EN ATTENDANT COUSTEAU [AKA: WAITING FOR COUSTEAU]

Not a very good representation for Jarre's usual sound though the opening "Calypso" suite works very well. It's a very varied and sometimes upbeat styling suite, notably on the first part of it, which is a uplifting steel-drum oriented track, though the last part is rather melancholic and sad. The second part is the best track on the entire album and is among my personal favorite Jarre tracks. The title track, a tribute to Jaques Cousteau, is in the ambient style and might not appeal to everyone though it's a relaxing and dreamy underwater journey that is best used as background music rather than active listening. I was a bit disappointed with it since it goes over the same all the time through the nearly 47-minute playing time, but it's overall a good ambient track. Jarre also used it as an intro for some of his concerts back in the early 90's as well as on the recent Gdansk concert in August 2005. It didn't sell as well as most of his other albums and it's far from beign his best release but it's a brave and interesting project for Jarre nevertheless, but I feel I can¨t give it a higher rating than 3 stars. "Calypso 1" and "Calypso 2" are the best tracks here, then followed by "Calypso 3" and the title track.

Defiently a recommendation for older JMJ fans, but newcomers to him should wait until they get more familiar to him. 3 stars.

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