| Artist |
Air |
| Album Title: |
Twentyears |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Electronic |
| Format |
Vinyl (2) |
| Released |
06/10/2016 |
| Label |
Aircheology |
| Catalog No |
0190295990138 |
| Bar Code No |
0 190295 990138 |
| Packaging |
Gatefold LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| Twentyears (Disc 1) |
| A1.
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La Femme D'argent (7:12)
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| A2.
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Cherry Blossom Girl (3:40)
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| A3.
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Kelly Watch the Stars (3:43)
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| A4.
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Playground Love (3:35)
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| B1.
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Sexy Boy (4:58)
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| B2.
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Venus (4:04)
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| B3.
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All I Need (4:29)
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| B4.
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Alpha Beta Gaga (Single Edit) (3:01)
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| Twentyears (Disc 2) |
| A1.
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Moon Fever (3:50)
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| A2.
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Don't Be Light (6:19)
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| A3.
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How Does it Make You Feel (4:37)
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| A4.
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Surfing on a Rocket (3:42)
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| B1.
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Alone in Kyoto (4:51)
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| B2.
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Talisman (4:17)
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| B3.
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Run (4:12)
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| B4.
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Le Soleil Est Près De Moi (4:52)
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| Date Acquired |
06/22/2022 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis |
| Purchase Price |
24.00 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Notes:
℗&© 2016 Aircheology and Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company.
Printed in EU.
Issued in a semi glossy gatefold sleeve with a double-sided, four-panel, folded poster inside.
Credits:
Artwork By – Prototype
Mastered By – Alex Gopher
Photography By – Linda Bujoli
Companies, Etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Aircheology
Copyright © – Aircheology
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Parlophone
Copyright © – Parlophone
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Music France
Copyright © – Warner Music France
Record Company – Warner Music Group
Mastered At – Translab
Pressed By – MPO
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Sticker): 0 190295 990138
Barcode (Scanned (Stickered)): 190295990138
Rights Society: GEMA
Rights Society: BIEM
Matrix / Runout (Runouts A Side): GOPHER-TR- 0190295990138/A MPO
Matrix / Runout (Runouts B Side): GOP-TR- I♥AIR 0190295990138/B MPO
Matrix / Runout (Runouts C Side): GOP-TR- 0190295990138/C1 MPO
Matrix / Runout (Runouts D Side): GOPHER-TR- 0190295990138/D1 MPO
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Heather Phares:
When Twentyears arrived in 2016, it didn't coincide exactly with Air's 20th anniversary: Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin began working together as Air in 1995. Similarly, the collection takes an impressionistic, less archival approach to the duo's music. The first half collects many of their best-known tracks, but instead of placing them in chronological order, they're blended into each other like a playlist. Juxtaposing songs from different eras and albums reinforces just how seamlessly Air mixed exotica, symphonic, electronic, and pop into their own distinctive but quintessentially tasteful style, as well as the differences within their body of work. Moon Safari's jazzy smoothness dominates Twentyears, with songs such as "La Femme d'Argent," "Kelly Watch the Stars," and "Sexy Boy" making up nearly a quarter of the collection's first part. Talkie Walkie's pop whimsy also has a large presence, represented by tracks including "Cherry Blossom Girl" and "Alpha Beta Gaga." Highlights from Air's film music are rightly included, with The Virgin Suicides' "Playground Love," Lost in Translation's "Alone in Kyoto," and Voyage dans la Lune's "Moon Fever" holding their own with the band's singles. However, other areas of their career feel underrepresented; only a handful of tracks from the underappreciated Pocket Symphony and 10,000 Hz Legend -- whose experiments have aged better than might have been expected -- are here, and there are no Love 2 songs whatsoever. On the other hand, the inclusion of the 1997 single "Le Soleil Est Près de Moi" and "Land Me," a song from Air's limited-edition 2014 album Music for Museum (which was commissioned by the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille) add something special while introducing the rarities that make up Twentyears' second half. As with the rest of the collection, the harder-to-find tracks seem to be chosen in order to maintain the relentlessly pleasant mood. However, songs such as "The Duelist," which features vocals by Charlotte Gainsbourg and Jarvis Cocker, reflect just how sublime Air's music can be, while the sitar-heavy "Indian Summer" dips into their fondness for kitsch. Though it feels too general for die-hard fans and too completist for most casual ones, Twentyears does showcase Air's unrivaled skill at making exquisite mood music over the decades.
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