Revolutions is the eighth album by Jean Michel Jarre, and released in 1988 on A&M Records. The sound of this album spanned over several genres. Amongst these genres are symphonic industrial, Arabian inspired, light guitar pop and ethnic electro jazz. The album reached number #2 in the UK charts, his best since Oxygene[1]. This is probably due to the large Destination Docklands concert in London which coincided with the release of the album. The track "September" is named after and dedicated to South AfricanANC activist Dulcie September, who was assassinated on March 29, 1988. There are two different versions of the album, with both having a different version of the track, "Revolutions". On the original version, the intro to the song is played on a Turkish flute whereas on the later reissue of the album, the intro is played by an Arabian string orchestra. The later reissue also has a different vocal as sung by the Arabian vocalist. The song "London Kid" was a collaboration with Hank Marvin. Hank was living in Perth, Australia at the time and he and Jean Michel composed the song with each other over the phone. The vast majority of the album was recorded using a Roland D-50 with many of the original presets that came with the stock version of the synthesizer.
