meets the criteria for 'must hear before I die'. Mort Garson's Music For Plants would come out the next year and I would put that on this list if it isn't already.

Good soundtrack for an alien invasion or smthn

Sure. Fun. Great.

It really grew on me. Sounded like it should have been a soundtrack for a cheesy 80s sci-fi show, but it did what it is well.

It's very good I like it

There is something funny to me in the fact that Oxygen, Pt. 4 has 8 times the listens as Pt. 3 or Pt. 5 and I don't know why. The album it self is really good, slow music that fits well in the background when relaxing at home.

While i found this a very interesting album and overall concept it wasn’t for me

Música para el espacio

2 - 35 minutes of cool songs but not a whole lot else going on

Smoke a couple of fat doobies, dim the lights, put on the headphones and only then spin this disc…

Just noise

I tried. It’s not terrible. Just don’t care for it.

Amazing groundbreaking album. Part 4 being timeless.

Ich hatte das Gefühl eine Geschichte nur durch Instrumente und verschiedenen Klängen erzählt zu bekommen. Das war echt ein cooler Erlebnis. Es gab viele Geräusche die einfach so eine entspannende Wirkung hatten und gleichzeitig haben sie ein Bild gemalt. Vorallem bei Pt. 5 & 6 hatte ich große Wellen im Kopf, die Empor steigen und dann in gleichmäßigen Abständen an die Felswand prallten und im Hintergrund waren noch Möwen zu erkennen. Echt spannend und es bot viel Interpretionsraum. In meiner Idealvorstellung würde ich das Album hören während ich im Weltall schwebe, auf dem Mond entlang laufe und auf die klein wirkende Erde blicke. Ich mochte diese Reise sehr, es hat irgendeinen Nerv in meinem Gehirn Stimmuliert. Sehr cool.

2.5 stars

At times, a worse Blade Runner score. At others, a worse Mega Man score. That my comparisons all came out a decade after, speaks to its innovation. But innovation only counts for so much.

keseio

qu se yo, ambiental. me dio paja

One look at the tracklist told me this was going to be shit and I wasn't wrong

Actually pretty enjoyable. 3.5/5

The last artist on this list to use a theramin I forgot to give props. So props for the theramin. This was like a trippy message from another dimension, but then it just kept repeating. 3.5

Enjoyable and great use of various instruments!

4.2 - I could space out to this for days

Really wanted to like this one, appreciate the representation, but I just did not. 2.8/5

When i listened to this i felt like I was in a 70s vidio game. Not good.

It's fine but the albums ended and my streaming switched to "autoplay similar stuff" mode and I completely didn't notice for three songs. 2.5 for generic pretty beep boop music

A gaping hole which I've recently filled in my record collection, as I've ushered in attempts to diversify the genres that I listen to at home, beyond primarily metal. Electronic music has been an area of heightened focus for me as of late, with this album from Jean-Michel Jarre widely considered to be an important piece of the puzzle towards the future development of ambient, electronica, sound collage, space rock, synth pop and new wave music. Essentially, imagine the synthesizer work that you would hear floating throughout a 70s prog rock album becoming the main emphasis of the music, as opposed to an additional layer of depth supporting the virtuosic guitar playing of the genre, which is entirely absent here. Dreamy and existential, yet accessible through a strong grasp on melodicism throughout, the album has reportedly been used for music therapy and to support mothers throughout the natal process in the years following its release. It has a transportive, instinctual level of heft to it, which is difficult to replicate with such sparse resources as those contained here. That this was Jarre's first studio release proper is most impressive. It was assembled in a makeshift home studio with large parts of the album being written on a barely functioning mellotron, and it would initially struggle to see release through its rejection by several prominent record labels of the time. However, its legacy today provides for a success story in that whilst you may not be aware of Jarre directly, you will absolutely be aware of artists who have sought after his template.

Such a cool album. The 70s definitely had more ambition in their electronic music than all the slop from the 90s and 00s i got this month. Endlessly creative, retro yet futuristic, I loved this. It's kind of hard to simgle out a "song" from here, since this is the kind of listening experience best taken in one full sitting. But if I had to pick (and I do, because 1 song from each album here make's a playlist), I'd probably say Pt2, Pt4, or Pt5 (such a cool second half). Going to land on Pt2.

No he escuchado a este señor en mi vida. Pues está bien. Muy icónico de una época. Supongo que ahora suena un poco inocente.

