Play

This album is so long! Overall pleasant electronic music. Some of the songs would make good background music for commercials. I like how it takes from different oldie styles like in Run On. A lot of soundtrack vibes for some of these tracks. No idea how his concert might look like tbh.

A bit too repetitive for me. Could see how this would be revolutionary in the 90s.

Pretty good

PORCELAIN

honey was in holes. 3.5

-kind of reminiscent of Since I Left You with the plunderphonics / downtempo sound, but…. Not as good imo -had some really phenomenal moments, started off very good but ultimately couldn’t hold my attention much at the end. definitely gets 3 stars just for how catchy it is though, I was moving -Favorites are Honey, Bodyrock, and Machete

Highlights: Honey, Run On. In a nutshell: taking and running with it. It’s obvious Moby read from Fatboy Slim’s playbook: find samples you like (in this case blues vocals), add loops, stick to a template. Repeat. Porcelain is universally recognised as a chill-out radio “classic”. Body Rock would’ve been on a gym playlist. Overall: 5/10

É um bom álbum de eletronica, mas não parece ser um álbum, e sim uma playlist feita por algum fã. Gostei de Porcelain, Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?, South Side, Bodyrock e Everloving. Mas o álbum em si é um 3

This was surprisingly better then what I remember from Moby. 3 whales outta 5 🐳🐳🐳

Love the old samples. Tried to listen to it, just can't stick with it through the whole thing. But fond memories

Some bangers, but relys on nostalgia

I thought I would hate this, but honestly it was pretty good. A bit overly long, could have been tighter had it been shorter but enjoyable.

This album has got me really confused 'cause I really love parts of it, but some tracks (like the opening two) are simply atrocious. I guess I'm just going to go for the middle and give it a three. Moby's definitely not as bad as some people paint him to be. 3 stars

I know it well from my teens. I still like it but it is not the same. I see it more like me having grown in musical taste than the music not having aged well.

Each track is a single idea repeated ad nauseam, but at least some of the ideas are good.

It didn't really strike something with me at first, but the further along I got in the album, the more I started to like it. Overall it was a pretty solid album with great sampling technique, and I would probably listen to it again.

Heard it before. It's a really good album, honestly. One of those things you listen to when you need to chill. But I'd remove a couple of songs because it's a bittttt too long 3/5

buen sonido.

Pretty basic electronica compared to what I'm used to not bad and something I will absolutely play again.

3.5 stars. Moby and Fat Boy Slim are total 90s nostalgia.

Some hits from back in the day 3.5

You know I understand why the HIMYM gang would’ve been so excited to meet Moby on NYE. I actually really enjoyed his album compared to other electronic ones we’ve listened to so far. Moby did an amazing job at mixing it up and keeping me on my toes throughout the entire album, rather than just the redundant sound I’ve experienced with this genre in the past. Overall good album

Earworm central, slows down in the second half. Favorite track(s): Honey, Find my baby, natural blues Will I revisit?: low priority Current rating: 6/10

Find cool 'preacher like' sample, put it over a cool beat... rinse and repeat. Man found a formula that worked. I liked this album more than I thought I would.

Pretty good collection of techno and electronic songs. Very long album though, and is tedious to listen straight through.

I get the importance of this album for electronic music but electronic music isn’t really my thing.

Actually pretty decent for house music. May need to put this on my background playlist, though would need to go through and cull the right vibes. But just overall, putting this on at a party would fit right in, I can totally see why this was here. Vibed with quite a few.

This was great for the first 30minutes or so

I mean it's pretty cool, but then it gets kind of repetitive towards the end. Eighteen songs is too many.

Very tricky to rate. The "thing" is good and produces a lot of pleasant songs but does the lack of variety mean I'll not be back? I'm erring on the harsh side

“Nobody cares, Moby. Nobody cares” -Space Ghost

everywhere in 1999 and a losing cool for the multitude of corporate sellouts and overplayedness

3.5- for an electronic album it was pretty decent. A handful of songs I enjoyed and a lot of filter. Favorite songs: porcelain

First half of the album is a strong 4 second half of the album is a 2. Very typical sound from the era were you used sample and loops to create a ”unique” sound.

1/1089 - Mildly enjoyed it. Nothing super memorable.

Some good songs but not a compelling album.

Never listened to a Moby album, although I’m sure I must have heard at least one of the eight (!!!) singles from this at some point. If I’m honest, I was busy and this passed me by. I don’t remember much about it. It seemed neutral enough. I suppose I should listen to it again really. But I don’t have any desire to just now. Maybe one day I might. We’ll see.

very energetic and chaotic, like it

Don't think I'll go back to it but it was surprisingly alright

Only one must skip and few might skips which is pretty good going. All a bit unrecognisable I only knew I’d looped when I hit porcelain again each time and even then I thought Rocky might start rapping. It’s a 3.5 but that’s not an option.

Ever present part of 1999-2000. Some good tunes in here. Quite eclectic. Some are quite poor though.

Electronica. First: 3/5 Again? 3-4/5

My first time listening to Moby and I'm not sure how I feel about it. It's strange and different, for sure... I don't really like the songs where he kind of talks. I do like some of the instrumentals.

Nice background music, but the extended version would go on too long

Kinda weird but some catchy songs

A fun album, which was easy going. The record was very creative and had a fun mix of genres, such as hiphop, rock and jazzy elements even, making the sound patterns quite unique. However the formula for making music on this record is very repetitive and thus overall the record lacks a bit in artistical depth. I did however enjoy listening to this record as it was super easy to jam out to this record. I'd give Moby's Play a 6.7/10.

It was okay. Not really my taste of music.

Look. I was 17 when this album came out. He placed an indelible mark on the soundscape of my youth, and it is very catchy and well produced. It is also way too long, very repetitive, and outside of the well-known songs. There’s nothing really great about it.

“Porcelain” is a deeply nostalgic song for me, but otherwise Play is mostly of its time in a way that doesn’t necessarily hold up. Loses steam halfway through.

Classic

now fairly boring due to overplaying

I fear that I put this on to read to at the end of the night and got through about half before the repetition of it all lulled me to sleep. Don’t have a real opinion, not sure I care enough to listen to the other hour or so.

5/10

++: Honey, Find My Baby, Rushing, Bodyrock, Natural Blues, Machete, Run On +: Porcelain, Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?, South Side, Inside, My Weakness +-: 7, Down Slow, If Things Were Perfect, Everloving, Guitar Flute & String, The Sky Is Broken 7,2/10

It's sweet! Really nice usage of sampling throughout the entire thing, though I do think some fat could've been shaved off in general. 3.5 (rounded down to 3 stars)

This is the first time I’ve ever listened to any of Moby’s work and I don’t know how to feel. On the one hand, there are times I found myself getting into the overall production. But there were plenty of times when I heard the sample once and dreaded that the song would be 4 minutes of that sample on loop. I don't know that I will really come back to this album, but it at least didn’t leave a sour taste in my mouth.

