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{{Infobox album
| name       = Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Jean-Michel Jarre]]
| cover      = File:jmjelectronica2.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 6 May 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise |url=http://m.fans.sonymusicemail.com/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c=2e337870caa6050c68 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160524082154/http://m.fans.sonymusicemail.com/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c=2e337870caa6050c68 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 May 2016 |access-date=18 February 2015 }}</ref>
| recorded   = 2011–2016
| venue      =
| studio     =
| length     = 74:14
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer   = Jean-Michel Jarre
| prev_title = [[Electronica 1: The Time Machine]]
| prev_year  = 2015
| next_title = [[Oxygène 3]]
| next_year  = 2016
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise
| type        = studio
| single1     = The Heart of Noise, Pt. 1
| single1date = February 2016
| single2     = The Heart of Noise, Pt. 2
| single2date = February 2016
| single3     = What You Want
| single3date = March 2016
| single4     = Exit
| single4date = 15 April 2016
| single5     = As One
| single5date = 29 April 2016
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| MC = 58/100<ref name="mcrev">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/electronica-vol-2-the-heart-of-noise/jean-michel-jarre|title=Electronica, Vol. 2: The Heart of Noise|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusicrev">{{AllMusic |class=album |id=electronica-vol-2-the-heart-of-noise-mw0002922833 |tab=Overview |title=Jean-Michel Jarre: ''Electronica, Vol. 2: The Heart of Noise'' |last=Simpson |first=Paul |accessdate=21 September 2019}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise''''' is the eighteenth [[studio album]] of French [[electronic music]]ian and composer [[Jean-Michel Jarre]], released on 6 May 2016 by [[Columbia Records]]. It is the second of a two-part album (the first being ''[[Electronica 1: The Time Machine]]'') that is based around collaborations with other electronic musicians from a wide range of decades and styles.
''Electronica 1'' included artists such as [[Vince Clarke]], [[Gesaffelstein]], [[M83 (band)|M83]], [[Armin van Buuren]], [[John Carpenter]], 3D (of [[Massive Attack]]), [[Pete Townshend]], [[Tangerine Dream]], and others, while ''Electronica 2'' includes collaborations with [[Pet Shop Boys]], [[Rone (musician)|Rone]], [[Julia Holter]], [[Primal Scream]], [[Gary Numan]], [[Hans Zimmer]], [[Edward Snowden]], [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]], [[Sébastien Tellier]], [[The Orb]], [[Siriusmo]], [[Yello]], [[Jeff Mills]], [[Cyndi Lauper]] and [[Christophe (singer)|Christophe]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Allen|first1=Jeremy|title=A rendezvous with electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre|url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/09/22/jean-michel-jarre-interview/|website=FACTmag.com|date=22 September 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jean-Michel Jarre taps David Lynch, Julia Holter, & more for new LP|url=http://www.electronicbeats.net/feed/jean-michel-jarre-taps-david-lynch-and-julia-holter-for-new-lp/|website=Electronic Beats|date=23 September 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}</ref> In all, the two-album collaboration has some 30 collaborators, and Jarre has described it as his "most ambitious project."
