Le voyage dans la lune (album)

Le voyage dans la lune
Studio album by Air
Released	6 February 2012
Recorded	Scream Studios, Gum Prod
Genre	Downtempo, Electronica, ambient, space rock
Length	32:08
Label	Virgin
Producer	Air
Air chronology
Love 2 (2009) Le voyage dans la lune (2012) Music for Museum (2014)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	B[3]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A[5]
The Guardian	[6]
The Independent	[7]
The New York Times	positive[8]
Paste	8.0/10[9]
Pitchfork Media	5.7/10[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]

Le voyage dans la lune (English: A Trip to the Moon) is the sixth studio album by French electronic music duo Air. Announced by EMI on 7 December 2011, the album was released on 6 February 2012.

Development

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. The digital version of the album along with the newly restored and colourised sixteen-minute film was released as a strictly limited edition.^[12]

Track listing

All songs composed by Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, except "Seven Stars", lyrics by Victoria Legrand; "Who Am I Now?", lyrics by Annie Hart, Erika Forster and Heather D'Angelo, music co-composed by Brian Reitzell.

1. "Astronomic Club" – 3:12
2. "Seven Stars" – 4:22
3. "Retour sur terre" ("Back on Earth") – 0:45
4. "Parade" – 2:31
5. "Moon Fever" – 3:50
6. "Sonic Armada" – 5:06
7. "Who Am I Now?" – 3:03
8. "Décollage" ("Takeoff") – 1:39
9. "Cosmic Trip" – 4:10
10. "Homme lune" ("Moon Man") – 0:27
11. "Lava" – 3:03

Personnel

Credits for Le voyage dans la lune adapted from album liner notes.^[13]

• Air – production
• Jean-Benoît Dunckel – vocals (4, 9, 11); Mellotron (1, 4, 7, 10, 11); Wurlitzer (1, 9); piano (2, 4, 7–9, 11); synthesizer (2, 4–6, 8–11); organ bass, Solina (7); vibraphone (7, 11); drums (11)
• Nicolas Godin – guitar (1, 2, 4, 7); harpsichord (1); synthesizer (1–5, 9); timpani (1, 2, 5, 7, 8); bass (2, 4, 6, 9, 11); vocals (3); piano (3, 5); Mellotron (4); electric sitar (6); percussion (7, 8); drums (8); banjo, electric guitar (11)
• Louis Arlette – engineering
• Au Revoir Simone – vocals (7)
• Stéphane "Alf" Briat – mixing
• Chab – mastering
• Victoria Legrand – vocals (2)
• Georges Méliès – artwork
• Laurent Pinon – design
• Vincent Taeger – drums (1, 2, 4, 9)
• Alex Thomas – drums (6)
• Isabelle Vuarnesson – cello (1)

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[14]	76
Austrian Albums Chart[15]	38
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[16]	19
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[17]	28
Canadian Albums Chart[18]	68
Croatian International Albums Chart[19]	38
Dutch Albums Chart[20]	40
Finnish Albums Chart[21]	39
French Albums Chart[22]	17
German Albums Chart[23]	36
Greek Albums Chart[24]	70
Irish Albums Chart[25]	21
Italian Albums Chart[26]	35
Japanese Albums Chart[27]	148
Portuguese Albums Chart[28]	22
Scottish Albums Chart[29]	36
Spanish Albums Chart[30]	89
Swiss Albums Chart[31]	11
UK Albums Chart[32]	35
US Billboard 200[33]	57
US Dance/Electronic Albums[34]	4

References

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2. Phares, Heather. "Le Voyage Dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) – Air". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
3. Murray, Noel (7 February 2012). "Air: Le Voyage Dans La Lune". The A.V. Club. Onion, Inc. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
4. Ashman, Neil (3 February 2012). "Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
5. Maerz, Melissa (17 February 2012). "Albums: Feb. 17, 2012". Entertainment Weekly. Time. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
6. Jonze, Tim (2 February 2012). "Air: Le Voyage dans la Lune – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
7. Gill, Andy (3 February 2012). "Album: Air, Le Voyage dans la Lune (EMI)". The Independent. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
8. Ratliff, Ben (13 February 2012). "Air, Of Montreal and the Jim Black Trio". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
9. Reed, Ryan (7 February 2012). "Air: Le Voyage dans la Lune". Paste. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
10. Neyland, Nick (8 February 2012). "Air: Le Voyage Dans la Lune". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
11. Hermes, Will (22 February 2012). "Le Voyage Dans La Lune". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
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18. "Top 100 Albums in Canada". Jam! Canoe.ca. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
19. "Top Stranih – Tjedan 8. 2012." (in Croatian). Hrvatska Diskografska Udruga. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
20. "Air – Le voyage dans la lune" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
21. "Air – Le voyage dans la lune". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
22. "Air – Le voyage dans la lune" (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
23. "Air, Le voyage dans la lune" (in German). charts.de. Media Control. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
24. "Top-75 Albums Sales Chart – Εβδομάδα 10/2012" (in Greek). IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
25. "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 9 February 2012". Chart-Track. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
26. "Artisti – Classifica settimanale dal 06/02/2012 al 12/02/2012" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
27. "エールのアルバム売り上げランキング" [Air album sales ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
28. "Air – Le voyage dans la lune". portuguesecharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
29. "2012 Top 40 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
30. "Air – Le voyage dans la lune". spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
31. "Air – Le voyage dans la lune". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
32. "2012 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
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34. "Air Album & Song Chart History – Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 17 February 2012.

External links

• "Cinema's first blockbuster restored". BBC News. 20 December 2011.
• "Air’s Safari to the Moon" - March 2012 interview with Air, on making "Le voyage dans la lune"