Oxygène

Resident sleeper. If i wanted to float in space i’d pay Bezos 20M to take a ship to space as opposed to listening to this dog piss and pretending i’m floating in space

Early electronic kinda cool vibes.

Meh.

That was really good

ambient

This was...different... Lots of alien abduction vibes. Would pair well with a light show at a planetarium.

Old timey electronic background music, I could have this playing on a loop for 10 hours and maybe not notice that it was repeating. Very excellent music for the genre, but nothing about it gives it an excellent review.

It is like being immersed in laid back, atmospheric space battle.

great album

Pass. It wasn’t for me

UFO aux cord

I almost switched off from this while listening to the first song. It wasn't really fitting my vibe at work. But holy I'm glad I didn't because the rest of the album did NOT disappoint. Pt. 2 and 4 especially caught my attention. It's also really cool to hear sounds like this from 1977 when synthesizers were really just first becoming popular. I love the analogue feel of some of the sounds he used.

I'd been meaning to listen to this for a while and completely forgot about it. I'm in to it.

Tämä oli solid 3,5 joten pyöristyy neljään! Hyvää syntikkamaalailua! 4/5

Ihan nautinnollinen ambient-platta, mut ei ihan neloseen yllä.

God help me they're all called the same thing and first track is 8 minutes long. What is this list trying to accomplish exactly? Shouldn't this be a list of 1001 undeniable albums, all of them at least rated a 4 overall? Like, you guys - Kid Rock is on this list. Kid. Rock. We knew after that it wasn't going to get better. I mean, major props to the cover art, here. But this will be a miracle if I like this album. I'm just saying, if this album gets a pass but John Carpenter's Lost Themes isn't on this list, then what's going on?

This is much more like it - some weirdo French synth-botherer producing an eccentric piece of instrumental electronica. To say I loved it would be an exaggeration, but it's on the right path. Jarre shacked up with Charlotte Rampling and Isabelle Adjani, took the maiden ride in the first flying car, and staged his lights 'n' lasers extravaganza for a couple of million people in Moscow. Some boy!

Ground breaking and incredibly influential but so lame in retrospect. It’s hard to appraise this in a modern era where it’s just repetitive sounds when it was such a leap when it came out.

The OG analogue instrumental synth album - Kraftwerk's melancholy vocals were always an integral part of their sound. Pt 4 an absolute banger, though it's also clear how much of this came from experimental as well as disco. Essential. Also managed to create a sound that sounds as French as Kraftwerk are German: the word sophistication comes to mind here. As George Bush might say, the French just have no word for chic.

Love it

It's kind of insane that this album came out in 1976, long before today's ubiquitous electronic music. But in a way, this feels like an ancient album: there has been so much growth since the first experiments with the medium. This album is a great example of those pioneer days.

Has kind of a Stranger Things vibe to it which made it more interesting than it otherwise would have been. This would probably be a five if you smoked a joint, threw on some headphones and sat in the dark, but unfortunately, I am experiencing this at 8:30 in the morning with caffeine being the only drug in my system.

Was probably revolutionary for the time but it's dull to me. Reminds me of The Wall in a weird way.

steikta shit

I’m sorry, I started to and I just couldn’t make myself listen to it.

synth instrumental

Sure this may have been an inspiration for future electronic artists, and an excellent blueprint for scores. But it also may be Obsolète

I can't give this a bad review after I just said I wanted less of the standard english rock band. So 3 stars for giving me something different

All electronic/synth. Interesting and enjoyed some parts. Interestingly, when I first turned this on and went for a walk, like usual throughout this 1001 journey, teh style just wasnt hitting well at all, so I pivoted to something else and came back to this and enjoyed it more than expected. Recognized a song, or at least a part of it.

Synthwave pre 2018? Unreal. Insanely meditative and introspective. Energetic, fun and light. Incredible to imagine they recorded this on analog synths with analog recording gear. I'm a big 90's euro house and french electronic music so this strikes a sweet chord with me. As proto as the genre can get I mean its pretty enticing.

Oxygène was actually the second album I've heard back then. The first was Equinoxe, which I had borrowed from our public library. This was around 1980. I was mesmerized by the sound. So I lent Oxygène the next time. And of course I recognized Part IV instantly. Fan erver since.

Nowadays this sounds like the soundtrack to some indie game. Back then it probably sounded like something else. I love how this music creates a mysterious vibe and can get you „out of space“. I‘m usually not too much into electronica but this one caught me.

What in the world?

Light relaxing background music. Daughter called it Minecraft music. How does something like this become an album you need to listen to before you die?

What the hell was this album!? Felt like I was being abducted.

Interesting one for sure. I can imagine myself being blown away in 1976 throwing this on the record player with a nice set of headphones, but in 2024 it doesn't hit quite the same. I imagine it laid a great foundation for a new genre but I don't think it's stood the test of time the same way. Cover art is sick tho.

Pretty good and notable for being an early example of synth based music more ambitious in composition but it doesn't hold up well compared to modern artists working in the genre.

Interesting. Seems to come from a time when this type of music had some popularity.

Very atmospheric, but I can see a lot of music being influenced by this. Specifically any euro dance music in the last 30 years. I'd listen to it again while working. It's good zone out music

A diferencia de muchos otros discos en este listado, éste sí probó ser influyente en su presente y en su futuro. En los 80 todos sabían quién era JM Jarré.

solid electronica record with a couple parts that veered towards greatness but i felt never really got there

Not horrible but not at all liking this

Very futuristic sounding electronica from the 70s. I didn't mind it but did start to lose interest halfway through although I may enjoy it with more listens but for now I prefer Eno

Kill jester.

