Play

Very generous 3... easy to listen to but repetitive and feels quite sterile

Forgot how amazing this album is. Early pioneers of todays chill house I think

Here we are now on the south side

Not bad but kind of trails off at the end. Some classics on here for sure though

This DEFINITELY screams late 90s. Not at all a bad thing

It was nice, but too long.

I expected to know a few of this, I did not expect to recognize almost all of them - a testament to how much of a force he was around this time. These songs are hard to dislike - a lot of the vocal samples sound really thin and contrived in their new context, which bugs me, but I can look past it and just enjoy the music most of the time.

I know the songs that sample the Alan Lomax field recordings are what got all the attention for being novel at the time, but I actually prefer when he sticks to his moody downtempo techno on the latter half of the album. I definitely don't like when he sings. He seems like a weaselly dude. Apparently a friend loaned him the Lomax boxed set that he used for the samples and Moby never really acknowledged it or gave it back to him. https://www.stereogum.com/1902582/former-friend-of-moby-seeks-credit-for-lending-him-cds-sampled-on-play/news/

Surprised how many tracks I've heard from this album. Lot of them are still great, although in general I don't listen to a lot of Moby deliberately but whenever it's on it is like "oh ya, this is fun". I thought I'd feel the album was too long, but there is a ton of variety here that I didn't really get bored or sick of it. Sounds like this was potentially Moby's swan song after the last album bombed commercially and critically (not sure if it's on the list but now I'm curious). You can still hear some of those punk/metal flourishes in vocal stylings and guitar here and there, it's till a blend of electronica/techno and rock to me. The gospel vocal samples are definitely what I associate Moby with, kinda brought this style into the mainstream in electronic music (to me at least). Very interesting to hear he still struggled at the start (such as playing at the virgin megastore for only 40 people). It's success seems to be deemed to the strategy of licensing the songs to be used in other media, whether it be commercials, movies, video games, etc. Seemed to be a bit more of a new thing then... but now a lot of these avenues are a golden ticket to success (albeit potentially short lived). If you're a musician/band these days, if you get your one song in some new TV show on Netflix you're pretty much set with an instant audience. Hell, I've discovered many amazing artists this way and kept listening to them way past the original discovery point. 5 for cultural impact and groundbreaking promo strategies, but it's still a bit scattered in track styles. Track list feels like it's the "Extended Edition", I think a lot could be trimmed down. Still, very enjoyable and simply fun. Fav tracks: Porcelain, South Side, Down Slow

Super hit and miss, but when it hit, it really hit.

In the summer of 2001, I was working my first job at the last vestige of American culture: a store that was both a Dunkin Donuts and a Baskin Robbins. On Saturday's, the radio was always tuned to the local top 40 station, and as I spent 8+ hours of my day serving ice cream, the best part of my day was hearing "South Side" by Moby and Gwen Stefani come over the radio in the kitchen. Twenty-two years later, I still think "South Side" is a really fun jam, but I can't say that I reflect on my time at DD/BR with the same nostalgia. "South Side" is my only experience with Moby up to now (unless you count the Eminem lyric where he disses him), and I had no clue what to expect when I listened to this album, but from the first track, I was hooked. Every song was different, but each one was a joy to listen to. I wish I had more to offer about what I heard on this album, but I don't; I just found every song to be very pleasurable and pleasant. If I had to summarize it, I guess I just think it worked really well melodically for me. I like electronic music, but I was shocked at how much I liked this album. "Porcelain" was probably my favorite track, and it's such a bummer that the album version of "South Side" doesn't feature Gwen Stefani.

Liked the experimental approach to music as different forms of sounds. 7 though doesn't fit too well with the rest of the pieces.

the front half is boring electronic but the second half ironically goes into really interesting almost orchestral music 3,5

Not a big fan of Moby. But there were 4 tracks on here I have heard a lot more than I realized. Felt like I was watching a montage of the credits of several movies

Jesus Christ….That’s Jason Bourne

Forgot how much I liked this album.

