Talkie Walkie

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Talkie Walkie is the third studio album by French electronic music duo Air, released on 26 January 2004 by Virgin Records.

History

As of November 2006, Talkie Walkie had sold 161,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.<ref name="US sales">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The album shipped 405,000 copies outside France within two weeks of its release, according to Virgin Records.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Use in media

"Alone in Kyoto" was included on the soundtrack to the 2003 film Lost in Translation, and "Run" was used in both the Veronica Mars episode "Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner" and the 2004 French film Lila Says while "Surfing on a Rocket" was featured in the game FIFA 2005.

Critical reception

Template:Album ratings Talkie Walkie received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on 29 reviews.<ref name="MC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone called the album "excellent" and commented that Air "return to what they do best: elegantly moody soundtrack music for imaginary films."<ref name="rs"/> NME reviewer Piers Martin commented, "It is light and fluffy, of course, but tender and romantic, synthetic and soulful, too. It sounds, effortlessly, new and different, fresh and focused, clean and Zen, no doubt the outcome of Godin and Dunckel's decision to play and programme all the instruments and perform all the vocals on the record themselves in Paris without any external assistance...". Praise was given to the subtle touch producer Nigel Godrich and string arranger Michel Colombier presumably brought to the album at its final stage,<ref name="nme"/> and the more personal and tighter songwriting.

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Talkie Walkie.<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

Musicians

• Malik Mezzadri – flute Template:Small
• Jessica Banks – additional vocals Template:Small
• Brian Reitzell – ride cymbal Template:Small
• Jason Falkner – bass Template:Small
• Lisa Papineau – additional vocals Template:Small
• Joey Waronker – percussion Template:Small
• Michel Colombier – piano Template:Small; string arrangements

Technical

• Air – production
• Nigel Godrich – additional recordings, production, mixing
• Darrell Thorp – mixing assistance Template:Small; street sounds recording Template:Small
• Bob Ludwig – mastering

Artwork

• Richard Prince – cover art
• Aaron Klein – technical assistance
• Claude Gassian – cover photo
• Jenna Felling – interior photos
• Marc Teissier du Cros – polaroids
• Roger Gorman – design

Charts

Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for Talkie Walkie

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	51
European Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	1
Greek Albums (IFPI)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	22
Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	146
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	56

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Talkie Walkie

Chart (2004)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	66
French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	103
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	128
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5