Accolades

Moon Safari was voted as the best album of the year in The Face^{[citation needed]} and in Select.^{[citation needed]} It featured in top 10 lists for magazines such as Spin,^{[citation needed]} Melody Maker,^{[citation needed]} NME^{[citation needed]} and Mojo.^{[citation needed]} Rolling Stone magazine later ranked the album at number 93 on their list of the best albums of the 1990s,^[20] while the magazine's French edition ranked it at number 65 on their "100 Essential French Rock Albums" list.^[21] In a retrospective review, John Bush of AllMusic commented that Moon Safari "delivered the emotional power of great dance music even while pushing the barriers of what 'electronica' could or should sound like", and that the album "proved they could also write accessible pop songs like 'Sexy Boy' and 'Kelly Watch the Stars'" while also containing successful experiments with less pop-oriented material.^[3] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[22] In 2000 it was voted number 68 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.^[23]

10th anniversary special edition (2008)

DVD

• "Eating Sleeping Waiting & Playing" by Mike Mills.
• Music videos for "Sexy Boy", "Kelly Watch the Stars", "All I Need", and "Le soleil est près de moi" (from the Premiers Symptômes EP).
• Graphics and storyboards.

25th anniversary special edition (2024)

Air

• Nicolas Godin – bass (tracks 1–3, 5–10); tambourine (tracks 1, 2, 6); Minimoog (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, 10); backing vocals (tracks 1, 8); hand claps (tracks 1, 4, 10); vocals, syrinx, Moog solo (track 2); Korg MS-20 (tracks 2, 10); electric guitar (tracks 2, 6, 8); talk box (tracks 2, 6, 9); acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 7–9); organ, drums, Solina String Ensemble (track 3); vocoder (tracks 4, 6, 9); Moog bass, Casiotone (track 4); glockenspiel (tracks 4, 7); Wurlitzer (track 5); drum machine (tracks 5, 7, 10); Roland String Ensemble (track 6); percussions, Moog Wave, hand rubbing (track 7); harmonica, reverse ride (tracks 7, 8); Rhodes chorus, shaker (track 8); piano (track 10)
• Jean-Benoît Dunckel – Rhodes (tracks 1–7, 9, 10); Solina String Ensemble (all tracks); organ (tracks 1–3, 6, 7, 10); syrinx, Moog solo (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8); backing vocals (tracks 1, 6, 8); Korg MS-20 (tracks 1, 4–6, 9); hand claps (tracks 1, 4, 10); piano (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9); vocals (track 2); Wurlitzer (tracks 3, 6); Korg MS-20 intro (track 3); vocoder (tracks 4, 6, 9); glockenspiel (track 4); clavinet (tracks 4, 8, 10); Minimoog (tracks 4, 5); Casiotone, hand rubbing (track 7); Rhodes verses (track 8); Mellotron (track 9)

Additional musicians

• Eric Regert – organ solo (track 1)
• Alf – hand claps (track 1)
• Caroline L. – hand claps (track 1)
• Marlon – drums (tracks 2, 4, 5)
• Beth Hirsch – vocals (tracks 3, 7); backing vocals (track 7)
• P. Woodcock – acoustic guitar (track 3); tuba (track 8)
• David Whitaker – string arrangement, conducting (tracks 5, 7, 8)
• Enfants Square Burq – laughs (track 9)

Technical

• Jean-Benoît Dunckel – production, recording
• Nicolas Godin – production, recording
• Stéphane "Alf" Briat – recording, mixing
• Jérôme Kerner – recording assistance
• Peter Cobbin – string recording (tracks 5, 7, 8)
• Jérôme Blondel – mixing assistance
• Nilesh Patel – mastering

Artwork

• Mike Mills – design
• The Directors Bureau – art production