I know Moby and I know this album was huge (couple of hits, all the commercials and movies, etc.) but this is my first full listen. It's pretty chill throughout and despite it's length I found it to flow by pretty well without me realizing it. I like it.

This was a catchy album. But outside of that, kinda forgettable. I didn’t have any strong critiques. But I didn’t really love it either. I just wasn’t passionate about it

Not listened to this in years. I was big into Moby at the time and purchased the album before it exploded and became the soundtrack to everything. Unfortunately overexposure is to the detriment of the songs as it diminishes their emotional impact as you just think of the shit its been used to flog or crap tv moments soundtracked. Shame.

3 Stars (8/15)

Much better than F. Boy Slim. Plus he’s a certified bald icon.

3.5 The album is longer than I would like, but the songs are so pleasant and would make for great transitions at a house/techno rave.

El album está bueno, y pareciera ser de los mejores, si no el mejor, de Moby. Lo aprecié pero sin compartir al 100% el estilo musical de Moby.

works fine as background music i guess. nothing stands out, but nothing is bad either. so middle of the road it is

It's fine albeit a little dated

Songs i know: 3 Songs i like: 2 I missed the whole moby dick sucking phase, to me he was just some nerd who made music in his bedroom who eminem used to take the piss out of. Some decent tracks on here, deffo well known but also some nothing songs on here that you could just skip past. A mid 3.

Some nice songs, some ok. In total average.

A few tracks stand out, like "Honey" and "South Side," but overall it's not my favorite electronica. Evidently this was licensed a lot but nothing sounds familiar to me, so there's no nostalgia to help sell me on it. Overly long too.

Great album. Long time favorite, with some of his best work. The best stuff gets diluted by a ton of filler, though, dropping this barely below 4 stars.

He’s benefiting a lot from coming toward the end of this project for me, after having been through so much of the dullest drum & bass slop that the 90s had to offer. Gives an appreciation that he’s actually doing some interesting & different stuff, pushing the genre etc

I was into it at first, but realized quickly that it’s pretty much one 15-second gimmick on a loop over and over and it wore out its welcome

Pretty fun album. A few songs that I recognized on it.

Better than I expected. The samples of old blues records helps, and generally the arrangements are strong. Biggest complaint I had was that the samples of the old blues songs only took one phrase and there wasn’t any harmonic motion (stayed on I, never going to the IV or V) which can be a tough pill swallow when hearing old blues.

Was dreading this 2.5 hour beast of an album, but after the first few songs I got in the grove and ended up going back and playing parts of it again. Great background music to get through a workday coding and debugging.

This was certainly an interesting listen. I thought it wasn't hard to listen to but all the best songs were the samples. The samples are the only songs I would say are woth coming back to unless you are looking for background music.

Nice album. Good flow of vocals & musical arrangement.

Techno, electronic, not usually part of my listening habits, but this engages me. The guitar runs (is it a guitar?) alone, enough to keep me paying attention. I don't know how, but I was introduced to Porcelain and loved it, so I listened to more Moby. I have no ability to comment, just appreciate the steady, humming drum tracks.

Well, I've never really been a Moby fan. It's not that I dislike his music, more that I've never really played it except when an album turns up on this list! I kinda like this one, but I feel that the intervening quarter century since release hasn't served it well. The multiplicity of samples are a bit distracting, as I recognised some of them, which perplexed me as I tried to identify them.

To me Moby comes across less as a musician, and more as a reupholsterer. He chooses old African-American spirituals, as one might find a beautiful old sofa. He hammers the old melodies into shape, puttying over any small imperfections. He then applies some new material, slick beats crisp and bright (like new fabric on an old sofa), to make the original content marketable to a contemporary consumer. It's a professional and precise product but it feels cold and inauthentic. (Note: This is not my original writing, but it so perfectly captures how I felt listening to this album that I am going to “borrow” it - thanks!) 2.5⭐️

It’s a great bum of advert songs and background noise 3/5

Probably wouldn’t rush back to it but easy listen. Porcelain is a banger

5 songs are great. The rest is average and maybe too easy. But the 5 great songs (Natural blues, porcelain, Run on, Porcelain and Honey) are truely great

I expected to hate this one, and while it still wouldn't rate high on a list of albums I'd be listening to on purpose, I have to acknowledge there's some real artistry here. Plus the way this music was just showing up *everywhere* in the early 00s says something about its mass appeal (as background for car ads if nothing else).

Half of Moby's songs feel like PS2 menu music and I mean that in a good way.

I enjoyed this album. It's one that was always on my radar, but I never really listened to.

Not as good as I remember it being when I first listened to it as a teenager. It's an album with some high highs and low lows. Really 3.5* but dinged a bit for lack of consistency

I used to be quite mesmerized by Moby's music. Nowadays, it rings hollow with me. This is a very Gen X-coded record with a rather dated sound. Sometimes it does exhibit this endearing quality, but it generally screams the 90s in a rather mediocre fashion. Songs vary by quality and don't really feel like they have any kind of connective tissue that brings any kind of coherency or flow. Most of them are just loose experimentation, throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. The atmosphere of the better songs works, but with me having more experience with the music of Moby's contemporaries in the trip hop/downtempo genre, such as Portishead and Massive Attack, it fails to impress. I surely don't gravitate to it as much as I do to the more obviously dated pieces such as Bodyrock and Machete. The music video for Porcelain is great, though. Quite a striking existential piece. Actual rating is 7/10, or 3.5/5.

This album was a trip. Not even really sure how to define it, but I did enjoy it. A lot of strange and familiar samples and such. I felt like this was truly unique in the context of the list. The type of album I am really glad made it.

There was a ton of variety for an electronic album and that was a pleasant surprise. It was also fantastic for a road trip. Some songs were added into my library, but I don’t think I’ll ever find myself seeking out this album as a whole.

Moby 👍

My favourite songs were porcelain southside, body rock, and run on. I enjoyed listening to this album.

Keeping on track with my first few albums, an "old but gold album" though this time not my style.

Enjoyable enough

I loved this album when I was about 10. It is very nostalgic for me. In hindsight it is a bit long and repetitive, also it seems a bit icky to sample a load of old black singers and put a simple beat over it and make loads of money

звучит здорово. звучит необычно. чистый ракинрол в электроне. прог. но к середине альбома понял что мозг сверлит знатно.

Enjoyed Southside and Run On and a handful of others, but it mostly made me sleepy. Not my favorite type of music in general.

