{{Short description|2007 studio album by Air}} {{For|the type of composition|Pocket symphony}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox album | name = Pocket Symphony | type = studio | artist = Air | cover = Air - Pocket Symphony.png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2007|3|5|df=yes}} | recorded = | studio = {{hlist|Revolvair (Paris)|Gang (Paris)}} | genre = {{hlist|Ambient pop|electronic}} | length = 47:47 | label = Virgin | producer = {{hlist|Nigel Godrich|Air}} | prev_title = Talkie Walkie | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Love 2 | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Singles | name = Pocket Symphony | type = studio | single1 = Once Upon a Time | single1date = 29 January 2007 | single2 = Mer du Japon | single2date = 11 June 2007 }} }} {{Music ratings | MC = 63/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/pocket-symphony/air |title=Reviews for Pocket Symphony by Air |website=Metacritic |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pocket-symphony-mw0000460442 |title=Pocket Symphony – Air |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 June 2018 |last=Phares |first=Heather}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The A.V. Club'' | rev2score = A−<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/air-pocket-symphony-1798202396 |title=Air: Pocket Symphony |work=The A.V. Club |date=6 March 2007 |access-date=13 June 2018 |last=Matos |first=Michaelangelo}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3score = C+<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/03/02/pocket-symphony/ |title=Pocket Symphony |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=2 March 2007 |access-date=13 June 2018 |last=Howe |first=Sean |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819194312/https://ew.com/article/2007/03/02/pocket-symphony/ |archive-date=19 August 2019}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Guardian'' | rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/mar/09/popandrock.shopping6 |title=Air, Pocket Symphony |work=The Guardian |date=9 March 2007 |access-date=13 June 2018 |last=Simpson |first=Dave}}</ref> | rev5 = ''The Irish Times'' | rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/electronica-1.1197951 |title=Air: Pocket Symphony (Astralwerks) |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=2 March 2007 |access-date=13 June 2018 |last=Courtney |first=Kevin}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Mojo'' | rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Air: Pocket Symphony |magazine=Mojo |issue=161 |date=April 2007 |page=108 |issn=1351-0193}}</ref> | rev7 = ''NME'' | rev7score = 2/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/air/8248 |title=Air: Pocket Symphony |work=NME |date=2 March 2007 |access-date=13 September 2015 |last=Elan |first=Priya |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118095100/http://www.nme.com/reviews/air/8248 |archive-date=18 January 2016}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev8score = 6.6/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9975-pocket-symphony/ |title=Air: Pocket Symphony |work=Pitchfork |date=7 March 2007 |access-date=25 January 2020 |last=Richardson |first=Mark}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Spin'' | rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sye-0uaVa2cC&pg=PA86 |title=Air: Pocket Symphony |magazine=Spin |volume=23 |issue=3 |date=March 2007 |issn=0886-3032 |access-date=13 June 2018 |last=Walters |first=Barry |page=86 |via=Google Books}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Uncut'' | rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Air: Pocket Symphony |magazine=Uncut |issue=119 |date=April 2007 |page=92 |issn=1368-0722}}</ref> }}
'''''Pocket Symphony''''' is the fourth studio album by French electronic music duo Air, released on 5 March 2007 by Virgin Records. It features collaborations with Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/air/25095|title=Air and Jarvis team up|work=NME|date=17 November 2006|access-date=19 November 2006}}</ref> ''Pocket Symphony'' incorporates some of the Japanese instruments Godin had recently learned to play from an Okinawan master musician: the ''koto'' (also referred to as a Japanese floor harp) and the three-string, banjo-like ''shamisen''. However, a press release claims that "conventional instruments continue to play a great role" in the duo's music.<ref name="pocketsym.com_1">{{cite press release |url=http://www.pocket-symphony.com/img/pocketsymphonypr.doc |title=Pocket Symphony press release |access-date=29 January 2007 |format=doc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124002041/http://www.pocket-symphony.com/img/pocketsymphonypr.doc |archive-date=24 January 2007}}</ref> The album features art by Xavier Veilhan.
''Pocket Symphony'' debuted at number 40 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, with 17,000 copies sold in its first week.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1053948/notorious-big-great-again-on-the-billboard-200 |title=Notorious B.I.G. Scores Another 'Great' On The Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |date=14 March 2007 |access-date=19 August 2019 |last=Hasty |first=Katie}}</ref> As of February 2012, it had sold 77,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/507331/air-over-the-moon-about-film-score-turned-full-album |title=Air Over 'The Moon' About Film Score Turned Full Album |magazine=Billboard |date=4 February 2012 |access-date=6 September 2017 |last=Mapes |first=Jillian}}</ref>
The term "pocket symphony" was popularised by English journalist Derek Taylor, who used it to describe the Beach Boys' 1966 single "Good Vibrations".
