En attendant Cousteau

En attendant Cousteau (English title: Waiting for Cousteau) is the tenth studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, released on Disques Dreyfus, licensed to Polydor. The album was dedicated to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and was released on his 80th birthday 11 June 1990. AllMusic described the album as "groundbreaking stuff", due to its stylistic differences from his other albums.[1] The album reached Number 14 in the UK charts.[2] En attendant Cousteau is divided into two distinct stylistic halves: the first three pieces titled "Calypso" and the title track, an ambient piece which was used in the soundtrack of a 1991 documentary entitled "Palawan: Le dernier refuge" by Cousteau and Jarre.

En attendant Cousteau
Studio album by
Jean-Michel Jarre
Released11 June 1990
StudioCoral Sound studio, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Croissy studio, Paris
Length1:08:57
LabelDisques Dreyfus
ProducerJean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Revolutions
(1988)		 En attendant Cousteau
(1990)		 Images - The Best of Jean-Michel Jarre
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing

CD edition

All music is composed by Jean-Michel Jarre

No.TitleLength
1."Calypso Part 1"8:24
2."Calypso Part 2"7:10
3."Calypso Part 3 (Fin de Siècle)" (End of the Century)6:28
4."En attendant Cousteau" (Waiting for Cousteau)46:55
Total length:1:08:57

Vinyl and cassette edition
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Calypso Part 1"8:24
2."Calypso Part 2"7:10
3."Calypso Part 3 (Fin de Siècle)"6:28
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."En attendant Cousteau"22:00
Total length:44:02

Personnel

Personnel listed in album liner notes:[3]

Charts
Chart (1990) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 19
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 27
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 21
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 27
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 11
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 14

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
France (SNEP)[12] 2× Gold 550,000[13]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[14] Gold 50,000^
Summaries
Worldwide 1,550,000[13]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. En attendant Cousteau at AllMusic
  2. "UK Music charts". EveryHit.com. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  3. Waiting For Cousteau (booklet). Disques Dreyfus/Polyodr. 1990. 843 614-2.
  4. "Austriancharts.at – Jean Michel Jarre – En attendant Cousteau" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  5. Finnish charts:
    • Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 168. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
    • "Discography Jean-Michel Jarre". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  6. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  7. "Swedishcharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – En attendant Cousteau". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  8. "Swisscharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – En attendant Cousteau". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Jean Michel Jarre – En attendant Cousteau" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  10. "Norwegiancharts.com – Jean Michel Jarre – En attendant Cousteau". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  11. "Jean Michel Jarre | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  12. "French album certifications – J-Michel JARRE – En attendant Cousteau" (in French). InfoDisc. Select J-MICHEL JARRE and click OK. 
  13. Fitzmaurice, Larry (22 May 1993). "Around The French Companies". Billboard. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  14. Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 (in Spanish). Iberautor Promociones Culturales. 2005. ISBN 8480486392.
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