2009 studio album by Air
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.[ 14] As of February 2012, Love 2 had sold 24,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan .[ 15]
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.[ 14] 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.
All music is composed by Air , except "Au fond du rêve doré" by Françoise Hardy
Title 1. "Do the Joy" 3:05 2. "Love" 2:44 3. "So Light Is Her Footfall" 3:13 4. "Be a Bee" 3:46 5. "Missing the Light of the Day" 4:25 6. "Tropical Disease" 6:49 7. "Heaven's Light" 3:53 8. "Night Hunter" 4:14 9. "Sing Sang Sung " 3:06 10. "Eat My Beat" 2:45 11. "You Can Tell It to Everybody" 4:09 12. "African Velvet" 3:48
Japanese edition bonus track[ 16] Title 13. "Indian Summer" 6:04
European iTunes Store bonus track[ 17] Title 13. "Au fond du rêve doré" (featuring Françoise Hardy) 2:01
US iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks[ 18] Title 13. "Au fond du rêve doré" (featuring Françoise Hardy) 2:01 14. "Danger Zone" 3:58 15. "The Dream of Yi" 5:28 16. "Love 2 Meet You" (video) 11:49
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love 2 .[ 19]
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
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^ a b "AIR will release their fifth studio album, 'Love 2', in mid-October 2009" (Press release). EMI Group . 19 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2009 .
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^ "Love 2 de AIR" . iTunes Store (in French). France. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2019 .
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^ Love 2 (liner notes). Air . Virgin Records . 2009. 509999663960-3.{{cite AV media notes }}
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