DISQUES DREYFUS · FDM 18108

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1. Les Chants Magnétiques

Running order of the main release. Pressings may split it differently.

• Jean-Michel Jarre - Les Chants Magnétiques [Magnetic Fields] (1981)
• Magnetic Fields, Pt. 1
• 3:58 Magnetic Fields, Pt. 2
• 4:11 Magnetic Fields, Pt. 3
• 6:26 Magnetic Fields, Pt. 4
• 3:29 Magnetic Fields, Pt. 5

The title of the album is a play on words. The literal English translation of the French title "Les Chants Magnétiques" is "Magnetic Songs". However, the French word for 'fields' (champs) is a homophone of the French word for 'songs' (chants), so in French, if the title is spoken out loud, it can be interpreted as either magnetic fields or as magnetic songs. "Les Champs magnétiques" was a surrealist book published in 1920. Catalog # of commercial releases: LP: France: FDM 18108, DLP 2001, 824 748-1, FDM 46050 36142 1 Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong/Singapore/Malaysia, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, Uruguay: 2311 075 Austria, Eastern Germany, Germany, Israel, Kenya, Turkey: 2344 166 Argentina: 6004; Canada: PD-1-6325, JAR3; Ireland; POLS 1033; Japan: 28MM 0044; Mexico: LPR 16392, LPE 1204; Peru: Y-POL-2311075.9; South Africa: POLY 5531; Spain: 800 024-1; Switzerland: FDM 18108; UK: POLS 1033, POLD 5159; US: PD-1-6325, 422-829 457-1 Y-1; Yugoslavia: 2220806 Europe: 88843024701 Cassette: France: FDM 40 18108, DMC 2001, 824 748-4, FDM 36142-4 Australia, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong/Singapore/Malaysia, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Spain, Thailand: 3100 598 Argentina: 7966; Canada: PD4-1-6325, JAR4 3, FDM-36142-4; Chile: 185084; Japan: 28CM0025; Mexico: MCR 16392, MCE 1204; Spain: 800 024-4; UK: POLSC 1033, POLDC 5159; US: CT-1-6325, 829 457-4 Y-1; Yugoslavia: 5720508 CD: France: FDM CD-18108, DCO 2001, 824 748-2, FDM 36142-2 Brazil: 800 024-2; Canada: FDM 36142-2; Germany: 800 024-2; India: 88843024702; Japan: P33P50024, P28P 20169 Russia: 88843089352; US: FDM 36142-2 Europe: 488138 2, 88843024702 Related singles: [Les Chants Magnétiques (Part 2)](http://www.discogs.com/master/75818) [m=77642] [m=1269428]