AIR "10,000 HZ LEGEND" 2xLP ASTRALWERKS Near Mint+

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AIR "10,000hz Legend" 2xLP on Astralwerks (2001)

Overall Condition: NM (played once or twice/unsealed)

Front Cover shows only slight creases at the right corners of the cover. The wear is typical for most records shelved for storage over 5 years. There are no cosmetic damages otherwise. The vinyl is in near mint condition as it has been played only once or twice. All vinyls are very glossy with no scratches whatsoever.

Details: Purchased in 2006, Air's third album, is a double lp vinyl record released on the Source/Virgin France label under license from Astralwerks. The album has glossy inner sleeves holding the vinyls, which have the lyrics printed on them and artwork. This record is Rare and Out Of Print. 

From Allmusic.com: Eager to prove their songwriting smarts and knowledge of traditionalist pop on their sophomore work, French band Air pulled back slightly from the milky synth pop of their 1998 debut, Moon Safari. 10,000 Hz Legend is a darker work, just as contemplative and unhurried as its predecessor, but part of a gradual move from drifting, almost pastoral melancholia to a downright post-modern helplessness in league with Radiohead. Air are still tremendously effective producers, and have actually expanded their palate with a surprising array of pop instrumentation (acoustic guitars, flutes, pianos, a harmonica, harps, and many strings) to file alongside the countless trilling synthesizers and machine sequencers. The two lead-off tracks, "Electronic Performers" and "How Does It Make You Feel," are breathtaking productions that exploit the same robot-weariness tendencies that made "Sexy Boy" (fromMoon Safari) an alternative hit. Still, those detached retro-vocoder treatments sound so much more passé in 2001 than when the duo first tried them out in 1996. Jason Falkner andBeck, a pair of equally hardworking slacker-pop icons, appear (respectively) on the next two tracks, the tongue-in-cheek single "Radio #1" and an excellent morning-after jam named "The Vagabond." Again, the production is stellar, but these find Air stranded between art rock and pop, caught in the trap of trying to make great pop music yet never sounding particularly studied or concerned about it. Falkner pops up again on "Lucky and Unhappy" and "People in the City," a pair of album standouts that subvert any pop inclinations with a raft of bridges and breakdowns among the layers of production. "Wonder Milky Bitch" is another precisely studied track, a haze of lunar-desert synth pop directly evocative of country-pop classicist Lee Hazlewood, and "Radian" brings Air back to the instrumental textures of their early work. Fans and involved listeners are definitely rewarded with increased dividends after multiple listens, but even they may wish for an album that harked back to the simpler days of the Premiers Symptomes EP and Moon Safari.

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