On January 16, 1998, “Virgin” label released “Moon Safari”, the debut Air studio album. It was recorded April to June 1997, at the “Around the Golf” and “Studio Gang” in Paris, and “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced byJean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin . “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 93 on its list of “Best Album of the Nineties” ; the French edition of the same magazine, ranked  “Moon Safari” at  number 65 on its list of the “100 Greatest French rock albums”.

• Jean-Benoît Dunckel – vocals, keyboards, synths, organ, piano, pan pipes, hand claps, glockenspiel
• Eric Regert – organ
• Patrick Woodcock – guitar, trombone
• Nicolas Godin– vocals, bass, synths, guitar, hand claps, harmonica, glockenspiel, piano, organ, pan pipes, drums, percussion
• Marlon – drums
• Alf (a.k.a. Stephane Briat) – hand claps
• Caroline L. – hand claps
• Beth Hirsch– vocals
• Enfants square Burcq – vocals
• David Whitaker– string arrangements, conducor

Track listing:

All tracks by Air, except where noted.

1. La femme d’argent
2. Sexy Boy
3. All I Need – lyrics by Beth Hirsch
4. Kelly Watch the Stars
5. Talisman
6. Remember – co-written by Jean-Jacques Perrey
7. You Make It Easy – lyrics by Beth Hirsch
8. Ce matin là – co-written by Patrick Woodcock
9. New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal)
10. Le voyage de Pénélope