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{{Infobox album
| name       = Equinoxe
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Jean-Michel Jarre]]
| cover      = Equinoxe Jarre Album.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = December 1978
| recorded   = January–August 1978
| studio     = Jean-Michel Jarre's home studio, Paris
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Electronic music|Electronic]]|[[Ambient music|ambient]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pace |first1=Neil |title=Writing about music: Submissions from the front line of local music journalism |date=28 April 2016 |publisher=Neil Pace |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2KwQDAAAQBAJ&dq=jean+michel+jarre+equinoxe+ambient&pg=PT179 |access-date=16 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>|[[space music]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Geppert |first1=Alexander C. T. |title=Limiting Outer Space: Astroculture After Apollo |date=18 April 2018 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-36916-1 |page=165 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=skBWDwAAQBAJ&dq=jean+michel+jarre+equinoxe+space+music&pg=PA165 |access-date=16 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>|[[New-age music|new-age]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Birosik |first1=Patti Jean |title=The New Age Music Guide: Profiles and Recordings of 500 Top New Age Musicians |date=1989 |publisher=Collier Books |isbn=978-0-02-041640-1 |page=89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3KpHAAAAMAAJ |access-date=20 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>}}
| length     = 39:02
| label      = [[Disques Dreyfus]]
| producer   = [[Jean Michel Jarre]]
| prev_title = [[Oxygène]]
| prev_year  = 1976
| next_title = [[Les Chants Magnétiques]]
| next_year  = 1981
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Equinoxe
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Equinoxe Part 5
 | single1date = 29 December 1978
 | single2     = Equinoxe Part 4
 | single2date = June 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artiste_Choisi.php|title=French charts}}</ref>
}}
}}

'''''Equinoxe''''' ({{IPA|fr|ekinɔks}}, {{langx|en|Equinox}}) is the fourth studio album by French [[electronic music|electronic]] musician and composer [[Jean-Michel Jarre]], released in December 1978 on the [[Disques Dreyfus|Dreyfus]] record label, licensed to [[Polydor Records]] for its worldwide distribution in 1979. The album featured two singles: "Equinoxe Part 4" and "Equinoxe Part 5", the latter having more success reaching No. 45 on the UK Singles Chart. It reached number 11 on the [[UK Album Chart]] and number 126 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart.

== Composition and recording ==
The album was recorded from January to August 1978 in the makeshift recording studio set up in his apartment in Paris. The making of the album was done with a 16-track MCI tape. Jarre stated that although his previous album ''[[Oxygène]]'' was created without a concept in mind, ''Equinoxe'' was intended to represent a day in the life of a person, from waking up in the morning to sleeping at night.<ref name="hifinews.com">{{cite magazine |last=Black |first=Johnny |title=Vinyl Icons: Jean-Michel Jarre ''Equinoxe'' |magazine=[[Hi-Fi News & Record Review]] |date=15 April 2020 |url=https://www.hifinews.com/content/jean-michel-jarre-equinoxe |access-date=26 December 2021}}</ref>{{Sfn|Duguay|2018|p=45-47}}

The aquatic, rain, storm and thunder sounds that play on various tracks were designed by French sound engineer [[Michel Geiss]]. Apart from using the [[ARP 2600]], Jarre also used liberal echo whips in the various sound effects generated by the [[EMS VCS 3]] synthesizer.{{Sfn|Duguay|2018|p=45-47}}<ref name="hifinews.com" /> Both the [[Eminent 310 Unique]] organ and the VCS 3 went through an [[Electro-Harmonix]] Small Stone guitar phasing pedal in order to provide the string pads used on the album.<ref name="Redbull interview">{{citation |last=Thévenin |first=Patrick |title=Jean-Michel Jarre's Favorite Synths |date=3 May 2012 |url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2012/05/jarre-synth}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Music |first1=Future |title=9 essential tips for using stompboxes in your studio |url=https://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/9-essential-tips-for-using-stompboxes-in-your-studio-623530 |website=MusicRadar |access-date=26 September 2022 |language=en |date=22 June 2015}}</ref> The main sound of "Equinoxe Part 1" was created using Eminent's SUST string configuration.<ref name="hifinews.com" /> The album also used the Korg Mini Pops drum machine.<ref name="2014 liner notes"/>

