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The second album: longer, more electronic, with Beck and suGar Yoshinaga.
Air, 2001

Released
28 May 2001
Recorded
2000 to 2001
Studio
Appolo, Paris; Bomb Factory, Los Angeles; Hollywood Sound and Capitol, Hollywood
Label
Virgin, Astralwerks
Producer
Air and Tony Hoffer
Length
60:44

Released in France on 28 May 2001 and in the United States on 29 May by Astralwerks, it has longer tracks that lean more toward electronics than the duo's previous records, and it brought in collaborators including Beck and suGar Yoshinaga of Buffalo Daughter. Beck is credited with lyrics on The Vagabond, and Yoshinaga with lyrics on Sex Born Poison. The artwork, by Ito Morabito, features Monument Valley. Reviews were generally less favorable than for the earlier records, although Q named it one of the 50 best albums of 2001. It reached 7 in the UK and in France, 88 on the US Billboard 200, and is certified gold in the UK. The American website Stereogum takes its name from a lyric in Radio #1.

Track listing

  1. Electronic Performers5:36
  2. How Does It Make You Feel?4:37
  3. Radio #14:22
  4. The Vagabond5:37
  5. Radian7:37
  6. Lucky and Unhappy4:31
  7. Sex Born Poison6:18
  8. People in the City4:57
  9. Wonder Milky Bitch5:50
  10. Don't Be Light6:18
  11. Caramel Prisoner4:58

Personnel

More from Air

Premiers Symptômes (1997), Moon Safari (1998), The Virgin Suicides (2000), Talkie Walkie (2004)

Sources

  1. 10 000 Hz Legend, Wikipedia
  2. Air (French band), Wikipedia