So I gave Play by Moby a spin and I was actually blown away by how many songs I recognized but had no idea were by Moby. It's like finding out that your dentist used to be a rockstar - surprising, awesome and a little unnerving all at the same time. One of the tracks that really caught my attention was "Bodyrock". I remember hearing it on one of the earlier FIFA games when I was a kid, didn't pay too much attention to it then, but hearing it now brought me right back. I now I know what I didn't know then - turns out it was Moby all along. I guess I should've been paying more attention to the game credits instead of trying to score that sweet, sweet virtual goal. All jokes aside, Play might not be an album that I would come back and listen to a lot, but there are songs on there that I've heard throughout my life and that have been a part of my life without me even knowing whose songs they were, and you gotta give Moby credit for that.

Banger after banger after banger!!

Why?

Epic Album... nothing to add more.

Bara hört ett fåtal av låtarna innan men plattan är ju awesome.

som não é dos piores mas alguns repetitivos meio irritante até

Loved it ! Easy 4*

Quite liked it to start with -- although how much of that was nostalgia I'm not sure. But it really tailed off toward the end...

Introduction to Moby. Play will be something I would listen to again and again.

2000s classic beats. Meh, could use more soul.

Surprised I liked it! Will listen again

Good stuff. Great background or driving music!

Confesso que foi difícil passar da primeira faixa. Downtempo é muito lento, não sei, parece-se com música de shopping, elevador, enfim... Faz jus ao termo "ambient chill", posto no Spotify.

Molto interessante l'apertura con 'Honey', ma mi pare si perda un po' proseguendo. Bellissima 'Natural Blues', ma poco altro.

Slow start but some good tracks on here.

This album was sampler 12524x times lol

Nice! Altijd chill om eens een album te luisteren zonder één generieke ‘sound’ of ‘genre’. Klinkt een beetje als wat je op een dag mee zou kunnen maken

podverdikkie wat lekker, deze wordt zeker opgeslagen! Moby heeft echt een aantal bangers gemaakt. Dit is de eerste keer dat ik een album van hem luister en ik vond het bijzonder goed. Het album gaat alle kanten op, van het stevige nummer 'Machete' rol je zo in het rustige 'Run on' en daar kan ik wel van genieten.

Los van een paar bangers was ik vrij snel uitgekeken op dit album. Beetje eentonig en saaaaai

Moby is voor kortharige 45-jarige vrouwen die nog steeds naar trance festivals gaan en allemaal shakra spullen en buddha beeldjes thuis hebben staan. Het album was oké, niet spectaculair. 2.5

There’s a lot to live on this record (and a lot to be bored by on the B-Sides).

Never listened to this in the 90s, because I heard everyone thought it was vapid. What a bummer. It's perfectly nice, probably even groundbreaking for its time. Not "fascinating" or "challenging" perhaps, but very good for repeated listens, study music, etc and holds up very, very well against what we would now call "ambient." I bet the hate is mostly backlash against saturation. (prior listen)

Pop EDM with Motown vocals, no thanks

Great production, some real good songs. A bit repetitive.

Not great

Very fun mix of blues, electronic, rock, hip-hop, and it all blends together so well. Some misses in there but overall amazing (83%)

i like this album. it has cool sounds

Shockingly good. Would listen again.

Yeah, this is a thing. It's ubiquitous and it certainly did a lot to make electronic music a little more mainstream. I think the biggest positive for the album is that it introduced Vera Hall to a much larger audience - however the majority of that audience probably still has no idea who Vera Hall is! The music is fine enough that I can't write off the entire album simply because Moby can be an insufferable twat

Some lovely samples and electronica.

The album was alright. I recognized some of the songs. I would listen to those songs again but probably not the entire album.

Love the piano on Honey, it is quite repetitive though Okay so I assume this album is gonna be very repetitive. Even though the music is quite strong I feel like the repetitiveness is gonna get annoying quite fast for me personally. I feel like I'll quite enjoy this album but not enough to where I'll actually listen to any of it by itself. I'm now at Everloving and I was right lol. Most of the songs now are fine but it's getting stale. Yeah I was really done with it for the final couple of songs. The repetitiveness works well for the first half or so and I assume they'll be fine to listen to when listened to on their own but a whole album is too much for me.

