Moon Safari
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Moon Safari is the first full-length studio album by the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 band Air, released in 1998.
On April 14, 2008 Virgin Records released a reissue of Moon Safari to mark the album's 10-year 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.

Track listing

All tracks written by Air except where stated.
  1. "" – 7:10
  2. "Sexy Boy
    Sexy Boy
    "Sexy Boy" is a single by French band Air and was featured in the film 10 Things I Hate About You as well as the British television series Queer as Folk.-Music video:...

    " – 4:57
  3. "All I Need
    All I Need (Air song)
    "All I Need" is a song by French electronic band Air, released as the third single from their 1998 album Moon Safari. Vocals on the song are provided by Beth Hirsch, who co-wrote the song along with Air.-Song information:...

    " – 4:28 (lyrics Beth Hirsch
    Beth Hirsch
    Beth Hirsch is a singer-songwriter from Tampa, Florida, born in . Hirsch is best known for her collaboration with Air on their critically acclaimed album Moon Safari. Her first solo album, Early Days, was released in 1999, followed by Titles & Idols in 2001...

    )
  4. "Kelly Watch the Stars!" – 3:44
  5. "Talisman" – 4:16
  6. "Remember" – 2:34 (co-written with Jean-Jacques Perrey
    Jean-Jacques Perrey
    Jean-Jacques Perrey is a French electronic music producer and was an early pioneer in the genre. He is best known within the sphere of popular music as a member of the influential electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, and for his unusually light-hearted style of music.-Biography:Perrey was...

    )
  7. "You Make It Easy" – 4:00 (lyrics Beth Hirsch
    Beth Hirsch
    Beth Hirsch is a singer-songwriter from Tampa, Florida, born in . Hirsch is best known for her collaboration with Air on their critically acclaimed album Moon Safari. Her first solo album, Early Days, was released in 1999, followed by Titles & Idols in 2001...

    )
  8. "" – 3:38 (That Morning) (co-written with P. Woodcock)
  9. "New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal
    Martial Solal
    Martial Solal is a French jazz pianist and composer, who is probably most widely known for the music he wrote for Jean-Luc Godard's debut feature film À bout de souffle .-Biography:...

    )" – 5:38 (Song for Solal)
  10. "" – 3:10 (Penelope's Voyage)

CD 2 of 2008 10th Anniversary Reissue

  1. "Remember" (David Whitaker
    David Whitaker (composer)
    David Whitaker is an English composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor.active in the 1960s and 1970s...

     Version)
  2. "Kelly Watch the Stars" (Live on the BBC, 1998)
  3. "" (Live on the BBC, 1998) (I Slept Under Water)
  4. "Sexy Boy" (Live on the BBC, 1998)
  5. "Kelly Watch the Stars" (The Moog Cookbook
    The Moog Cookbook
    The Moog Cookbook is the name of an electronica band made up of Brian Kehew and Roger Joseph Manning Jr. as a parody/tribute to the novelty "Moog records" of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The duo performs exclusively on analog synthesizers, especially Moog synthesizers...

     Remix)
  6. "Trente Millions D'Amis" (Live on KCRW radio, 1998) (Thirty Million Friends)
  7. "You Make It Easy" (Live on KCRW, 1998)
  8. "Bossa 96" (Demo)
  9. "Kelly Watch the Stars" (Demo)
  10. "Sexy Boy" (Beck
    Beck
    Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...

     "Sex Kino Mix")

DVD of 2008 10th Anniversary Reissue

  • "Eating Sleeping Waiting & Playing" by Mike Mills
    Mike Mills (director)
    Michael C. "Mike" Mills is an American film and music video director and graphic designer. He is perhaps best known for his independent films Thumbsucker and Beginners.-Early life:...

    .
  • Music videos for "Sexy Boy", "Kelly Watch the Stars!", "All I Need" and "Le Soleil Est Pres De Moi".
  • Graphics and storyboards.

Personnel

  • Jean-Benoît Dunckel
    Jean-Benoît Dunckel
    Jean-Benoît Dunckel, , is a musician best known for being in the electronica duo Air....

     – 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
    Beth Hirsch
    Beth Hirsch is a singer-songwriter from Tampa, Florida, born in . Hirsch is best known for her collaboration with Air on their critically acclaimed album Moon Safari. Her first solo album, Early Days, was released in 1999, followed by Titles & Idols in 2001...

     – vocals
  • Enfants square Burcq – vocals
  • Alf (a.k.a. Stephane Briat) – hand claps
  • Caroline L. – hand claps
  • Marlon – drums
  • Eric Regert – organ
  • David Whitaker
    David Whitaker (composer)
    David Whitaker is an English composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor.active in the 1960s and 1970s...

    – string arrangement, conducting
  • P. Woodcock – guitar, tuba
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