Can't really listen now without remembering the creepy Natalie Portman stories.

Some nice and pretty sounds but lowkey kinda boring, especially towards the back end. But that’s ok tho cus this guy was in JASON BOURNEEEE

1. Get my honey come back, sometimes 2. I’m gonna find my baby before that sun goes down 3. As I wake it’s kaleidoscopic mind 4. Why does my soul feel so bad? 5. Here we are in the pouring home 6. Instrumental 7. To the beat the bodyrock today is rock 8. Don’t nobody know my trouble 9. Help me break you with my mind 10. Instrumental 11. My head got wet in midnight dew 12. Instrumental 13. Living is easy when it’s night 14. Instrumental 15. Instrumental 16. Instrumental 17. Hear the rain fall, see the wind come to my eyes 18. Weakly mind

Not as bad I had made it out to be in my head.

Electronica with some rock mixed in between at times. Feels very late 90s. I did enjoy a few tracks, but the album is very long and it just feels like Moby threw all of the tracks he made at the time into an album with no rhyme or reason.

Kósý moby.

Fyrri hlutinn frábær, restin leiðinleg. Moby hefði átt að fara með rakvélina á helming laganna,

Much of the first part of the album is a simple beat layered with a repetitive blues/soul vocal sample. It got old fast. The last part of the album is mostly instrumental and is much better (I listened to The Complete Recordings version).

Like a lot of people, pretty much the only reason why I know and remember the name Moby is because Eminem dissed him in "Without Me". Don't ask me why; it's 20-some year old beef and I don't care. But if you asked me—and Moby, for that matter—this diss was actually a great thing for Moby. It got (and is still getting) his name in a lot of ears. "Without Me" **is** one of Eminem's most well known and played singles, after all. And, goodness me, in 2024 it might be slightly better advertising for him than his music. I mean, let's be clear: I don't dislike it. Far from it, actually. There's a lot of stuff I like a lot, **especially** the piano parts. They're gorgeous. And letting myself vibe out to this album while I'm playing DR. MARIO... Yeah, it's a great time. But actually listen closely to the album, and taking it as a whole... Frankly, I don't think it really needed to be an hour long. Like, so you can maybe understand what I'm talking about, let's just focus on the songs built around samples. He takes a snippet of a blues vocal, lays down some dance drums and piano around it, sometimes inserts some synth strings, and lets it flow up and down. It's not bad, and it's where some of my favorite piano lines come from actually. He just never really builds on that set-up. I mean, take Fatboy Slim's YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY—which, yes, is built on more samples than this album, and is going for a different sound, but hear me out. Fatboy Slim does a lot with his samples, not just between songs, but even within them. They're always switching up into different sections to keep things moving along and interesting, and no two songs pull the same tricks. This album, meanwhile, opens with the same trick twice. Sure, I don't think either one's bad, but did they really both need to be here? Or at the very least, more could've been done to make them unique besides their sample and tempo. And it's not like there's not exceptions across the album. As I was writing this, the closer, "My Weakness", came on, and that's a beautiful track. As a whole package, though... This kind of feels like a casualty of CD bloat; like there wasn't any restraint in what to include. Just throw everything on there, even if it doesn't have any more ideas than the five other songs it sounds just like. Maybe I'm overthinking it. Like I said, if I allow myself to just vibe to it, it's fine. And, hey, there's no shame in that being your relation to an album. I'm not even sure why I would've been expecting too much, anyway, given where I know Moby's name from. But I can only be honest with what I heard, and what I heard is a pretty "it's fine" 3. One that could've been a 4 if it's tightened up its runtime, 'coz, seriously, I really do a lot of its piano stuff. The way it is now, though... Yeah, I doubt I'll ever again give the whole thing a play.

I’m at a 3.5, and I think I have to bump it down to a 3. I think this album has an identity crisis. I thought about it a lot while listening to it, but the core style of this album is split between “composition” vs “feel” for me. I don’t think the album ever really comes to a decision on which way it fully leans, and that sort of indecision is what’s driving me down towards a 3. I think in terms of the actual compositions, these are sort of thoughtfully lazy – that is to say, each added instrument on top of the many samples, as well as the ongoing layering of instruments that occurs throughout the album is intentionally and thoughtfully produced. Sure, not all of it is sonically and tonally as energetic as one might hope, but there is not one “mistake” in terms of Moby’s composition. It’s very deliberate. The question that arises from those choices is simply “does it make you feel the way he intended?” I don’t know if every track made me feel the way he intended. I think it leans that way most of the time, but when it hits on feel, it sacrifices part of the actual musicality of everything. I don’t think the composition is particularly as interesting or as captivating as Moby intended it to be. I think the feeling of each track is nailed pretty well, and when it clicks, it clicks. The question that arises from that choice is simply “does it make for a coherent album experience?” No. No, it doesn’t. At least, not for me. This album never quite finds its true balance between composition and feel, and it suffers from not picking a proper direction. There’s not any bad tracks (ok, save for the painfully boring stretch of Tracks 12-13), but I can’t really say that this album ends up sticking out after listening to it. There’s definitely good tracks, don’t get me wrong, but as an entire experience front to back, things just feel like they come and go – nothing truly sticks in the long term in terms of feel or composition, and it makes for an album with an identity crisis. I did like most of it, and there are worse ways to use up 63 minutes, but there are also much better ways. I’m not gonna say it doesn’t deserve to be on the list, because this will click with someone much more than it did for me, but I just feel like it had to commit to a more concrete style to really click for me. Hence, the 3.5 that I’ll bump down to a 3.

Not sure how this manages to be both very good and terribly lame at the same time. 3/5

Day276 - seems like a win win. the sampled artists get new life to a new audience

An electronica album with repeated beats/music/samples/sounds/etc, yet not as bad as some songs of the same genre can get. Kept me interested, for the most part, but at times got a bit boring. Average overall.

Hasn't aged too well sinceI listened to it as a child

Yeah it sounds like a commercial break from 1999-2001, and I’m not immune from that as a lover of nostalgia.

moby is certainly an interesting character. the stuff with natalie portman is a huge red flag and it sounds like his heavy-drug-and-alcohol-addiction era is responsible for a lot of damage he did to himself and those around him. but this review is ostensibly about an album, not the man himself. and it's decent. as many other reviewers pointed out, moby has essentially perfected the formula of taking an old african-american spiritual or blues song and recontextualizing it as a modern electronica hit, which then gets repackaged for use in car commercials. the circle of life??? if you like that formula and sound, you'll love this album (and it seems many people do, considering this is the best-selling electronica album of all time). if not, your hour is better spent elsewhere. i like a good transformative work/sample but these do get pretty samey after a while. still, the songs are good as background music and decently catchy. my opinions are mixed, so three stars it is. favorites: honey, porcelain, why does my heart feel so bad, bodyrock, natural blues, my weakness

Not my cup of tea. Most tracks sounded like background music from a level in Sonic the Hedgehog. Except I can beat most levels in less than 6 1/2 minutes, which seems to be about the average track length. A couple bangers though, like that one track from Gone in 60 Seconds.