Not my cup of tea, generic electronic music.

The sounds of my teenage years. The hits of a generation. This whole album is filled with hits, and the few deep tracks that never really saw the mainstream are bangers. The quintessential Moby here.

This is the only album in history to have every track licensed for use in film, television or commercials. Twenty-four (24) years on, this album still sounds innovative and fresh. It's an essential album for every collection.

It’s giving shopping at the gap at the nittany mall circa 2002 vibes. Absolute distillation of the late 90s pre-9/11 vibe

I really liked this album quite a lot. Southside is one of my most favorite songs. I love how the album moves.

Not bad background music... not quite my cup of tea. I'd give it a 5/6 out of 10. Some of the songs were a bit annoying as they were super repetitive.

Thoughts: really, really impressed with this one. I only knew south side coming into it (and porcelain, but didn't realize it beforehand). I love how diverse the album was - each song felt like a new experiment, but it all felt tied together also. Tons of different instruments and genres as well. I can't help but feel like this inspired a lot of the music I listen to now (among many other sources). Overall I'd give it a 9/10

Wowowow I mean I knew I would love this but I didn't know quite how much. I got quite deep into the research of where the samples came from on a few of these tracks and I love that soul/gospel Southern folk music. My GOD there is so much beautiful feeling in those songs and stories passed from generation to generation. It could have gone two ways with some guy sampling them in the 90s but jeez he has done these tracks justice breathing new life into small pieces of them. This is a spectacular example of sampling IMO. I also LOVE Porcelain with Moby's vocals, God it's a stunning 90s nostalgia soup. Very relaxing/exciting/beautiful album absolutely love it. Also really fun to find out he got the nickname Moby from his great-great-uncle being the author of Moby Dick!!

I well enjoyed this. Obviously I know the Moby hits but hadn't ever listened to an album in completion.. absolutely loved it. Felt so nostalgic for the 90s. Great fun. Think it will be a good running album

I did like this, the hits are excellent but found some of it a bit lack lustre and boring.

way too stripped down and repetitive

I had fun with this album!

It’s been a long time since I’ve listened to Moby, and I have a new appreciation for his unique style. Really loved this album as a whole.

This was good to listen to while working. I’ll hit this one up again.

I make it a point to listen to every second of every album that is up on the list. I have never been into Moby, after listening to this again I maintain my feelings. It’s music that doesn’t really appeal to me. I know his hits, but I didn’t want to listen to them before and now they have even more of a cringe factor. I know Porcelain is like his main hit, but if it were to pop up on my playlist I would skip it immediately. I know it’s not terrible music. I will slide it through with a 2 and no playlist adds.

This is a fun electronica album.

As the UK in the 90's explored electronic music and how it could be used, Downtempo would be developed in conjunction with trip hop, leading to quite a few albums that combined the sounds from the likes of Massive Attack and Portishead. Moby (actual name Richard), dabbled in techno, ambient, and even punk rock before landing on 1999's Play, which would be his debut in the world of downtemo. His use of samples combined with the cushy production makes for a sound that is well-rounded. Songs are chill when they need to be, but Play also amps up the energy on occasion without sounding out of place.

Hey, I've heard most of these before! At least parts of them. They're okay songs, but not something I would write home about. Ultimately, too long. I got tired of this album fifteen minutes before it ended, which is always frustrating.

Pioneer of the moody soundtrack, creator of the "I keep hearing this bloody song but I've no idea who it is or where it comes from because it doesn't have any words"... Moby's Play ticks all the right boxes where electronic ambient music is concerned. Losing one star because there are better albums of a similar genre out there, but this was certainly a nice surprise to have pop up today.

Well that was beyond boring. The best thing about repetitive drivel is that you can press skip after 30 seconds and be guaranteed to have missed nothing.

