Recorded 1999 Producer Air Release date 23 February 2000 | Length 40:27 Artist Air Movie The Virgin Suicides | |
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Released 23 February 2000 (2000-02-23) Label Record Makers
Source
Virgin Genres Electronica, Ambient music, Downtempo, Electronic music Nominations Brit Award for Best Soundtrack/Cast Recording Similar Air albums, Electronica albums | ||
The Virgin Suicides is a score composed by French electronic music duo Air for the 1999 film of the same name by Sofia Coppola. It was released on 23 February 2000 by Virgin Records. The album was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the 2001 Brit Awards. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine placed The Virgin Suicides at number 49 on their list of the 100 essential French rock albums. In 2011, British music magazine NME placed the album at number 11 on their 61 greatest soundtracks of all time list.
Contents
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the film The Virgin Suicides, a deluxe edition of the album was released in June 2015 as a two-disc set and a super deluxe box set. The former contains two studio outtakes on disc one and a bonus disc of previously unreleased live recordings, while the latter includes the album on 180-gram red vinyl, an exclusive picture disc featuring previously unreleased live recordings, the "Playground Love" EP on 180-gram red vinyl, the two-disc deluxe edition of The Virgin Suicides on CD, a 16-page booklet featuring an unpublished Air interview, a film poster, a replica VIP laminate pass and a download card.
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Critical reception
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Track listing
All songs written by Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel except "Playground Love", written by Gordon Tracks, Godin and Dunckel.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Virgin Suicides.
Gordon Tracks is a pseudonym of Phoenix lead singer Thomas Mars.
Songs
1Playground Love3:31
2Clouds Up1:30
3Bathroom Girl2:26