Perfect for a cocktail party, or something where it's just dropped into the background, but nothing that comes across as a must listen with your full attention. Some really decent hooks, but often just leaving your mind to focus on anything but the music.

This album sounded like the most relaxing day in a swimming pool, call refracted lights on white walls. Favourite track: Honey.

Nice enough, eclectic.

Started off strong but dragged on a bit.

Nice diverse casual listen , can totally sss myself bumping this on. Work day … but also nothing too crazy to my new age ear

Definitely better than most of the electronic music that we've heard from this list. I was surprised at how many songs I knew or at least had heard. Just way too long.

This was like one long piece, which while impressive was also kind of boring. The sampling was well done though.

Meh. I’m just not into electronica. I tried but I’d neither take it or leave it.

3☆/5 09.23.2024

Before listening to this, my only formed opinions of Moby were that: - He did the Sopranos theme. He didn't. - His restaurant is good. Not the best cinnamon roll ever, but after a full brunch, it was small enough to enjoy without being too indulgent. Anyways. This is something where I was aware of, had never heard, but had no objection to listen to. On that itself, it wasn't bad. Solid beats, not surprisingly. More hits than I remember and I think those, especially Southside, are among the lower points of the album. The back half, like Corrosion of Conformity's Animosity, is where the magic lies.

Pretty damn great! So cool to organically discover the origin of the Southland Tales dance song.

Moby! Give Gregor his CDs back. It's like this guy stumbled onto the right sound the right place the right time. Some undeniably catchy compositions. Album doesn't need to be this long. Sould have ended at least after track 11 The Blues and Roots samples elevated this to make it much cooler.

This reeks of early 2000s. All I picture is that dumb Leo DiCaprio movie about a beach. That said it’s solid I don’t hate it.

Lovely at first but fades into the background, and there’s a lot there. Gets tedious at the end.

First 10-ish songs are solid. The other 24 are a little much. By 'little' I mean way too and by 'much' I mean ffs Moby.

Well done, but not my style at all.

some really cool ideas however it overstays its welcome if im being honest. I was done with this album by track 8. crazy that there is an extended version that doubles the track list to 34 songs. Jealous of the fans of this album because they got a lot of music to enjoy. unfortunately im not one of them

I love Moby and have this album but I like the other two I have (Animal Right and 18) more. I like the sound of it and some songs are great with clever use of samples. But it's not very varied. I'd give it 4* just because I like it, but I think in a list like this, it only deserves a 3*.

Listened to it a couple times today. I really enjoyed three tracks: Porcelain, Why Does My Heart Feel so Bad? and Everloving. The album is way too long, it would heavily benefit from cutting a lot of deadweight. It's downtempo enough, no need to make it boring. The whole idea behind the album of working on old blues samples feels pretty great in the beginning. Especially on tracks such as Why Does My Heart...? But - it gets old quickly since there's not that much going on other than that. The melodies are pretty and feel familiar, piano goes well with synths and the rhythm patterns are easy to follow. I like it but a) it's way too long, b) it is a bit boring. 3/5

There are some great songs on here. The problem is my brain associates them all with tv commercials in the early 2000s.

I never really understood the fascination and appeal of Moby and though I hadn't actually listened to the music I had some hesitation to bother. The music isn't anything special, electronica and borrowed beats from a bald white guy who goes an admirable job filling a CD's worth of music. I didn't mind the songs, there's definitely something there and it was enjoyable enough to let it run with the extra tracks (on the version I heard). I still don't get why he's popular, but there is a lot more music that is more popular that I don't like. So, I guess play on Moby.

Basically movie soundtracks, which is good if you’re in the mood for it. Some duds some bangers

Pretty cool for electronic music, which isn’t that cool.

I remember what a huge splash “South Side” was, most likely due in part to Gwen Stefani being at the peak of her powers and popularity; although the version with her vocals is not included with this release. I also thought “Run On” and “Honey” were interesting. Outside of those few though, I didn’t much care for the rest of this.

All I can think during this album is: “And Moby? You can get stomped by Obie You thirty-six-year-old bald-headed <expletive deleted>, blow me You don't know me, you're too old, let go It's over, nobody listens to techno Now let’s go!!!” I mean it was fine. Just gets so repetitive for me!

Difficult to classify. My first serious effort to listen to Moby. I liked the sound/vibe of many of the tracks but it is hard to say what mood this music works with. Appreciate the effort to diversify the sound across songs. Particularly liked \"Natural Blues\", \"Porcelain\", \"Everloving\" and \"Run On\".

It started really good, but I did start to lose interest a little bit by the end. None of it was straight up terrible, but this album could do with just being a bit shorter.

plant-based ambient realness

Not bad.

Energetic record.

From his little globe head that sits atop his slight frame to his underwhelming tuft of untamed chest hair, Moby is an Adonis and an icon. I don’t know anyone who could rock black slacks and sneakers like this little guy. Moby, your talent is unmatched both in fashion and in mixing sick beats. Metaphorically speaking you are a giant among men. Call me

Decent at points, some songs got me in the feels others were just annoying

didn’t love it, didn’t hate it 2.5

Not too bad

Considering I hate this genre this was OK!

Don’t really care for money, but this album is ok

Moby's Play is a mixed bag. It has some real gems, like "Porcelain" and "South Side," that are absolutely stunning. It's the kind of music that sticks with you. But there are also parts that feel a bit drawn out. It's like a box of chocolates – some are amazing, others just okay. Overall, it's a big album that made a huge splash, but it's not perfect.

Pretty cool electronic

...(.

This reminds me of 1999. It's fine but was too long

Starts like a Ferrari with a handful of annoying hits. Then becomes forgettable.

Play is the fifth studio album by Moby, originally released in 1999. The story behind this is pretty interesting. Apparently Moby made this record with the intention of it being his last before he had to quit music to find a more reliable source of income. His previous albums were met with OK ratings but failed to break into the mainstream. That was the case with this album too.. initially. It bombed on release. Moby had to license pretty much every song from here for use in commercials, movies, etc. just to make some sort of profit. For some reason, this album eventually blew up months after its release. As for the music, I was surprised by the variety on here. Moby does a good job at incorporating different genres such as downtempo, trip-hop, ambient, and more. The samples are well curated as well. The main downfall for me is the repetitiveness. Sure, the samples are good but they repeat throughout the whole song, and it can get tiring after a while. Also, the spoken word parts were a bit cringe and definitely didn't age well.

