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The Virgin Suicides (OST) [Soundtrack]

~ Air (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (28 Feb 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Virgin
  • ASIN: B00004KD51
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,554 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

French avant-pop duo Air's third album is the soundtrack to the Sofia Coppola movie about a brace of teenage sisters whose beauty mesmerises the local boys and whose suicides devastate the community. It's a Gothic, faintly silly romantic fantasy about lust for the unattainable, and Air's enigmatic "pure pop" treatment is the perfect musical backdrop. Tracks like "Playground Love" and "Highschool Lover" are deceptively candy-coated pieces of puppy lover's pop, all sighing saxophones and dippy keyboards, while "Bathroom Girl" is a slo-mo vision of beauty. With the spookier synth pulses and black vibes of "Cemetery Party" and "Dark Messages", however, Air get to signal the weirder undercurrents of the movie, while "Dead Bodies" is a full-on Gothic wig-out complete with a sisterly choir from beyond the grave. --David Stubbs


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French duo Air's soundtrack for the Sofia Coppola-directed (yes, THAT Coppola) film THE VIRGIN SUICIDES is a far cry from the bouncy post-disco sounds of their earlier efforts. Instead of light, cheery, and fun music full of ironic wit, this album delves into darker regions. Dance beats are clearlynot the agenda here, as the largely instrumental album paints moody sonic portraits that bring to mind the highly textured '70s work of art-rockers like Eno and Pink Floyd. In fact, much of THE VIRGIN SUICIDES sounds more like a batch of vintage prog-rock outtakes than like the work of Europe's most cutting-edge electronic popsters. Breaking the vocal silence (but not the dark mood) are "Playground Love", sung by Gordon Tracks, and the album's closer, an extended, unsettlingmonologue delivered by a deep, nightmare-inducing voice.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A breath of fresh Air..., 7 Mar 2000
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Anyone looking to add to their Air collection of mellow, Moog-noodling synth pop should keep the plastic in their wallet. The new album is still recognisable as a product of the Gallic duo, but this time they've replaced the chilled with the chilling. The whiff of fluffy nostalgia that the brilliant Moon Safari evoked has been swapped for haunting Pink Floyd'esque guitar solos over gothic minor chords. As a soundscape of the alienated adolescent soul this album has all the nape tingling angst of Portishead and Radiohead whilst still retaining an almost coy, childish simplicity.

I am a great fan of artists who work on the fringes of the mainstream and manage to avoid the formulaic approach, evolving with each new album. Virgin Suicides is certainly a departure from their back catalogue, but since it is actually a soundtrack rather than a new body of work we may well see a return from the dark side on their next release.

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If you like good music..., 10 Mar 2003
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This soundtrack is amazing. AMAZING. Forget about 'Moon Safari', forget about the film, forget about life and just enjoy. I didn't know much of Air before I heard this(besides 'Sexy Boy', which I thought was a nice idea but ultimately a bit too cheesy). Anyway this soundtrack makes me want to buy everything they've ever produced, despite what assorted 'Moon Safari' fans say here about it being far from their best work.

I have one criticism of this soundtrack, which is that some of the tracks are way too short. Air could have made a 60 minute extravaganza here without a lot of effort and a 74 minute masterpiece with a bit of extra work, that's how good the tracks are. As it is, you get 40 minutes of exceptional work - And a work is what it is, this is no french pop album...It reminds me of Pink Floyd in quite a few places, with hints of ambient Aphex Twin and Godspeed You Black Emperor. So think excessively ambient prog rock, with sprinklings of electronica and a generally dark theme throughout.

Basically if you like music, you need this album. It's a great chill-out album, but don't expect it to be just that - the drumming on some of the tracks is fantastic and the epic quality of the whole album just pervades the room you play it in, demanding attention. It's dreamy but gothic, progressive but never over-ambitious, always sublime and if you like the film...so much more than just a soundtrack. You'll know what I mean if you get to hear it.

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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark and broody, sucks you into a velvety world of wonder, 10 Sep 2003
By J. E. Hanlon "corpse_bride" (London) - See all my reviews
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Listening to this album is like drowning, except you really don't want to come up for air (air, geddit?). Dark and swirling guitars, beautiful great rolling percussion - from start to finish it's like a hypnotic soundscape that will capture and transfix you. I've had a lot of "favourite" albums in my time, but this one has outlasted all of them. It's like nothing Air have ever done before and surpasses any other soundtrack I've ever heard. Best of all, the whole composition just flows so beautifully that it's easy to get sucked in and then be spat out at the end feeling like not just your ears, but your very soul has been privileged by the experience.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Pink Floyd or Air it aint
Although I have tried to listen to this 3 times now, I have to say I think it's pretty poor. My favourite band of all time is Pink Floyd, and I adore Air, yet this for some... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Wibblah

3.0 out of 5 stars Homogenous
Rarely has a soundtrack been a better companion to a movie than in the case of Air's music and Sophie Coppola's directorial debut The Virgin Suicides. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Guy Peters

4.0 out of 5 stars Deeply meaningful
I hadn't really heard any of Air's previous work before I watched 'The Virgin Suicides' but after hearing the haunting soundtrack and the eerie melodies that were so fitting to... Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2007 by J. Turvey

5.0 out of 5 stars Why everyone should love the Virgin Suicides
When I first heard this CD I had knew very little about AIR. Apart from the renound 'sexy boy' I knew little about what they had produced. Read more
Published on 25 Dec 2003 by MISS E WILLIAMS

5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting
The music from 'The Virgin Suicides' is really beautiful. If one band manages to put together instrumental harmonies with well-placed and well-played synths, from time to time... Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2001 by Bjorn Clasen

5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting
The music from 'The Virgin Suicides' is really beautiful. If one band manages to put together instrumental harmonies with well-placed and well-played synths, from time to time... Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2001 by Bjorn Clasen

4.0 out of 5 stars Great soundtrack, good album
Ok so im a fan of soundtrack albums but this stands out as a worthwhile listen in its own right. Reminds me strongly of Pink Floyds 'Dark side of the moon' in places and has a... Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2001 by rickhalton

5.0 out of 5 stars It's A Score...
... and not a soundtrack. Please bear this in mind when you consider buying this. I think it's brilliant, but it's not an album. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2000 by Andrew J. Barratt

4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely
A perfect album for a chilled out afternoon drive in the country. More romantic than depressing but it does have sections which drag on a bit. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you feel
I adore this CD, Air do a great job in making us relate our own personal feelings and memories towards the excellent standard of music involved within, Playground Love, a must... Read more
Published on 28 Jul 2000

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