This guy is clearly a maestro with the beats. Docking him 1 point for having an unexceptional voice, 1 point for shoe choice in the album cover. Fav song = Rushing

Great, a bit repetitive towards second half but still enjoyable music

Nice atmopheric electronic music

i knew the album already, but it was nice to hear it again, smooth vibes mixed with techno tunes and creating a nice smooth sound, refreshing at the nineties...

it’s just soooo sad

Started real strong, very long, very unique sound, upbeat sort of mild funk, liked it

Nah. I guess it's fine background music, but this one isn't for me.

I don’t think I ever listened to this whole album before, but I remember hearing almost every song on commercials or in movies. Crazy how this album wove its’ way through popular culture.

Very tasteful, versatile album, with a good mix of instrumental tracks and songs. It is very complete, with tons of hits and very different genres.

Mmh

Okay class, so today we learned that: 1. Acoustic blues based electronica does exist. 2. It's sublime.

not too shabby for borrowing a lot of other folks’ music.

Whoa forgot Moby was once everywhere - almost every other track on this album was a hit of some sorts - and while it's a nice snapshot of the specific time it sat in, it's also surprisingly relevant musically. Now wonder what happened to Moby... wait... SIXTEEN records since?

Like 3 unbelievably great songs and the rest is only ok.

eh

I remember this album from when it came out, I wanted to say 2001 but Wikipedia confirms 1999. Moby seemed to get a lot of heat at the time, I recall it mainly centred around his veganism, pacifism and general hippie NY existence. 24 years on and it seems bizarre that these now comparatively mainstream interests should be marginalised but it seems the 90s was quite happy to consider Moby a bald prick for having such radical views as compassion, what a wierdo. Much like Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP which was an earlier album on this list, that hasn't aged well (I use Eminem as an example since Moby was lampooned in one of his tracks). Anyway, the music. This is a pretty solid album, and since most of the tracks are largely instrumental or at most scant lyrics, you can imagine a lot of them being used as background music to film or TV (maybe that's the Jason Bourne effect).

I bought this CD from Goodwill because they had 5 copies and Rolling Stone said it was good. Actually terrible. 1/5.

Interesting but nothing special

Was never the Moby type, but glad I listened if only because I totally forgot about South Side.

Comes in really strong and groovy but wanes off towards the end. Got the obvious classics on there, and some new favourites too

Never really listened to Moby and regretting it after hearing this. This is really good.

This is *fine* I guess

Very funky and cool tracks.. and yes, I've heard some of the songs before.. but to listen this after so many years was ... Different

This has a huge nostalgia factor because it was drilled into me as a kid.

Too long

This is not music. This is torture.

Good

Неоспоримый мастер продюсерского дела Моби сделал один из самых оригинально звучащих и драйвовых альбомов в мире. Нельзя никак придраться к тому, как выполнен каждый трек. Идеальное сведение, идеальный инструментал и в целом композиции треков сделаны оригинально. Также очень понравилось, когда альбом плавно съезжал от энергичного к более мелодичному и спокойному, это только сильнее подчёркнуло мастерство автора и его способность создавать шедевры. (8.5)

Moby more like Moboring

ensimmäiset 15 minuttia. on musiikkia varsinaisesti. selvää vitosen luokkaa. sitten alkoi alamäki.. mutta tasaantui kuin kelkka konsanaan, mäkihyppääjäkään ei aina alamäkeen vouhota... olisi hauska kalju ukko nähdä summaryssä...heh.. kalju, kuin syöpäläinen...heh... Just feels repetitious and stale. ai niinkuin teikäläisen elämä. Grunge Post Punk Punk näkyy teikäläisen sivulla.. ja abbey road näkyy vitosena meneppä poika kuusen toke... why does my heart feel so bad

Nobody obsessed over this album the way Moby obsessed over Natalie Portman.

3.5 + 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.

Amazing album, totally nostalgic for me. I remember downloading "Natural Blues" from Napster, and watching the video for "South Side" with dear Gwen on MTV, before reality shows killed the video star. Good times.

