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Would've worked better as an EP or short album, it gets the point across within the first half and feels tedious after that. Still a pretty decent album overall, just needed a shave.

Inevitably, too long. Better than I expected, though - I remember most, if not all, of these from the ridiculous overexposure they had at the time - perhaps that contributed to the fact that I nodded along perfectly happily to most of them, without ever feeling the need to get to know them better. Background music, which sounds harsh, but I maintain that if you dig deeper, you'll discover there's not much there.

Самые крупные песни с этого альбома довольно часто звучали вокруг в моем детстве, что не заставило меня полюбить пластинку. Звучание у нее интересное, но не могу сказать, что после прослушивания возникает желание слушать ещё

An inoffensive and unremarkable record. It's efficient but boring and long, way too long. OK there are some foot stomping ambient dance songs but it never succeed in making you feel anything about the songs. And what's worst is that it gives the impression that it tries so hard to do it.

Starts pretty strong and then loses steam. A nice tribute to earlier music.

When I saw this I thought I'm not going to enjoy but I was surprised. Certainly not my style but it was listenable too, a bit samey in places but the occasional break from thump thump dance music.

Al heel lang niet gehoord, maar een dijk van een plaat die ook de tand des tijds goed doorstaat

No se, didn’t really have me hooked

Good but did not have to be 2+ hours, can remember good moments but can’t remember a single song otherwise

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Eclectic and well made. Not always my jam tho

Hadn’t listened to this in many years. Quite enjoyed it, probably more than I was expecting to, but it does sound rather dates these days.

Enjoyable but I can't help noticing that each track is basically a single phrase or two song over a beat of some sort.

Porcelain and Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? are beautiful. There are some other lovely tracks on here. Less keen on the upbeat stuff, but not bad.

This was a very long album, I'm not sure if I got some special edition or what, but it was a 2 1/2 hour slog. There were some real good moments, but overall it just felt like a movie score, I got tired of it and didn't finish it, an hour and 20 minutes was plenty.

Love

I enjoyed some of the songs but this album was mostly mediocre. Majority of the songs were uninteresting but it would make okay background music. Bodyrock is a very catchy track. I know there's way better electronica out there.

Enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Moby went a little “commercial” with this album, blending blues hooks with his patented electronic engineering. It’s a little more accessible for new listeners to his work, and it’s likely you’ve heard a number of these tracks through osmosis as they’re featured in movies, tv, and advertisements. If you’re going to start with EDM than this is the place.

It was everywhere at the time, so I expected to know the whole set. But there were lots of, frankly, dull forgotten tracks sprinkled with the well known ones.

Helt amazing album. Funkar alltid !

Boring

I recognize a fair amount of this record, although I've definitely never listened to it before. Moby had this licensed everywhere didn't he... Bodyrock is about the only one I knew knew, the rest have familiarity. I don't really like this much. It's branded as electronica, which seems accurate, but this is definitely not designed for me. It was designed for early 2000s movies lol...

I do not like electronica. Even though this album is way too long and very repetitive, I somehow survived it. Too bad I couldn't survive all the push-ups during Sally Up - Sally Down

Excessively long. It would be good with the first half

This was really fun! I was skeptical but ended up really enjoying this album even though it is so long!

Very nostalgic album for me this ones pretty great end to end no skips from me

3.5

Not bad

Some good songs but problematic due to cultural appropriation.

It's a very good album. It is not my favourite genre (or I genre I'm really knowledgeable about), but I found this one very interesting (and I had obviously heard some of the tracks, such as Porcelain). As usual, a "problem" with this album is that I think it is a bit too long. Overall, I tend to enjoy the most ambient or "nostalgic" tracks. Some of the songs I enjoyed: "Honey" (pretty addictive song), "Find My Baby", "Porcelain" (even if we have all listened to this tune too many times, it's still good), "Why Does My Heat Feel So Sad", "South Side", "Rushing" (what a first half), "Run On", "Everloving" (probably my favourite with a nice acoustic guitar, which is more "aligned" with the music I typically listen to), "Inside" (very ambient), "Guitar Flute & String", or "My Weakness". So, more than half of the songs. It's, in any case, a very solid 4 star album for me.

10/16 Classic album and one of my favorite ones to listen to on a rainy day.

5 - some hits but other songs are shit listens

This album was LONG! Some of the tracks made me want to move. Good beat, great sound. And one or two actually moved me. I found myself sitting still, remembering good times and feelings. I’ve heard maybe one or two of the songs before but Moby was relatively unknown to me before this. Great album overall.

I had never heard of this artist before. This album was a surprise for me. Very enjoyable. Also, hard to pigeonhole these songs into any particular genre. So many different musical elements going on. I’m definitely going to explore the rest of this guy’s catalogue at some point.

