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Moon Safari

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Recorded
  
April – June 1997

Producer
  
Air

Release date
  
16 January 1998

Length
  
43:35

Artist
  
Air

Label
  
Astralwerks

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Released
  
16 January 1998 (1998-01-16)

Studio
  
Around the Golf and Studio Gang in Paris; strings recorded atAbbey Road in London; mixed atStudio Plus XXX in Paris; mastered at the Exchange in Camden

Moon Safari(1998)
  
The Virgin Suicides(2000)

Genres
  
Electronica, Downtempo, French pop music, Electronic music, Psychedelic pop

Similar
  
Air albums, Downtempo albums, Other albums

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.

Contents

Moon Safari was acclaimed by critics and remains Air's most renowned release. Rolling Stone magazine later ranked the album at number 93 on their list of the best albums of the 1990s, while the magazine's French edition ranked it at number 65 on their "100 Greatest French Rock Albums" list. Moon Safari set the stage for the budding downtempo music style and, according to Nielsen SoundScan, had sold 364,000 copies by 2009.

Ari moon safari full album 1998


Original release

All tracks written by Air, except where noted.

Notes
  • "La femme d'argent" samples "Runnin'" by Edwin Starr.
  • "Remember" samples "Do It Again" by The Beach Boys.
  • "Kelly Watch the Stars" is used in the 2010 film Exit Through the Gift Shop during the moped ride, shortly after Thierry meets Shepard Fairey.

    • 10th anniversary rerelease (2008)

    DVD
  • "Eating Sleeping Waiting & Playing" by Mike Mills.
  • Music videos for "Sexy Boy", "Kelly Watch the Stars", "All I Need", and "Le soleil est près de moi" (from the Premiers Symptômes EP).
  • 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, trombone

    • Critical reception

    Moon Safari was voted as the best album of the year in The Face and in Select. It featured in Top Ten lists for magazines like Spin, Melody Maker, NME and Mojo. According to aggregation site Acclaimed Music, it is the most celebrated French album in the history of popular music.

    Songs

    1La Femme d'argent7:10
    2Sexy Boy4:58
    3All I Need4:28

    References

    Moon Safari Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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