by David Lord (except "Zoolookologie") at Jean Michel Jarre's home studio in Croissy, France (credited as Croissy Studio): final mixing started at Trident Studios in London but didn't go well for technical reasons, so it was decided to mix the album at Jarre's home studio instead. Release Zoolook was released in November 1984 on Disques Dreyfus label, and launched worldwide in September 1985 by Polydor Records label. More aurally challenging than Jarre's previous works, the album was also somewhat less successful, reaching only number 47 in the UK album charts. Two singles from the album were released, the title track and "Zoolookologie". Both had a music video in 1985, the title track video was directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and featured twelve robots designed by Marc Caro of which only one was kept after filming. The video of "Zoolookologie" was directed by Rod McCall and produced by Frank Coppola in London, UK. It "shows three models flirting with the artist in a provocative fantasy". In 1984, the album won the Grand Prix du Disque award by L'Académie Charles Cros, and in April 1985 it won the best instrumental album of the year award, at the Victoires de la Musique. In 2016, a contest called Zoolook Revisited was organized, in which amateur or professional producers were invited to share a piece using samples taken from the SoundHunters app. Tracks from selected winners such as Luke Vibert, Zeka Lopez, Mikael Seifu, Simonne Jones and KIZ by Jean-Michel himself were included on the disc of the same name. Critical reception At the time of its release NME said, "Strangely simplistic, this LP is like a union between Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) and Kraftwerk on speed". Australian newspaper The Evening News commented that "is a phonetic symphony laced with catchy, funk-rock rhythms based on the intonations of various exotic languages." In France, Le Devoir felt that the beginning of the album was "a musical background both morbid and grandiose." In Mojo magazine, Phil Alexander listed it as one of Jarre's three key albums and wrote that Jarre's rumination on internationalism also boasts a deliberate melodic focus that acknowledges the influence of synth pop, while pointing the way forward to greater experimentation – both in his own work and that of others." AllMusic's John Bush stated which "Jean Michel Jarre combined an actual band and processed vocal samples -- recorded in 25 different languages --