Thursday Throwback is a weekly colour scheme inspired by an iconic album cover of yesteryear. This week’s throwback is the 1998 album “Moon Safari” by Air. The colours are as follows:
| Colours (L-R) | HEX | RGB | HSB | CMYK | LAB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colour 1 | #266AA6 | 38, 106, 166 | 208, 77, 65 | 77, 36, 0, 35 | 43, 0, -38 |
| Colour 2 | #3498BF | 52, 152, 191 | 197, 73, 75 | 73, 20, 0, 25 | 59, -16, -28 |
| Colour 3 | #F2F2F0 | 242, 242, 240 | 60, 1, 95 | 0, 0, 1, 5 | 95, 0, 1 |
| Colour 4 | #F2C063 | 242, 192, 99 | 39, 59, 95 | 0, 21, 59, 5 | 80, 8, 53 |
| Colour 5 | #F25244 | 242, 82, 68 | 5, 72, 95 | 0, 66, 72, 5 | 57, 60, 42 |
Moon Safari is the debut studio album by French electronic music duo Air, released on 16 January 1998. Due in part to the success of singles “Sexy Boy” and “Kelly Watch the Stars,” Moon Safari was voted best album of the year in pop culture magazines The Face and Select. The album also featured in top 10 lists for music magazines Spin, Melody Maker, NME and Mojo. Rolling Stone magazine later ranked the album at number 93 on their list of the best albums of the 1990s while the magazine’s French edition ranked it at number 65 on their list of “100 Essential French Rock Albums.”
In celebration of the album’s 10th anniversary, Moon Safari was re-released on the 14th April 2008. This special edition featured a bound book containing additional content related to the duo’s journey, a DVD documentary about individual band members, as well as a bonus CD that included live performances and remixes of songs from the original album.
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