The name of the album, its album art as well as its full track and collaboration listings were revealed to the public on 19 February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kielty|first1=Martin|title=Jarre's Time Machine is 'most ambitious project'|url=https://www.teamrock.com/news/2015-09-08/jean-michel-jarre-electronica-1-time-machine-most-ambitious-project/|website=Team Rock|access-date=3 November 2015|archive-date=2015-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022183301/https://www.teamrock.com/news/2015-09-08/jean-michel-jarre-electronica-1-time-machine-most-ambitious-project|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jean-Michel Jarre - Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise Trailer|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr3l29LykUU|website=YouTube|date=19 February 2016|access-date=19 February 2016}}</ref> The album was nominated for the 2017 ''Victoires de la musique'' award in France, in the ''Album de musiques électroniques ou dance'' category.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/musique/victoires-de-la-musique/32e-victoires-de-la-musique-la-liste-des-nomines-est-connue_2011379.html|title=Victoires de la musique 2017 : découvrez la liste des nommés|date=10 January 2017|language=fr}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = The Heart of Noise, Pt. 1
| note1 = with [[Rone (musician)|Rone]]
| writer1 = Jarre, Erwan Castex
| length1 = 4:26
| title2 = The Heart of Noise, Pt. 2
| note2 =
| writer2 = Jarre
| length2 = 4:10
| title3 = Brick England
| note3 = with [[Pet Shop Boys]]
| writer3 = Jarre, Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = These Creatures
| note4 = with [[Julia Holter]]
| writer4 = Jarre, Julia Holter
| length4 = 3:40
| title5 = As One
| note5 = with [[Primal Scream]]
| writer5 = Jarre, Andrew Innes, Bobby Gillespie, Robert Young
| length5 = 3:58
| title6 = Here For You
| note6 = with [[Gary Numan]]
| writer6 = Jarre, Gary Numan
| length6 = 3:59
| title7 = Electrees
| note7 = with [[Hans Zimmer]]
| writer7 = Jarre, Hans Zimmer
| length7 = 4:10
| title8 = Exit
| note8 = with [[Edward Snowden]]
| writer8 = Jarre
| length8 = 6:19
| title9 = What You Want
| note9 = with [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]]
| writer9 = Jarre, Merrill Nisker
| length9 = 3:27
| title10 = Gisele
| note10 = with [[Sébastien Tellier]]
| writer10 = Jarre, Sébastien Tellier
| length10 = 3:43
| title11 = Switch on [[Léon Theremin|Leon]]
| note11 = with [[The Orb]]
| writer11 = Jarre, Alex Paterson, Thomas Fehlmann
| length11 = 4:43
| title12 = Circus
| note12 = with [[Siriusmo]]
| writer12 = Jarre, Moritz Friedrich
| length12 = 3:09
| title13 = Why This, Why That and Why
| note13 = with [[Yello]]
| writer13 = Jarre, Dieter Meier, Boris Blank
| length13 = 3:58
| title14 = The Architect
| note14 = with [[Jeff Mills]]
| writer14 = Jarre, Jeff Mills
| length14 = 4:43
| title15 = Swipe to the Right
| note15 = with [[Cyndi Lauper]]
| writer15 = Jarre, Cyndi Lauper, Carmen Cacciatore
| length15 = 4:54
| title16 = Walking the Mile
| note16 = with [[Christophe (singer)|Christophe]]
| writer16 = Jarre, Daniel Bevilacqua
| length16 = 4:52
| title17 = Falling Down
| note17 =
| writer17 = Jarre
| length17 = 3:23
| title18 = The Heart of Noise (The Origin)
| note18 =
| writer18 = Jarre
| title19 =
| length19 =
| length18 = 2:39
| title20 =
| length20 =
| total_length = 74:14
}}
* "As One" contains samples from "[[Come Together (Primal Scream song)|Come Together]]" by [[Primal Scream]]
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2016)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|Austria|22|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|album=Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 May 2016|note=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oe3.orf.at/m/charts/stories/2602614/|title = Ö3 Austria Top40: Longplay-Charts - Ö3 Charts}}</ref>}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|14|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|album=Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 May 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|8|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|album=Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 May 2016}}
|-
!scope="row"| Czech Albums ([[IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?hitp=P |title=IFPI ČR |language=cs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010646/http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?hitp=P |archive-date=2008-12-18 }}</ref>
| 3
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|14|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|album=Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 May 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Finland|19|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|album=Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 May 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|France|9|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|album=Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 May 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|12|id=302333|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|album=Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 May 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|15|year=2016|week=20|rowheader=true|accessdate=27 May 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Ireland|47|year=2016|week=19|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 May 2016}}
|-
!scope="row"| Italian Albums ([[FIMI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/classifiche#/category:album/id:2248|title=Album - Classifica settimanale WK 19 (dal 2016-05-06 al 2016-05-12)|publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]]|language=it|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>
| 25
|-
{{album chart|Norway|27|M|url=http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2|title=VG-lista - Topp 40 Album uke 19, 2016|publisher=[[VG-lista]]|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|album=Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 May 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Poland|9|id=1022|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 19, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Spain|12|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|album=Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 October 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|27|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|album=Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 May 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre|album=Electronica 2 - The Heart of Noise|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 May 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|8|date=2016-05-13|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 May 2016}}
|-
|}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|title=Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise|artist=Jean-Michel Jarre| award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2016|certyear=2016|accessdate=30 November 2018}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true | noshipments=true}}
==References==
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[[Category:2016 albums]]
[[Category:Jean-Michel Jarre albums]]
[[Category:Sequel albums]]
[[Category:Columbia Records albums]]
[[Category:Electronic dance music albums by French artists]]