Honestly, even today it sounds weird. I can only imagine how it felt when it was released. Cool Oh, I've heard part 4 before

Listened to this once in 2020 when I was in my "music discovery" phase Back then I thought it was okay, most likely because I was a bit pretentious in my music taste, but nowadays I think it's underwhelming

Utter nonsense. See also Tubular Bells.

unlike tubular bells, this felt like a cohesive whole. It was a bop throughout!

Good, worth listening again

Oxygène (Part IV)

Good for the background. Pretty clean.

Not even gonna bother

ambient slop

Decent. 3/5

TIHI! 1/5

star wars audiobook

I was indifferent until reading the blurb, and then I thought oh cool This was made in a home studio in the 70’s. it’s got something,although I don’t think I’ll ever listen again

If I was 15 in 1976, this would have blown my mind. Since neither are currentlt true, it's alright, you can do better within the genre

The keyboard that comes in about a minute and a half into part 2 is so good. What’s crazy about such a pioneering album is hearing all the influences that come from it. I hear other electronic artists, I hear pop songs, I hear video game music. But even stand alone it’s really beautiful, in sort of an idealized future that never came way. Really enjoyed this

Surprised by how much I enjoyed this. This is the sort of album I want to discover on this

Can't get beyond falcon hoof. But I imagine having a big hifi and dark room this might be better.

This was great, familiar at times too. Probably a 4.5

Lovely stuff. Another one I have been meaning to listen to for years

Delightful stuff. Country miles ahead of it's time

Is it just me or is this album just the same song over and over again at different lengths?

Ambient

Very reminiscent of visits to the planetarium as a child. Cool little album that works well as background music.

YEEES!!!

I hated every moment of this that I could stomach. Obvious DNF.

Filler 70s music. I am surprised at how old it was, I would not listen again though

Very atmospheric, lots of interesting sounds.

This is terrible!

Trance

Instrumental, dreamy, sleep music

A fun instrumental album that still holds up today, with Standouts in Part II and IV.

I... didn't know electronic music was.. so old! OK, so it's not the "beat" EDM type stuff from more modern times, or the DJ type stuff from my X days. It tries to be more ambient.

"Oxygène" is the third studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre. He recorded the album in his Paris apartment using a variety of analog and digital synthesizers and other electronic instruments and effects. The listed genres, which are appropriate, include electronic, ambient, synth-pop, space music, new age and electropop. The album titled, "Oxygène," was named after a water-colored painting of the same name by Michael Granger. The painting was used with a modified background as the album cover and depicts Jarre's theme of damage being done to the planet. Commercially, it was a breakthrough, reaching #1 on the French charts, #4 in the UK, #78 in the US and, in 2016, had sold an estimated 18 million copies worldwide. Initially, the album actually received negative reviews especially in the UK but, in retrospective, is considered a major work in the development of electronic music. The album is divided into six parts. "Oxygène (Part I)" begins with layered echoing and spiraling synth noises which is followed by what sounds like a female opera singer with synth pings in the background. It then changes to darker and deeper synth keys layered with lighter ones. The layering and synth key changes seems to be Jarre's song recipe throughout the album. The second single "Oxygène (Part II)" adds lasers and a beating noise to the repetitive synth keys. Loud synth keys strike up the melody which changes to a slight lower octave. Synth wave sounds, sonar echoing and a fast beat begin the first single "Oxygène (Part IV)." A Kraftwerk-esque sounding syth comes in for the melody. This is catchy. A bass beat and more synths are layered in. The album ends with "Oxygène (Part VI)" and its rhumba/bossa nova beat. There's thunder, ocean and seagull sounds. Dual, simulateneous synth melodies are layered over a long droning sound. This album is ambient, soothing, repetitive and hypnotic. I have to be honest; I struggled to keep focus throughout and found it much better as background music. I did appreciate Jarre trying to create a different atmospheric vibe in each song and his building of layered synth noises and melodies. I can definitely see it's influence in the electronic and ambient musical areas. If you're a fan of those, this album is worth checking out.

This sounds like music from an amusement park ride for a space adventure. I don’t see why this should be on the list. I think that I could have played this on the keyboard.

It sounded celestial which is cool until you listen to the rest of the album and say this isn’t cool it does not vary a lot.

Somewhere there is an elevator in the Star Wars world that is playing this. Totally mid. I get that this is supposed to be a historic album or whatever but it sounds seriously dated and literally put me to sleep. Nothing happens in this entire album. It’s just spacey sci fi vibes.

No-once again why was this on list? Sounds like it belongs on a bad sci-fi movie soundrack.

Gear: Meze 109 PRO Artwork: Ganz schön Meddl für Electro-Ambient 🤘 Mix: etwas luftig unten rum Musik: Synths! Theremins! Sensationen! Wertung: ⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️(⚛️)/5

Another electronic classic

Yeah this was cool from a sort of historical perspective. Clearly impactful, and yet I wouldn’t say this is something I’ll be eager to throw on in the future.

Not a lot to be excited before. Maybe it was ahead of its time, but that doesnt mean I enjoyed it.

в транс вводит жутко музыка просто норм, пока не глянешь на год выпуска и охуеешь алкоальбом: дед на рейве

Вот она - великая Франция!

This album like some kind of outdated sci-fi film score from the 60s or 70s trying to be cutting edge. Similarities to Wendy Carlos and A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, with a bit of John Carpenter thrown in for good measure. I enjoyed this, but it was not at all what I was expecting.

Spacey electronic goodness.

I had no idea what I was going to be hearing and I loved every second of it. I somehow feel more knowledgeable having been exposed to this work.

Synths & space... kind of dig it, not sure I'd listen too often though.

Enjoyable! Pt. 2 in particular was engaging.

