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Métamorphoses (album)
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<h2 id="critical-reception">Critical reception</h2> <p>In <a href="/facts/Release_Magazine/RcjoHaMw">Release Magazine</a>, Niklas Forsberg wrote that "it is a musical flashback to a more enthusiastic and innovative Jean Michel Jarre" and added that "Jarre does it better when he's not influenced by anyone but himself."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> <a href="/facts/AllMusic/Hb8cU8Fb">AllMusic</a> writer, Thom Jurek described the album as "the most adventurous recording of Jarre's in a decade, and articulates his universal language of transcultural musicality and futuristic altruism fantastically."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> <p>All tracks are written by Jean-Michel Jarre.</p><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Title</th><th scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">1.</th><td>"Je Me Souviens" (feat. <a href="/facts/Laurie_Anderson/oV94W7fg">Laurie Anderson</a>)</td><td>4:25</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2.</th><td>"C'est la Vie" (feat. <a href="/facts/Natacha_Atlas/YTGcDK04">Natacha Atlas</a>)</td><td>7:11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">3.</th><td>"Rendez-vous à Paris" (feat. <a href="/facts/Sharon_Corr/m9MflYpz">Sharon Corr</a>)</td><td>4:19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">4.</th><td>"Hey Gagarin"</td><td>6:20</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">5.</th><td>"Millions of Stars" (feat. Veronique Bossa and <a href="/facts/Jocelyn_%2526_Lisa/u8wSThbT">Lisa Jacobs</a>)</td><td>5:41</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">6.</th><td>"Tout Est Bleu"</td><td>6:01</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">7.</th><td>"Love Love Love"</td><td>4:26</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">8.</th><td>"Bells"</td><td>3:49</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">9.</th><td>"Miss Moon" (feat. <a href="/facts/Ekova/mBfJNlfM">Dierdre Dubois</a>)</td><td>6:08</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">10.</th><td>"Give Me a Sign" (feat. Veronique Bossa)</td><td>3:49</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">11.</th><td>"Gloria, Lonely Boy"</td><td>5:31</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">12.</th><td>"Silhouette" (feat. Ozlem Cetin)</td><td>2:29</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>60:09</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="personnel">Personnel</h2> <p>Adapted from album booklet:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jean_Michel_Jarre/krg5JHT6">Jean Michel Jarre</a> – <a href="/facts/Vocals/EWY1s7lw">vocals</a>, processed vocals, <a href="/facts/Keyboard_instrument/zVUA9QNG">keyboards</a>, <a href="/facts/Synthesizers/NrmdVrPa">synthesizers</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joachim_Garraud/tCJj9LXx">Joachim Garraud</a> – drum programming, sound design, additional keyboards</li> <li><a href="/facts/Laurie_Anderson/oV94W7fg">Laurie Anderson</a> – vocals on "Je me souviens"</li> <li><a href="/facts/Natacha_Atlas/YTGcDK04">Natacha Atlas</a> – vocals on "C'est la vie"</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sharon_Corr/m9MflYpz">Sharon Corr</a> – <a href="/facts/Violin/0m2eLF3B">violin</a> on "Rendez-vous à Paris"</li> <li>Veronique Bossa – vocals on "Give Me a Sign" and "Millions of Stars"</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ekova/mBfJNlfM">Dierdre Dubois</a> – vocals on "Miss Moon"</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jocelyn_%2526_Lisa/u8wSThbT">Lisa Jacobs</a> – vocals on "Millions of Stars"</li> <li>Ozlem Cetin – vocals on "Silhouette"</li> <li>Olivier Constantin - vocals</li> <li><a href="/facts/Leslie_Jacobs/0LlwXWrD">Leslie Jacobs</a> - vocals</li> <li>Rabah Khalfa - <a href="/facts/Bendir/2wefYLHI">bendir</a>, <a href="/facts/Darbouka/yWlcsL1M">darbouka</a></li> <li>Raphael Garraud – additional keyboards</li> <li>Christopher Papendieck – additional bass keyboards</li> <li><a href="/facts/Francis_Rimbert/AosjSgV9">Francis Rimbert</a> – additional keyboards</li> <li>John Davis - mastering</li> <li>Nuit de Chine - art direction, graphic design</li> <li>Patrick Pelamourgues - technical assistance</li> <li>Jean Baptise Saudray - choir conductor</li> <li>Yvan Cassar - string arrangements</li></ul> <h2 id="charts">Charts</h2> Chart performance for <i>Métamorphoses</i><table><tbody><tr><th>Chart (2000)</th><th>Peakposition</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Austrian Albums (<a href="/facts/%25C3%25963_Austria_Top_40/3B0L8Tj0">Ö3 Austria</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></th><td>28</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Belgian Albums (<a href="/facts/Ultratop/z8s4xXqw">Ultratop</a> Flanders)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></th><td>49</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Belgian Albums (<a href="/facts/Ultratop/z8s4xXqw">Ultratop</a> Wallonia)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></th><td>26</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Dutch Albums (<a href="/facts/Dutch_Album_Top_100/dG4dLtW3">Album Top 100</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></th><td>42</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Finnish Albums (<a href="/facts/The_Official_Finnish_Charts/c0yxEQtC">Suomen virallinen lista</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></th><td>7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">French Albums (<a