Air..........Smooth, Flowing and addictive

10,000 Hz Legend adds to the legacy of Air. It flows seamlessly from high and low transitions making it into a perfect flow of rhythm. Put it in the CD player and drive man drive.

Lucky & Unhappy

It has taken me a LONG time to come to appreciate "10,000 Hz Legend". After coming to live by "Moon Safari" and "Premier Symptomes", I expected "10,000 Hz" to catalog the same classic Air retro-modern space-age down-tempo electro sound. I mean, if it isn't broke, why fix it, right?



"10,000 Hz" is a definite departure from what I had come to love about Air. The only track coming close to a "Moon Safari" sound is "Radian". The other tracks, looking back on Air's entire collection to date, seem to bridge the gap between "Moon Safari" and "Talkie Walkie". This album has more straight forward vocals and more conventional arrangements, but still leans heavily on electro-synth musicianship.



With the possible exception of "Don't Be Light", there is nothing here that really blows me away, or even stands out as a prominent track. I was excited to see that Beck and Buffalo Daughter appear on "10,000Hz", but disappointed to hear that their tracks, while good, are nothing special.



Over time, this has become what I would consider a pretty good release (notwithstanding the horrible "How Does It Make You Feel?"). But if I didn't have "10,000Hz", and I knew what was on it, I doubt I would rush out to get it.

phantasmiglorical

i love this album. i think both moon safari and talkie walkie are great, but there's something special here. takes you to another mental state. you may not want to be there forever, but its nice to visit. often. test your new headphones with this one. show off your stereo system. hope they put it out on sacd or dvd-a (stranger things have happened). rather than judge this effort by the naysayers, be adventurous and dive in to a world full of computers, lady lovers-(noun + verb) and french (geographically and attitudinally).