Jarre's musical ideas were initially recorded on a small cassette recorder, "as an audio scratch pad". Jarre considered discarding one of the recordings as he did not think that it was good enough, but Geiss convinced him to keep it, and the track later became "Equinoxe Part 7". Jarre also told Geiss that one of his wishes was to get a sequencer based on a matrix. Geiss designed the Matrisequencer 250, an 2x50 note instrument which "became one of the main instruments in ''Equinoxe''."<ref name="jeanmicheljarre.es">{{cite web |title=Interview with Michel Geiss (I) |url=https://en.jeanmicheljarre.es/2014/03/25/interview-with-michel-geiss-i/ |website=Fairlight Jarre |access-date=24 August 2022 |date=25 March 2014}}</ref>{{Sfn|Duguay|2018|p=45-47}} The Rhythmicomputer designed by Geiss also was used.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Synthfestfrance |title=Michel Geiss Rythmicomputer at SynthFest 2022 |url=https://www.synthfestfrance.com/michel-geiss-rythmicomputer-at-synthfest-2022/ |website=SynthFest France |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=fr-FR |date=23 March 2022}}</ref> The album was mixed at Gang Studio by Jean-Pierre Janiaud with assistance from Patrick Foulon.<ref name="2014 liner notes">{{Cite AV media |title=Equinoxe |publisher=Disques Dreyfus/BMG/Sony/Warner |year=2014 |type=booklet |id=88843089322 (release [[barcode]])}}</ref>

== Artwork ==
As with ''Oxygène'', the cover art for ''Equinoxe'' used a painting by [[Michel Granger]], in this case, ''{{lang|fr|Le trac}}'' (English: ''Stage Fright'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Le trac - Sérigraphie épreuve pigmentaire |url=http://www.granger-michel.com/project/le-trac-serigraphie-epreuve-pigmentaire/ |website=Michel Granger |access-date=22 December 2021 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Granger visited Jarre's private mansion in Croissy to present him with different paintings that would illustrate the album cover. Each of the canvases was projected by light cannons, and ''{{lang|fr|Le trac}}'' was immediately chosen by Jean-Michel.{{Sfn|Duguay|2018|p=45-47}}

==Release and promotion==
''Equinoxe'' was released in December 1978 by [[Dreyfus Records|Disques Dreyfus]] and internationally by [[Polydor Records]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whiteley |first1=Sheila |last2=Rambarran |first2=Shara |title=The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-932128-5 |page=550 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1wFCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22disques+motors%22+equinoxe+jean+michel+jarre&pg=PA550 |access-date=28 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=UA extends Shirley B campaign |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Business-UK/1978/Record-Business-1978-12-04.pdf |magazine=Record Business |page=4 |date=4 December 1978 |via=WorldRadioHistory}}</ref> The album was promoted in London, UK.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=From The Music Capitals Of The World |magazine=Billboard |date=9 December 1978 |page=126 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1978/Billboard%201978-12-09.pdf |access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref> Two singles were released from the album, "Equinoxe Part 4" and "Equinoxe Part 5", the latter having more success reaching No. 45 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 75: 21 January 1979 - 27 January 1979 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19790121/7501/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=28 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> and was described as a "synth-pop primer."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Christopher |first1=Michael |title=Depeche Mode FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the World's Finest Synth-Pop Band |date=28 December 2020 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4930-5400-8 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UKgKEAAAQBAJ&dq=equinoxe+synth-pop&pg=PR7 |access-date=28 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The release was followed by a laser show and fireworks directed by Disques Dreyfus outside the [[Palais des Festivals et des Congrès|Palais des Festivals]], Cannes where the album was broadcast at high volume on the public address system,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Midem Jottings |magazine=Billboard |date=10 February 1979 |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=equinoxe+jean+michel+jarre+charts&pg=PT57 |access-date=28 September 2022 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}</ref> and also by a February 1979 promotional tour in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lichtman |first=Irv |title=Calm Jarre 'Oxygene' Success |magazine=Billboard |date=17 February 1979 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LSUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=jarre+oxygene&pg=PT80 |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>

