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Moon Safari Released 16 January 1998 (1998-01-16 ) Recorded April–June 1997 Studio Genre Length 43 :35 Label Producer
Moon Safari is the debut studio album by French electronic music duo Air , released on 16 January 1998 by Source and Virgin Records . Moon Safari was re-released on 14 April 2008 to mark the album's 10th anniversary, including a bound book, a DVD documentary about the duo, and a bonus CD with live performances and remixes, and on 15 March 2024, to mark the album's 25th anniversary.
Moon Safari was acclaimed by critics. It is credited with setting the stage for the budding downtempo music style. By February 2012, it had sold 386,000 copies in the United States. [ 11]
Critical reception Moon Safari was met with general acclaim upon its release. Writing in Mixmag , Alexis Petridis called it a "superbly inventive" album that "creates a soundworld in your living room, a world where everything's more shiny, chic and sophisticated than reality". [ 14] John Mulvey of NME praised Air's "sensitive but tenacious grasp of melody, a laid-back disposition and a reckless way with a Vocoder that makes them unafraid of sounding like a digital ELO ", also noting similarities to Garbage on "Sexy Boy". [ 15] Entertainment Weekly ' s Ethan Smith felt that though the album occasionally bears excessive resemblance to Everything but the Girl , "Air leaven it all with a welcome dash of Gallic irony." [ 12] Pitchfork writer Brent DiCrescenzo remarked that the music would befit "minimalist architecture design, shagging up against a tree in a field of sunflowers, waiting in line for 'Space Mountain ,' drinking gin upstairs in a 747 (circa 1974), and '60s Swedish industrial documentaries", adding that though the album is "too cheeky" for everyday listening, it is nonetheless romantic. [ 16]
Rolling Stone ' s Rob Sheffield was more reserved in his praise, praising the album's stylistic range and the instrumental songs but calling the group "obsessive". [ 17] (Retrospectively in its album guide , Rolling Stone awarded the album four-and-a-half stars.) [ 18] Likewise, Spin ' s Jeff Salamon felt that though the album's pathos is "heartening", the music lacks irony. [ 19]
Track listing All music is composed by Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin , except where noted
Title English translation 1. "La Femme d'argent " "The Silver Woman"/"The Money Girl" 7:08 2. "Sexy Boy " 4:57 3. "All I Need " (lyrics: Beth Hirsch ) 4:28 4. "Kelly Watch the Stars " 3:44 5. "Talisman" 4:16 6. "Remember" (music: Jean-Jacques Perrey , Dunckel, Godin) 2:34 7. "You Make It Easy" (lyrics: Hirsch) 4:00 8. "Ce matin là " (music: Dunckel, Godin, Patrick Woodcock) "That 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
10th anniversary special edition (2008) Bonus disc Title English translation 1. "Remember" (D. 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" (Moog Cookbook remix) 5:40 6. "Trente millions d'amis" (music: Jack Arel [ fr ] , TV series theme song, 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" (Sex Kino mix) 6:36
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. 25th anniversary special edition (2024) Title 1. "Dirty Hiroshima" 4:23 2. "New Star in the Sky" (demo 1) 5:35 3. "Ce matin-là" (demo 2) 3:15 4. "Maggot Brain " (live at Paradiso, Amsterdam 31/10/1998) 7:23 5. "J'ai dormi sous l'eau" (live BBC 1998) 4:09 6. "Sexy Boy" (live BBC 1998) 3:38 7. "Kelly Watch the Stars" (live BBC 1998) 3:05 8. "Kelly Watch the Stars" (extended version) 7:27 9. "Remember" (David Whitaker version) 2:21
Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of Moon Safari . [ 26]
