Air

Let's be honest – French chill-out masters Air were never going to have any trouble blending a sophisticated mix of mood-enhancing rock and pop for the soul. Opening with 'All Cats Are Grey' by The Cure (from the start of their dark Trilogy - Faith: nothing like starting as you mean to go on), it soon swoops into even trippier territory with 'Planet Caravan' by Black Sabbath (from their 1970 album Paranoid) and into Nino Rota's ultra-eery 'O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia (from the original soundtrack to '76 art-house classic 'Il Casanova di Fellini, slowly but surely it takes in tracks from The Band, Japan, Scott Walker and Lee Hazlewood. As melancholic as it is after-dark dreamy, you can rest assured that there's no JLS in the mix here.

Tracklist

1. The Cure - All Cats Are Grey
2. Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan
3. Nino Rota - O'venezia Venaga Venusia
4. The Band - I Shall Be Released
5. Georges Delerue - Camille
6. Japan - Ghosts
7. Scott Walker - The Old Man's Back Again
8. Jeff Alexander - Come Walk With Me
9. Cat Power - Metal Heart
10. Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You
11. Tan Dun - For The World
12. Sebastien Tellier - Le Long De La Riviere Tendre
13. Lee Hazelwood - My Autumn's Done Come
14. Robert Wyatt - P.L.A.
15. Elliot Smith - Let's Get Lost
16. The Troggs - Cousin Jane
17. Air/Alessandro Baricco - Musica
18. The Cleveland Orchestra - Ravel: Pavane Per Une Infante Defunte