The song titled "Oxygene" sucked. Oh wait, all the songs are titled "Oxygene".

Not too much to say here but will mention how otherworldly it sounds. The synths do all the heavy lifting but manage to create a dignifying sci-fi sound. If you told me the Duffer brothers S.T. (Stranger Things) soundtrack was inspired by this, I would believe you. I have never heard or imagined a 70s album to have this sort of atmosphere to it. Rendering this album to be somewhat one of a kind and original. Lots of head spinning alien like sounds to this LP, I recommend not only giving it a try but listening with headphones as well. In order to get that full ethereal otherworldly feel. This album may just leave your ears tingling.

A sci-fi movie with no dialogue.

great atmosphere, fun to listen to

If this were the soundtrack to some Sci-Fi RPG game I'm sure it would be Amazing! Though I can't really see myself just sitting and listening to it much on it's own

Sounds a lot like tron legacy and daft punk and justice what a seminal french electronic banger

Far out!! Would enjoy on shrooms!!! 🍄🍄‍🟫

Reminds me of Ross on friends when he was playing the keyboard. "Wordless sound poems" The whole album was giving me theme park vibes. Then the 4th track kicked in and I realised its was the actual song from the claw machines at theme parks! No thanks, not for me 2 ⭐️

Ya know, this is some good old space-age electronic that I can get down with. Crazy that this came out in 76; the synth-wave tone that is on display here (prominently in the driving Pt 4) I tend to associate with the 80s. The synth tones and style throughout remind me of a random record I picked up from KaChunk a while back by a band called Mong Tong (https://open.spotify.com/album/0iz5iVfY8aQiVDY6k3eefT?si=mHowU0TvQoGx39c9lkabUA). Mong Tong is quite a bit more psychedelic in sound, but there is some common element between their sound and that on display here. This was a really pleasant and expansive electronic record. The "parts" separate distinct compositions that really otherwise feel like a natural continuation of a single narrative. I would say this is low 4 territory for me.

Entire album is trippy sounds. I feel like they have some pink floyd influences. Definitely that vibe. wasn't bad to listen to. 3 stars

Sounds like the soundtrack to a space-faring indie video game. Obligatory "would take drugs and listen to this album". I really enjoy electronic albums like this and this was no exception.

That was some super trippy lo-fi electronic that I could listen to on repeat all day. Nothing was super spectacular like other electronic albums, but the whole thing was just super satisfying. Also shoutout to an awesome album art.

This is some trippy synth sounds! I do really like that one effect they use with it that sounds like the end of Fly Like an Eagle. 2 has a One of These Days bassline. This started off well for me but just kinda became a soundscape while I was working. Still pleasant. High 3.

Ok, this was actually pretty cool sounding.

Very soothing

Interesting. Seems like it should be a soundtrack for a David Lynch movie or something

I enjoyed listening to this one more than I thought i would. Might go back and listen more again soon!

French electronica, count me in. At least if it something thoughtful like this. Can't imagine how difficult this would have been to put together in the 70s. No2 clear winner.

It's like the whooshy spacy parts of the whooshy space Pink Floyd songs but without any psychedelic rock. Too busy to be ambient, too new age to be interesting.

The kind of album that makes you want to quit doing this listening quest. Genuinely pissed that I sat through this. I get it, it's just soooooo creative and genius that it HAD to be added to this list, right? C'mon.

Literally just videogame music. Was probably very cool in the 70s.

A different listen for me. This album used a lot of the ethereal sounds I associate with sci fi and space-themed movies. It was fun to have on in the background as I drove around on a rainy day but it's not my favorite type of music.

Yeh, really boring stuff. Top tip- listen to track 1, and you’ve heard it all.

Pretty good background music for cleaning the house or studying. I tried to actively listen but my mind kept wandering. Everything sounds the same.

Great

I don't want to insult the guy, but I just don't find this exciting at all. Considering we're talking about an album from almost 50 years ago, the technology of the time to produce an album like this is pretty staggering. But now? It just seems very noodle-y to me. At least he had the electronic percussion, which works with everything else. Makes it all sound... otherworldly. I can see where most of the other electronic music came from all of this. You decide whether that's a good thing or not. The fade out on the last track works for me, too. So... yeah, I can dig it. Just definitely not something I will come back to, and I appreciate it's historical importance. Next.

It's fine but not overly spectacular. Cool spooky electro-synth vibe, and apparently a pioneering album for synth. Ok, but still just okay in my opinion. Part 2 was my favorite track, with some different beats about 100s in; not sure what all the fuss was about with Part 4 (the "big" single). Kind of reminded me of that Mike Oldfield album, and others too I guess since Jarre has been dubbed the French Oldfield. Seems justified to give the albums the same rating.

I mean other than finding it funny that this featured a shooting stars song, I didn't care much for this. It was an ambient style that didn't mean much to me

Well it was okaaaay, bit boring.

Heavy Tangerine Dream vibes. Incredibly entrancing.

I first found this album when I was looking for record with Popcorn on it. The guy at the used record store was totally positive this was the album that had it, and he pointed me to Oxygene part 4. I was a stupid kid, and this was pre-internet, so I paid my $4 and bought the album despite the fact that "Oxygene" was a different word than "Popcorn". I was disappointed. I hadn't found the album I was looking for. I tried to like this album then, but was having a lot of trouble getting into it. Perhaps it was partly because of the disappointment, but I couldn't really enjoy it. I gave it to a friend of mine who also had a record player and got a synthesizer for Christmas. Years later, my tastes have expanded, and while it's still not my favorite, I can dig the vibe a little better now. Not my favorite synth work, but it's a solid album to have on in the background while I work.

