Le voyage dans la lune (album)

Le voyage dans la lune (English: A Trip to the Moon) is the sixth studio album by French electronic music duo Air, released on 6 February 2012 by Virgin Records.

Le voyage dans la lune
Studio album by Air
Released	6 February 2012 (2012-02-06)
Genre	Space rock[1]
Length	32:08
Label	Virgin
Producer	Air
Air chronology
Love 2 (2009) Le voyage dans la lune (2012) Music for Museum (2014)
Singles from Le voyage dans la lune
"Parade" Released: 16 December 2011[2] "Seven Stars" Released: 6 January 2012[3]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.4/10[4]
Metacritic	70/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Alternative Press	[7]
The A.V. Club	B[8]
Entertainment Weekly	A[9]
The Guardian	[10]
The Independent	[11]
Mixmag	4/5[12]
Pitchfork	5.7/10[13]
Rolling Stone	[14]
Spin	8/10[15]

Background and release

The album is inspired by the 1902 silent science fiction film A Trip to the Moon (Le voyage dans la lune) by Georges Méliès and is intended to be a soundtrack to the restored version of the film. A free three-minute film excerpt featuring the song "Sonic Armada" was made available for one week in early December 2011 in conjunction with a pre-order offer. A limited edition of the album (70,000 copies worldwide) includes the CD and a DVD of the film.^[16] The digital version of the album, along with the newly restored and colourised 16-minute film, was released as a strictly limited edition.^[17]

Track listing

All music is composed by Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Astronomic Club"	3:12
2.	"Seven Stars" (lyrics: Victoria Legrand; music: Legrand, Dunckel, Godin)	4:22
3.	"Retour sur terre"	0:45
4.	"Parade"	2:31
5.	"Moon Fever"	3:50
6.	"Sonic Armada"	5:06
7.	"Who Am I Now?" (lyrics: Au Revoir Simone; music: Annie Hart, Erika Forster, Heather D'Angelo, Brian Reitzell, Dunckel, Godin)	3:03
8.	"Décollage"	1:39
9.	"Cosmic Trip"	4:10
10.	"Homme lune"	0:27
11.	"Lava"	3:03

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Le voyage dans la lune.^[18]

Air

• Jean-Benoît Dunckel – Mellotron (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11); Wurlitzer (tracks 1, 9); piano (tracks 2, 4, 7–9, 11); synths (tracks 2, 4–6, 8–11); vocals (tracks 4, 9, 11); Solina, organ bass (track 7); vibes (tracks 7, 11); drums (track 11)
• Nicolas Godin – timpani (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 8); guitars (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7); synths (tracks 1–5, 9); harpsichord (track 1); bass (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 11); piano (tracks 3, 5); vocals (track 3); Mellotron (track 4); electric sitar (track 6); percussions (tracks 7, 8); drums (track 8); banjo, electric guitar (track 11)

Additional musicians

• Vincent Taeger – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 9)
• Isabelle Vuarnesson – cello (track 1)
• Victoria Legrand – vocals (track 2)
• Alex Thomas – drums (track 6)
• Au Revoir Simone – vocals (track 7)

Technical

• Air – production
• Stéphane "Alf" Briat – mixing
• Louis Arlette – sound engineering
• Chab – mastering

Artwork

• Laurent Pinon – graphic design
• Georges Méliès – artwork

Charts

Chart performance for Le voyage dans la lune

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19]	76
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20]	38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21]	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22]	28
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[23]	68
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[24]	38
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25]	40
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[26]	39
French Albums (SNEP)[27]	17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28]	36
Greek Albums (IFPI)[29]	70
Irish Albums (IRMA)[30]	21
Italian Albums (FIMI)[31]	35
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[32]	148
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[33]	22
Scottish Albums (OCC)[34]	36
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[35]	89
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[36]	11
UK Albums (OCC)[37]	35
US Billboard 200[38]	57
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard)[39]	4