All the hits and then a while lot more to vibe out on.

2/5 by the end I wasn't really sure what i was listening to, and everything was blending together but not in a good way either

I liked this! I don't know much about Moby but his music is very listenable and a surprising amount of these tracks were familiar, likely from underscoring various movies or TV shows from across the years.

Es curioso como se hizo mainstream algo como Moby y Fat Boy Slim. Ahora no sé si sería posible. La película de La playa también ayudó. En fin un disco que me gusta y me traes muchos recuerdos y que empieza muy alto para luego ir desinflándose. Me he guardado: Honey, Find my baby, Porcelain, Why does my heart feel so bad?, South side y Natural blues.

I know this album. I find Moby to be INSUFFERABLE but these are good songs. AND, many have stood the test of time, i like the b sides better. Still a 4.

Don't get me wrong, Moby seems like a pretty unlikeable guy, but setting that aside, this album was an easy 4 Stars and darn close to 5 Stars.

Not a popular opinion it seems, but I really like this and would put it as a "Desert Island Disk". I know it has been sold shamelessly for commercials but that doesn't particularly bother me. Part of it is that it came out just as I was going through a big personal change, in life and in music. Part of it is that at a time when albums were still a thing and I could happily listen to all of this one. Part of it comes from the absolute disdain my folkie friends had for the album, when I was at a listen to everything stage. I suspect you either love or hate this. I love it 5/5.

Moby reminds me of my childhood, primarily because I remember watching his Hit songs on VH1. I also remember a few of the hits from the album, so I had a feeling I would be enjoying my Monday morning for a change. With that being said, I was blown away by how incredible this album was, and it comes off as a greatest hits album. My head went into a surreal experience, and almost a different world while listening to this gem. Favorite Track: "Natural Blues".

ok ba porcelain hyper connue. J'avais oublie cette chanson. C'est aussi different de ce qu'on a pu ecouter jusqu'a present. Cool. Je ne savais pas que l'electro ca serait comme ca. Bonne decouverte. Jespere retenir le nom de l'artiste et album cette fois ci. C'est pas mal pour bosser. Les paroles ne sont pas si importantes donc pas grave si on ne les ecoute pas. 3.5

Du très très bon: Natural Blues, Why does my heart feel so bad, porcelain (les plus connues) Du beaucoup moins bon:

Peaked my interest at first but then turned out to be hella repetitive :/

An album you have heard fully without ever listening to it thanks to adverts. This gets a bit of criticism but I actually think it’s ok

Good

So I actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would. But it still gives me enough trying to be electronic but does it instrumentally rather than vocally

didnt realize how many songs were sampled off this album - i knew moby was very big back in the 2000's but had no idea he had that much influence - overall the alubum is too long for my taste and felt repetitive at parts

Repetitive but might be good party music to play in the background.

One of the main albums of the 2000s

"Porcelain" is one of my favorites ever. "Rushing" and "Memory Gospel" (from the complete recordings) are also amazing.

classicccc papi schepper radio 10/10

Tolle Platte. Zeitlos und nicht anstrengend. Kratzt an einer 5/5.

Too long, but not bad. 5/10

He graduated from the same high school as me, so maybe there’s still some hope

I already know I LOVE this album but will gladly listen again for maybe the two hundredth time. 🤩 This is an album of pure genius. It's an electronic album, but Moby is a master and uses his beats and tracks to support the blues and roots music he mined from the Lomax brothers, or rap samples, or just to make beautiful, throbbing, danceable, awesome music. I love every frickin' song.

they licensed the fuck outta this thing. so much so that it's difficult for anyone who was aware of commercials, tv shows, and movies within 5 years of Play's release to hear some of this music without thinking of advertising and scoring. still though, the combination of different forms of electronic music with blues samples and acoustic instruments is great. the up-tempo tracks are able to hype you up while remaining scenic. the slower, ambient tracks towards the end deserve praise as well. I don't consider it one of the greatest electronic music albums of all time, but it's certainly one of the most impactful, and by no means is it fluff.

É um 3.5, tem as musiquinhas fixes mas depois também nao é memorável além disso. Estive indecisa entre o 3 e o 4

It's fine. Good in some places. A bit long

Yeah, I dunno. It's too pretty to not think about, even if the back half is such a comedown.

infectiously fun, the slightest bit tedious

I'm really not sure about this. I know it was all the rage when it came out, and I just feel really tired listening to it.

🤯

kinda corny

First listen

Glorified lift music really in my opinion

Alright… Good Rhythm… Most of the songs are electronic music mixed with other styles. Lyrics are simple, maybe too and always the same. I am not really convinced.

