Talkie Walkie

Recorded in 2003 at Revolvair in Paris, with additional recording at Ocean Way in Hollywood, and produced by Air with Nigel Godrich. Michel Colombier arranged the strings and played piano on one track. Its singles were Cherry Blossom Girl, Surfing on a Rocket and Alpha Beta Gaga, the last of which was first recorded for Madonna's American Life. Alone in Kyoto was included on the soundtrack of the 2003 film Lost in Translation.

The album reached 2 in the UK, 3 in France and 61 on the US Billboard 200, and is certified gold in the UK. Metacritic's average is 75 from 29 reviews. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone called it excellent, and Piers Martin of NME described it as light and fluffy but tender and romantic. Pitchfork's Brent DiCrescenzo wrote of its overwhelming beauty and longing, and Pitchfork named it the 20th best album of 2004 and later placed it at number 191 among the albums of the 2000s.