Love 2

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Love 2
File:Air - Love 2.png
Studio album by
Air
Released30 September 2009 (2009-09-30)
StudioAtlas (Paris)
Genre
Length46:06
LabelVirgin
ProducerAir
Air chronology
Pocket Symphony
(2007) 		Love 2
(2009) 		Le voyage dans la lune
(2012)
Singles from Love 2
  1. "Sing Sang Sung"
    Released: 25 August 2009
  2. "So Light Is Her Footfall"
    Released: 26 February 2010[1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.1/10[2]
Metacritic65/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[4]
The A.V. ClubB[5]
Chicago TribuneStarStarStarHalf star[6]
The IndependentStarStarStar[7]
MojoStarStarStar[8]
Pitchfork4.0/10[9]
Rolling StoneStarStarStar[10]
Spin7/10[11]
The TimesStarStarStarStar[12]
URBStarStarStarStarHalf star[13]

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]

Release

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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.

Track listing

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All music is composed by Air, except "Au fond du rêve doré" by Françoise Hardy.

No.TitleLength
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]
No.TitleLength
13."Indian Summer"6:04
European iTunes Store bonus track[17]
No.TitleLength
13."Au fond du rêve doré" (featuring Françoise Hardy)2:01
US iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks[18]
No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

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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

Charts

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Chart performance for Love 2
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 58
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 56
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 18
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[24] 32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25] 43
European Albums (Billboard)[26] 27
French Albums (SNEP)[27] 12
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] 39
Irish Albums (IRMA)[29] 30
Italian Albums (FIMI)[30] 48
Scottish Albums (OCC)[31] 43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 15
UK Albums (OCC)[33] 36
US Billboard 200[34] 100
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard)[35] 5

References

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