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All tracks written by Jean-Michel Jarre.
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Revision as of 11:41, 7 June 2022

This article is about the album. For the molecule, see Ozone.
Not to be confused with Oxygène Part III from the original album, Oxygène.
Oxygène 3
Studio album by
Jean-Michel Jarre
Released2 December 2016
Recorded2016
GenreElectronic
Length39:54
Label
ProducerJean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
(2016) 		Oxygène 3
(2016) 		Radiophonie vol. 9
(2017)
Singles from Oxygène 3
  1. "Oxygène 17"
    Released: 4 November 2016
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Oxygène 3 is the nineteenth studio album by the French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre. Announced via a post on Jarre's Instagram account,[3] the album was released on 2 December 2016, on the 40th anniversary of the original Oxygène album.[4][5] It is a sequel to Oxygène 7–13 that was released two decades before.

Background

During the recording of his second collaboration album Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise, Jarre made a piece of music (later titled "Oxygene 19") that "made me think of what Oxygene could be if I were writing it." What made the first Oxygene so different at the time was probably the minimalist look and the fact that there is hardly any drums, and I wanted to keep this approach, creating the beat mainly just with the sequences and the structure of the melodies." The 1976 album was made on an 8-track multitrack with very few instruments. "I tried to keep this minimalist approach for Oxygene 3," Jarre stated.[6]

Artwork

For the cover, he made and captured from a different angle a 3D model of the Oxygene skull originally created by Michel Granger. "The cover became famous, as a dark and surreal ecological warning sign, evoking both outer space and our living space: this image, for me, has become inseparable from the music."[7]

Release

Oxygène 3 was released as a standalone album on CD, digital download and LP, as well as in the Oxygène Trilogy package. The Oxygène Trilogy was released on CD in digipak format, and in the Ultimate edition, which contains the CDs of the albums, as well as transparent vinyl and an exclusive coffee table book. The book contains pictures and a brief description of the various recording equipment (studio tape recorders, master SSD and tapes, DAW software etc.) and musical instruments (organs, synthesizers, drum machines, VST plugins etc.) used to record the three albums in the Oxygène series.[8]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jean-Michel Jarre.

Oxygène 3 track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Oxygène (Part 14)"5:28
2."Oxygène (Part 15)"6:40
3."Oxygène (Part 16)"6:50
4."Oxygène (Part 17)"4:20
5."Oxygène (Part 18)"2:48
6."Oxygène (Part 19)"5:45
7."Oxygène (Part 20)"7:58

Equipment

The album was recorded and mixed on Ableton Live and MacBook Pro.[9]

Charts

Chart performance for Oxygène 3
Chart (2016) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 30
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 47
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 20
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 23
French Albums (SNEP)[15] 50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 34
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[17] 23
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[18] 33
Scottish Albums (OCC)[19] 44
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[20] 44
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 46
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 14
UK Albums (OCC)[23] 41

See also

References

  1. ^ "Oxygene 3". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002993578
  3. ^ "Oxygene 3". Jean-Michel Jarre on Instagram. 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  4. ^ "Jean-Michel Jarre announces new album 'Oxygène 3' - Dancing Astronaut". Dancing Astronaut. October 2016.
  5. ^ "Jean-Michel Jarre announces Oxygene 3 - Uncut". Uncut. 30 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Jean-Michel Jarre announces second album of 2016, Oxygène 3". Resident Advisor. 30 September 2016.
  7. ^ Roberton, Joshua (10 December 2016). "OXYGENE TRILOGY — Jean-Michel Jarre". White Duck Editions. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  8. ^ Billboard Staff (30 September 2016). "Jean-Michel Jarre Announces 'Oxygene 3' Album, Final Installment in 40-Year Trilogy". Billboard. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene 3". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  10. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene 3" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene 3" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene 3" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  13. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene 3" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene 3" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  15. ^ "Lescharts.com – Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene 3". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene 3" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  17. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2016. {{{week}}}. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  19. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  20. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene 3". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  21. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene 3". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  22. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene 3". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  23. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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