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = JB Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, except "One Hell of a Party", lyrics by Jarvis Cocker, and "Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping", lyrics by Neil Hannon and Cocker | title1 = Space Maker | length1 = 4:01 | title2 = Once Upon a Time | length2 = 5:01 | title3 = One Hell of a Party | length3 = 4:02 | title4 = Napalm Love | length4 = 3:27 | title5 = Mayfair Song | length5 = 4:19 | title6 = Left Bank | length6 = 4:06 | title7 = Photograph | length7 = 3:51 | title8 = Mer du Japon | length8 = 3:04 | title9 = Lost Message | length9 = 3:32 | title10 = Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping | length10 = 3:36 | title11 = Redhead Girl | length11 = 4:31 | title12 = Night Sight | length12 = 4:17 }} {{Track listing | headline = Opendisc bonus tracks | title13 = Time Capsule | length13 = 4:19 | title14 = The Duelist | note14 = featuring Jarvis Cocker and Charlotte Gainsbourg | length14 = 4:40 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese edition bonus track<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Air_000000000067644/item_Pocket-Symphony_2000080 |title=Pocket Symphony : Air |publisher=HMV Japan |access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref> | title13 = Time Capsule | length13 = 4:19 }} {{Track listing | headline = iTunes Store bonus tracks<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/pocket-symphony/1213797014 |title=Pocket Symphony by Air |website=Apple Music |access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref> | title13 = The Duelist | note13 = featuring Jarvis Cocker and Charlotte Gainsbourg | length13 = 4:40 | title14 = Crickets | note14 = originally not available in the United States<ref>{{cite web |url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pocket-symphony/id215654022 |title=Pocket Symphony by Air |website=iTunes Store |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129225535/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pocket-symphony/id215654022 |archive-date=29 November 2009}}</ref> | length14 = 3:32 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Pocket Symphony''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Pocket Symphony |type=liner notes |others=Air |publisher=Virgin Records |year=2007 |id=094638548126}}</ref>
===Air=== * Nicolas Godin – bass {{small|(tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7–9, 11)}}; solina {{small|(track 1)}}; guitars {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–11)}}; synth bass {{small|(track 2)}}; drum machine {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 5, 9)}}; ''shamisen'' {{small|(tracks 2, 3)}}; piano {{small|(track 3)}}; ''koto'' {{small|(tracks 3, 8–11)}}; synthesizers {{small|(track 5)}}; vocals {{small|(track 6)}}; glockenspiel {{small|(tracks 7, 11)}}; tambourine {{small|(tracks 7, 8)}}; drums {{small|(track 8)}}; Memorymoog {{small|(tracks 9, 11)}}; wind chimes {{small|(track 11)}} * JB Dunckel – piano {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7–11)}}; synthesizers {{small|(tracks 1–9, 11, 12)}}; vibraphone {{small|(tracks 1, 10)}}; vocals {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 6–8, 11)}}; glockenspiel {{small|(track 2)}}; samples {{small|(track 3)}}; ARP percussions, xylophone {{small|(track 5)}}; voice pad {{small|(tracks 5, 11)}}; drum machine {{small|(tracks 6)}}; Rhodes {{small|(tracks 7, 11, 12)}}; synth bass {{small|(track 10)}}
===Additional musicians=== * Joey Waronker – drums, percussion {{small|(tracks 1, 3, 7)}} * Magic Malik – flute {{small|(tracks 2, 7)}} * Tony Allen – drums {{small|(track 2)}} * Jarvis Cocker – vocals {{small|(track 3)}} * Neil Hannon – vocals {{small|(track 10)}} * Joby Talbot – string arrangements, string conducting {{small|(tracks 1, 12)}} * David Richard Campbell – string arrangements {{small|(track 10)}}
===Technical=== * Nigel Godrich – production, engineering * Air – production * Darrell Thorp – engineering * Florian Lagatta – engineering * Simon Hayes – engineering assistance * Andrew Rugg – engineering assistance * Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
===Artwork=== * Xavier Veilhan – artwork * Lili Fleury – artwork * Laurent Pinon – artwork
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''Pocket Symphony'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2007) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Australia|33|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Austria|31|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|4|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|19|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Denmark|32|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|30|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- ! scope="row"| European Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bhMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75 |title=Hits of the World |magazine=Billboard |volume=119 |issue=12 |date=24 March 2007 |page=75 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}</ref> | 7 |- {{album chart|Finland|9|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|France|8|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Germany|8|id=53500|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Ireland2|12|artist=Air|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Italy|13|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/46017/products/692461/1/ |script-title=ja:ポケット・シンフォニー {{!}} エール |trans-title=Pocket Symphony {{!}} Air |language=ja |publisher=Oricon |access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref> | 156 |- {{album chart|Norway|32|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Portugal|9|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Spain|81|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|30|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|7|artist=Air|album=Pocket Symphony|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|UK2|22|date=20070311|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|40|artist=Air|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|3|artist=Air|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |- {{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|1|artist=Air|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2019}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for ''Pocket Symphony'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2007) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2007&type=2 |title=Classement Albums – année 2007 |language=fr |publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique |access-date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305011614/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2007&type=2 |archive-date=5 March 2012}}</ref> | 108 |- ! scope="row"| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/chart_display.jsp?f=Top+Electronic+Albums&g=Year-end+Albums |title=2007 Year End Charts – Top Electronic Albums |website=Billboard.biz |access-date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507143248/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/chart_display.jsp?f=Top%2BElectronic%2BAlbums&g=Year-end%2BAlbums |archive-date=7 May 2008}}</ref> | 15 |} {{col-end}}
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