href="/facts/SNEP/lT0tPFLb">SNEP</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></th><td>7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">German Albums (<a href="/facts/GfK_Entertainment_charts/bGrgjxKn">Offizielle Top 100</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></th><td>17</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Norwegian Albums (<a href="/facts/VG-lista/gHbBmrR7">VG-lista</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></th><td>19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Spanish Albums (<a href="/facts/Productores_de_M%25C3%25BAsica_de_Espa%25C3%25B1a/shAF30pQ">AFYVE</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></th><td>20</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Swedish Albums (<a href="/facts/Sverigetopplistan/Br6GrFEd">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></th><td>30</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Swiss Albums (<a href="/facts/Swiss_Hitparade/GsbuC0fn">Schweizer Hitparade</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></th><td>32</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/UK_Albums_Chart/h1hyzP13">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/facts/Official_Charts_Company/42Rz2PXj">OCC</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></th><td>37</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Jean-Michel-Jarre-Metamorphoses/master/77606"><i>Metamorphoses</i></a> at <a href="/facts/Discogs/wdyMoREv">Discogs</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Métamorphoses at AllMusic <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/r468837" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/r468837</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Jean Michel Jarre: Metamorphoses - Release On Line review". releasemagazine.net. Retrieved 8 September 2022. <a href="http://releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orjmjarrem.htm" target="_blank">http://releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orjmjarrem.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Jean Michel Jarre: Metamorphoses - Release On Line review". releasemagazine.net. Retrieved 8 September 2022. <a href="http://releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orjmjarrem.htm" target="_blank">http://releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orjmjarrem.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Métamorphoses at AllMusic <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/r468837" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/r468837</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Métamorphoses (booklet). Epic. 2000-01-24. 496022 2. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Austriancharts.at – Jean Michel Jarre – Metamorphoses" (in German). Hung Medien. <a href="https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a" target="_blank">https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Ultratop.be – Jean Michel Jarre – Metamorphoses" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. <a href="https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a" target="_blank">https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Ultratop.be – Jean Michel Jarre – Metamorphoses" (in French). Hung Medien. <a href="https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a" target="_blank">https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Dutchcharts.nl – Jean Michel Jarre – Metamorphoses" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. <a href="https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a" target="_blank">https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Jean Michel Jarre: Metamorphoses" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. <a href="https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/Jean+Michel+Jarre/Metamorphoses" target="_blank">https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/Jean+Michel+Jarre/Metamorphoses</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Lescharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Metamorphoses". Hung Medien. <a href="https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a" target="_blank">https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. <a href="http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Jean+Michel+Jarre/?type=longplay" target="_blank">http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Jean+Michel+Jarre/?type=longplay</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Norwegiancharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Metamorphoses". Hung Medien. <a href="https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a" target="_blank">https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. <a href="84-8048-639-2" target="_blank">84-8048-639-2</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"Swedishcharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Metamorphoses". Hung Medien. <a href="https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a" target="_blank">https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"Swisscharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – Metamorphoses". Hung Medien. <a href="http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a" target="_blank">http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean+Michel+Jarre&titel=Metamorphoses&cat=a</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"Jean Michel Jarre | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. <a href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/Jean%20Michel%20Jarre/" target="_blank">https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/Jean%20Michel%20Jarre/</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>