To mark its 25th anniversary, The Virgin Suicides reissued as a new edition entitled The Virgin Suicides Redux. This edition features an all-analog mix of the album produced by ‘Alf’ Briat and Air in April 2025.
25 years ago, Air released their second album, The Virgin Suicides. With over two million copies sold worldwide since its release, the first soundtrack by the electronic duo of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel is as famous today as Sofia Coppola’s first feature film.
In 2001, The Virgin Suicides won a Victoire de la Musique award and was nominated for a Brit Award in the Best Film Soundtrack category. In 2014, the album was ranked 11th among the best soundtracks of all time by NME…
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