Air Nicolas Godin – bass (tracks 1–3, 5–10) ; tambourine (tracks 1, 2, 6) ; Minimoog (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, 10) ; backing vocals (tracks 1, 8) ; hand claps (tracks 1, 4, 10) ; vocals, syrinx , Moog solo (track 2) ; Korg MS-20 (tracks 2, 10) ; electric guitar (tracks 2, 6, 8) ; talk box (tracks 2, 6, 9) ; acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 7–9) ; organ, drums, Solina String Ensemble (track 3) ; vocoder (tracks 4, 6, 9) ; Moog bass , Casiotone (track 4) ; glockenspiel (tracks 4, 7) ; Wurlitzer (track 5) ; drum machine (tracks 5, 7, 10) ; Roland String Ensemble (track 6) ; percussions, Moog Wave, hand rubbing (track 7) ; harmonica, reverse ride (tracks 7, 8) ; Rhodes chorus, shaker (track 8) ; piano (track 10) Jean-Benoît Dunckel – Rhodes (tracks 1–7, 9, 10) ; Solina String Ensemble (all tracks) ; organ (tracks 1–3, 6, 7, 10) ; syrinx, Moog solo (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8) ; backing vocals (tracks 1, 6, 8) ; Korg MS-20 (tracks 1, 4–6, 9) ; hand claps (tracks 1, 4, 10) ; piano (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9) ; vocals (track 2) ; Wurlitzer (tracks 3, 6) ; Korg MS-20 intro (track 3) ; vocoder (tracks 4, 6, 9) ; glockenspiel (track 4) ; clavinet (tracks 4, 8, 10) ; Minimoog (tracks 4, 5) ; Casiotone, hand rubbing (track 7) ; Rhodes verses (track 8) ; Mellotron (track 9) Additional musicians Eric Regert – organ solo (track 1) Alf – hand claps (track 1) Caroline L. – hand claps (track 1) Marlon – drums (tracks 2, 4, 5) Beth Hirsch – vocals (tracks 3, 7) ; backing vocals (track 7) P. Woodcock – acoustic guitar (track 3) ; trombone (track 8) David Whitaker – string arrangement, conducting (tracks 5, 7, 8) Enfants Square Burq – laughs (track 9) Technical Jean-Benoît Dunckel – production, recording Nicolas Godin – production, recording Stéphane "Alf" Briat – recording, mixing Jérôme Kerner – recording assistance Peter Cobbin – string recording (tracks 5, 7, 8) Jérôme Blondel – mixing assistance Nilesh Patel – mastering Artwork Mike Mills – design The Directors Bureau – art production References ↑ Beaumont, Michael (20 October 2003). "Bent: The Everlasting Blink" . PopMatters . Retrieved 12 May 2013 . 1 2 3 Bush, John. "Moon Safari – Air" . AllMusic . Retrieved 20 June 2015 . ↑ "Air Relives Its Past On 'Premiers Symptomes'". CMJ New Music Report . Vol. 60, no. 639. 18 October 1999. ISSN 0890-0795 . ↑ Shapiro, Peter (2003). "Air". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides . pp. 13– 14. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0 . ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (31 January 2012). "Air" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 12 May 2013 . ↑ Harcourt, Nic (2005). "French Kisses". Music Lust . Seattle: Sasquatch Books . p. 65. ISBN 1570614377 . ↑ Schreiber, Ryan (29 February 2000). "Air: The Virgin Suicides" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 10 December 2011 . ↑ "100 Best Albums of the '90s: Air, 'Moon Safari'" . Rolling Stone . 27 April 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2013 . ↑ Potter, Jordan (2022). "The 10 best hangover cure albums" . Far Out . ↑ "How we made Air's Moon Safari | Air | The Guardian" . Amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2022-05-16 . 1 2 Mapes, Jillian (4 February 2012). "Air Over 'The Moon' About Film Score Turned Full Album" . Billboard . Retrieved 2 September 2019 . 1 2 Smith, Ethan (6 February 1998). "Moon Safari" . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2 September 2019 . ↑ Kershaw, Matthew (16 January 1998). "Oxygène junkies". The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . 1 2 Petridis, Alexis (January 1998). "Air: Moon Safari". Mixmag . Vol. 2, no. 80. p. 117. 1 2 Mulvey, John (17 January 1998). "Air: Moon Safari / Kid Loco: A Grand Love Story" . NME . p. 38. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 20 June 2016 . 1 2 DiCrescenzo, Brent (1998). "Air: Moon Safari" . Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 20 October 2002. Retrieved 1 November 2009 . 1 2 Sheffield, Rob (7 January 1998). "Air: Moon Safari" . Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009 . 1 2 Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Air" . In Brackett, Nathan ; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster . pp. 10–11 . ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 . Retrieved 2 September 2019 . 1 2 Salamon, Jeff (February 1998). "Bugs: Infinite Syndrome / Air: Moon Safari" . Spin . Vol. 14, no. 2. p. 108. ISSN 0886-3032 – via Google Books . ↑ Christgau, Robert (23 February 1999). "Consumer Guide" . The Village Voice . 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