| Artist |
Air |
| Album Title: |
10,000 Hz Legend |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Electronic |
| Format |
Vinyl 180 gm (2) |
| Released |
05/29/2001 |
| Reissue Date |
06/16/2015 |
| Label |
Parlophone Records |
| Catalog No |
RP1 103324 |
| Bar Code No |
7 24381 03321 0 |
| Reissue |
Yes |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| 10,000 Hz Legend (LP 1) |
| A1.
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Electronic Performers (5:36)
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| A2.
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How Does it Make You Feel? (4:37)
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| A3.
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Radio #1 (4:22)
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| B1.
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The Vagabond (5:37)
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| B2.
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Radian (7:37)
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| B3.
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Lucky and Unhappy (4:31)
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| 10,000 Hz Legend (LP 2) |
| A1.
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Sex Born Poison (6:18)
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| A2.
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People in the City (4:57)
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| A3.
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Wonder Milky Bitch (5:50)
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| B1.
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Don't Be Light (6:19)
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| B2.
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Caramel Prisoner (4:58)
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| Date Acquired |
06/22/2015 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis |
| Purchase Price |
40.00 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Notes:
Limited double 180gm vinyl LP pressing.
Ken Andrews appears courtesy of Epic.
Mixed at Studio Plus XXX
Mastered at The Exchange
A&R and executive production for Record Makers
℗ & © 2001 Source/Virgin France
Made in EU.
Credits:
A&R, Executive-Producer – Marc Teissier Du Cros, Stéphane Elfassi
Arranged By – AIR, Roger Neill
Conductor [Strings, Choir, Flutes] – Roger Neill
Design [Air Logo], Layout – Åbäke
Design [Concept & Design] – Ora-Ïto
Drums – Brian Reitzell (tracks: 2 to 5, 8 to 10)
Edited By – Bruce Keen, Tony Hoffer
Engineer [Sound Engineer At Hollywood Sound And Capitol Studios] – Brian Kehew, Bruce Keen
Engineer [Sound Engineer At Studio Appolo] – Julien Doubey, Julien Marty
Lacquer Cut By – GOP
Mastered By – Nilesh Patel
Mixed By – Tony Hoffer
Mixed By [Assistant] – Julien Delfaux
Photography By – Arno Bani
Recorded By [Drums] – Pascal Garnon
Recorded By, Performer, Producer – AIR
Written-By – Dunckel, Godin
Companies, Etc.:
Marketed By – Rhino Entertainment Company
Lacquer Cut At – Translab
Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BF79754
Recorded At – Studio Apollo, Paris
Recorded At – The Bomb Factory
Recorded At – Hollywood Sound Recorders
Recorded At – Capitol Studios
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode: 724381033210
Matrix / Runout (Side A): 0724381033210/A GOP-TR- BF79754-01 A1 V=
Matrix / Runout (Side B): 0724381033210/B GOP-TR- BF79754-01 B1
Matrix / Runout (Side C): 0724381033210/C GOP-TR- BF79754-02 C1
Matrix / Runout (Side D): 0724381033210/D GOP-TR- BF79754-02 D1 VZ ORANGE!
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by John Bush:
Eager to prove their songwriting smarts and knowledge of traditionalist pop on their sophomore work, French band Air pulled back slightly from the milky synth pop of their 1998 debut, Moon Safari. 10,000 Hz Legend is a darker work, just as contemplative and unhurried as its predecessor, but part of a gradual move from drifting, almost pastoral melancholia to a downright post-modern helplessness in league with Radiohead. Air are still tremendously effective producers, and have actually expanded their palate with a surprising array of pop instrumentation (acoustic guitars, flutes, pianos, a harmonica, harps, and many strings) to file alongside the countless trilling synthesizers and machine sequencers. The two lead-off tracks, "Electronic Performers" and "How Does It Make You Feel," are breathtaking productions that exploit the same robot-weariness tendencies that made "Sexy Boy" (from Moon Safari) an alternative hit. Still, those detached retro-vocoder treatments sound so much more passé in 2001 than when the duo first tried them out in 1996. Jason Falkner and Beck, a pair of equally hardworking slacker-pop icons, appear (respectively) on the next two tracks, the tongue-in-cheek single "Radio #1" and an excellent morning-after jam named "The Vagabond." Again, the production is stellar, but these find Air stranded between art rock and pop, caught in the trap of trying to make great pop music yet never sounding particularly studied or concerned about it. Falkner pops up again on "Lucky and Unhappy" and "People in the City," a pair of album standouts that subvert any pop inclinations with a raft of bridges and breakdowns among the layers of production. "Wonder Milky Bitch" is another precisely studied track, a haze of lunar-desert synth pop directly evocative of country-pop classicist Lee Hazlewood, and "Radian" brings Air back to the instrumental textures of their early work. Fans and involved listeners are definitely rewarded with increased dividends after multiple listens, but even they may wish for an album that harked back to the simpler days of the Premiers Symptomes EP and Moon Safari.
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