It’s quite hard to review this album. Like rain on a tin roof, it made for a pleasant listening experience. However, like rain on a tin roof, a lot of it was just a pleasant sound, rather than music. I guess that is the nature of the ambient genre, but maybe you need to be really into it to appreciate it. This made me think of Kraftwerk, but if they didn’t want their music to be catchy. I can appreciate this, but it’s certainly not an album I’ll be seeking out again.

Pretty alright ambient background music but probably wouldn't listen again

brutal

Interesting from the perspective of a continuous piece of music evolving. Boring beyond that.

Dreamy background music

From what I can gather, Jean-Michel Jarre is considered a pioneer of electronic ambient music, and this album is exactly that. Broken into six movements, Oxygène is a relaxing listen where the synthesizer hooks pop off and don't overstay their welcome. Some portions of the piece stand out like the keyboard swagger of Part V; that's a toe-tapper. This is a niche album, where not everyone's on board for ambient music. It comes with a solid recommendation if you're curious about this genre. Update 2/2/2026: I ended up revisiting Oxygène over 400 albums later, and I am stunned at how many more melodies and motifs I was able to pick up this time around. Loops on tracks like Parts II, V, and VI gradually built into hypnotic soundscapes that simultaneously corresponded to their organic orchestral counterparts and yet were otherworldly in execution. What was also remarkable was how many synthesizer effects simulated the sounds of the natural world, such as chirping birds, crashing waves, or roaring thunder. Jean was apparently inspired by environmental issues pertinent at the time, alongside his selection of the album artwork of the skull inside the Earth. This album was not meant to be any political statement so much as an appreciation for and wonderment of the very world we live in, and to not take nature for granted, and the presentation fit that to a T. I feel like the notion of calling this album "ambient" is a bit of a misnomer. The better descriptor for Oxygène would be "captivating trance". It certainly made for a more compelling listen than what I thought previously.

From reading the Wikipedia page for this album I gather it has a lot of historical significance as one of the earliest electronic albums. My own criteria for this project is solely based on how much I enjoyed listening to the record. So the fact that it's a landmark album or was very influential counts for nothing (to me personally) and I award two stars on the basis of "boring but not actively bad"

Loved it! Good to read along to, play chess or just sit around petting my cats and dog.

Some good sounding sci-fi ambient music. I have no strong opinions one way or the other about this album really, it's just chill background music.

I dont get it. Makes a lot of sense that it’s by a French dude. It sounds cool I guess, think I’d really like this as the soundtrack for a movie. 7/10

Jarre is a pioneer of… background music? 5.5/10

8/10 - This album is so good. I was designing a dnd puzzle while listening to it and it was just so perfect to figure out how I wanted it to work. parts 2, 4, and 6 were the best but it was all good.

Just didn’t find it that interesting, got pretty bored of some of the beats

Not the type of electronic/ambient that I'd usually listen to but still not bad 6/10

Soothing and hypnotic. Pt. 4 has a lovely mid-seventies European futurism, at the time the most high-tech sound imaginable which even today sounds somewhat otherworldly. Cool recording. Has an "organic" feel to it even though completely electronic, even the bird sounds are synthesizer and studio effect. Astonishing to me that he recorded this in his apartment.

Brilliant album, unlike anything else on this list. Listened to it twice and got lost in it both times.

If you like synth ambience this has it in spades. Kinda spooky kinda dreamy. Is it good? Your mileage may vary. However I found I liked this way more when I had it on the background while working on some artwork as opposed to listening during my job hours. I could see this belonging on a soundtrack to an early sci fi dystopian movie or videogame. In fact, all I could think of is Psycho Dream for the Snes as I listened to this (which has a killer soundtrack and visuals) Or even some of the tracks for Mass Effect (Vigil, Ilos specifically). All in all, pretty interesting album, 70's synths and soundscapes arent my forté but they definitely conjure up some cool vibes.

I loved this album! Turns out im a sucker for synthy soundscapes. I should have expected this given how fond I am for Plantasia and the Lil Bub albums. It’s corny and silly but it works for me

Jean-Michel Jarre shows here, for me, that being a pioneer doesn't automatically means that the music will be really good. I was a fan of this type of music in the 80's - my earliest memories are from Kraftwerk, Der Plan, Tubular Bells and Jarre - which made its way into more synthesizer music during my life. Jean-Michel Jarre certainly uses warm analog synth sounds here and even organs, but the music keeps falling between ambient and emptiness, where he plays with new sounds on this new found musical instruments. But I'll be honest: the first 3 parts I found almost grating, where after Oxygène 4, but especially 5, the album picks itself up a bit. I remembered this more fondly than this re-discovery was able to give me, I'm afraid

Bit boring, but +1 star because I recognized a song from GTA4 and nostalgia is powerful.

Background music

Good for working

Synth areal music goes classical

Amazing. What a sound.

Needed a few overpriced drinks to go with this.

Boring

Fenomenaal album, baanbrekend, goed, meeslepend. Iets gedateerd

O please, another electronic synth robot album - or wil I be surprised? A little - not robotic, but it's clear why all his previous albums were released as soundtracks. This all sounds like watching a movie, and it's not obnoxious, but why would I pop it into my headphones? My drive to the grocery just isn't that dramatic!

Lo que debió ser escuchar esto en 1976!!! Alguna vez lo había oído antes por encima, hecho así de forma seguida sigue pareciéndome muy bueno y mejor de lo que recordaba. Grandes las partes 2 y 4.

I liked it more than I expected to

Isn’t it crazy that by the time the 1970s were over, electronic music had already reached its peak?

A classic of electronic music.

Just background music to a low budget film. You probably had to be there back in 1976 to truly appreciate this one.

Awesome. Dystopian and fun. Felt like I should be hunting down Toecutter.

