Pocket symphony
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| Studio album by AIR | ||||
| Released | 5 March 2007 | |||
| Length | 52:30 | |||
| Label | Virgin, Astralwerks, Source | |||
| Producer | AIR, Nigel Godrich | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | (72%) |
| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment.ie | |
| Filter | (82%) |
| IGN | (8.8/10) |
| NME | (2/10) |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.6/10) |
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| This Is Fake DIY | |
Pocket Symphony is the fourth full-length album by French duo AIR. The album was released in March 2007 and features collaborations with Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon.Pocket Symphony also incorporates some of the Japanese instruments Godin 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.
The first single from this album, "Once Upon a Time", can be heard on the group's MySpace page.
Pocket Symphony debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 40, with about 17,000 copies sold in its first week.
The name Pocket Symphony stems from the groundbreaking 1960s song "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys. At the time of its release, bandleader and chief composer Brian Wilson often described the track to journalists as a "pocket symphony".
All songs written by JB Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, except "One Hell of a Party", lyrics by Jarvis Cocker; "Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping", lyrics by Neil Hannon.
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