A concert on the [[Place de la Concorde]], Paris was held on 14 July of that year. The concert attracted over a million people, at the time the largest crowd for an outdoor concert.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bein |first=Kat |title=Jean-Michel Jarre Contemplates the Future's Mystery on 'Equinoxe Infinity': Exclusive Track-by-Track Breakdown |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8485436/jean-michel-jarre-equinoxe-infinity-breakdown/ |magazine=Billboard |date=16 November 2018 |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> Although it was not the first time he had performed in concert (Jarre had already played at the [[Paris Opera Ballet]]), the 40&nbsp;minute-long event, which used projections of light, images and fireworks, served as a blueprint for Jarre's future concerts.<ref name="Steamroller">{{cite AV media | people=Powell, Aubrey (director) | date=1997 | title=Making the Steamroller Fly | type=TV documentary}}</ref><ref name="Hughesp303">{{Harvnb|Hughes|Reader|2003|p=303}}</ref> Its popularity helped create a surge in sales—a further 800,000 records were sold between 14 July and 31 August 1979—and the Frenchman [[Francis Rimbert]] featured at the event.<ref>{{Harvnb|Remilleux|1988|p=48}}</ref>{{Sfn|Duguay|2018|p=52}} Along with its 1976 predecessor, both sold more than 1.5 million copies in France and in 1981, it would be certified platinum,<ref name="billboard1981" /> in November 1979, both sold 11 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Anthonissen |first1=Juul |title=Ariola Adds Dreyfus For Benelux Market |magazine=Billboard |date=24 November 1979 |page=56 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AyUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=jean+michel+jarre+oxygene+mexico&pg=PT56 |access-date=17 October 2022 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic" />
| rev2      = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Mojo" />
| rev3      = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="RM19781209" />
}}

Contemporary critical reception for the album in the UK was negative. [[Davitt Sigerson]] of ''[[Melody Maker]]'' said "it is as slushily, pseudo-galactically crass and vapid as last year's ''Oxygène''. The melodies are trite, harmonies predictable, textures almost determinedly hackneyed (even down to artificial 'weather' effects to generate mood). There isn't even much that's danceable."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Davitt |last=Sigerson |title=Review: Jean Michel Jarre – ''Equinoxe'' |magazine=[[Melody Maker]] |page=49 |date=2 December 1978}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=August 2025|type=URL required,|reason=The following hifinews source repeats this claim (without itself providing sources), but was published after the claim was made in this article (oldid=942528812 was the version available when hifinews published), and is possibly WP:CIRCULAR}}<ref name="hifinews.com" /> In ''[[Record Mirror]]'', Steve Gett called the album "very artificial, and as a result quite emotionless." He continued saying that, "as far as [he] was concerned the effect was one of sleep inducement, basically because it seems so lifeless and infinite, never reaching a specific goal but merely drifting on."<ref name="RM19781209">{{cite magazine |first=Steve |last=Gett |title=Jean Michel Jarre: 'Equinoxe' |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/78/Record-Mirror-1978-12-08.pdf |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |page=18 |date=8 December 1978 |via=WorldRadioHistory |access-date=4 September 2025}}</ref>

In the US, ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' wrote that "the result is a complex, starkly-toned album which is surprisingly accessible and invigorating. Although even liberal AOR stations may hesitate to place this LP on steady rotating, Jarre's sizable following plus adventurous rock fans will find this LP fascinating."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Album Reviews |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox40unse_28/page/20/mode/2up |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] |page=19 |date=9 December 1978}}</ref> ''[[The Pittsburgh Press]]'' described the album as "a moody, melodic, masterful synthesizer symphony" and "a dazzling musical poem, a pleasure to listen to, a delight to experience."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Disc Roundup |magazine=[[The Pittsburgh Press]] |date=24 January 1979 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sXkqAAAAIBAJ&dq=jean+michel+jarre+oxygene+review&pg=PA61&article_id=4735,3104895 |access-date=9 September 2022 |publisher=The Pittsburgh Press |language=en}}</ref> In ''[[The Bulletin (Australian periodical)|The Bulletin]]'', William D. Loffler commented that the "titles are meaningless because the music is something like a stretched-out electronic tone poem."<ref>{{cite book |title=Jarre uses electronics for his caus |date=15 February 1979 |publisher=The Bulletin |page=85 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T1FYAAAAIBAJ&dq=jean+michel+jarre+equinoxe&pg=PA85&article_id=4412,3233199 |access-date=16 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Retrospective reviews of the album have been more favourable. Phil Alexander of ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' listed it as one of Jarre's three key albums, noting the influence of abstract art and classical composers [[Claude Debussy]], [[Maurice Ravel]] and [[Nino Rota]] on ''Equinoxe'', and wrote that "Jarre attempted to trace the human experience from morning to night across eight tracks on an album that is sensual and, in places, deeply melancholic."<ref name="Mojo">{{cite magazine |last=Alexander |first=Phil |title=Electric Dreams |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |date=November 2015 |issue=264 |page=45 |url=https://ia804508.us.archive.org/24/items/mojo-november-2015/Mojo%20-%20November%202015.pdf |access-date=25 August 2022 }}</ref>