I flicked between 5 and 2, so am averaging out at a 3 - to me, it feels very smug and like it's too busy trying to be clever that it forgot what it was trying to say. It does have a vibe, but it's one that rubs me the wrong way.

Not really my thing but I'll say I've enjoyed this more than the trip hop and most other electronica albums popping up on this list so far. I was also surprised by how chill some of this is.

Could have been a 4 star for me but there is a lot of filler tracks.

Wait .... didn't I hear that song in a commercial once?

I thought this was great at the time, on replay I didn't love it as much

A couple of cool tunes. Most of the songs are a bit odd, repetitive. And like everything he does, ego centric. Maybe I just don’t trust young bald guys.

A few great tracks in Honey, Porcelain, and Natural Blues but the rest of the album doesn't quite reach the same heights.

Torn. Moby is pretty cringy (Natalie Portman?), but I remember some of these songs fondly from when they first came out. Some of it is fun easy listening, some of it is annoying or boring. And the album as a whole feels a bit too formulaic to be interesting.

This is decent. But this is not my type of music. I found this to be a bit long as well.

The hits are good, everything else is probably a bit meandering/repetitive or just not quite as good, but overall enjoyed it.

I wish Moby would've been more selective on what made it on this album. There are some real highlights. Flower is probably my favorite track on here. But man there are some snoozers on here. Probably not an album I'll return to, but I'd happily listen to a much more curated version.

Some beautiful tracks, but way too long as an album

Very groovy. Great house music. I loved the samples and creativity between tracks. Favorites are Honey, Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?, and Machete.

Gestural and surfacey and Muzak-ian in the end, however intriguing and attractive upon first (or distant) hearing. Closer attention begs questions: Does he deserve credit for seeking to inject some soul into the sterility of club music? Was it inspired insipid to seek to instill gospel and blues into a clubby context? Is it a dilution, a corrupting by way of compromise, even an incompatible marriage? And shouldn’t there have been a merger with Fatboy Slim? Editors are right; ultimately this is a play for the pop mainstream, for broad acceptance. Clearly some thought went into the layerings and pairings, but it lacks flow and feels overcontrolled, as if it had to be just so. These rather anodyne assemblages may have marked a moment, but not very distinctively. And Stipe had every right to be annoyed for being mistaken for Moby.

I mean, it’d be hard to make an album 2.5 hours long that didn’t have a few hits—there are some beautiful, meandering tracks and some pop-y dance songs that make it enjoyable but it’s just….so…..looooong.

Every track has a great groove. I’m not a big listener of electronica, so I don’t have a lot of background/input for this album. Something I’d surely put on at a party for easy going ambience. High 3

Play is a good album, and a well-made album , but it’s one with diminishing returns. This was my first listen, and I was immediately impressed by the sample blending, which is incredibly unique, even today, as well as Moby’s brand of downtempo, spacey electronica. Especially on the first half, it comes in strong and feels energized, but the back half is more laid back, more textured. But then I replayed it, and it started to lose its luster immediately. Now that I’d seen Moby perform the trick once, it stopped being cool. The more I focused on the blues and roots music samples, the more I thought about the inherent politics of using disembodied black voices in white art, and it reminded me of a novel I read a few years ago, White Tears, which frames this issue throughout history as a horror story. And that thought couldn’t leave my brain. No matter how respectful Moby may have been when he made this, it’s still, well, a political act, and as a listener, it’s hard to not sit with the politics of this choice. The issue, though, is that those are the best songs Play has to offer. They’re the most energetic, the most complex, and the most engaging. Without this trick, you’re left with Moby, on his own. That means a lot of downtempo trance. A LOT! Sometimes, it also means you have to tolerate his voice, which isn’t great. And I think ultimately this became Play’s Achilles Heel for me. These downtempo trance songs all blend together. They don’t really go anywhere, they don’t evolve, and they’re either given no space or too much space. With little meat on each song’s individual bones to warrant a track-by-track revisit, I found myself growing bored with the whole venture of the album itself. By a third listen, Play’s back half barely registered in my brain, and I accepted that this is the exact type of electronica I would never listen to by choice. What’s more, it sounds so distinctly ‘90s, the sonic equivalent of the iMac G3, and that dated quality made it even less interesting. Play is a cool idea, and cool for its time, but that coolness has a half life. An active listen expedites that half life. If you get through a handful of listens without that half life being an issue, then Play will always work for you. For me, I have to tap out and accept that a truly enjoyable electronic album would not make me question its creation, and also would actually get my ass moving. Play does neither. Interesting and important, sure, but I won’t relisten any time soon.

Totally listenable, but not all that interesting

Good, but massively overrated. Some tracks are awesome but some really haven't stood the test of time. Plus his "essays" in the cd sleeve are cringe beyond belief

I mean. It’s alright like. Overrated

Easy 4 star, maybe more. I remember liking Moby. plus he's vegan, which should mean nothing for his music but it does to me. OK -1 star for being a douche to Natalie Portman when they "dated"

The album that convinced thousand of mediocre dudes that they could be a musician/dj. Definitely a product of its' time. The tech has come so far since then. First half of the album is fine. Latter half tapers off a bit. I did always enjoy learning that he worked on an Atari ST. I might know some of the guys that programmed the tools he used.

It’s weird that this review is taking this path, but it is, so oh well- there were mouth sounds in the spoken words bits on some of the songs. This bothered me. You’d think that there would be some kind of quality control. But I definitely heard lip-smacks and suchlike, and I don’t wanna hear lip-smacks and suchlike. Drink some applejuice or something, eh? I also don’t understand people who are into mouth sounds as ASMR. Or really, any ASMR. It puts me on edge, but people think it’s relaxing? What? If I’m gonna listen to something I wanna, you know, listen to it. I think that ASMR broaches the liminal aurally. It’s also kinda voyeuristic, no? IDK- I hate ASMR and don’t wanna hear mouth sounds. South Side was good though.

Solid album. I need a break from electronica. This one is very good though. I liked the samples and eclectic array of genre influences. I just don’t really see a venue (other than a party) where I’d listen to it. ***

All in all, I enjoy this album.

Pretty nice and upbeat but too repetitive. Favourites: porcelain, why does my heart feel so bad?, rushing, everloving, guitar flute and string. Overall pretty good but I think it would be improved if some songs were cut/edited out because it dragged on for too long. 3/5

I like a lot of the songs on this album. The issue is, if I listen to the whole thing it gets on my nerves. I have to be in the right mood and then I listen to maybe 4-5 tracks total and then I’m loving it. So as an album this is going to get a low rating from me but the songs themselves, especially Porcelain and My Weakness, would get five stars.

