Air Gather Their Hits and Rarities for 'Twentyears' Collection

BY Gregory AdamsPublished Apr 19, 2016

After spending the last two decades delivering some of the breeziest electro-pop out there, French duo Air have announced they're compiling a bunch of hits and rarities for a new anthology release. The self-curated collection, dubbed Twentyears, lands as a double-CD on June 10 and later as double-LP on July 22.

Pre-orders for the package are up now, with it being explained in a product listing that the first disc of Twentyears is presented as a "Best Of." This features 17 songs ranging from early Moon Safari singles "Sexy Boy" and "Kelly Watch the Stars," to work from the band's beloved Virgin Suicides score ("Playground Love"), to material from their Music for Museum ambient collection from 2014.

A second 14-track disc showcases various rarities. It includes Air's "The Duelist" collaboration with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Jarvis Cocker, "Au fond du rêve doré" with Francoise Hardy, and radio sessions from the BBC and Los Angeles' KCRW.

You'll find the full breakdown of the two-CD version of Twentyears below. On July 22, a "Super Deluxe" triple-CD version of the comp, which will come with a to-be-detailed third disc of remixes done by Air, will also be released.

You can find out more about the pre-orders over here.

Twentyears:

Disc one - Best Of:

1. La Femme D'Argent 
2. Cherry Blossom Girl 
3. Kelly Watch the Stars 
4. Playground Love
5. Sexy Boy
6. Venus 
7. All I Need 
8. Alpha Beta Gaga 
9. Moon Fever 
10. Don't Be Light 
11. How Does it Make you Feel
12. Once Upon A Time 
13. Alone in Kyoto 
14. Talisman 
15. Run 
16. Le soleil est près de Moi 
17. Land Me

Disc two - Rarities:

1. Planet Vega 
2. Flowerhead
3. Crickets
4. The Duelist [ft. Charlotte Gainsbourg & Jarvis Cocker]
5. High Point 
6. Au fond du rêve doré [ft. Françoise Hardy]
7. Danger Zone  
8. Indian Summer 
9. The Way You Look Tonight 
10. Roger Song
11. J'ai dormi sous l'eau (live BBC 1998) 
12. Remember (David Withaker version)

 

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