Mike DeGagne of [[AllMusic]] commented in his review [emphasis added]:<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic |class=album |id=equinoxe-mw0000190465 |first=Mike |last=DeGagne |title=Review of ''Equinoxe'' by Jean-Michel Jarre |access-date=6 August 2025}}</ref>
<blockquote>As the follow-up album to ''Oxygene'', ''Equinoxe'' offers the same mesmerizing effect, with rapid spinning sequencer washes and bubbling synthesizer portions all lilting back and forth to stardust scatterings of electronic pastiches. Using more than 13 different types of synthesizers, Jarre combines whirling soundscapes of multi-textured effects, passages, and sometimes suites to culminate interesting electronic atmospheres. [...] So much electronic color is added to every track that it is impossible to concentrate on any particular segment, resulting in waves of synth drowning the ears at high tide.</blockquote>

== Legacy ==
"Equinoxe Part 1", and "Equinoxe Part 2" were used in the Mexican telenovela "[[Los ricos también lloran|''Los Ricos También Lloran'']]" starring [[Verónica Castro]], and [[Rogelio Guerra]]. 

A segment of "Equinoxe Part 1" was used in the final ident of [[Programme One]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=BcAG-CsCda0psXri&v=-mrDCSUk-5M&feature=youtu.be |title=Заставка 1 программы ЦТ СССР (1991) |date=2021-08-04 |last=STV-ANDREY-VHS |access-date=2025-04-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref> 

"Equinoxe Part 1", "Equinoxe Part 3" and "Equinoxe Part 4" were used in ''[[Cosmos: A Personal Voyage]]'' by [[Carl Sagan]], however they were not included on the series' soundtrack albums.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Complete Music of Cosmos |url=http://cosmic_voyager.tripod.com/cosmosindex.htm |website=cosmic_voyager.tripod.com |access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref> In the 1984 computer game for [[Commodore 64]], ''[[Loco (video game)|Loco]]'',<ref name="giantlist">{{cite web|title=The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers|url=https://dadgum.com/giantlist/|last1=Hague|first1=James|access-date=February 18, 2021}}</ref> a remake of "Equinoxe Part 5" and "Equinoxe Part 6" by [[Ben Daglish]] was used.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Loco|magazine=[[Retro Gamer]]|publisher=Imagine Publishing|issue=70|pages=84–89}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Making Of: Loco|magazine=[[Retro Gamer]]|publisher=Imagine Publishing|issue=196|page=44}}</ref> In 2018, four decades after the album's release, Jarre produced a sequel, titled ''[[Equinoxe Infinity]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Christina |title=Jean-Michel Jarre previews upcoming album 'Equinoxe Infinity' with new single, 'Robots Don't Cry' |url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2018/11/jean-michel-jarre-previews-upcoming-album-equinoxe-infinity-new-single-robots-dont-cry/ |access-date=3 September 2022 |work=Dancing Astronaut |date=7 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lesprit |first1=Bruno |title="Equinoxe Infinity" : retour au rétro-futurisme pour Jean-Michel Jarre |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/musiques/article/2018/11/22/equinoxe-infinity-retour-au-retro-futurisme-pour-jean-michel-jarre_5386849_1654986.html |access-date=16 September 2022 |work=Le Monde.fr |date=22 November 2018 |language=fr}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All tracks are composed by Jean-Michel Jarre.

'''Side one'''
# "Equinoxe Part 1" – 2:23
# "Equinoxe Part 2" – 5:01
# "Equinoxe Part 3" – 5:11
# "Equinoxe Part 4" – 6:52

'''Side two'''
# "Equinoxe Part 5" – 3:54
# "Equinoxe Part 6" – 3:15
# "Equinoxe Part 7" – 7:24
# "Equinoxe Part 8" – 5:02

== Personnel ==
Personnel listed in album liner notes:<ref name="2014 liner notes" />
*[[Jean-Michel Jarre]] – production
*Jean-Pierre Janiaud – mixing engineer
*Patrick Foulon – mixing assistant
*[[Michel Granger]] – artwork
*[[Helmut Newton]] – back photography

