Talk:Oxygène/Archive 1

Archive 1

Number of sales

According to the sleeve notes, it has apparently sold 55 million copies worldwide. How does this compare with other best selling albums?

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55 million is an estimated number of records ever sold by JM Jarre in his carrier, Oxygene should be near the 20 million copies instead.

I quote from the sleeve notes: "To date, Oxygene has sold 55 million copies wordwide..." I personally find it hard to believe, but when they write it there, then it must be true. --Maitch 13:42, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

is the cd out of print?cant find it anywhere

It's probably down the back of the sofa.--feline1 16:24, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

i ment in shops...

I know you did - that's why it was funny.--feline1 16:51, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Mail on Sunday

In the United Kingdom, copies of this album were given away with the Mail on Sunday on 20 January 2008. Don't know whether its relevant to the article, but thought it was worth making a note of on this page. 81.152.223.237 (talk) 15:23, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I see someone has mentioned it in the article. I really should read these things a bit more closely. 81.152.223.237 (talk) 15:25, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 15:21, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Reomved {{Refimprove}}

I removed {{Refimprove}} since no more {{fact}} is present in the article. Nsaa (talk) 15:25, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

A meaning ?

The article for Equinoxe states: "The album reflects a day in the life of a human being, from morning to night." Is there any specific similar "meaning" for Oxygene ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.123.135 (talk) 16:23, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

è

What is the source for the accent on the "e"? I know the French word oxygène has one but it isn't used anywhere on the album artwork nor on Jarre’s website. I’d recommend moving the page to Oxygene (album) or perhaps just Oxygene because the album is probably much better known than the programming language.--Lairor (talk) 23:41, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

The source would be interesting to know. 85.217.38.115 (talk) 22:01, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Oxygène is a French word used by a French artist and thus deserve a French spelling. On the disk cover, it is written capitalized and it is common to omit diacritics with capitalized words. You can find the word uncapitalized on this cover for example, as well as in some CD booklets, and it is written with an accent. On this other hand, it is written in small cases with no accent on this CD.

As long as we are not able to find any contrary statement from Jarre himself, we should assume the title should be written the French way "Oxygène". — Xavier, 23:47, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Well, apparently, it depends on the public the product is aimed to: it is written Oxygène for the French speakers, and Oxygene otherwise. See his records on discogs.com and his biography on his official website (switch between French and other languages). — Xavier, 00:07, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Richard Hawley

One track on Richard Hawley's self-titled 2001 LP I'm pretty sure samples Oxyygene. Because I'm not sure, I wouldn't put it in the entry -it just strikes me as an odd place for it to turn up (Hawley being quite 'Rockist') and an example of the breadth of the LP's iinfluence/penetration. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.235.77 (talk) 15:41, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

You need to find a reliable source that states that; original research is not permitted. --Redrose64 (talk) 16:18, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Title

This may be simply beating a dead horse, but I'd like to get the naming of the album consistent. The article title omits the accent on the 'e' while the infobox and lead include it. The album cover omits it because in French, accents don't apply to capital letters. I believe it's safe to conclude that the album's correct title is Oxygène.125.237.47.3 (talk) 00:37, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Just in case someone takes "in French, accents don't apply to capital letters" as authoritative, here a couple of sources saying that in French accents are often left off capital letters, but it depends on circumstances and preferences [1] [2]. FrankSier (talk) 18:17, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Cough, cough...

"It has been described as the album that "led the synthesizer revolution of the Seventies."

Somebody tell Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze and Ralf Hutter about this. I'll bet they'll be mildly amused... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.132.254.140 (talk) 00:13, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

No doubt been mentioned before

Hi! It's no doubt been mentioned by someone here before, but does anyone know why whenever you walk by an arcade in the UK, part of this track is playing? If a specific game uses it, it is notable? As I don't venture over arcade thresholds, I don't know what the source is, and I'm having difficulty finding sources (what with arcades being older than the earth itself, let alone the Internet (double brackets: why does iOS capitalise "Internet" but not "earth"? It's sentence aware, so it knows I'm using it in the manner that requires capitalisation)) so I can't prove its notability without a little help. If nothing else, I'd be glad to know what uses it, just to settle that question for myself even if it's not included in the article. Thanks!  drewmunn  talk  20:42, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
Never fear! Having pinpointed the actual track, I've discovered that the theme comes from Popcorn, the article for which is very helpful. You may ignore the above ramblings...  drewmunn  talk  20:47, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Date for AllMusic review?

Regarding "Recent reviews such as AllMusic's Jim Brenholts...": it would be nice to have a date for this review because I cannot tell how recent it is. I have visited the AllMusic website and I cannot find any date. Does anyone know how to find dates for AllMusic reviews? FrankSier (talk) 18:25, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

None of the reviews on the website have a date. The only thing I can tell you is that AllMusic started out as a book, first published in 1992. So the review is not from the time when the album was released, it is from 1992 or later. Richard3120 (talk) 19:03, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, I have done a rewording. (See also conversation I started in Talk:AllMusic#Dates_for_AllMusic_reviews.3F ) FrankSier (talk) 14:30, 8 February 2016 (UTC)