Run On, Honey, and Porcelain are very familiar to me, with their near-constant use as backing music in the early 2000's, but I still like them, and the basic idea of remixed blues and gospel tracks is very cool. Still, a lot of the tracks here go on too long and the lesser-known tracks are lesser-known for a reason, I would say. I definitely understand this album's inclusion on the list, it captures music of the period and it was influential, or influenced, but I don't know when I would listen to most tracks for enjoyment.

It's okay. I'm just not that interested

Some nice sounds me

The highs are great, but overall has not aged well

Well, I expected to hate this, since it is categorized here as electronica. But it's alright. Not great, but solidly alright. Nice enough for background, at least 3/5

Fun album. Great music to work to or drive to. I think it's a 3.5/5 for me

I thought this album would be a "4" after I started listening to it the first time. I listened to the first half in my car and it had a lot of great emotion behind the songs. However I didn't feel as strongly about the second half. When I listened to the album again, it was much less evocative for me, so it bumped down to a "3"

3,5

2024-05-15...

It might be because we've had 25 years of electronic/sample music since this but I found a lot of the album quite bland and uninteresting. There are some interesting and fun moments on the album, but especially when the Avalanches or DJ Shadow were doing much more unique stuff with sampling in this era, I was left wanting a lot more from this. Best Track: My Weakness Worst Track: If Things Were Perfect

I am not very familiar with his songs. Album cover was familiar. First seconds I was liking it but definitely sounded very repetitive sampling/loops without contributing enough I think. Porcelain I liked most- felt the most complete. Nice Decent background music especially at the second half. 3.5

Fine but can't be arsed.

Here’s a question: do I like this album, or have its songs so ingrained themselves in pop culture that they’re inescapable and therefore familiar? Is sampling field recordings exploitative, innovative, reverential, all of the above? Are the folk songs enhanced by Moby’s reimagining or are they stripped of something essential and turned into something soulless? Is the second half of the album a peaceful meditation, a metaphor for a breakdown, or Muzak? Is licensing literally every song on this album a genius marketing move, savvy business, or evidence that perhaps it isn’t about exposing more people to folk music or anything so “artistic” at all? Is Moby intending these questions or is he just a hack who stumbled into a profitable gimmick? I think if I thought he were intending them, I could forgive a lot more, but nothing about Moby suggests to me that he is that dude. I don’t think he cares if we think deeply about this. I think he just wants us to dance. Not to diminish that goal, which is fine, but then I’m going to evaluate things differently than if I thought this were a social commentary. I see on previous listens I have liked five songs here (honey, find my baby, bodyrock, natural blues, and run on). Today natural blues, find my baby, and why does my heart feel so bad are the only three that hit for me. (Also, flower, always, but that’s a b-side.) Bodyrock especially feels … let’s say, of its time. Seeing that “like” is physically painful. It feels very much like a “I was 16 when this came out, this song made everyone dance, I have some nostalgic feelings tied up with it” like and not a “this song is actually good on its own terms” like. I also didn’t hate “my weakness” but I had to force myself to listen to it because I was ready to quit a couple songs from the end. I think I come down on the side of liking the folk/electronic mashups while having conflicted feelings about them. I found an article from 2000 saying Moby hadn’t paid the Lomax estate (who recorded the originals) or the estates of the performers themselves: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/08/09/for-blues-artists-a-sad-refrain/5c0fdb33-682e-4feb-b03d-93edc7c81491/ And more googling didn’t uncover a satisfactory resolution to that story. So let’s try to add that all up. +1: introduced a lot of people to the Alan Lomax recordings +1: incalculable cultural impact +1: some bangers, for sure +1: you have to have the idea to mix genres like this and then execute it -1: exploitative refusal to share credit or profit -1: the songs that don’t build off others’ work kinda suck, including one of the most lyrically boring rap(?) songs in existence and a generally bland second half -1: I suspect I’ve thought more about the politics of this album this morning than Moby did while making it I think we’re landing around a 2 or 3, and I have all weekend to consider whether I should separate the art from the artist/background, be less of a killjoy, just lay back and submit to the inevitability of Moby, and round up to a 3. I’ve already given plenty of terrible people high scores and when we get to Led Zeppelin (for example) that’ll continue, with more exploitation of black artists to boot.

decent electronic

Never heard of this before - it was nice enough.

Amazed at the amount of house music this website gives you

schön zu hören

Moby is just a better version of Fatboy Slim. Now that I've finished the whole album, yeah he's way better. It was a decent album, but it got pretty slow towards the end.

Better than I remember it being. Southside was overplayed when it was released, so I got sort of sick of it.

Good album. Appreciated it when it came out. Just got terribly overplayed, and became redundant. And overuse in ads made it feel like kind of a sell out after a while.

🎧Good stuff here. I’ve long known Porcelain and South Side (still a banger). There are other nice techno grooves here like Natural Blues. Everloving with its tender acoustic guitar was unexpected and quite beautiful. Couple snoozers/skips on the back half—If Things Were Petfect and The Sky is Broken are basically just Moby doing spoken word over boring instrumentation.

Mix of electro “hits” and deeper vibes w a melancholy tone

Easy to listen to and not bad, but sonically repetitive.

It's cool, not my favourite.

I won this CD from a local radio station back when it first came out. I played it numerous times right after I got it, but had completely forgotten about it until it showed up in this list. It was good to listen to it again.

I gotta say, I actually liked this album when it came out, but now I'm not sure what to think. I don't think it has aged particularly well, or maybe I haven't. Listening to this is like looking through some blurry photos from a disposable camera in 1999. Green lawns, fake Oakleys, butt cuts, faint glow of youth.

An interesting mix of ambient and house-y tunes but sooo long. Was surprised to hear the track flower too haha

A thoroughly enjoyable album. Not strictly an electronic album with heavy samples and fantastic tracks built around said samples. South side is forever a banger but the nuanced tracks in between hits really help this album flow.

I forgot how many songs I know and like from this one. This is as good as electronica gets for me. 3.75

Pretty good. Gets a bit redundant.

Pretty good first, part, later songs bit weird

These are brilliant backing tracks. Had he collaborated with songwriters and performers he may have actually made something more than (admittedly gorgeous) sonic confections.

elevated muzak. sometimes just elevator music

Surprised I recognized a few songs. No idea what was he saying half the time. Good background music

Eminem improperly prepared me for Moby. I actually quite liked this. More like chill focus music than techno that I thought

You don’t know me. You’re too old. Let go, It’s over. Nobody listens to techno. But actually pretty good tbh

Seems like a playlist in an album. Love the tracks that have the soul samples. Will definitely play it a bit, it’s a chiller.

