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It is a concept album inspired by the architecture of the homonymous complex area, specifically Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.[3][4] He visited the area in 1977, and recalls “I was very impressed. I returned to London and I recorded my album Beaubourg quickly, spontaneously. So I ‘felt’ Beaubourg, but that does not mean that Beaubourg is only this: I can redo Beaubourg in 30 different ways”. The recording took him less than a month.[5]
Vangelis noted that many people in the beginning had difficulty listening to it, but later appreciated it. He said it can be played in the background.[5]
Vangelis expressed that he “needed courage to release this record” as RCA “has not believed in any of my four albums”, or in his artistic activity, and he was “accused of purposely recording a disc of very ‘different’ electronic music”; nevertheless the album sold well.