2+ Stars (6/15)

It’s good. Probably won’t listen again though.

penepene

I think he might have been the first person to own a synth

Like it 3/5

Dreamy synth music of equal parts ambient, classical and future steering pop. This is exactly an album to hear before i die as its good and culturally significant for the music it spawned.

Tremendo

Not as good as Kraftwerk, and infinitely easier on the ear than Tangerine Dream. It takes itself very seriously but for one guy in his own makeshift studio in 1976 it is pretty innovative. For me there is too much phaser and flange, which makes it too swirly for me, especially on side one. Side two is better and Oxygène 5 is what Bolero would sound like if Maurice Ravel had a synth! I can’t do cosmic laser for 40 minutes, it makes my ears hurt, but there is nothing overly offensive about it. It just makes me think of a Vangelis soundtrack track. I get why it’s on the list, and its influence on electronica is evident, I just found it too space agey and naive. It is ultimately accessible though

And the award for most unexpected "oh wait I actually know this song, it's a bop" goes to...

Now this I can dance to!

This album sounded like music that would be in Logan's Run 10+ years after Logan's Run. Just sounded way after it's time, which was weird. Plus, it's an instrumental, a techno instrumental but an instrumental none the less. I wanted to give this album a 1 but it's at least more unique than that.

Primera 1/2 del álbum malilla la vd. Segunda 1/2 bastante bien. No encaja con mi estilo actual de música. 6.5/10

Quite repetitive and boring.

Rating: 6/10 Has the possibility of being rated much higher or lower on repeated listens, sounds like I'm taking a journey through space. Very chill and ambient but not sure how it will hold up for repeated listens.

Hugely significant ambient synth music that will certainly not appeal to everyone. Like many albums of the era, and ones that pioneered specific sounds, you have to get on the level to really soak in just how incredible what you're hearing is.

Entire worlds are built from Jarre's analog warmth and carefully crafted patterns, and if you're listening closely, you won't be able to resist the feeling of temporal transportation.

Not generally a fan of the ambiance albums but this has enough intricacy to be enjoyable for me. I can see myself playing this, as a chill background

1. Boring 2. Synthesized garbage.

This was such a big part of my teenage years when I started to discover my own music, that it is really hard to form an opinion on it. Listening to it now, I am rather distracted by the (now) cheap sounding sweeps, phasers, "p-chew" sounds etcetera. Like a 1980's computer game. I feel they are unnecessary and the main sounds and melodies (which are great) are more than enough. Less is more but in the early days of synths it must have been tempting to try out all the buttons. Still, JM Jarre is one of the pioneers of electronic music and definitely influential. His live gigs were a sonic and visual spectacle. I'll say a 3, plus a bonus point because he did this in the 1970s and has made his mark.

too experimental

This was phenomenal - I can’t believe this came out in 1976. This was interesting, futuristic,clean ambient sounds that aren’t dated at all. Might be the best electronic album I’ve heard (or maybe it just hit my tastes perfectly on the right day). 5/5 would relisten any time

5/5

Some decent composition and I’m sure this was ahead of it’s time, but I just can’t get out of my head how this sounds like the outdated synths from A Clockwork Orange.

now cmon now .. this is just fancy hold music

Do I like space music? Maybe? Yes. I like space music. Warm and symphonic.

Very spooky, very interesting. Sounds like a good game soundtrack.

Nope. Boring.

2,5

Not my thing

Didn't know they could make those sounds in 1976, definitely ahead of it's time. Felt like an attempt at something new. Like a proof of concept. Good beats

Of its time it would have been revolutionary, but sounds a little dated

This should not be slept on. I was skeptical when it first started. But I promised myself I wouldn't skip any of these albums, so I listened to the whole thing. This album has to be approached like an electronic symphony, not a rock and roll album. I had a beautiful journey through this album and it'll be a new favorite

Just ok, not spectacular. 6/10

This made me want to listen to Vangelis and Tangerine Dream

That's a cool album cover and this got pretty spacey but in a fun way. I feel like this did the same thing as another album on the list tried to do, but this one made it work. I was entranced by this and I'm not sure why. I listened to this six times in a row. This got me into a weird mental state but I really liked the listen. I'm buying this album.

Cool album cover. Great warmth and that dynamic sound. Part IV is a standout. Yeah, I like this. Auditory paintings. A Warm quilt of sounds.