Favourite songs: - Honey - why does my Heart feel so bad - bodyrock

I thought this was pretty good. People look down on sampling as part of music but really, is a piano note not just a simpler type of sample? I wouldn't be listening to these artists anyway so it's not like Moby has stolen the limelight from someone else's work. He makes it work and it's nice chilled out electronica. The album lost a bit of steam in the last few tracks I thought but it's a solid 4 for me

Gentle piano + folk blues sample + polite breakbeat.

Still sounds pretty good after all these years. I was a Moby fan for a little while and we saw him at the Greenbelt Festival.

I had only heard the singles from this one or heard these songs in many TV shows and movies over the years. I love the soundscapes that he creates on these songs using blues, folk, and gospel samples to undergird them. Gets repetitive at times but there's some gorgeous stuff here.

A weird, nonconforming mishmash of an album that I find super enjoyable. For all it's fun boisterousness on songs like Bodyrock and Honey, there's a grim and beautiful melancholy too that keeps coming back (Porcelain, The Sky is Broken). Feels like he's really composing rather than just sampling and mixing on this one.

Only one track that is worth playing, and thats on video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLmpDf8BtCU Video made in a single shot.

Moby seems to be the master of milking a 20 second loop into a 4+ minute song. Which to me is cheap and very frustrating. But there are a few songs that actually feel like songs, and they were pretty decent to listen to. Crazy to me that they are also some of the least popular songs on this album. Would be better as an EP with many of the songs/musica ideas combined to keep my interest more consistently. Top tracks: South Side, Rushing

Envelheceu bem esse disco. Excelente representante do fim dos 90 e também para a história da música, com sua revitalização de blues e gospel rústicos, antigos, perfeitamente encaixados na eletrônica e no industrial dos anos 90. Disco emblemático, necessário, se encaixa bem no critério proposto.

Moby is good, really good, but to be honest I don't think it's that good to be like one of the most selling electronica albums of all time. 3.5, rounded.

A flash in the pan for your 90s vibes

Not my thing.

Fuck Mobyy and this entire boring ass genre. 3/10

Five stars, no notes.

Thike hai not really something i enjoy

A firmly alright album. Not the most intuitive genre mashup but it mostly works. At the time it came out I didn’t think about it, but it’s really rare for a US electronic artist to have mainstream success. I’m still not really sure why this album in particular managed to do it.

The most interesting parts of all of these songs are the samples. Apparently this album "introduced a lot of people to electronic music." Music made with electronics? Sounds more like a Logic remix with some overdubs, disrespectfully.

Catchy and fun, I really like this! I've heard a couple of the songs before, but never knew the artist. Happy to add some of these to my playlist and would definitely pick up this album!

interesting, would listen further

All the tracks sound like they'd be good as background music for tv and film (which i think they are?). Interesting sounds but feels maybe a bit repetitive to listen to as an album. Favouite tracks: Porcealin, Run On, If Things Were Perfect

Hearing porcelain won me over because I’ve heard that song sampled before

Mixed feelings on this record. It's way too long but when it hits, it really hits. "Porcelain", "Heart", "Bodyrock", etc., these are electronica classics for a reason. Even the B-sides have real gems. And although there's some filler, this is one of the great "mood" records out there. Over the course of the hour, it builds a world and fully envelops you in it. Which is almost as necessary in the world of electronica as being full of bangers.

Several repetitive songs, along with the well deserved hits.

Interesting. My ears always perk up when I hear his music and I never know that it is his until I ask or research. He is diverse and creative for sure.

I liked the guitar riff on “Find my Baby”; I remember being young and hearing “Porcelain” on a commercial or something and scouring the internet for the artist (no Shazam!) and finally finding it and grabbing it on LimeWire or Napster. Have never listened to this album in full, though. I suppose this has its place in history but I found it challenging to listen to.

Very unique album (7,5/10)

This is a masterpiece of electronica. So many banger tracks. It's not so much a dance album as a jazz album with electronic instruments. Everyone complaining about listening fatigue on this one is justified, because this album got the shit marketed out of it and sampled for every commercial on the planet. Get over it. That doesn't mean it's a bad album. I'd say it makes it a better album, because it was used for different purposes. My Rating: 10/5

I own this on CD from back in the day. This era of electronic music just doesn't hold up for me. This one clearly has some hits but I found it a real chore to get through the whole record. Just not for me anymore.

so happy i gave this a listen, it is so catchy. had no idea who moby was before this wow

clear 90s/early 00s electronic feel juxtaposed with the inherent chill vibe of it. massive variety between the songs without the loss of cohesion in the signature artistic style. porcelain is the song ever bless you asap for making this song even bigger

Hasn’t connected with me yet, but this may change.