Like spending 40 minutes hovering over the Tyrell Corporation or hanging with the Droogs at the milk bar. Dig it.

I'm a sucker for this kind of early experimental synth music so I thought this was awesome.

69/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

synthesize me cap’n! Need to spend more time with this one but cool soundscapey, kinda ambient but kinda in your face synth album. Interesting listen.

weird. not good. trippy

Claw machine song????

Epcot ambience

Pretty boring and I generally like electronic instrumental

Sleepy video game music

Chill background music. Tbh didn’t notice it while doing other things around the house. Probably wouldn’t seek it out but would be surprised if this artist had come up in my sleep music category before

Chill. I recognized the one song, probably from the kraftwerk album radio, considering they came up a lot after this album was over. Hard to rate bc I doubt I’d seek it out specifically as “background music” but it did sound good for what it was.

Good album.

A lot better than I expected for experimental

No

Not sure the purpose of this. I did not need 40 minutes of 70s synthesizer/ambient music. It was just there.

Takes me back to Saturday afternoon record shopping. I still have my original copy on vinyl that I purchased from Windows music store in Newcastle in 1977. I listened to it in the record booth and was amazed at the talent of Jean Michele Jarred and had to take it home to listen to the entire album. Best track Oxygen PT 2

Early French proggy electronica. Split into 6 movements it is uplifting and is a bit of a Scifi soundtrack.

Sounds like the end credits of an alien Christopher Nolan movie. It was surprisingly awesome!

Music fans *really* need to stop using the word "experimental" as a synonym for "acceptable". Labelling something as "experimental" seems to be a shield against scathing blowback. The definition of an experiment is "to demonstrate a known truth, to examine the validity of a hypothesis, or to determine the efficacy of something previously untried". Experiments are carried out in private under controlled lab conditions or amongst a select focus group. The results are only made available to the public after careful consideration & if the findings are worthwhile. Why should music fans waste their precious time & hard-earned money on these narcissistic experiments? Do they think we're fucking suckers with nothing better to do? It's insulting. "Experimental" = not ready for widespread release; a work-in-progress; still shit. Also, fuck Jean-Michel Jarre for wasting such awesome album art on this dogshit album of cheap sci-fi sound effects. Cunt. 👎👎

I'm not really sure. I put it on as background music while I'm working and all of a sudden the album ended and we were on to Radiohead. It's good at not grabbing your attention. I may go back and listen to it when I want to hear what it's about, but as background it works.

Ambient

A very pleasant ambient electronica. I can see this leading the way and influencing many, many bands. I think I may have even heard some riff's from one of the tracks in a Pink Floyd and Prodigy album somewhere....

Didn’t love but I also don’t think it’s my kind of music. I always like when an album has an instrumental track to contrast the rest but it starts to feel a bit jumbled when every song is like that. I think my favourite track was #5, the beginning sounded a bit like a lullaby

6/10 nice but mid

I don’t hate it. It would be good if I was high or on psychedelics. But I’m not. I’m just bored listening to space music. Not bad space music. Just nothing I’d listen to regularly.

Die Anfängevder Synthi-Musik... herrlich entspannend. Richtig gut und vor allem bekannt , ab 18:40 Minuten bis ca. 22:00 Minuten. Also Part 4.!!

this is an amazing bit of ambient electronic awesome. if i heard this in 1976 it would have blown my fucking mind.

I generally listen to the album of the day during my morning commute. I am not a morning person. DO NOT listen to this album during a morning commute if you are not a morning person. That said, I appreciate the influence this album had on the use of synthesizers. It’s decent for ambient sound.

It sounds a lot like an 80s movie soundtrack. Which in a way isn’t surprising as this is what JMJ did for a lot of his career. While it’s still pretty impressive in a ‘before its time’ kinda way, I just wasn’t that excited by the idea of listening to it again.

I know this one. This is a mixed bag. Some scary ghost music in there. But also the famous, well known track which is good. Generally though this does not get going at all

Jean-Michel Jarre's Oxygene is one of the very influential albums of early electronic music. This is Jarre's third album, and was an enormous commercial success. Jarre combined catchy, classically inspired melody lines with ethereal sounding echo effects, to create a sound that is definitively "new age." The songs are pleasant, but lack range - they all seem to be cut from the same ethereal cloth.

Chill electronica. Enjoyed it.

ambient trippy, I dig, was good bubbly sounds, I enjoyed but didn’t feel particularly special within that genre

Iconic cover art

I first heard this as a teenager, so good.

Sounds like an early 2000s video game soundtrack

Trippy! Good trip jam

I’m always amazed at the things that came out in the 70’s. This so cool and never would I have guessed it was over 40 years old.

Just a blissful groovy moogy early electronic album, and that's my favorite. Such a jam.

Wanted to like this more than I did but just found it too dull. Ended up turning it off midway through. Not bad background music but not for me as an active listen.

Absolutely ground breaking. Super interesting to listen to given its age. Very easy to get lost in

I get that this was technically influential, but musically, it goes nowhere. 2 very bored Space Invaders out of 5 👾👾

Hard miss. DNF.

Not too long and quite enjoyable, if nothing to write home about. I appreciate that they didn’t feel the need to name the different instrumental pieces anything other than parts 1, 2, etc.