Futuristic sounding - all instrumental Maybe the background for space mountain!

I can appreciate how groundbreaking this was at the time, a year before I was born, probably one of the first 'electronic landscapes' of its time. I remember hearing a lead-in to a JMJ live event that my Dad recorded off the radio in the 80's and being intrigued by it. However, at its worst, this album sounds like someone noodling around with the keyboard presets, especially the part in part 6 with the 'sonic beach' sounds. Pt 4 is the classic, but Pt 2 really enaged me the most. Solid background music, but feels cheesy in the modern era, unfortunately.

Favorite Track: Oxygene Pt. 2

Not for me.

Ahhh this brings back memories of listening Pure Moods.. I'll admit I did enjoy it. I also enjoyed some of the comments!

Was this even good in 1976? Snooze.

Sounded like a 70s sci fi film score.

I was fairly bored. Not much here for me

For me, Soccer AM has forever ruined this pioneering landmark in synth music. If you know.... Great cover art. Amazing craft to create those dense sounds. Thank goodness I'm not sober!

One long space song.

It was interesting and futuristic and some nice melodies. I'm struggling to think of the situation or scenario where I would chose to put it on again. It's more like futuristic movie music than anything that would accompany my life, but it was well done for what it is.

Very ambient. Interesting soundscapes that all flow like one long track. Pt 6 sounds like being in a boat during a storm. Not sure I would go back to this one but I’m glad I listened. Favorite part was part 2.

Jean-Michel Jarre is a fraud.

Reading about the production of this album is incredible. The sellotape to press down two buttons on the drum machine at once, the early use of synth, the kitchen production studio ... It's got a real rags to riches, DIY, "building a cruise ship in the garage" narrative. And listening to it, for me, is like drinking sparkling water. It's better than the alternative! I like it a lot. I would actively choose it in many scenarios. But it's not going to emotionally move me in the way that say a negroni or an iced jug of elderflower cordial might. So an amazing album in many respects, and one I will listen to again. But a refreshing ramble rather than a life-changing 40 minutes.

An ambiance of Outer space and inner sway Wedded sonically

It's just sound that sounds really repetitive. It's probably just a me problem because I'm not used to listening to stuff like this.

Está divertido. Se entiende el momento. Like

Ambient music, a little trippy, that could be the soundtrack to every sci-fi television show or movie from the 1970s that was not Star Wars. It sounds a lot like Tangerine Dream. It is hard to believe this was NOT intended to be a soundtrack for something. Regardless of why it was made, it is a great album of background music. Favorite track: Oxygène

No sir, this was not my cup of tea. It sounds like the soundtrack of a fever dream version of a clockwork orange.

Et av mine desiderte favorittalbum

A classic

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Beautiful, old synths. Ethereal

This was pretty cool ambient music.

It reminds me a video game/movie sci fi soundtrack, which is good for me.

This was really good, can see how it would have been very influential at the time. Great soundtrack to work to. Enjoyed it about as much as the Tangerine Dream album I got from this a few weeks ago. Going to add it into my instrumental rotation.

Didn’t really know what I was getting into, but this album felt like a journey!

6/10

It was fine.

#4 was the best one and reminded me of Pink Floyd when they were in between Syd Barret and Dark Side of the Moon.

What stood out to me was how early this album was made compared to its electronic counterparts on this list. It wasn't particularly exciting, but it wasn't bad by any means and interesting in how it helped lay the groundwork for electronic moving forward.

I'm not high, nor am I playing with an electronic organ at a mall music store wearing polyester pants and a leisure shirt, and therefore, this album is not where I am at.

outer space music (not complimentary)

WOW. I had never heard this, but I am so very pleasantly surprised by it. Would love to add this album to the collection.

Nostalgic and retro-futuristc, reminds me of old videogames and space movies. Can't love this as much Eno's ambient music, but it's entertaining. My favorite segment was pt. 5

Noise

I would get down to this in an elevator. Or if I wanted to fall asleep while driving perhaps. Almost got me with pt. 6 though.

I actually fuck with this more than I thought. Feels very mood dependent and not something I could just throw on any time but I had fun with this. Also thought of how crazy this must have sounded in 1976 when it came out. Cool shit.

