Moon Safari

This article is about the Air album. For the band of the same name, see Moon Safari (band).
Moon Safari
Studio album by Air
Released 16 January 1998 (1998-01-16)
Recorded April – June 1997
Studio Around the Golf and Studio Gang in Paris; strings recorded at
Abbey Road in London; mixed at
Studio Plus XXX in Paris; mastered at the Exchange in Camden
Genre Downtempo[1]
Length 43:35
Label Virgin, Caroline, Parlophone, Astralwerks
Producer Air
Air chronology
Premiers Symptômes
(1997)		 Moon Safari
(1998)		 The Virgin Suicides
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
NME8/10[5]
Pitchfork Media7.9/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Slant Magazine[9]
Spin7/10[10]
The Village VoiceA−[11]

Moon Safari is the debut studio album by French electronic music duo Air, released on 16 January 1998. On 14 April 2008, Virgin Records re-released Moon Safari to mark the album's tenth 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. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album #93 on their Best Album of the Nineties list,[12] while the French edition named this album #65 on their list of the 100 Greatest French rock albums.[13] Moon Safari set the stage for the budding downtempo music style and, according to Nielsen SoundScan, had sold 364,000 copies by 2009.

Track listing

Original release

All songs written and composed by Air, except where noted. 

No. TitleWriter(s)English translation Length
1. "La femme d'argent"   The Silver Woman 7:10
2. "Sexy Boy"     4:57
3. "All I Need"  lyrics by Beth Hirsch  4:28
4. "Kelly Watch the Stars"     3:44
5. "Talisman"     4:16
6. "Remember"  co-written with Jean-Jacques Perrey  2:34
7. "You Make It Easy"  lyrics by Hirsch  4:00
8. "Ce matin là"  co-written with Patrick WoodcockThat Morning 3:38
9. "New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal)"   Song for Solal 5:38
10. "Le voyage de Pénélope"   Penelope's Voyage 3:10
Notes

10th anniversary rerelease (2008)

Bonus Disc[14]
No. TitleEnglish translation Length
1. "Remember" (David Whitaker Version)  2:25
2. "Kelly Watch the Stars" (Live on the BBC, 1998)  2:44
3. "J'ai dormi sous l'eau" (Live on the BBC, 1998)I Slept Under Water 4:10
4. "Sexy Boy" (Live on the BBC, 1998)  3:10
5. "Kelly Watch the Stars" (The Moog Cookbook Remix)  5:40
6. "Trente millions d'amis" (Live on KCRW radio, 1998)Thirty Million Friends 4:34
7. "You Make It Easy" (Live on KCRW, 1998)  4:45
8. "Bossa 96" (Demo)  4:44
9. "Kelly Watch the Stars" (Demo)  3:46
10. "Sexy Boy" (Beck "Sex Kino Mix")  6:36
DVD

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998–99) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[15] 24
Austrian Albums Chart[16] 20
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[17] 48
Dutch Albums Chart[18] 27
French Albums Chart[19] 21
German Albums Chart[20] 56
Irish Albums Chart[21] 7
New Zealand Albums Chart[22] 34
Norwegian Albums Chart[23] 13
Swedish Albums Chart[24] 52
Swiss Albums Chart[25] 46
UK Albums Chart[26] 6
US Top Heatseekers[27] 41

Certifications

Country Certification
France Gold[28]
United Kingdom Platinum[29]

References

  1. ↑ Beaumont, Michael (20 October 2003). "Bent: The Everlasting Blink". PopMatters. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Bush, John. "Moon Safari – Air". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-857-12595-8.
  4. ↑ Smith, Ethan (6 February 1998). "Moon Safari". Entertainment Weekly (Time Inc.). Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  5. ↑ "Air: Moon Safari". NME (IPC Media): 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. "Air: Moon Safari". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 20 November 2002. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  7. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (7 January 1998). "Air: Moon Safari". Rolling Stone (Wenner Media). Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  8. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 10. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  9. ↑ Schrodt, Paul (14 April 2008). "Air: Moon Safari". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Salamon, Jeff (February 1998). "Bugs: Infinite Syndrome / Air: Moon Safari". Spin 14 (2): 108. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  11. ↑ Christgau, Robert (23 February 1999). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Air, 'Moon Safari' - 100 Best Albums of the Nineties". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  13. ↑ Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-1071
  14. ↑ Moon Safari at Discogs
  15. ↑ "Air – Moon Safari". Australian Recording Industry Association. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  16. ↑ "Air – Moon Safari" (in German). IFPI Austria. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  17. ↑ "Air – Moon Safari" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  18. ↑ "Air – Moon Safari" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  19. ↑ "Air – Moon Safari" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  20. ↑ "Air, Moon Safari" (in German). Media Control. charts.de. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  21. ↑ "Discography Air". Irish Recorded Music Association. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  22. ↑ "Air – Moon Safari". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  23. ↑ "Air – Moon Safari". Verdens Gang. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  24. ↑ "Air – Moon Safari". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  25. ↑ "Air – Moon Safari". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  26. ↑ "Air – Moon Safari". Official Charts Company. Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  27. ↑ "Moon Safari – Air – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  28. ↑ "Certifications Albums Or – année 2001" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. 19 December 2001. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  29. ↑ "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. 25 February 2000. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
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