Toyed with the idea of giving this a 2, but actually think there was enough here that I would listen again if I needed something instrumental to concentrate to. Simpsons: No

It's not bad, but it's not the kind of thing I'd ever want to sit down and listen to. It sounds like one giant interlude that you might hear half way through an album of actual songs. Or background music for something more interesting, like a video game. Worms music, two days in a row. ⭐️⭐️

Well this was only gonna end up with one result. And it's not a good one. I have only every heard oxygen part 4 before on the radio and I'm not a fan. Also the bloke is French, and he is doing electronic music. And no singing. Also why not try some different track names out? Lucky for this album there isn't minus stars. Only positive is that it is a relatively short album . If this were the last oxygen left on earth then I would rather take my chances breathing in carbon monoxide

First track dragged but it felt like an intro to the music so maybe I can forgive it. Recognised Part IV for some reason. It grew on me as the album went on in all honesty. The Album Artwork is great too

I always enjoy listening to earlier albums in this genre. I suppose that's true of any genre for me, really. I love discovering how music styles and genres develop and evolve. Interconnectedness, influences, patterns, etc., always appear, and that's usually in very interesting and innovative ways. Album art here is pretty cool, too. Reminds me a little of Yes album covers.

I like it. Good background

LOVE

Un LP que claramente se adelantó a las tendencias ambient que dominaron el panorama del IDM hacia finales de los '80s. A pesar de que es sumamente interesante, puede escucharse bastante monótono. Sin embargo, no podría criticarlo más que eso, ya que es uno de los primeros discos de electrónica.

Less ambient than I thought, but still really good. One of them, I think around 3-5, goes into this cool chiptuney thing around halfway through (like 7 years before chiptune was commonly used in video games). Anyway, good.

Listening to this reminded me of the TV show Friends when Ross was doing his ridiculous keyboard music, but I weirdly enjoyed it.

All B-movie and low-rent TV action and sci-fi soundtracks owe a debt of gratitude to this disc. I don’t see the “electronic Oldfield” comparisons. I’d suggest that this is what Bach would sound like behind a synthesizer.

Genre: Electronic ambient, synth-pop, space music, new-age, electropop 1976 Back in 1976 this was something special and unique, today.... well... Oxygene Part IV is classic though. 3.5

Futuristic

Good album.

if brian eno made music underwater

It was weird reading the Wikipedia page about Oxygene and learning that it was an international sensation that sold 10 to 15 million copies, and that Jean Michel Jarre was the first Westerner to ever play China and put on the biggest concert of all time, because I had never heard of this album or this artist before today. It felt like that Berenstein Bears thing where you feel like you’ve shifted to a slightly different dimension. I thought Oxygene sounded a little like Tangerine Dream and a little like Tubular Bells but did not appeal to me as much as either of those. I appreciate that this album was ahead of its time when it was made but I think this type of music has been taken to a lot more interesting places in subsequent years. I found listening to this comparable to someone liking Renaissance art and then being told to check out crappy medieval art from before they figured out perspective. Like yeah, this guy’s flat face in this circa 1135 painting is cool and all, and was the best they could do at the time, but I’d rather go back to Raphael and Michelangelo and the other ninja turtles.

Hmm, the opening (very 1st song) was so mysterious, so the theme of this album immediately captivated me! As if I was listening to the other following songs, some "prehistoric ages" feelings of electronic music kicked in!... I can say it was an exciting and eargasmic experience to listen to this album!

Early electronic music was still figuring out the potential of the new music-making machines, so the now-common genre of electronic dance music was still in it's primitive stage. Instead, electronic music was more focused on providing ambiance and layered soundscapes that were mostly instrumental. A lot of the genre was developed in Europe, so it makes sense that we visit France as a foundation for understanding progressive electronic music. Oxygène is an influential album in the world of electronic music for it's utilization of both analogue and digital synthesizers. Jean-Michel Jarre's innovations would inspire other artists such as Moby, who would incorporate the same dynamism in his trip hop music.

I haven't guessed the genre of this, too different. All the songs have the same name, I'll check the meaning of that. Otherwise it's electronica so lyrics are not gonna be the main attraction sadly I think. It has a historical influence, but not something one could instantly enjoy, I suppose. I also sense transitionss like a Avalanches. I decided not to rate each song independently since it's a one big song. First song, just as I thought, no lyrics, so I put the headphones on, just in case magic happens like this. Weird sounds go through first in right and then left ear. Otherwise it's chill. Alien UFO sound now. Different notes came in. There is nothing on genius, I think this album is the origin of many sounds, that artists used later idk. It's just... nothing. Oh, a "manly" beat came in, orchestral vibes too. It's same as before now. I have no idea why should I like this. Squeaky sounds, umm even weirder came up just now. Second song, it was an amazing transition, plus new sounds unlocked, it's like a game now, each song suggests new stuff, and I guess that's fun. Wow different vibe fully now, I mean the constant sound is changed, background ear-to-ear sounds are almost same. It's like Chicken Invaders sounds tbh. It has a beat to it(constant one), I'd shake ass to it. So bad that I don't know instrument names, but I recognise them. It's more melodic now. I'm definitely getting the vibe now, it relaxes me in a different way. New background sounds came in, it's wavey(almost like sea), plus sand sounds andd windyy. The wind goes from left to right ear, very satisfying. Third song, idk if there was a transition, but it's quite different now, constant tinnitus like sounds in the background, while notes are taken in the right ear, and a slight beat. Also very short song compared to the before ones. It got slower and slower, while alien sounds in the right ear go out and birdsong comes in(and goes). 4th song, this is the most listened song. Oh, tropical vibes. I like the progressiveness. Trombone thingy is in action with a constant beat in my right ear, violins came in slightly. This is the most active one so far. But last three were relaxing on a different level, plus interesting. It didn't evolve any further just last half of the song used different sounds. 5th song, umm helicopter sound almost, seems ASMRy, plus bird sounds, but if they were robotic. 10 MINUTES?! It's violiny now. No constant beat. Just slowly vibing with that instrument, there is an additional sound in the left ear too. Constant beat came in low key. It's not progressing. It's almost-cannon like sound now. Sparkling noisess. Ohh left ear has a real beat now. Wtff the scratchy sounds now. This is evolving. FUUCK IT IS GOING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT EAR, AND THERE IS TWO BEATS. ONE GOES TO LEFT ANOTHER TO THE RIGHT. What if they collide. Beats are in their places and main character is another instrument now. At the end cannon sounds again with a bit of sea wave. Now just wave sounds. 6th song, wtf there was a transition, didn't even notice. Little tropical vibes slowly coming in, but wave sound is the main. There is a flowing melody now, with a different sounding guitar(I think). It's not dramatically different, but it's more pianoed. I love this electric piano even more, it has a nostalgic vibe somehow(a sample? I doubt). Oh it is fading away, and this crushing(wave) sound is the main attraction. This is it? Random bird sound in the left ear. Yes, that was it, I wanted more from the ending, but I suppose that's fine too. However weird it may sound for some, I actually liked this, it was a journey, that I never knew I wanted. I wasn't amazed completely, but it was unique in a way, which I liked a lott. So 4 stars, yes, I'm being veery generous, on the other hand it was much better than some vocal guys out there with the same exact sounds throughout the album.