Liked it back then, now... It's okay!

Brings back memories but perhaps I’ve heard it too many times… not really my vibe anymore

Ya desde los dos primeros temas, "Honey" y "Find My Baby", Moby deja claro en "Play" que lo suyo es la música con base electrónica. Si en esos dos temas la entreteje con muestras vocales de blues y gospel, en el tercer tema, el muy conocido y uno de los que más me gustan, "Porcelain", adquiere el tono evocador y melancólico característico de su obra hasta entonces, y ya no lo abandona en el resto del álbum. "Why Does My Heart Feel so Bad" sigue su estela y consigue emocionar, mientras cabe destacar la incursión en la tendencia electrónica del momento, el big-beat, con "Bodyrock".

Some definite solid songs. Too many ethereal tracks that are just filler

kaffihúsatónlist æsku minnar. ekki slæmt en missir hálfan af því moby er tussa. 3,5.

Mest megnis gott, fílgúdd stöff. Minnir mig alltaf á eina systur mína.

Honey - 82 Like the clapping, beat, the loop, the strings the beat switch in the middle is alright Find My Baby - 75 Like the strumming, Porcelain - 86 the piano in the back is nice, and having lyrics is a nice change from the previous songs got a little too repetitive, the different musical elements merge the best out of the songs so far. Like how it repeats the start at the end. Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - 83 Like the sample, reminds me of Fred Again's style South Side - 89 Like the hip-hop East Coast vibe beat, i like the singing, inspirational Rushing - 85 chill, the sample is used sparingly the quiet yeah yeah, the clicking around the 2:15 mark is a bit annoying on its own, and feels like a long interlude Bodyrock - 80 Different vibe straight away more pop, the drum pattern is cool, the electric guitar Natural Blues - 78 Machete - 75 Don't like the woop woop sound, the techno beat synthesiser isn't unique like the beat switch at 1:47 a lot, in my mind part really good and further is still good dont like the first half too much 7 - 70 solid interlude, just to slow down the pace after the heavy song before Run On - 84 Like the sample and the hum, Down Slow - 70 Another solid interlude, slows down the tempo, nice to have just a beat If Things Were Perfect - 68 like the beat and record scratch, the vocals are a bit odd, the 'Give me summer' is a nice sample, maybe would like it more on a relisten Everloving - 87 not a fan of it only playing in the left earphone for the first minute but is satisfying when it starts playing both, the humming and strings are really nice, the drums coming are good, Inside - 82 very nice chill instrumental Guitar Flute & String - 82 also a very nice instrumental The Sky Is Broken - 70 One of my lesser favourites on the album, again not a fan of the vocals and the background track isn't a standout My Weakness - 80 A nice calm end to the able, interesting vocals

Besides his biggest hits, I discovered a few more tracks that I really like. I don't enjoy the tracks with Blues influence also some tracks are only sketches that I wouldn't consider full songs. So I don't think I will go back to this album and listen to it in its entirety. Still, he created a near-perfect soundscape on many of the tracks.

I wasn't sure I was going to know anything off this album, then the first song started.

Yo. I thought I had never heard of this mans and then I'm hit with that one song from the movie Holes (Honey) right off the bat. Runs into the same issue as Fatboy Slim though, where it's just the same 10-15 second clip looped for minutes at a time. Many songs could have been half the length and I would have honestly been happier with the result. Makes for decent background music at least.

Not for me, necessarily. I can respect that it's an important electronic record. The hits are great. I feel a certain way about sampling classic blues recordings and repackaging them this way.

I actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Some really cool sounds. I think a few of the tracks continued on for a little too long.

Moby dick

Forgot about Moby!!!

Cool songs but they were repetitive

This album really was just ok. There’s some bangers, but you have to sit through the first half which is a real mixed bag. The second half is way better, even if it still has a few downsides. One of them is that the samples can get annoying at times, and the songs start to sound same-y, which really sucks because there’s some stuff this album has to offer. It’s ok.

Repetitive lyrics.

The album is fine but I have a very different taste in EDM. The significance of bringing EDM to the masses is kind of lost on me.

In the right mood/setting...

7/10 Loved the first song

I connected with some of the diverse tracks on this record. Definitely has a cultural contribution from the time this was released. Not a regular listen for me, but I appreciate the artist and the ground that they were breaking at the time.

I have to give credit where credit is due, I remember the first time I heard this and how it made me feel. This was a special album in its day. Today, it probably sounds like bad Coldplay and could be criticized for that or whatever, but I still hold a certain fondness for it remembering those very good years. The song I discovered almost for the first time was 'Guitar Flute & String'. It's probably a track I skipped back in the day, but now interestingly found to be the best song on the album.

Mostly sounded like hotel lobby music. The few tracks that had words were very repetitive. Would have enjoyed the album at about half the length. Good background music.

Interesting music, if not my particular cup of tea. 6/10

it's ok

Look, some absolute classics here but this trails off. Never loved Moby beyond the singles.

2,7

Some of the songs are great. The rest is just background.

It's okay, it didn't evoke anything out of me and Moby is kinda weird

An important album for electronic music. This has a number of great tracks, but the second half of the album drags.

I recognized some of the songs from getting radio play, but aside from that, this album was just ok. Didn’t really connect with me.

I've heard a number of these songs..not my jam but familiar

Two hours of what I suppose would be considered Electronic Dance Music, so a standard song structure (intro, verse, chorus, etc.) is nowhere to be seen. Lots of pleasant looping beats, though. I'm not the target audience, but for what it's worth, people like me may still find value in the album as background music. I listened while working, and I didn't find it distracting at all.

Good stuff, would t necessarily search it out but would be happy to listen again.

Attempting the Led Zeppelin approach to song writing, but without the charisma, chops, or outright bombast. Now, for some reason, I feel the urge to buy a Toyota. And some Tampax.

fun and groovy, not super memorable but definitely danceable and i liked the variety. just some good populist dance music.

Some cool chill background music and some interesting blues takes. Would listen again.

almost turned it off on the first track. the rest were not too bad.

Moby would have passed me by had it not been for a mate giving back word on a Moby concert at Manchester Apollo and giving me his tickets. Moby was on tour promoting this album. I went not expecting much but the concert was fantastic so I bought this album straight after. Moby became big in the UK soon after and his music was all over the place on radio and countless TV adverts. This album and the next one 18 I had on my iPod and I remember a particular day walking in the Lake District having these albums on repeat. It was one of the most memorable days in the Lakes I have had (and I have had many) so always think of Moby when I recollect that day or when I occasionally touch the same route again. My fascination of Moby did not last long and after buying 18 I lost track of what he was doing and I don’t think I played this album again until prompted by this list. Listening again was pleasant enough and obviously brought back those memories but I do wonder what made me have the brief dalliance with Moby as dance music is not my thing. I do like ambient sounds which I believe Moby’s later work includes (will have to research that) and there are traces of ambient on this album along with some nice ochestration. This album belongs in my past and at that time was a favourite so my rating reflects that and is higher than if it was an album which was new to me today.

