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Track Listings
| 1. Venus |
| 2. Cherry Blossom Girl |
| 3. Run |
| 4. Universal Traveler |
| 5. Mike Mills |
| 6. Surfin' On A Rocket |
| 7. Another Day |
| 8. Alpha Beta Gaga |
| 9. Biological |
| 10. Alone In Kyoto |
Product Description
Amazon.ca: Le meilleur de l’année 2004
Avec ses rythmes paresseux, ses claviers sixties et ses airs simples, quoique toujours efficaces, Talkie Walkie témoigne d’une troupe qui a retrouvé son aplomb, après une quatrième galette mal reçue. On succombe en effet pour les nouvelles bulles musicales que propose Air, gorgées des lignes langoureuses aux contours psychédéliques. Un nouvel opus qui tourne souvent dans le lecteur.
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From Amazon.co.uk
Talkie Walkie comes five years after their landmark Moon Safari and Parisian mood-enhancers Air are back doing what they do best. Famously shy of ever repeating themselves, JB Dunckel and Nicolas Godin have filled in the years with the poorly received follow-up, 10,000hz Legend (even they think it strange), and an eerily effective soundtrack to Sofia Coppola's Virgin Suicides. Nice enough in their own niche way, but a far cry from what people actually wanted.
Happily, Talkie Walkie reunites us with the Air that we love: two hopelessly indulgent romantics with an ear in the past and an eye on the future. It's meltingly good stuff--a collection of cool, cosmic pop songs that dispense with notions of time and space, wallowing instead on a cloud of poignant psychedelia. With vocal duties this time taken by the boys themselves, and gorgeously fragile strings courtesy of Serge Gainsbourg collaborator, Michel Colombier, they get off to a good start. Perhaps the introduction of an outside producer, in this case Radiohead's Nigel Godrich, has forced such beautifully measured focus? Whatever, touchy-feely epics such as the heavenly "Cherry Blossom Girl" sit well next to electronic masterpieces such as "Ran", whose enveloping tracked vocals recall the 10cc classic "I'm Not in Love". --Paul Tierney
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Don't buy this CD
Jun 20 2004
Format:Audio CD
I bought this CD from Amazon and I think the music is
pretty good, that is, if you can play it!
pretty good, that is, if you can play it!
This CD is copy protected. It didn't play on my computer
and I had to the use paper clip to manually force the
CD out of the computer drive. I didn't play on my boom
box either.
I listen to almost all my CD's on my MP3 player. I'm
not a pirate, I pay for everything I listen to but I
refuse to let the record companies dictate how I will
listen to my music
Don't support copy protection by buying this CD!
21. 99 only to hear surfing on a rocket
April 9 2006
Format:Audio CD
I LOVE SURFING ON A ROCKET! EXCELLENT EXCELLENT SONG. Venus/Univeral Traveler/Surfing on a rocket/Alpha Beta Gaga are the only songs likeable and everything else is not worth listening to over and over.
Has Its Moments
Mar 8 2005
Format:Audio CD
This is a really nice album. It's not nice as in, "Wow, what a nice album!" But rather, it's nice like that guy your sister broke up with because he wasn't challenging enough. From the beginning of the Spiritualized-like "Venus" to the tired end, Talkie Walkie is an easy-listening chillout feast, occasionally bizarre [anyone for a rocket surf?], but not very captivating overall and at times even boring. Nigel Godrich does a fine job of making Air sound as English as Alfie which, in the grand scheme of things, isn't really a bad thing but it isn't exactly Air either. They are still more quietly joyous than the Boards Of Canada are subtly depressing so if that's your cup of tea, go for it. For me, this was a very safe album for them to make, one that is guaranteed to never offend anyone and my attention struggles at times because of their lack of passion. While catchy as anything they've done, the boundaries of downtempo electronica remain secure as ever. One thing that really sticks out in my mind about this project is the Black Panther style of leather gloves Dunckel and Godin sport on the cover. They've even got them on the same hands as the Olympic athletes who started the fashion with two raised fists at the metal ceremony thirty odd years ago. I can't imagine this album inspiring people into riotous action as that gesture did, though. Nice just doesn't motivate as well as racial inequity. In the end, you'd probably be better off with Zero 7's Simple Things, Moon Safari, and all the Boards Of Canada you can get instead of this pile of happy. Ah salaam a lakum, youngblood!
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Beautiful and Dreamlike.
I heard a song on the radio that I liked, and I thought the announcer said it was called "Air" by Mike Mills. Read more
Published on Mar 4 2005 by Tom Trueman
Make-out music
The music is so romantic, melodious and sweet.
Coming from someone who listens to hardcore, I know I probably don't know that much about Electronic music. Read more
Coming from someone who listens to hardcore, I know I probably don't know that much about Electronic music. Read more
Published on July 17 2004 by Guitarmy
Crítica que acaricia lo aspero...
Ta bueno loco eh!
Mira vos.. franceses, que loco. Pensé que solo se dedicaban a los autos. Igual son medios chorros, ya existe Bjork. Read more
Mira vos.. franceses, que loco. Pensé que solo se dedicaban a los autos. Igual son medios chorros, ya existe Bjork. Read more
Published on July 14 2004 by Tecla
Ongaku Kerie (Beautiful Music)
I was loaned this album while at the Gojo Guest House in Kyoto. I listend to it all day while I wallked about town. It was pure magic. Read more
Published on July 8 2004 by Denise Wolf
I Love Yew
This is my favourite Air album right now. Don't compare it to Moon Safari. They're really dissimilar. But they are both really good. This is like soft electro-synth-pop. Read more
Published on July 7 2004 by djhexane
Amazing.
First off. I'm listening to this CD right now on my computer. So the poster below isn't entirely correct...
I first heard Air on the Lost in Translation soundtrack. Read more
Published on July 4 2004
fluff... yet good
I will start of by letting you know that "synth pop" (or whatever you would classify Air as) is not my normal thing. Read more
Published on Jun 29 2004 by pray_for_mojo
Talkie Walkie
String theory as applied to music.
Otherworldly, ineffably refreshing.
Published on Jun 26 2004 by G. aliexo
great cd
this cd which i bought from amazon allowed me to play it on my walkman, boom box, computer, etc. This is a very great album Surfing on a Rocket and Run are two of my favorite... Read more
Published on Jun 23 2004 by C. Johnson
The Air Up There...l
This is Air's best CD and is the best example of electronic music moving off the dancefloor and into the emotional down tempo world of chillin' or lounge music. Read more
Published on Jun 19 2004
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