Love 2 Explained

Love 2
Type:studio
Artist:Air
Cover:Air - Love 2.png
Studio:Atlas (Paris)
Genre:
Length:46:06
Label:Virgin
Producer:Air
Prev Title:Pocket Symphony
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:Le voyage dans la lune
Next Year:2012

Love 2 is the fifth studio album by French electronic music duo Air, released on 30 September 2009 in Japan and in the first week of October in the rest of the world by Virgin Records. It is the duo's first production recorded at their own recording facility, Studio Atlas, in northern Paris.[1] As of February 2012, Love 2 had sold 24,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[2]

Release

On 6 July 2009, a viral single, "Do the Joy", was made available as a free download to existing Air newsletter subscribers. The album's official lead single, "Sing Sang Sung", was released digitally on 25 August 2009.[1] An album mashup was made available to UK newsletter subscribers on 14 September 2009. The album was streamed worldwide for an interactive "listening party" on 28 September 2009, starting at 12:00 CET, for exactly 24 hours. Track names were not shown, but the album was played in order. Fans were also given the opportunity to comment on the album via Facebook, and their comments were displayed adjacent to the media player, as well as an updating Google Maps view of where listeners were.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love 2.[3]

Charts

Chart (2009)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 58
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[5] 32
European Albums (Billboard)[6] 27

Notes and References

  1. AIR will release their fifth studio album, 'Love 2', in mid-October 2009 . . 19 June 2009 . 29 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090726045216/http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2009/press77.htm . 26 July 2009.
  2. Mapes . Jillian . Air Over 'The Moon' About Film Score Turned Full Album . . 4 February 2012 . 6 September 2017.
  3. Love 2 . liner notes . . . 2009 . 509999663960-3.
  4. Chartifacts . . 1024 . 12 October 2009 . 2 . 18 February 2012 . . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20091116051504/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20091105-0000/Issue1024.pdf . 16 November 2009 . dead.
  5. Web site: Top Stranih – Tjedan 42. 2009. . Top Combined – Week 42, 2009 . Croatian . . 18 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817165652/http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=arhiva&w=details&id=607 . 17 August 2012.
  6. European Albums – Week of October 24, 2009 . Billboard . 15 February 2012.