Le voyage dans la lune (album)

Le voyage dans la lune
Studio album by
Air
Released6 February 2012 (2012-02-06)
GenreSpace rock[1]
Length32:08
LabelVirgin
ProducerAir
Air chronology
Love 2
(2009) 		Le voyage dans la lune
(2012) 		Music for Museum
(2014)
Singles from Le voyage dans la lune
  1. "Parade"
    Released: 16 December 2011[2]
  2. "Seven Stars"
    Released: 6 January 2012[3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.4/10[4]
Metacritic70/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Alternative Press[7]
The A.V. ClubB[8]
Entertainment WeeklyA[9]
The Guardian[10]
The Independent[11]
Mixmag4/5[12]
Pitchfork5.7/10[13]
Rolling Stone[14]
Spin8/10[15]

Le voyage dans la lune (English: A Trip to the Moon) is the sixth studio album by French electronic music duo Air, released on 6 February 2012 by Virgin Records.

Background and release

The album is inspired by the 1902 silent science fiction film A Trip to the Moon (Le voyage dans la lune) by Georges Méliès and is intended to be a soundtrack to the restored version of the film. A free three-minute film excerpt featuring the song "Sonic Armada" was made available for one week in early December 2011 in conjunction with a pre-order offer. A limited edition of the album (70,000 copies worldwide) includes the CD and a DVD of the film.[16] The digital version of the album, along with the newly restored and colourised 16-minute film, was released as a strictly limited edition.[17]

Track listing

All music is composed by Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Astronomic Club"3:12
2."Seven Stars" (lyrics: Victoria Legrand; music: Legrand, Dunckel, Godin)4:22
3."Retour sur terre"0:45
4."Parade"2:31
5."Moon Fever"3:50
6."Sonic Armada"5:06
7."Who Am I Now?" (lyrics: Au Revoir Simone; music: Annie Hart, Erika Forster, Heather D'Angelo, Brian Reitzell, Dunckel, Godin)3:03
8."Décollage"1:39
9."Cosmic Trip"4:10
10."Homme lune"0:27
11."Lava"3:03

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Le voyage dans la lune.[18]

Air

  • Jean-Benoît Dunckel – Mellotron (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11); Wurlitzer (tracks 1, 9); piano (tracks 2, 4, 7–9, 11); synths (tracks 2, 4–6, 8–11); vocals (tracks 4, 9, 11); Solina, organ bass (track 7); vibes (tracks 7, 11); drums (track 11)
  • Nicolas Godin – timpani (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 8); guitars (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7); synths (tracks 1–5, 9); harpsichord (track 1); bass (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 11); piano (tracks 3, 5); vocals (track 3); Mellotron (track 4); electric sitar (track 6); percussions (tracks 7, 8); drums (track 8); banjo, electric guitar (track 11)

Additional musicians

Technical

  • Air – production
  • Stéphane "Alf" Briat – mixing
  • Louis Arlette – sound engineering
  • Chab – mastering

Artwork

Charts

Chart performance for Le voyage dans la lune
Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] 76
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20] 38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] 28
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[23] 68
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[24] 38
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25] 40
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[26] 39
French Albums (SNEP)[27] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] 36
Greek Albums (IFPI)[29] 70
Irish Albums (IRMA)[30] 21
Italian Albums (FIMI)[31] 35
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[32] 148
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[33] 22
Scottish Albums (OCC)[34] 36
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[35] 89
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] 11
UK Albums (OCC)[37] 35
US Billboard 200[38] 57
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[39] 4

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  7. ^ "Air: Le Voyage dans la Lune". Alternative Press. No. 284. March 2012. p. 94. ISSN 1065-1667.
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  9. ^ Rahman, Ray; Maerz, Melissa; Anderson, Kyle; Collis, Clark (17 February 2012). "Albums: Feb. 17, 2012". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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