==Equipment==
Adapted from the liner notes of the 2014 remastered version.<ref name="2014 liner notes"/>
*[[ARP 2600]]
*[[EMS VCS 3]]
*[[EMS Synthi AKS]]
*[[Yamaha CS-60]]
*[[Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer]]
*[[RMI Harmonic Synthesizer]]
*[[Generalmusic|ELKA]] 707
*[[Korg Polyphonic Ensemble P|Korg Polyphonic Ensemble]]
*[[Eminent 310 Unique]]
*[[Mellotron]]
*[[ARP Instruments|ARP]] Sequencer
*[[Oberheim]] Digital Sequencer
*Geiss Matrisequencer 250
*Geiss Rhythmi-computer
*[[Korg KR 55]]
*[[Electronic Music Studios|EMS]] Vocoder 1000

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (1978–1979)
! Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row" | Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=153}}</ref>
|48
|-
{{album chart|Austria|14|artist=Jean Michel Jarre|album=Equinoxe|rowheader=true}}
|-
! scope="row"|French Albums ([[SNEP]])<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hits Of The World |date=10 March 1979 |magazine=Billboard |page=84 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1979/Billboard%201979-03-10.pdf |via=WorldRadioHistory |access-date=23 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
| align="center"|5
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|3|artist=Jean Michel Jarre|album=Equinoxe|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany|22|id=6067|artist=Jean Michel Jarre|album=Equinoxe|rowheader=true|access-date=18 August 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|36|artist=Jean Michel Jarre|album=Equinoxe|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|11|date=19790204|refname=UKchart|rowheader=true|access-date=18 August 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|126|artist=Jean Michel Jarre|refname=USchart|rowheader=true}}{{deadlink|fix-attempted=yes|date=August 2024}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1979)
!Rank
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1979|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1979&cat=a|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;" |20
|-
!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1979|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;" |30
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums ([[British Market Research Bureau|BMRB]])<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top Albums 1979 |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=30 |date=22 December 1979}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;" |55
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre |title=Equinox |award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=1985}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=France |award=Platinum |salesamount=1,500,000 |certref=<ref name="billboard1981">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-01-31.pdf |title=Dreyfus Philosophy |magazine=Billboard |via=World Radio History |pages=41–54 |date=31 January 1981 |access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref>|salesref=<ref name="billboard1981" />}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|artist=Jean Michel Jarre |title=Equinoxe|award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=1983}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre |title=Oxygène|nocert=true|relyear=1978|salesamount=35,000|salesref=<ref name="jarrearoundtheworld">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n0UEAAAAMBAJ&dq=jarre+france+oxygene+billboard&pg=RA1-PA32-IA1|title=Jarre Around the World|magazine=Billboard|via=Google Books|page=32|date=13 March 1982|accessdate=24 May 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Netherlands|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|title=Equinoxe|award=Gold|certyear=1979|relyear=1978|salesamount=75,000|salesref=<ref name="jarrearoundtheworld" />}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=album|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre |title=Equinoxe|nocert=true|relyear=1978|salesamount=15,000|salesref=<ref name="jarrearoundtheworld" />}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Jean Michel Jarre|title=Equinoxe|award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=1979|id=2080-622-2}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=Worldwide|type=album |artist=Jean Michel Jarre |title=Equinoxe |nocert=true |relyear=1978|salesamount=3,000,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite book|title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL120558W/Million_selling_records_from_the_1900s_to_the_1980s|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1985|publisher=Arco Pub.|quote=Over 100,000 copies of ''Equinoxe'' were sold in Britain, the remainder of the huge sales spread around other countries, possibly three to four million|isbn=0668064595|page=459}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

=== Sources ===
* {{Citation | last = Duguay | first = Michael | title = Jean Michel Jarre | year = 2018 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JJB5DwAAQBAJ | publisher = Books on Demand | isbn = 978-284-993-324-4}}
* {{Citation | last1 = Hughes | first1 = Alex | last2 = Reader | first2 = Keith | title = Encyclopedia of contemporary French culture | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=getDruRAaqgC | publisher = CRC Press | year = 2003 | isbn = 0-203-00330-6}}
* {{Citation | last = Remilleux | first = Jean-Louis | title = Jean-Michel Jarre | publisher = Futura Publications Ltd. | edition = English | year = 1988 | isbn = 0-7088-4263-1}}

==External links==
* [http://www.discogs.com/Jean-Michel-Jarre-Equinoxe/master/49172 ''Equinoxe''] at [[Discogs]]

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