fascinating." 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." In The Bulletin, William D. Loffler commented that the "titles are meaningless because the music is something like a stretched-out electronic tone poem." Retrospective reviews of the album have been more favourable. Phil Alexander of 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 Équinoxe, 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." Mike DeGagne of AllMusic commented, "As the follow up album to Oxygène, Équinoxe 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." Legacy "Équinoxe Part 1", "Équinoxe Part 3" and "Équinoxe Part 4" were used in Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan, however they were not included on the series' soundtrack albums. In the 1984 computer game for Commodore 64, Loco, a remake of "Équinoxe Part 5" and "Équinoxe Part 6" by Ben Daglish was used. In 2018, four decades after the album's release, Jarre produced a sequel, titled Equinoxe Infinity. Track listing All tracks are composed by Jean-Michel Jarre. Side one "Équinoxe Part 1" – 2:23 "Équinoxe Part 2" – 5:01 "Équinoxe Part 3" – 5:11 "Équinoxe Part 4" – 6:52 Side two "Équinoxe Part 5" – 3:54 "Équinoxe Part 6" – 3:15 "Équinoxe Part 7" – 7:24 "Équinoxe Part 8" – 5:02 Personnel Personnel listed in album 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. ARP 2600 EMS VCS 3 EMS Synthi AKS Yamaha CS-60 Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer RMI Harmonic Synthesizer ELKA 707 Korg Polyphonic Eminent 310 Unique Mellotron ARP