Love 2

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title: "Love 2" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2009-albums", "air-(french-band)-albums", "virgin-records-albums"] description: "2009 studio album by Air" topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_2" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 2009 studio album by Air ::

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Field	Value
name	Love 2
type	studio
artist	Air
cover	Air - Love 2.png
released
studio	Atlas (Paris)
length	46:06
label	Virgin
producer	Air
prev_title	Pocket Symphony
prev_year	2007
next_title	Le voyage dans la lune
next_year	2012
misc	{{Singles
name	Love 2
type	studio
single1	Sing Sang Sung
single1date	25 August 2009
single2	So Light Is Her Footfall
single2date	26 February 2010
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| name = Love 2 | type = studio | artist = Air | cover = Air - Love 2.png | alt = | released = | recorded = | studio = Atlas (Paris) | genre =

• Electronica
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Love 2 is the fifth studio album by French electronic music duo Air, released on 30 September 2009 in Japan and in the first week of October in the rest of the world by Virgin Records. It is the duo's first production recorded at their own recording facility, Studio Atlas, in northern Paris. As of February 2012, Love 2 had sold 24,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Release

On 6 July 2009, a viral single, "Do the Joy", was made available as a free download to existing Air newsletter subscribers. The album's official lead single, "Sing Sang Sung", was released digitally on 25 August 2009. An album mashup was made available to UK newsletter subscribers on 14 September 2009. The album was streamed worldwide for an interactive "listening party" on 28 September 2009, starting at 12:00 CET, for exactly 24 hours. Track names were not shown, but the album was played in order. Fans were also given the opportunity to comment on the album via Facebook, and their comments were displayed adjacent to the media player, as well as an updating Google Maps view of where listeners were.

Track listing

| all_music = Air, except "Au fond du rêve doré" by Françoise Hardy | title1 = Do the Joy | length1 = 3:05 | title2 = Love | length2 = 2:44 | title3 = So Light Is Her Footfall | length3 = 3:13 | title4 = Be a Bee | length4 = 3:46 | title5 = Missing the Light of the Day | length5 = 4:25 | title6 = Tropical Disease | length6 = 6:49 | title7 = Heaven's Light | length7 = 3:53 | title8 = Night Hunter | length8 = 4:14 | title9 = Sing Sang Sung | length9 = 3:06 | title10 = Eat My Beat | length10 = 2:45 | title11 = You Can Tell It to Everybody | length11 = 4:09 | title12 = African Velvet | length12 = 3:48 | headline = Japanese edition bonus track | title13 = Indian Summer | length13 = 6:04 | headline = European iTunes Store bonus track | title13 = Au fond du rêve doré | note13 = featuring Françoise Hardy | length13 = 2:01 | headline = US iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks | title13 = Au fond du rêve doré | note13 = featuring Françoise Hardy | length13 = 2:01 | title14 = Danger Zone | length14 = 3:58 | title15 = The Dream of Yi | length15 = 5:28 | title16 = Love 2 Meet You | note16 = video | length16 = 11:49

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love 2.

• Air – production
• Joey Waronker – drums, percussions (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8–12)
• Stéphane "Alf" Briat – mixing (tracks 1–7, 9–12)
• Louis Arlette – sound engineering
• Chab – mastering
• Luciana Val and Franco Musso – photos
• Laurent Pinon – artwork

Charts

::data[format=table title="Chart performance for ''Love 2''"] | Chart (2009) | Peak position | Australian Albums (ARIA) | Croatian International Albums (HDU) | European Albums (Billboard) | |---|---|---|---|---| | 58 | | | | | | 32 | | | | | | 27 | | | | | ::

References

References

1. "So Light Is Her Footfall – EP by Air".
2. "Love 2 by Air reviews".
3. "Reviews for Love 2 by Air".
4. Phares, Heather. "Love 2 – Air". [[AllMusic]].
5. Battaglia, Andy. (6 October 2009). "Air: ''Love 2''". [[The A.V. Club]].
6. Kot, Greg. (1 October 2009). "Album review: Air's 'Love 2'". [[Chicago Tribune]].
7. Gill, Andy. (2 October 2009). "Album: Air, Love 2 (Virgin)". [[The Independent]].
8. (November 2009). "Air: Love 2".
9. Patrin, Nate. (5 October 2009). "Air: Love 2". [[Pitchfork (website).
10. Hermes, Will. (5 October 2009). "Air: Love 2".
11. Marchese, David. (October 2009). "Air: Love 2".
12. Paphides, Pete. (3 October 2009). "Air: Love 2". [[The Times]].
13. Cuellar, Jorge. (5 October 2009). "Air: Love 2". [[URB (magazine).
14. (19 June 2009). "AIR will release their fifth studio album, 'Love 2', in mid-October 2009". [[EMI.
15. Mapes, Jillian. (4 February 2012). "Air Over 'The Moon' About Film Score Turned Full Album".
16. "Love 2 : Air".
17. "Love 2 de AIR".
18. "Love 2 (Deluxe Version) by AIR".
19. (2009). "Love 2". [[Virgin Records]].
20. (12 October 2009). "Chartifacts".
21. "Top Stranih – Tjedan 42. 2009.".
22. "European Albums – Week of October 24, 2009".

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