Dreamy

Another one that was a little hard to judge for me. It was atmospheric and I enjoyed having it on in the background while I was working, but I don't remember a single moment from the album

Um capolavoro do mais alto escalão. Obra extraordinária. O tipo de disco que você ouve de olhos fechados, pra nada entrar no caminho entre você e a absoluta ternura que emana dessas notas sintetizadas. A primeira vez que ouvi esse LP inteiramente, eu te garanto, mudou a trajetória da minha vida no âmbito criativo. Os sintetizadores parecem criar vida nessa produção. Eles remetem às ondas do mar. Ao cantalorar de pássaros. É de tirar o fôlego. O lado 2 do disco abre como um prédio sendo implodido. Demolição controlada. Não há violência aqui, mas sim uma minuciosa e cuidadosa dissecação. Assim vem aos meus ouvidos. A forma com que Jarre explora o espaço no âmbito estéreo é surreal. Esse disco precisa estar na coleção de todo audiófilo do mundo. Coloca ele pra tocar e se sente no epicentro dos seus speakers. Fecha o olho e só vai. Não precisa de droga nenhuma, o som aqui é a substância mais poderosa imaginável. Vai massagear teu cérebro. A definição de um disco eletrônico 5 estrelas. Capolavoro, perfeito, do início ao fim.

I loved this. Highlights: Pt. 4 & 5

First song started out like someone experimenting with a synth for the first time, however after this I really loved this album. On a second listen I’d perhaps enjoy the first song more. I felt transported to a sci fi adventure and floating through space. Favourites: pt. 3, 4, and 5

Would I listen to this again? No. But was it kinda cool? Yes! I can see this would have probably changed the game with synthesisers Fav songs part 2 and part 5

Spacy!

Pink Floyd & Daft Punk lovechild, I'm here for it

So I guess I'm "lucky" to have the time each day to devote to listening to music. I'm driving around all day and already enjoy ambient and other background music. Also a fan, of course of theme park BGM especially like Epcot and tommorowland. So this is the kind of thing I'm all about. I'll have to now go see if this guy did any of the music for Epcot. Also has a cinematic score vibe too, some sounded very familiar in parts. Anyway I'm glad to have heard this as its the kind of find the list should provide. I listened to it twice back to back while driving the hour and 20 minutes from Joliet back up to Gurnee. Will have to listen to It at night

Feels like a cheesy 80's synth space pirate movie soundtrack in a good way

🎧This is pretty damn sick

At first it was like if the 2001 movie soundtrack and the Clockwork Orange movie soundtrack merged to become one and was produced by Brian Eno. But then they added in the Halloween soundtrack. Then the Knight Rider theme. And some Steve Miller's Time Keeps on Ticking for good measure.

3 - weird but good

Excelentes sonidos sintetizados.

Woah. Absolutely loved this.

Seltsam. So seltsam. Aber irgendwie auch gut. Als Soundtrack für einen Film wäre es super. Ich bin mal großzügig.

I think it was really good, probably a 3.5. It was trending towards a 4-star, but it got a little elevator-ish at the end. I liked it, and based on the year it was made, it was very influential and I think it holds up well. It's just that I've heard too much soundtrack music that sounds just like this to really justify a 4 star review.

Kraftwerk meets Alan Parsons

Honestly, this is a phenomenal sounding record for 1976. It makes for great background music while doing yard work or similar activities.

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Great before bed listen. Fabulous. Otherworldly. Space traveller type shi

Like listening to a lukewarm glass of water, but sure, it passes.

Strong homosexual undertones.

For 1976, this is incredibly impressive stuff. I got absolutely lost in this album. It’s clear that this was a landmark recording for those that came after in the genre. But the most unexpected place these soundscapes took to me was to the Mass Effect soundtrack in Part V. The influences of this album appear to be deep and far ranging. Really cool. A thoroughly enjoyable listen. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

pretty cool, especially for the time

Als we ooit contact zoeken met aliëns, dan komen we er waarschijnlijk achter dat Jean Michel Jarre dat in 1976 al had gedaan en er een album van heeft gemaakt. Wát een bizarre reis door geluid is dit zeg! Ook weer zo ontzettend bijzonder dat dit in 1976 is gemaakt. HEt gaat alle kanten op, met meer trancey plaatjes zoals Pt2, dan weer een buitenaards, duister nummer zoals Pt3... Echt zo bijzonder dat zulke muziek al in 1976 werd gemaakt, en het eigenlijk nog steeds vernieuwend klinkt! Ja, dit is een heerlijk Ambient album, van een van de grootvaders van de elektronische muziek. God, wat is het toch vet om zulke muziek te (her)ontdekken, in plaats van het 1001ste indierockpostpunk bandje. Dit is zoveel vernieuwender, maar ik snap het wel als mensen dit saai vinden. Ik ben er groot fan van, maar het vereist wel een bepaald enthousiasme voor elektronische muziek, vergelijkbaar met Kraftwerk. Dit album voelde als een trip in de ruimte en eindige op het strand, wát een reis en wat een album. FAVO: Oxygene pt2, Oxygene pt4, Oxygene pt5,

Definitely cool, and it's clear it has not just influenced the genre, but also cinematic soundtracks.

