Chronologie
by Jean Michel Jarre
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Jean Michel Jarre bestography
Chronologie is ranked 5th best out of 33 albums by Jean Michel Jarre on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jean Michel Jarre is Oxygène which is ranked number 892 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,954.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Chronologie track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Chronologie rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Nightprowler | Top 46 Music Albums of the 1990s | 16/46 | 13 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  DJFresh-Rock | Top 36 Greatest Music Albums | 1/36 | 92 |
| 2025 | Junomoogmello | Top 54 Music Albums of the 1990s | 18/54 | 14 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 60 Music Albums of 1993 | 20/60 | 3 |
| 2025 | Nightprowler | Top 4 Music Albums of 1993 | 3/4 | 3 |
| 2024 | Junomoogmello | Top 7 Music Albums of 1993 | 2/7 | 4 |
| 2023 |  AlexSVK | Top 10 Music Albums of 1993 | 6/10 | 3 |
| 2021 |  djrodo | Top 25 Music Albums of 1993 | 20/25 | 1 |
| 2021 |  IanFrance | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 4/100 | 56 |
| 2021 | IanFrance | Top 69 Music Albums of the 1990s | 1/69 | 20 |
| 2017 |  bertrandu | *All Time* Progressive Electronic | 83/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 213 | |||
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Chronologie ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/12/2025 10:33 | Nightprowler | 532 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2025 01:48 | DJFresh-Rock | 127 | 87/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2024 19:26 | StreakyNuno | 950 | 89/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2023 18:11 | djrodo | 960 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/01/2023 21:30 | TonySayers61 | 23,340 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.
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I think this has to be my favourite JMJ album. I listened to the tape for hours driving up and down motorways some 30 years ago! I recently got this on vinyl re-issue although I still have the tape. I liked this album so much when it was issued that I bought the full musical score and ended up sequencing with my own arsenal of musical gagetary. The way Jarre constructs his tracks is both simple and complex. The repeating patterns are gradually built into something epic. The music is generally more melodic than Tangerine Dream but there are similarities with TD's eighties work.
DJFresh-Rock 05/08/2022 01:36 | #285104
Jean-Michel Jarre might have been a bit cool in the 70s, I suppose. He wasn't cool in the 80s, however, and by the 90s he was even further down the list. The guy can write a tune, though, and Chronologie shows that in abundance. Coupled with his incredible production skills, it makes for an outstanding album. There's neo-classical overtones (the first half of Chronologie Part. 1), banging synthpop (Chronologie Part. 4) and funky dance (Chronologie Part. 8). Look past the reputation and dig a little deeper into Jarre's output for worthwhile rewards.
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