Chronologie

Chronologie (English title: Chronology) is the eleventh studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, and was released on Disques Dreyfus with license to Polydor in 1993. Chronologie peaked at Number 11 in the UK charts and the album cover art was created by long-time collaborator Michel Granger.^[3]

Chronologie
Studio album by Jean-Michel Jarre
Released	24 May 1993[1]
Studio	Croissy studio
Length	42:07
Label	Disques Dreyfus
Producer	Jean Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Images - The Best of Jean Michel Jarre (1991) Chronologie (1993) Hong Kong (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Chronologie was performed at a series of 16 performances across Europe called Europe in Concert. These were on a smaller scale than his previous concerts, featuring a miniature skyline, laser imaging and fireworks. Locations included Lausanne, Mont St Michel, London, Manchester, Barcelona, Seville and the Versailles Palace near Paris.^[4]

Composition

The album features Jarre's traditional collection of instruments like the ARP 2600 and Minimoog, as well as newer synthesisers such as the Roland JD-800 and the Kurzweil K2000. Chronologie was recorded and mixed in Croissy studio.^[5]

In the state of mind I did Chronologie, it's quite close to what I did for Oxygène, using a lot of the old synthesizers of the '70s, like the Moog synthesizer — which I consider to be the Stradivarius of electronic music — mixed with the digital sound and the beat of the dance scene of the '90s. In a sense, Chronologie is a kind of mixture between the sounds of the '70s and the sounds of the '90s.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks by Jean Michel Jarre.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chronologie Part 1"	10:51
2.	"Chronologie Part 2"	6:05
3.	"Chronologie Part 3"	3:59

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chronologie Part 4"	3:59
2.	"Chronologie Part 5"	5:34
3.	"Chronologie Part 6"	3:45
4.	"Chronologie Part 7"	2:17
5.	"Chronologie Part 8"	5:33

Personnel

Personnel Lister in album liner notes:^[5]

• Jean Michel Jarre – Digisequencer, Kurzweil K2000, Mini Moog, ARP 2600, Akai MPC60, Akai S1000, EMS Synthi AKS, JD 800, Korg O1/W, Roland TR-909, DR 660, Synthex, Eminent 310, JP 8, DJ 70, Vocalist, Fairlight CMI
• Francis Rimbert – additional keyboards
• Michel Geiss – additional keyboards, artistic collaboration
• Dominique Perrier – additional keyboards
• Patrick Rondat – guitar
• Patrick Pelamourges – technical assistance

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Chronologie

Chart (1993)	Peak
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	56
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9]	10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]	50
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[11]	4
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[12]	6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13]	25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14]	21
UK Albums (OCC)[15]	11

Year-end charts

1993 year-end chart performance for Chronologie

Chart (1993)	Rank
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[16]	8

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Chronologie

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[17]	3× Platinum	300,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[18]	Platinum	50,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.