Pocket Symphony

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2007 studio album by Air

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prev_titleTalkie Walkie
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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. 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. The album features art by Xavier Veilhan.

Pocket Symphony debuted at number 40 on the US Billboard 200, with 17,000 copies sold in its first week. As of February 2012, it had sold 77,000 copies in the United States.

The term "pocket symphony" was popularised by English journalist Derek Taylor, who used it to describe the Beach Boys' 1966 single "Good Vibrations".

Track listing

| all_writing = 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 | title1 = Space Maker | length1 = 4:01 | title2 = Once Upon a Time | length2 = 5:01 | title3 = One Hell of a Party | length3 = 4:02 | title4 = Napalm Love | length4 = 3:27 | title5 = Mayfair Song | length5 = 4:19 | title6 = Left Bank | length6 = 4:06 | title7 = Photograph | length7 = 3:51 | title8 = Mer du Japon | length8 = 3:04 | title9 = Lost Message | length9 = 3:32 | title10 = Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping | length10 = 3:36 | title11 = Redhead Girl | length11 = 4:31 | title12 = Night Sight | length12 = 4:17 | headline = Opendisc bonus tracks | title13 = Time Capsule | length13 = 4:19 | title14 = The Duelist | note14 = featuring Jarvis Cocker and Charlotte Gainsbourg | length14 = 4:40 | headline = Japanese edition bonus track | title13 = Time Capsule | length13 = 4:19 | headline = iTunes Store bonus tracks | title13 = The Duelist | note13 = featuring Jarvis Cocker and Charlotte Gainsbourg | length13 = 4:40 | title14 = Crickets | note14 = originally not available in the United States | length14 = 3:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Pocket Symphony.

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

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

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table title="Weekly chart performance for ''Pocket Symphony''"] | Chart (2007) | Peak position | European Albums (Billboard) | Japanese Albums (Oricon) | |---|---|---|---| | 7 | | | | | 156 | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (2007)PositionFrench Albums (SNEP)US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)
108
15
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References

References

  1. "Reviews for Pocket Symphony by Air".
  2. Phares, Heather. "Pocket Symphony – Air".
  3. Matos, Michaelangelo. (6 March 2007). "Air: Pocket Symphony". [[The A.V. Club]].
  4. Howe, Sean. (2 March 2007). "Pocket Symphony".
  5. Simpson, Dave. (9 March 2007). "Air, Pocket Symphony". [[The Guardian]].
  6. Courtney, Kevin. (2 March 2007). "Air: Pocket Symphony (Astralwerks)". [[The Irish Times]].
  7. (April 2007). "Air: Pocket Symphony".
  8. Elan, Priya. (2 March 2007). "Air: Pocket Symphony". [[NME]].
  9. Richardson, Mark. (7 March 2007). "Air: Pocket Symphony". [[Pitchfork (website).
  10. Walters, Barry. (March 2007). "Air: Pocket Symphony".
  11. (April 2007). "Air: Pocket Symphony".
  12. (17 November 2006). "Air and Jarvis team up". NME.
  13. "Pocket Symphony press release".
  14. Hasty, Katie. (14 March 2007). "Notorious B.I.G. Scores Another 'Great' On The Billboard 200".
  15. Mapes, Jillian. (4 February 2012). "Air Over 'The Moon' About Film Score Turned Full Album".
  16. "Pocket Symphony : Air". [[HMV Japan]].
  17. "Pocket Symphony by Air".
  18. "Pocket Symphony by Air".
  19. (2007). "Pocket Symphony". [[Virgin Records]].
  20. (24 March 2007). "Hits of the World".
  21. link. [[Oricon]]
  22. "Classement Albums – année 2007". [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]].
  23. "2007 Year End Charts – Top Electronic Albums".

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