Pocket Symphony

Pocket Symphony

Infobox Album
Name = Pocket Symphony
Type = studio
Artist = Air


Released = March 5 2007 (UK) March 6, 2007 (U.S.)
Recorded =
Genre = Electronic
Length = 52:30
Label = Virgin, Astralwerks, Source
Producer = Air, Nigel Godrich
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (72%) [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=220463 link]
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:iw7zefrkbgf4 link]
*"Entertainment.ie Rating|3|5 [http://entertainment.ie/reviews/review.asp?ID=4933&subcat=CD link]
*"Filter" (82%) [http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?id=14016&c=3 link]
*"IGN" (8.8/10) [http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/770/770680p1.html link]
*"NME" (2/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/air/8248 link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.6/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/41563/Air_Pocket_Symphony link]
*"Rave" Rating|5|5 [http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/2750/180/ link]
*"Slant" Rating|3|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1071 link]
*This Is Fake DIY Rating|2|5 [http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/5195.html link]
Last album = ""
(2006)
This album = "Pocket Symphony"
(2007)
Next album =

"Pocket Symphony" is the fifth full-length album by French duo Air. The album was released in March 2007 and features collaborations with Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon.cite web|title=Air and Jarvis team up|date=2006-11-17|publisher="NME"|accessdate=2006-11-19|url=http://www.nme.com/news/air/25095] "Pocket Symphony" also incorporates some of the Japanese instruments Godin recently learned to play from an Okinawan master musician: the koto (also referred to as a Japanese floor harp) and the three-string, banjo-like shamisen. However, a press release claims that "conventional instruments continue to play a great role" in the duo's music.cite web |url=http://www.pocket-symphony.com/img/pocketsymphonypr.doc|title=Pocket Symphony press release|accessdate=2007-01-29 |format=doc] The album features art by Xavier Veilhan.

The first single from this album, "Once Upon a Time", can be heard on the group's MySpace page. [ [http://www.myspace.com/intairnet Air MySpace page] ]

"Pocket Symphony" debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number 40, with about 17,000 copies sold in its first week. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003557829 "Notorious B.I.G. Scores Another 'Great' On The Billboard 200"] , Billboard.com, March 14, 2007.]

Track listing

All tracks written by JB Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, except where stated.

#"Space Maker" – 4:02
#*Nicolas Godin – bass, guitar and solina
#*JB Dunckel – piano, synthesizers & vibraphone
#*Joey Waronker – drums and percussion
#*Strings arranged and conducted by Joby Talbot
#"Once Upon a Time" – 5:02
#*JB Dunckel – vocals, piano, synthesizers and glockenspiel
#*Nicolas Godin – guitar, synth bass, drum machine and shamisen
#*Magic Malik – flute
#*Tony Allen – drums
#"One Hell of a Party" (lyrics by Jarvis Cocker) – 4:02
#*Jarvis Cocker – vocals
#*JB Dunckel – synthesizers and samples
#*Nicolas Godin – piano, koto, shamisen and bass
#*Joey Waronker – drums and percussion
#"Napalm Love" – 3:27
#*Nicolas Godin – bass and guitars, drum machine
#*JB Dunckel – vocals, piano and synthesizers
#"Mayfair Song" – 4:18
#*JB Dunckel – piano, arp percussions, xylophone, voice pad and synthesizers
#*Nicolas Godin – bass, drum machine and synthesizers
#"Left Bank" – 4:07
#*Nicolas Godin – guitars and vocals
#*JB Dunckel – synthesizers, drum machine and vocals
#"Photograph" – 3:51
#*JB Dunckel – rhodes, piano, synthesizers and vocals
#*Nicolas Godin – bass, guitar, glockenspiel and tambourine
#*Joey Waronker – drums and percussion
#*Magic Malik – flute
#"Mer du Japon" – 3:04
#*Nicolas Godin – bass, guitars, koto, tambourine and drums
#*JB Dunckel – piano, synthesizers and vocals
#"Lost Message" – 3:32
#*JB Dunckel – piano and synthesizers
#*Nicolas Godin – bass, guitar, memory moog, koto and drum machine
#"Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping" (lyrics by Neil Hannon) – 3:35
#*Neil Hannon – vocals
#*Nicolas Godin – guitars and koto
#*JB Dunckel – piano, synth bass, vibraphone
#*Strings arranged by David Richard Campbell
#"Redhead Girl" – 4:33
#*JB Dunckel – vocals, rhodes, synthesizers, piano and voice pad
#*Nicolas Godin – guitars, bass and memory moog, wind chimes, glockenspiel and koto
#"Night Sight" – 4:17
#*JB Dunckel – rhodes and synthesizers
#*Strings arranged and conducted by Joby Talbot
#"The Duelist" (iTunes or OpenDisc bonus track) – 4:40
#"Crickets" (iTunes pre-order bonus track) – 3:32
#"Time Capsule" (Japan or OpenDisc bonus track)

Personnel

* Tony Allen – drums
* David Richard Campbell – string arrangement
* Jarvis Cocker – vocals
* JB Dunckel – synthesizers, piano, vocals, rhodes, voice pad, vibraphone, synth bass, samples, drum machine, arp percussions, xylophone, glockenspiel
* Nicolas Godin – guitars, bass, koto, drum machine, shamisen, memory moog, tambourine, glockenspiel, vocals, piano, synthesizers, synth bass, solina, drums, wind chimes
* Neil Hannon – vocals
* Magic Malik – flute
* Joby Talbot – string arrangement, conducting
* Joey Waronker – drums, percussion

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.pocket-symphony.com/ Official album site]
* [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/air/pocketsymphony Reviews] at Metacritic


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