Air: Late Night Tales

Air | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 3, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Thrive
• ASIN: B000HIP42O
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,243 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Cure "All Cats Are Grey"

2. Black Sabbath "Planet Caravan"

3. Nino Rota "O' Venezia Venaga Venusia"

4. The Band "I Shall Be Released"

5. Georges Delerue "Camille"

6. Japan "Ghosts"

7. Scott Walker "The Old Man's Back Again"

8. Jeff Alexander "Come Wander With Me"

9. Cat Power "Metal Heart"

10. Minnie Riperton "Loving You"

11. Tan Dun "For The World"

12. Sebastien Tellier "Le Long de la Reviere Tendre"

13. Lee Hazlewood "My Autumn's Done Come"

14. Robert Wyatt "P.L.A."

15. Elliot Smith "Let's Get Lost"

16. The Troggs "Cousin Jane"

17. Air / Alessandro Baricco "Musica"

18. The Cleveland Orchestra "Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Enfante Defunte"

Editorial Reviews

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Product Description

Air aren't exactly strangers to mood enhancing music (the release of "Moon Safari", their much-mooted collaboration with Sofia Coppola for the "Virgin Suicides" soundtrack, "10,000 Hz Legend", and 2004's acclaimed "Talkie Walkie", have in 5 short years solidified the Parisian duo's position as premier purveyors of meltingly good, cosmic pop), it's perhaps not surprising that they would eventually combine their talents to mix a selection of their favorite music.

Dipping into by turns melancholic, ambient, soulful, mellow and downright moody classics, Air's selections make for timeless, lounge-loving, uplifing, and occasionally heart-wrenching stuff. Godin and Dunckel's "LNT" selections immediately propel you into a world as dry and as satisfying as a glass of Chateauneuf du Pap, in which time is not so much standing still as floating in space. Air time, you might call it in fact. From The Cure to Nino Rota, Elliot Smith, The Band, and Cat Power, to their own "Musica", Air's "Late Night Tales" is a musical journey not to be missed!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Who would have thought Black Sabbath could sound so excellent?, October 21, 2006

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Anon. (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Air: Late Night Tales (Audio CD)

The CD is best when the choices are least expected: "All Cats are Grey" (The Cure), "Planet Caravan" (Black Sabbath), "Metal Heart" (Cat Power), "P.L.A." (Robert Wyatt), "Cousin Jane" (Troggs) are all fantastic, and fantastically unexpected. I can live without some of the movie-soundtrack selections (esp. Tan Dun) and the foray into kitsch - Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You" (wretched stuff, plus it sounds completely out of place here) - but these compilation albums are always a bit hit-and-miss, for whatever reason, and this one is no exception. By my calculation, there are NINE stellar tracks here, and that's enough for me (for the price I paid). I've downloaded the best tracks onto my IPod, along with some of my favorite moody Air tracks ("Bathroom Girl," "Les Professionnels"), and the results are exceptional LateNight music.

11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listen to the music., October 12, 2006

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Matt Bailey (Northfield, MN) - See all my reviews
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It would be a mistake--one the other reviewers here have made--to review this as if it were an Air album and not just a selection of some of their favorite music. You can definitely hear the influences on Air in the music chosen, but the selections are all over the musical map. What other mix CD includes Black Sabbath and Ravel? If you don't expect everything on the CD to sound exactly like Air, you will find it an excellent, eclectic collection of tracks. The artists are mostly people you've heard (or heard of) before, but several of the songs are left-field selections. It's perfect listening for--as you may have guessed--late nights.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Air's LNT - awesome addition to any Air collection, March 16, 2007

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N. Eckert "nre109" (Norristown, PA) - See all my reviews
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This is one of my favorite CDs at the moment. If you listen to this CD and then you listen to any AIR CD, you can really see how the songs on this CD influence their music. The only complaint I have about the mix of songs is Minnie Ripperton's "Loving You". It has never really been a favorite of mine, mostly because it gets stuck in my head everytime I hear it. On the other hand, choices like "All Cats are Grey" by the Cure and Black Sabbath's "Planet Caravan" are a great start to this moody trip that you really should check out.