Old school elektronisk, ambient, lige lovlig spacy

Great progressive electronic with a Berlin School touch, but made by a French dude so it has its own unique vibe that differs from what was being made in Germany at that time. Great stuff

A phenomenal tour de force for this French electronic composer. Really great stuff!

This album atmosphere is just perfect. A great piece of music to float by in the sky!

My first ambient album in the list. Exceptional!!

Instrumentaalimusisointi voi olla mainiota, mutta harvoin sitä tulee kuunneltua. Tätäkään en tule toiste mitä todennäköisimmin kuuntelemaan.

It's definitely sound

This is how I learn that the song from Limmy's Adventure Call sketches isn't an original... Good. Enjoyed it.

may have been worthy of merit as film score for a sci fi movie set on a distant ocean world but as an album? no

I don't know what else there is to be said about this album, but it is fully deserving of its reputation. I've been listening to it since the 1980s when the cover artwork used to scare me as a child, and it's lost nothing of its enjoyment. Melodic and dense and yet accessible and in some ways simplistic, it defies easy definition in some ways. At times mellow and soothing, at other times eery and haunting. Part 2 is the standout track for me but it works as a cohesive whole. A quibble-free 5/5

Fun to hear some vintage synth work, but ambient is not really my thing.

One of the albums in my Electronic Hall of Fame, along with "Geogaddi" and "Autobahn". I wonder what it must have been like to be around when the album was released. The whole is one epic song split into 6 parts. Part 1 is my favourite, with Part 4 being 2nd. 2 fantastic albums in a row. 5 stars for "Oxygène".

less 'music' more playing with sound

I rather enjoyed this, it kind of felt like listening to a story. Like it started out laying the foundation for the rest to come.

Really nothing special. Not a 1, cause that is just for the vile crap, but nothing beyond. 1.5/5

me when the moog

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. 1001 album worthy: yes - 79/143

Muzak

Sounds like every rubbish sc-fi soundtrack from the 80s

Liked it more than I thought I would. Just about.

So far in this listening experience, there's been a surprising number of albums I was subjected to by my parents. So they were apparently more culturally aware than I ever realised. I knew J-M J turning up was only a matter of time. 6 tracks and 39 minutes long! Unacceptable. The first track's primary reason to exist is to have a new age lady play it during relaxation sessions. I actually recognised track 2, so my childhood attempts to make this fade into the background clearly failed. The space lazer "pew-pew" noises were clearly enough to be memorable. Track 4 is what pops into my head automatically when anyone mentions J-M J, which happens rarely these days. Just not a genre, and therefore an album, I enjoy listening to much, although I can understand why others might. 2/5

Beep boop

Jag vet inte riktigt varför jag gillade detta som ung. Det är 5/5 som electronicapionjär. Men upplevelsen att lyssna på idag är mer medelmåttig

Listening to this I can hear how much one of my favorites bands (The Octopus Project) was influenced by Jean Michel Jarre. How are the French just so good at electronica?

Kind of fun. This guy sounds like he was either listening to Kansas or the same stuff Kerry Livgren was in the late 70s. Part V sounds like it was pulled out of Song for America.

1,2,3,4,5,6 blah blah blah. I know I could learn to understand or appreciate this genre of music more but I can't and I won't. I don't get it, and I was easily bored. I don't despise this- I can see why people would like it, but it is not something I will ever listen to again.

This immediately makes me want to go back and be 8 again watching Tom Baker's Doctor Who in his long-ass scarf and me thinking the future was going to be a lot cooler than it ended up being. Loved it. 8/10 4 stars.

Listened Before? N I set aside my eye-roll when yet another electronica album showed up and listened to this one fairly well. I really dug this. It's so much more complex and creative than most modern electronic stuff. Highly recommended. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Oxygene Pt. 4