Meh

Eyeshadow

At times it left a little too sci-fi movie soundtrack-esque. But overall it was so cool to experience the beautifully crafted synth sounds.

BASTA QUESTE ROTTURE DI MINCHIA

Oggi poco tempo che c'e' san remo me ne ascolto un paio - almeno siamo nei 70 Ma che cazzata di album - va bene tipo slow n cute sex session Apparentemente e' tipo uno dei primi famosi album di musica elettronica - still na palla

Mag ich.

Haven't listened to this for years and it doesn't sound dated. Not as "hardcore" as the likes of Tangerine Dream, but this album made electronic music more mainstream - even my dad liked this album.

Neither ambient or something to pay attention to. Surely influential but not for me.

I can appreciate how groundbreaking this might have been when it was released, but I don’t think it has aged well.

Lovely ambient electronica. Good as background music, but not much as a standalone

For what it is, this is fine.

Ok, very cool! Electronic music from before the digital age really blew up and made it trivial to produce. Unexpectedly cool. This is the kind of album that makes the 1001 albums a really cool thing to get into -- discovering gems that got lost to time (at least to me). It starts so ethereal, reminds me of 70s television interstitials. I dig the theremin sounds. Space-age-y. Really dig this one, easy 5*.

Imagine listening to this for the first time in 1976, and Jean-Michel Jarre just hits you with the first ever drop in electronic music on 'Oxygène (Part II)' (at 1.44, don't @me). What a trip. Looking back it seems obvious, but using the merging technology of the time to create a breathing, human, and organic album is just genius. The result is a record that somehow still sounds fresh and retro to this day. Also, 'Oxygène (Part IV)' is a certified banger.

The epitome of electronic music. Oxygène sounds like something out of a Jules Verne novel. Wonderfully imaginative and decades ahead of its time. Sometimes I wonder, if the rest of the world have actually caught up to 1976 Jean-Michel Jarre yet? Most likely not.

loved this

Þetta var allt í lagi í áhlustun. Mér fannst þetta sem sagt ekkert leiðinlegt en mér fannst þetta heldur ekki beint skemmtilegt. Ólíklegt að ég muni hlusta á þetta aftur.

This album is terrible, only worse.

Bit boring for me

Electronic album from 1976. Have actually heard of the artist before and enjoyed a few of his songs as a kid. High hopes. Recognise part 4! 4.

Al principio pensaba que era algo único e innovador, pero razonándolo bien, en la música instrumental clásica se lograban piezas mas complicadas y más emocionantes. Es indudable que son las bases del EDM, pero para mi gusto le falta argumentos y emoción para pasar de ser piezas ambientales o piezas estilo soundtrack a música con la que te puedas identificar y vivir.

I don't listen to ambient music very much but this was a nice introduction

Buncha Bullshit

This has got to be one of the worst albums I have listened to

Good, for it's time

Plenty of depth and repetition as goes with the genre at the time. Fine to have it sweep around but not something to seek out.

Gratos recuerdos en la música electrónica

I'm waiting in line at Tomorrowland. Also, the inspiration for all the other vaporwave/synthwave/deep space music that gets me through my workday. 3/5

The fact he made this music in the 70s still blows me away

I feel like i’m in a spaceship :D Probably not something i would listen to normally or maybe when i’m trying to fall asleep. But it’s kinda cool that you can create a whole new world with just music and without any (real) instruments.

No songs downloaded.

Enjoyed this! Great work listen and honestly cool. So ahead of its time

Might listen to this when going to bed. Other than that it sounds like one of those 70s sci-fi movies with very little dialog and some dude wandering a barren planet.

gave me a headache

Different and very enjoyable! Synth at its best

terrible

couldn't even tell when the album ended and went into suggested songs. The music itself isn't bad, its just really boring which makes it a lot harder to enjoy. idk what it is this morning though but im like totally vibing with it. maybe i was just having a grumpy morning yesterday...

I was in a band in Sixth Form with a guy who was super into this album. I’ve always though we were a weird match for a band, because he was this fantastic classical guitarist and saxophonist with a plan to play video game sounds over electronica played by our bandmate, and I was a budding singer-songwriter and self taught punk guitarist, trying to find a balance between my love of the Replacements, Bruce Springsteen, and Carly Rae Jepsen. We came up with some decent stuff, but it mostly downplayed the electronics and played into our shared love of Jazz and Funk. Now that I’ve finally got around to listenong to Oxygène, I can appreciate how it would have fit into our sound (and maybe have sounded pretty good with one of my amateur solos over the top.) Although, my appreciation may be entirely down to my ability to enjoy 70’s Sci-Fi, who knows?

