Moon Safari

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.

Contents

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

Personnel

Notes and references

  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..." 
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