Air '10,000Hz Legend' - sound of the 'now'?

Absolutely. It's so packed with outrageous, off-the-wall ideas. It would be cool to see them push the envelope like this again. As sexy as Talkie Walkie was, it was a huge disappointment for me coming after this one. I guess the second half is relatively patchy, but "Lucky and Unhappy" and "People In the City" are probably my two favorite songs on the album.

P-E-O-P-L-E C-I-T-Y

yeah it just needs to lose 'wonder milky bitch' and the closer and it already feels much trimmer

Ah no way it's perfect as it is.

this one was always my favourite too although Talkie Walkie grew on me a lot

Talkie Walkie is my favorite but this one is solid. I love Radian, which was the soundtrack to my first visit to Japan, and the Beck track .I feel loose.. I could lose my soul out here.

Radian is great. My friend and I used to listen to it constantly, despite not really liking the long extended intro section (we decided we weren't allowed to skip through it though - it made the rest of the song worth listening to)

I have not listened to the last 2 albs but they have a more or less flawless discography iirc

10000 hz used to be my clear fave, then for years it was Virgin Suicides with Premiers Symptomes in 2nd place, these days I've come back to Moon Safari which is a lot less tense, dramatic, but such a treat

This one and virgin suicides get the most play around here’s still. Radian is absolutely fire

o just listened through the whole thing for the first time in ages. really enjoyed it. This seems to tie into a wider style from the time that encompasses things like Daft Punk's Discovery, Pavement's Terror Twilight (particularly The Hexx), Blur's 13 (especially Battle), Add N To (X)'s Avant Hard, Deltron 3030 and a bunch of other things where bands started getting this mini space opera vibe for a few years. I loved that shit

I remember people being very down on this LP at the time, just because the dreamy soft rock end of prog was unfashionable to the point of being somehow morally suspect. Seemed silly to judge it like that, have we moved on from then and now judge music on its merits rather than how fashionable it is? Hope so, but not sure. Anyway, it's a terrific LP, first 5 or so tracks especially.

I also have a strange memory of the Radio 1 top 40 rundown playing 'Radio #1' in full without comment, and it seemed very much like an open attack on the station, though quite possibly it wasn't meant that way.

I love the 'on air' singing at the end

Prince from the biomass

For an album that delights and confounds me in equal measure, wedged between two much more celebrated records, I still think about it a lot. It is disjointed and strange, and not everything works, but it's definitely "my" Air album

The walking definition of underrated, absolutely a lost classic.

Not what people were looking for at the time of its release but time has been very kind to it.

Great album. Much darker than Moon Safari, really than anything they've done. Virgin Suicides has some of that sinister feel.

Great and detailed new interview in the latest Les Inrockuptibles (France) tying in to their “Moon Safari” 25th Anniversary tour. They refer to Virgin Suicides as their “dark” album and 10,000Hz as their “tormented” one :)

Reminds me I never listened to Virgin Suicides. I shall rectify this

One of their best imo, it's somewhat repetitive because it's a soundtrack but has a real hypnotic quality