Some good songs. Mostly background music.

Me encanta.

I ended up liking this a lot more than I expected. I knew the song "South Side" so I thought the whole album would be like that but from the first song, I could tell that my hypothesis was wrong. The album kind of petered off at the end but I still think it was pretty good! Favorites were "South Side", "Honey", "Run On" (which contains an awesome sample) and "Porcelain"

It was okay

I will forever prefer Johnny Cash‘s take on “Run On,” but overall some pretty entertaining tracks.

My favorite electronica album yet! The negatives outweighed the positives though. Soo much repetition in places. The last few tracks reminded me of getting a massage so that was nice. A 3.5 rounds down to a 3 on this one.

This would be another great candidate for 3.5*. I enjoyed it and it's got several strong tracks on it. No complaints, really. Good representative of the genre.

I feel like this record is not unlike the vegan food Moby loves; it’s a bunch of shit thrown together acting like it’s something it’s not with the individual parts being way better on their own. But honestly, I don’t hate this as much as I thought I would. Again, like vegan food.

This has scratched a particular itch in my brain. Easy to lie back and be taken on a journey. It’s like soulful ambient lounge music but more elevated. 3.5/5 ⭐️

Nice and varied. Some standout tracks but would need another listen to see if anything catches. Felt too long for what it is.

7/10 Moby's masterful use of drum/piano combo is cool, it just felt repetitive

zanimljiv, cak sam neke stvari i znala od prije al me nije odusevio

90s 🤘🏻

Kann man gut nebenbei hören das Album

This was a pretty solid, feel good, groovy, dance music album. Several tracks had excellent use of piano, vocals, and harmonies. The tribute to bluesy and soulful roots was also excellent. My only criticisms are that some songs were a bit boring, there was a lot of repition, and the album is a little too long.

Dated in a way where some of it comes off as silly/goofy. Which isn't the worst way to age as music goes. Depending on the hour, I have alternating feelings about remixing recordings of spirituals as pop songs. In one way, it feels more honest. On the other, the recordings feel like they have been orphaned from their entire purpose.

Strong start but not so good of a finish.

The classic made for TV adverts album 😄 I really used to enjoy it but am suffering from over exposure now

Feels like everyone knows most of these songs because half of them were on car adverts or TV shows over the years. Also a lot of the work isn't exactly his, or original, but it resulted in massive popularity, so I guess he's happy. I wouldn't willingly go back to listen to it now like I did when it was out and I was younger, but I'll give it a decent 3 because it's loads more listenable than some of the other electronica bollocks we've had.

It's fine but it's a bit of a one trick pony, and having to hear that trick about 18 times is way too many. Cut it off at like 12 songs and it'd be a pretty fun listen, some of the samples are gorgeous, 'Porcelain' being the obvious one.

combination of several styles into a very listenable album. although not my typical preference in music, i recognized three songs that received radio airplay back in the day. quality stuff, albeit considering the genre, many of the songs became redundant. highlights: “south side”, “bodyrock”, “natural blues”.

Yeah, this was a jam.

I respect this, but it feels like background music. Interesting and kind of a cool vibe.

Surprisingly, not bad. I was never a big fan of Moby but I sort of liked quite a few of the songs. It's great background music when you're involved with another task, but then you start bobbing your head or tapping your fingers.

brings back memories of the 90's

Roughly the same way I feel about Fatboy Slim... this is probably as good as this type of music will ever get for me. I get it, it's just not for me.

Listened to half of it and enjoyed it but it did feel repetitive

This got me feeling pretty good, surprisingly. Best song was, 'Why does my heart feel so bad'.

Some of this is quite beautiful but sometimes I completely forgot it was even on. 😂

Super solid album.

Decent background music, would work well in a large store or something. Stand-out: Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?

Music for people who think they were losers in high school but were actually bullies.

Added a couple of songs to my downbeat playlist from here and I’ve always loved “Flowers” since I heard it in gone in 60 seconds.

Best song is the catchy tune Green Sally up…

Second half is best find the blues samples pretty naff, all dated

Some jams but it's all just all a bit twatty, isn't it?

I never paid too much mind to Moby and I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised with the overall experience. Not my favorite artist but I see the appeal; even if the "just a curator" criticism was true, it takes some talent and ear to curate an performance that is cohesive and entertaining. The upside: - Fun dance/party music, a couple of bangers and a pleasant enough experience overall. - The highs are quite high and the album finishes stronger than it starts. The downside: - The less inspired tracks are better suited as backing music whilst you do something else other than music you want to sit and listen to. - It'd be great as a 40 minutes album.

Melodic & rhythmic

I like this for it's ambient and melodic mood, but it does get a bit repetitive Moby made some pretty good music, and this record stands out the most! But the interludes could be skipped. Standouts: Honey, Porcelain, Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?, Bodyrock, Natural Blues, Machete, If Things Were Perfect, Everloving, The Sky Is Broken, 7 out of 10

meh, not bad bad at all but sorta just passed me by

Honey - 7.8 - great sampling. good dance music Find My Baby - 5.5 - the "wooh" feels off-beat and doesn't lend to dance. second half is better. Porcelain - 9.2 - amazing lyrics and sampling. feels very floaty. Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - 6.5 - hate the "doors" parts, but the rest is great. South Side - 6.0 - basic lyrics - spoken word parts sound good, if a little disjointed. gets better throughout Rushing - 6.8 - doesn't accomplish being dance music - it's like a lo-fi song. Bodyrock - 4.7 - usually good at making it not seem repetitive. not here. ugh Natural Blues - 7.2- good, but this is where moby's algorithm with making music is apparent to me. Machete -7.8 - vocals too quiet in beginning. really picks up at the end, sounds tortured. 7 - 3.5 - sounds terrible. thank god its only a minute. Run On - 8.2 - great sample. Down Slow - 6.7 - sounds fine. a bit boring. If Things Were Perfect - 8.9 - awesome lyrics. Everloving - 8.0 - like the guitar. melancholy. Inside - 7.0 - too slow for me. end feels like a conclusion, but there's still three more songs. Guitar Flute & String - 6.4 - lives up to the name. The Sky Is Broken -6.8 - don't like the echo on vocals. I wish he would do something interesting flow-wise once. lyrics are great. My Weakness - 7.7 - great conclusion. like the strings.

First half was good. The other 14-15 songs were pointless