Live from Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni)

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Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni)
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Live album by
Jean-Michel Jarre
Released27 October 2005
Recorded26 August 2005
VenueGdańsk Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland
GenreElectronic
Length48:03
LabelWarner Music Poland
ProducerJean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre chronology
Jarre in China
(2005) 		Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni)
(2005) 		Live Printemps de Bourges 2002
(2006)

Live From Gdańsk (Koncert w Stoczni) (pol. "Shipyard Concert", referring to Gdańsk Shipyard) is a live album by Jean-Michel Jarre, released in 2005, exclusively in Poland. It contains selected songs performed during Jarre's Space of Freedom concert in Gdańsk, Poland, on 26 August 2005, commemorating twenty-five years of the Solidarity movement.[1]

Jean-Michel Jarre performed together with Polish Baltic Philharmonic and Gdańsk University Choir.

Apart from his own works, the album also features Jarre's electronic-style interpretation of Polish protest song "Mury", written by Jacek Kaczmarski in 1978, to the melody of "L'estaca" by Lluís Llach.

Cover art[]

Cover art features shipyard cranes in the foreground, then a photograph of Gdańsk Shipyard workers, and wooden tablets of 21 demands of MKS in the background.

Critical reception[]

Fans complained about the length of the album, which contains only nine out of twenty-four songs performed during the event. In their review, Polish magazine Teraz Rock described this release as "undoubtedly too short".[2]

Track listing (DVD)[]

Note: Jean-Michel Jarre has a long practice of changing the names of his songs when performing them live (see the list of Jean-Michel Jarre compositions with multiple titles for details). In such case, original name is indicated below the new one.


Solidarność Live

  1. "Shipyard Overture"
    • original title: "Industrial Revolution Overture"
  2. "Suite for Flute"
  3. "Oxygene 2"
  4. "Tribute To Chopin"
  5. "Aero"
  6. "Oxygene 4"
  7. "Souvenir"
    • original title: "Souvenir of China"
  8. "Space of Freedom"
    • original title: "March 23"
  9. "Theremin Memories"
  10. "Chronologie 2"
  11. "Mury"
  12. "Chronologie 6"
  13. "Oxygene 8"
  14. "Light My Sky"
    • original title: "Tout Est Bleu"
  15. "Tribute to Jean Paul II"
    • original title: "Acropolis"
  16. "Rendez-Vous 2"
  17. "Vivaldi: Summer – Presto"
  18. "Oxygene 12"
  19. "Rendez-Vous 4"
  20. "Solidarnosc Tonight"
    • original title: "Oxygene 13"
  21. "Aerology (Remix)"

Track listing (CD)[]

  1. "Shipyard Overture" – 4:59
    • original title: "Industrial Revolution: Overture"
  2. "Oxygene 4" – 4:21
  3. "Mury" – 5:49
  4. "Space of Freedom" – 5:01
    • original title: "March 23"
  5. "Oxygene 8" – 4:45
  6. "Light My Sky" – 4:51
    • original title: "Tout Est Bleu"
  7. "Tribute to John Paul II" – 6:24
    • original title: "Akropolis"
  8. "Rendez-vous 4" – 6:20
  9. "Aerology Remix" – 5:15

Personnel[]

  • Jean-Michel Jarre – keyboards, mixing desk, laser harp, theremin, vocals
  • Francis Rimbert – keyboards, electronic percussions
  • – keyboards, guitars, musical coordinator
  • Polish Baltic Philharmonic
  • Gdańsk University Choir
  • – conductor

Certification and sales[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[4] Platinum 31,000[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Source: (in Polish) Live From Gdansk (Koncert w Stoczni) – retrieved January 23, 2007
  2. ^ Source: (in Polish) review by Teraz Rock magazine – retrieved January 23, 2007
  3. ^ Wiadomości (January 25, 2006). "SPRZEDAŻ PŁYT W 2005 R.: ROK ŻABY" (in Polish). Interia. Archived from the original on March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  4. ^ "Wyróżnienia - Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2006 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
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