by Paul Allaer Cincinnati Reviewed on March 18th, 2004
Rather than write a review of the phenomenal new AIR album "Talkie Walkie", I thought I'd comment on '10,000 Hz Legend" instead. Like many others, I was somewhat influenced by a lot of the not so positive reviews when it originally came out, so I never bought it. After listening and analyzing "Talkie Walkie", "Virgin Suicides" and "Moon Safari" for weeks, I realized that AIR is indeed one of those rare, timeless, phenomenal breeds of true from the soul creative artists. I bought "Premieres Symptomes" soon after and was blown away by that collection also. I noticed that despite "10,000 Hz Legend" being their lowest rated album here, most of the recent reviews have been 4 or 5 stars, so I knew that there had to be something special about this cd. I then came across a used copy of "Everybody Hertz" which of course are remixes of songs from "10,000 Hz Legend" and I watched the DVD inside of "Talkie Walkie" numerous times and I realized that I really, really liked all of the songs that were from "10,000 Hz Legend", except for a few of the remixes from "Everybody Hertz". Well, I finally got it and have been listening to it many, many times. It's phenomenal, a complete classic, the final affirmation that AIR is in a class by themselves. I think it's great that almost all of AIR's albums are completley different yet have a lot of similarities. The official review here at Amazon pretty much describes the tone, structure and delivery of "10,000 Hz Legend" but I don't agree with the subtle sarcasm and undeserved criticism related to the melodies and the fact that Beck's talents override AIR's delivery. This album is worth the money just for "Don't Be Light" and "How Does It Make You Feel". I also dig "People In The City" a lot, but I must say, the LIVE version on the video included on "Everbody Hertz" is even BETTER than the original. If you truly understand and appreciate AIR as sheer musical, artistic geniuses, then you'll love this cd if you don't already own it.
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