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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
DowntempoLength 43:33 Label Caroline CAR 6644-2
Virgin Records, AstralwerksProducer 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.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks written by Air except where stated.
- "La Femme D'argent" – 7:10
- "Sexy Boy" – 4:57
- "All I Need" – 4:28 (lyrics Beth Hirsch)
- "Kelly Watch the Stars!" – 3:44
- "Talisman" – 4:16
- "Remember" – 2:34 (co-written with Jean-Jacques Perrey)
- "You Make It Easy" – 4:00 (lyrics Beth Hirsch)
- "Ce Matin-Là" – 3:38 (That Morning) (co-written with P. Woodcock)
- "New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal)" – 5:38 (Song for Solal)
- "Le Voyage de Pénélope" – 3:10 (Penelope's Voyage)
CD 2 of 2008 10th Anniversary Reissue
- "Remember" (David Whitaker Version)
- "Kelly Watch the Stars" (Live on the BBC, 1998)
- "J'ai Dormi Sous L'Eau" (Live on the BBC, 1998) (I Slept Under Water)
- "Sexy Boy" (Live on the BBC, 1998)
- "Kelly Watch the Stars" (The Moog Cookbook Remix)
- "Trente Millions D'Amis" (Live on KCRW radio, 1998) (Thirty Million Friends)
- "You Make It Easy" (Live on KCRW, 1998)
- "Bossa 96" (Demo)
- "Kelly Watch the Stars" (Demo)
- "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.
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/moon-safari-r330438
- ^ Walters, Barry. "Moon Safari Review". Blender. http://www.blender.com/guide/reissue/55094/moon-safari-10th-anniversary-edition.html.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Air". http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=24&name=Air.
- ^ Smith, Ethan (February 6, 1998). "Moon Safari". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,281817,00.html. Retrieved November 1, 2009.
- ^ 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..."
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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..."
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