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Rendez-vous (English: Appointment) is the eighth studio album by electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre released on Disques Dreyfus, licensed to Polydor, in 1986. The album art was created by long-time collaborator Michel Granger.[2]

Rendez-vous
Studio album by Jean-Michel Jarre
Released	1986
Length	35:03
Label	Disques Dreyfus
Producer	Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Zoolook (1984) Rendez-vous (1986) Revolutions (1988)
Singles from Rendez-Vous
"Fourth Rendez-Vous" Released: 1986

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Composition and recording

Rendez-Vous was created over a period of about two months. The album is Baroque in style and uses a mixture of French horns, trombones and violins; and it features heavy use of the Elka Synthex, notably so on "Second Rendez-Vous", a track Jarre often performs using a laser harp.[3] As with Zoolook, it contains elements from the album Musique pour Supermarché, in this case it is in "Fifth Rendez-Vous".[3][4]

The last track on the album was originally scheduled to include a saxophone part recorded by astronaut Ron McNair on the Space Shuttle Challenger, which would have made it the first piece of music to be recorded in space.[5] However, on January 28, 1986, 73 seconds after lift-off, the shuttle disintegrated and the entire Challenger crew were killed. The track was later dedicated to McNair and the other six astronauts on board Challenger. The saxophone part is played by French jazz reedist Pierre Gossez. The album was recorded and mixed at Croissy studio.[6]

Release

Rendez-Vous was released in 1986,[6] the album reached no. 9 in the UK charts and no. 52 in the US. in that same year. It won the Instrumental album of the year category, at the Victoires de la Musique,[7] and was nominated for Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1987.[8] In April 5, 1986, Jarre performed the large-scale outdoor concert Rendez-vous Houston in Houston, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Texas and attracting 1.5 million people, marking its second entry into the Guinness World Records.[9][10][11][12]

Jean-Michel presented another performance on October 5, Rendez-Vous Lyon, marking Pope John Paul II's visit to Jarre's hometown, Lyon.[13] In 1998, British commercial broadcaster ITV used a remixed version of "Fourth Rendez-Vous" (called Rendez-Vous 98) for their television coverage of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. British group Apollo 440 were credited alongside Jarre for the remix.[14]

Track listing

Alternate track listing

Some editions of the album had the tracks Second and Fifth Rendez-Vous split up into separate parts, and slightly different timings for Fourth and Last Rendez-Vous (Ron's Piece).

Personnel

The personnel listed in album liner notes:[6]

• Jean-Michel Jarre – Seiko DS-250, Elka Synthex, Moog synthesizer, Roland JX 8P, Fairlight CMI, E-mu Emulator II, Eminent 310U, EMS Synthi AKS, Laser Harp, RMI Harmonic Synthesizer, Oberheim OB-X, Yamaha DX100, Roland TR-808, Linn 9000, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Casio CZ 5000, ARP 2600
• Michel Geiss – ARP 2600, Eminent BV, Roland TR-808, Matrisequencer
• Joe Hammer – E-mu Drumulator, percussions on "Second Rendez-Vous"
• Dominique Perrier – Memorymoog on "Second Rendez-Vous"
• The Choir of Radio France, directed by Sylvain Durand – vocals on "Second Rendez-Vous"
• David Jarre – Baby Korg keyboard on "Fifth Rendez-Vous"
• Pierre Gossez – saxophone on "Last Rendez-Vous (Ron's Piece)"

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[15]	6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16]	20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17]	12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18]	8
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19]	24
UK Albums (OCC)[20]	9
US Billboard 200[21]	52
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22]	26

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[23]	2× Platinum	600,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[24]	Gold	100,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

Sources

• Duguay, Michael (2018), Jean Michel Jarre, Books on Demand, ISBN 978-284-993-324-4
• Remilleux, Jean-Louis (1988), Jean-Michel Jarre (English ed.), Futura Publications Ltd., ISBN 0-7088-4263-1
• Hughes, Alex; Reader, Keith (2003), Encyclopedia of contemporary French culture, CRC Press, ISBN 0-203-00330-6
• Portico; Matlock, Glen (2008), The Little Black Book of Setlists, Anova Books, ISBN 978-1-906032-11-1

External links

• Rendez-vous at Discogs

На других языках

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[de] Rendez-vous (Jean-Michel-Jarre-Album)

Rendez-vous ist das neunte Musikalbum bzw. achte Konzeptalbum von Jean-Michel Jarre. Jarre nahm dies anlässlich des 150-jährigen Jubiläums der Stadt Houston und des Bundesstaates Texas sowie des 25-jährigen Jubiläums des Lyndon B. Johnson Space Centers der NASA auf.

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- [en] Rendez-Vous (Jean-Michel Jarre album)

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[es] Rendez-Vous

Rendez-Vous es un álbum de música electrónica instrumental compuesto y producido por Jean Michel Jarre, estrenado en 1986 a través de Disques Dreyfus y licenciado a Polydor.

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[ru] Rendez-Vous

Rendez-Vous — пятый студийный альбом Жана-Мишеля Жарра, вышедший в 1986 году. По всему миру было продано около 3-х миллионов копий альбома. Из всех альбомов Жарра этот находился дольше всего в чартах США (20 недель) и Великобритании (38 недель).

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