| Artist |
Air |
| Album Title: |
Love 2 |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Electronica/Dance: Electronica |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
10/06/2009 |
| Label |
Astralwerks Records |
| Catalog No |
ASW 66396 |
| Bar Code No |
5 099996 639603 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Do the Joy (3:02)
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| 2.
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Love (2:43)
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| 3.
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So Light is Her Footfall (3:13)
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| 4.
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Be a Bee (3:46)
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| 5.
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Missing the Light of the Day (4:26)
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| 6.
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Tropical Disease (6:49)
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| 7.
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Heaven's Light (3:53)
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| 8.
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Night Hunter (4:13)
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| 9.
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Sing Sang Sung (3:07)
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| 10.
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Eat My Beat (2:46)
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| 11.
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You Can Tell it to Everybody (4:11)
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| 12.
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African Velvet (3:53)
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| Date Acquired |
10/10/2009 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Electric Fetus - Duluth |
| Purchase Price |
9.99 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
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Notes |
Credits:
Artwork – Laurent Pinon
Composed By [Music Composed By], Producer, Performer – AIR
Drums, Percussion [All Drums And Percussions Performed By] – Joey Waronker (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 8 to 12)
Engineer [Sound Engineer] – Louis Arlette
Mastered By – Chab
Mixed By – Stéphane "Alf" Briat (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 12)
Photography By – Luciana Val & Franco Musso
Companies, Etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Aircheology
Copyright © – Aircheology
Licensed To – EMI Music France
Recorded At – Studio Atlas
Mastered At – Translab
Published By – Revolvair
Published By – Delabel Editions
Manufactured By – Astralwerks
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC, Pitman – DIDX-240162
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text): 5 099996 639603
Barcode (Scan): 5099996639603
Matrix / Runout: DIDX-240162 L4 1A 02
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L424
Mould SID Code: IFPI 7255
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Analyzed Folder: Air - Love 2_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR6 +0.00 dB -07.79 dB 01 - Do the Joy.flac
DR7 +0.00 dB -09.09 dB 02 - Love.flac
DR7 +0.00 dB -08.43 dB 03 - So Light Is Her Footfall.flac
DR5 +0.00 dB -06.73 dB 04 - Be a Bee.flac
DR5 -0.50 dB -08.09 dB 05 - Missing the Light of the Day.flac
DR7 +0.00 dB -10.24 dB 06 - Tropical Disease.flac
DR7 +0.00 dB -08.66 dB 07 - Heaven's Light.flac
DR8 +0.00 dB -10.47 dB 08 - Night Hunter.flac
DR6 +0.00 dB -07.77 dB 09 - Sing Sang Sung.flac
DR4 +0.00 dB -05.80 dB 10 - Eat My Beat.flac
DR8 +0.00 dB -10.11 dB 11 - You Can Tell It to Everybody.flac
DR7 +0.00 dB -09.31 dB 12 - African Velvet.flac
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Number of Files: 12
Official DR Value: DR7
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Heather Phares:
For part of Air's Pocket Symphony tour, Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin played shows with only drummer Joey Waronker as support, forcing the band to strip its songs down to their essences. They stick with that lineup on Love 2, which delivers some of the most Air-like music to the band's name, and with good reason: this is the first time Dunckel and Godin have produced their own album. The duo tends to follow its more ambitious work with more accessible material and Love 2 is no exception, replacing Pocket Symphony's exotic, experimental bent with a renewed emphasis on the pair's quintessential sound. Godin and Dunckel dig deep into their arsenal of vintage electronic gear, topping those burbles, buzzes, and whooshes with some strings here and a few fuzzed-out guitars and basslines there. Above all, atmosphere is the focus, and early on, the album finds Air at their most confectionary: "Love" is irresistibly pretty, offsetting a glockenspiel that sparkles like grains of sugar with brisk shakers. From there, Love 2 sweeps away any remnants of Pocket Symphony's expansive melancholy with concentrated happiness -- these are some of Air's most lighthearted songs since Talkie Walkie. "Be a Bee," with its aptly buzzing and hovering synths and spy movie theme guitars, could be one of the most stylish novelty pop songs ever. However, the album is often at its best when Air give listeners more in the way of vocals and hooks. The elegantly psychedelic "So Light Is Her Footfall" and the hazy soft rock sunbeam that is "Sing Sang Sung" expand on the band's pop side just enough, while "Heaven's Light" crystallizes the gorgeous retro-futuristic sci-fi romance Air have crafted since their Premiers Symptomes days. Indeed, Love 2's title and album artwork -- which features the duo sitting by the shore gazing pensively into the mid-distance -- play up Air's image as makers of mood music extraordinaire, albeit with a bit of an ironic wink. The music does just as deft a job of negotiating the fine line between sophistication and schmaltz; Love 2's centerpiece, "Tropical Disease," has it both ways, going from dramatic to melodramatic to playful and back again as it covers rippling pianos, slightly goofy-sounding flutes, and a decidedly seductive coda. Dunckel and Godin add just a little tension and darkness to the album's sweetness and light as it unfolds, especially on "Eat My Beat," an impressive showcase for the immediacy Waronker's drumming brings to all of these songs. Air remain a deceptively subtle band, and repeated listens to Love 2 reveal that Godin and Dunckel aren't just remaining true to their aesthetic here, but that even a smaller-scale album from the duo has plenty of wit and surprises to offer.
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