Moon Safari

This article is about the Air album. For the progressive rock band, see Moon Safari (band).

Moon Safari
Studio album by Air
Released	January 16, 1998 (France) January 19, 1998 (UK) January 20, 1998 (U.S.)
Recorded	April–June, 1997 in Paris
Genre	Electronica Chillout Downtempo
Length	43:33
Label	Caroline CAR 6644-2 Virgin Records, Astralwerks
Producer	Air
Air chronology
Premiers Symptômes (1997) Moon Safari (1998) The Virgin Suicides (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
Robert Christgau	(A-) [3]
Entertainment Weekly	(A-) [4]
NME	(8/10) [5]
Pitchfork Media	(7.9/10) [6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Spin	(7/10) [8]

Moon Safari is the first full-length studio album by the French band Air, released in 1998. On April 14, 2008 Virgin Records released a reissue of Moon Safari to mark the album's 10-year anniversary. The limited edition album came with a bound book, a DVD documentary about the duo and an extra CD with live performances and remixes.

Track listing

All tracks written by Air except where stated.

1. "La Femme D'argent" – 7:10
2. "Sexy Boy" – 4:57
3. "All I Need" – 4:28 (lyrics Beth Hirsch)
4. "Kelly Watch the Stars!" – 3:44
5. "Talisman" – 4:16
6. "Remember" – 2:34 (co-written with Jean-Jacques Perrey)
7. "You Make It Easy" – 4:00 (lyrics Beth Hirsch)
8. "Ce Matin-Là" – 3:38 (That Morning) (co-written with P. Woodcock)
9. "New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal)" – 5:38 (Song for Solal)
10. "Le Voyage de Pénélope" – 3:10 (Penelope's Voyage)

CD 2 of 2008 10th Anniversary Reissue

1. "Remember" (David Whitaker Version)
2. "Kelly Watch the Stars" (Live on the BBC, 1998)
3. "J'ai Dormi Sous L'Eau" (Live on the BBC, 1998) (I Slept Under Water)
4. "Sexy Boy" (Live on the BBC, 1998)
5. "Kelly Watch the Stars" (The Moog Cookbook Remix)
6. "Trente Millions D'Amis" (Live on KCRW radio, 1998) (Thirty Million Friends)
7. "You Make It Easy" (Live on KCRW, 1998)
8. "Bossa 96" (Demo)
9. "Kelly Watch the Stars" (Demo)
10. "Sexy Boy" (Beck "Sex Kino Mix")

DVD of 2008 10th Anniversary Reissue

• "Eating Sleeping Waiting & Playing" by Mike Mills.
• Music videos for "Sexy Boy", "Kelly Watch the Stars!", "All I Need" and "Le Soleil Est Pres De Moi".
• Graphics and storyboards.

Personnel

• Jean-Benoît Dunckel – keyboards, synths, organ, vocals, piano, pan pipes, hand claps, glockenspiel
• Nicolas Godin – bass, synths, percussion, vocals, guitar, hand claps, harmonica, glockenspiel, piano, organ, pan pipes, drums
• Beth Hirsch – vocals
• Enfants square Burcq – vocals
• Alf (a.k.a. Stephane Briat) – hand claps
• Caroline L. – hand claps
• Marlon – drums
• Eric Regert – organ
• David Whitaker – string arrangement, conducting
• P. Woodcock – guitar, tuba

Notes and references

• Samples on "La Femme d'Argent" - from Edwin Starr's "Runnin'".
• Sample on "Remember" - from The Beach Boys' "Do It Again"
• Le Femme D'Argent is used as Xbox 360 Customer Support's hold music.
• "Kelly Watch the Stars" is used in the film Exit Through the Gift Shop during the moped ride, shortly after Thierry meets Shepard Fairey.

1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/moon-safari-r330438
2. ^ Walters, Barry. "Moon Safari Review". Blender. http://www.blender.com/guide/reissue/55094/moon-safari-10th-anniversary-edition.html. 
3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Air". http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=24&name=Air. 
4. ^ Smith, Ethan (February 6, 1998). "Moon Safari". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,281817,00.html. Retrieved November 1, 2009. 
5. ^ NME: 38. 17 January 1998. "...neo-symphonic bliss-outs for the next Generation Next. For the Jazz Club in space...a floaty, widescreen and spiritual music that updates The Beach Boys' instrumental odysseys..." 
6. ^ DiCrescenzo, Brent (2002). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 20 November 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20021020211937/www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/air/moon-safari.shtml. Retrieved November 1, 2009. 
7. ^ Sheffield, Rob (January 7, 1998). "Air: Moon Safari: Music Reviews: Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/air/albums/album/302949/review/5940759/moon_safari. Retrieved November 1, 2009. 
8. ^ Spin: 108. February 1998. "...this French duo offers up a sort of weightless trip-hop exoticism. But rather than pillage the usual African or Brazilian sources, Nicolas Godin and Jean Benoit Dunckel--tubas and Moogs in hand--travel deep into the cheesy heart of whiteness, cannibalizing Muzak, Italian soundtracks, and lounge..."