Music was mesmerizing! I loved it!

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Toen ook al niet baanbrekend. Maar het heeft toch iets dat goed samenhing met waar ik toen was

Sightly more stressful gameshow music. With that said, it's fine.

I'm not really a big fan of electronic music. This is one of the best electronic music albums I've listened to, though. The repetition gives comfort, and the slight variations in the melody or adding/removing a channel (is that the right word?) becomes really noticeable and impactful.

Who r u

Interesting ambient album. Spacey vibes

I fucking love aliens, I truly find them remarkable and fascinating. I love the thought of being on a beautiful alien planet surrounded by alien landscape and forests. this album is like the soundtrack of those alien worlds. Sign me up please!! I never really cared for electronica but maybe I’ve been missing out holy shit, this is transcending. god aliens are so cool.

3 - 3.5

Wish I could give it a zero

Good music to focus to

Great album to have on in the background - good to hum along to. Different end of the spectrum to some stuff that pops up too often on here.

Felt like I was walking a street in Blade Runner.....not bad as far as electronic goes

Some banger main menu music.

Meh. It was a cool soundtrack for what it was but it’s not a standout to me.

Just way better than it had any right to be to use a JS quote

This rocked, especially Part IV because it was on Pure Moods and that really took me back to my childhood.

I'm not really into electronic stuff, but I'm trying to evolve beyond listening to just stuff with lyrics; I found this to be engaging. The early synth sounds were interesting to hear.

Absolutely crazy that this album came out in 76. It is weird, but good weird. It is unashamedly electronic, which works both in its favor and against it, but mostly for it.

As a sum of its parts this was good, but no individual track really stood out to me. I wish it tapped more into the ambient sound and was not so noisy at certain points.

The sound was solid, it was just too boring to not be an OST or have something it needed to go along to

Have you ever wondered how alien jazz sounded like? If so, your answer is here. With songs that move from the ethereal to the intriguing, Jean Michel Jarre presents a futuristic -for 70s standards- album. These 6 tracks use a range of exotic instruments and intricate temps to entertain the listeners. If you let yourself go with the flow, you’ll find your convienes in a state of trance by track 4. Not a typical album to play during your thanksgiving dinner.

Ein gelungenes Experiment - nichts für mich.

Right up my alley

Music to chill

A New Age Space Oddity

Cool ambient early electronic music. Kind of videogamey vibes. Good for background walking around/working.

It's cool but I feel I'm listening to an indie game's OST, so it doesn't feel anything special. The album finished and transitioned to indie OSTs bc yt music does that, I didn't notice until 7 songs in

Not for me

I didn't hate it. It was dramatic and interesting. Not something I would listen to other than through this project.

Bien. Conocía Oxygene, Pt. 4. Soy más de Mike Olfield. Aunque, en general, está bien el músico éste.

The whole album feels like a Steve Miller Band intro.

Cool, spacey, sometimes creepy synth instrumentals. Mostly I felt like this was a movie score missing a movie. But depending on the track, I vibed with it. Moments that stood out: - 1:42 on Pt. 2 when the high-pitched synths make a dramatic entrance. - Pt. 4. I like the bouncing rhythm and the way the synths fit into it. - The new drum beat that comes in around 5:25 of Pt. 5. Sounds ahead of its time. Almost like a techno or hip-hip beat.

I've been listening to a lot of ambient electronic music from the 90's lately and this intro immediately grabbed me. Then I looked and saw that it was from the 70's and thought "hell yea!". I love hearing something and thinking its from a completely different time period. Feels like some anachronistic (finally, I get to use this word!) glitch. Yea I'm such a geek for this type of music. When song 2 breaks (around the 2 minute mark I think), I'm really pulled in and feeling... determined? Excited? I could do with a few less laser sounds, but I get it that this was the 70's. It's also just a littttle bit too heavy on the sweeping filtering panning synths. I really enjoyed this. Probably biased like I said because of my recent listening to similar acts, but I felt like this really nailed the idea

It's one of those spacey records that unfolds, twists, evolves, enveloping our senses through a never ending passage of time. It attempts to take you to another dimension, but I'm not sure that I quite made it. Perhaps the destination was just a mirage. Where the end is the beginning, and the beginning is the end. Or maybe I'm talking complete and utter rubbish!

Someone went mental with a synth. Before they realised that actually they're best used to make dance music people thoight electronic music was better at making kinda modern classical. The french particuarlly with their bagutte enfused dreamscapes. Mixing strong coffee, manic stares and ambience wasnt what we after guv.

Quite an achievement to sound both futuristic and dated at the same time, ! I understand iits iconic status but it still doesn't exactly set my world on fire

I would argue that whilst it flows nicely as an album, it is ALL ethereal keys and noises, and that's too much for a whole album. I listened in 2 sittings and it was lovely hearing this mix in straight after some Indian music. They are lovely pieces but it doesn't work as an album for me.

A spiritual and ambientic journey through space and time. Part 4 is the pinnacle, but you must experience Parts 1-3 to get there. Parts 5-6 hold the energy and brings you back home. Giving a 5 for an essential listen, at least once, preferably late at night.

Sounds like a scifi soundtrack from the 70s. Seems kinda relaxing

Not sure what to think of this. Bits of it are interesting, bits of it are bland. Sort of decent for the background but Im not massively sure what the point of it is. 2.5

Mike Oldfieldy electronic prog, found it very cluttered and all a bit silly. There were some bits and pieces that caught me but they were largely covered in bleeps and laser noises, think Jean-Michel wanted to use all the settings on his new synth. Not really for me as a genre anyway and this didn't change my mind.

Parts IV and II were the best. Pleasant enough to have on in the background.