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Pocket Symphony
2007 studio album by Air
Pocket Symphony is the fourth studio album by French electronic music duo Air, released on 5 March 2007 by Virgin Records. It features collaborations with Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon.[12] Pocket Symphony incorporates some of the Japanese instruments Godin had recently learned to play from an Okinawan master musician: the koto (also referred to as a Japanese floor harp) and the three-string, banjo-like shamisen. However, a press release claims that "conventional instruments continue to play a great role" in the duo's music.[13] The album features art by Xavier Veilhan.
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Released | 5 March 2007 (2007-03-05) | |||
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Length | 47:47 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
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Singles from Pocket Symphony | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 63/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The A.V. Club | A−[3] |
Entertainment Weekly | C+[4] |
The Guardian | [5] |
The Irish Times | [6] |
Mojo | [7] |
NME | 2/10[8] |
Pitchfork | 6.6/10[9] |
Spin | [10] |
Uncut | [11] |
Pocket Symphony debuted at number 40 on the US Billboard 200, with 17,000 copies sold in its first week.[14] As of February 2012, it had sold 77,000 copies in the United States.[15]
The term "pocket symphony" was popularised by English journalist Derek Taylor, who used it to describe the Beach Boys' 1966 single "Good Vibrations".
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Space Maker" | 4:01 |
2. | "Once Upon a Time" | 5:01 |
3. | "One Hell of a Party" | 4:02 |
4. | "Napalm Love" | 3:27 |
5. | "Mayfair Song" | 4:19 |
6. | "Left Bank" | 4:06 |
7. | "Photograph" | 3:51 |
8. | "Mer du Japon" | 3:04 |
9. | "Lost Message" | 3:32 |
10. | "Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping" | 3:36 |
11. | "Redhead Girl" | 4:31 |
12. | "Night Sight" | 4:17 |
All tracks are written by JB Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, except "One Hell of a Party", lyrics by Jarvis Cocker, and "Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping", lyrics by Neil Hannon and Cocker
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Time Capsule" | 4:19 |
14. | "The Duelist" (featuring Jarvis Cocker and Charlotte Gainsbourg) | 4:40 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Time Capsule" | 4:19 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "The Duelist" (featuring Jarvis Cocker and Charlotte Gainsbourg) | 4:40 |
14. | "Crickets" (originally not available in the United States[18]) | 3:32 |
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Pocket Symphony.[19]
Air
- Nicolas Godin – bass (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7–9, 11); solina (track 1); guitars (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–11); synth bass (track 2); drum machine (tracks 2, 4, 5, 9); shamisen (tracks 2, 3); piano (track 3); koto (tracks 3, 8–11); synthesizers (track 5); vocals (track 6); glockenspiel (tracks 7, 11); tambourine (tracks 7, 8); drums (track 8); Memorymoog (tracks 9, 11); wind chimes (track 11)
- JB Dunckel – piano (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7–11); synthesizers (tracks 1–9, 11, 12); vibraphone (tracks 1, 10); vocals (tracks 2, 4, 6–8, 11); glockenspiel (track 2); samples (track 3); ARP percussions, xylophone (track 5); voice pad (tracks 5, 11); drum machine (tracks 6); Rhodes (tracks 7, 11, 12); synth bass (track 10)
Additional musicians
- Joey Waronker – drums, percussion (tracks 1, 3, 7)
- Magic Malik – flute (tracks 2, 7)
- Tony Allen – drums (track 2)
- Jarvis Cocker – vocals (track 3)
- Neil Hannon – vocals (track 10)
- Joby Talbot – string arrangements, string conducting (tracks 1, 12)
- David Richard Campbell – string arrangements (track 10)
Technical
- Nigel Godrich – production, engineering
- Air – production
- Darrell Thorp – engineering
- Florian Lagatta – engineering
- Simon Hayes – engineering assistance
- Andrew Rugg – engineering assistance
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
Artwork
- Xavier Veilhan – artwork
- Lili Fleury – artwork
- Laurent Pinon – artwork
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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- "Reviews for Pocket Symphony by Air". Metacritic. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- Phares, Heather. "Pocket Symphony – Air". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- Matos, Michaelangelo (6 March 2007). "Air: Pocket Symphony". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- Howe, Sean (2 March 2007). "Pocket Symphony". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- Simpson, Dave (9 March 2007). "Air, Pocket Symphony". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- Courtney, Kevin (2 March 2007). "Air: Pocket Symphony (Astralwerks)". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- Elan, Priya (2 March 2007). "Air: Pocket Symphony". NME. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- Richardson, Mark (7 March 2007). "Air: Pocket Symphony". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- Walters, Barry (March 2007). "Air: Pocket Symphony". Spin. Vol. 23, no. 3. p. 86. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved 13 June 2018 – via Google Books.
- "Air and Jarvis team up". NME. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2006.
- "Pocket Symphony press release" (Press release). Archived from the original (doc) on 24 January 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
- Hasty, Katie (14 March 2007). "Notorious B.I.G. Scores Another 'Great' On The Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- Mapes, Jillian (4 February 2012). "Air Over 'The Moon' About Film Score Turned Full Album". Billboard. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- "Pocket Symphony : Air". HMV Japan. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- "Pocket Symphony by Air". Apple Music. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- "Pocket Symphony by Air". iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 29 November 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- Pocket Symphony (liner notes). Air. Virgin Records. 2007. 094638548126.
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