A bigger name, but ultimately a beats album that like the others just ends up feeling like it’s missing a true dedicated vocalist, rather than odd samples and interpolations.

Probably one of the best Electronic Albums so far on this list because the songs don't just consist of 20 seconds looped over and over again

Fun album. A real album, not just singles.

A bit similar but the vibe was excellent and made me want to dance. No boring moment imo

I like some parts of this album quite a bit but I find other parts repetitive and annoying.

Massive at the time and I often played it. It stands up well, but I don't mind if I never hear it again.

Liked the first half better than the second half. I am betting the second half is the b sides. I had never listened to moby outside of the radio hits and actually enjoyed it quite a bit. 3.5 stars?

Pretty repetitive first track. Boring. Same for second. 4th track holds up Some tracks have a decent groove. Mostly boring by modern standards. Even when considering only other ambient music. Also...like..a lot of cultural appropriation?

Een vrolijke explosie van muzikale creativiteit. Beats en instrumentatie geplaatst onder overal en nergens vandaan getrokken samples, en het werkt: sfeervolle gekkigheid.

Het eerste album dat ik ooit zelf gekocht heb. Ik begon al te twijfelen aan mijn muzieksmaak... Dit album heb ik vaak geluisterd. Soms op vol volume als ik in een relaxte bui was, soms op de achtergrond. Soms integraal, soms skipte ik alle droevige en onderwaterklanken. Gewoon even lekker naar Honey en Run On luisteren. Nu alweer even geleden. Dus lekker twee keer geluisterd.

Typische Dieleman muziek. Maar ik verbaasde me hoeveel nummers ik er van ken. Het is wat ambient soms net als Bjork, maar met veel meer tempo en lekkere samples. Minder gejengel. Fijne luisterplaat, sfeervol, re-laxed!

A solid album, even outside of my normal listening type.

I guess the loop music was more innovative when Moby did it, but for me is very quickly incredibly repetitive. Again couldn’t understand how this would work in a live setting

Meh, a couple of songs i knew with a *lot* of filler

Perfect

Porcelain is such a great track will always enjoy listening to it! Not so taken with the rest of the album.

Bit Marmite isn’t it … I enjoyed it back then… but is a bit overplayed and doesn’t stand up to re-listening … Massive Attack

Solid first half of the album, slight drop off but some ambient/nice tunes in the second half too

I’ve probably heard some of these tracks before but I don’t know for sure. Either way, I like this album. He’s an excellent composer and the performances and recordings are strong.

This is a good listen nearly 25 years later. Well recorded and timeless, good sampling and timeless foot tapping rhythms abound.

The notion of selling out (a frequent topic of the 90s) was given the final nail in the coffin with Moby's Play, the soundtrack of a million commercials and movie sequences. A farewell that turned into a celebratory affair filled with riches and notoriety, Play is as apt of an album title as possible, with album cover to match. Not only danceable but reflective and emotive to boot. Favorites: Honey, Find My Baby, Porcelain, Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?, South Side, Bodyrock, Natural Blues, Run On, If Things Were Perfect, The Sky is Broken.

Fun electronic album that has some neat usage of different samples, very fun listen

Funcionou para experimentar as melodias criadas com as camadas eletrônicas.

A 3.5 for me. Definitely a very interesting listen with some songs I definitely know. I think Honey, Find My Baby, and Natural Blues were my favorites.

Was such a prominent album when it came out - listening back now I find it bland and repetitive. Enough good songs to lift to a 3 but only just.

D’you remember when what’s his name who is now the voice of Apple Music had a show on MTV? 7pm four nights a week or so? (Zane Lowe. Fuck, I’m getting old. I was thinking Eddy Temple Morris and at the same time that that couldn’t be right.) Anyway. Good programme. He played Dead Prez and shit. And really have this album a push when it needed it. (Which sounds a pretty odd thing to say, but Play wasn’t always the every-track-licensed-to-a-commercial juggernaut that it became.) The sleeve had lots of earnest and questioning essays about … if I recall correctly, how you can have strong views but only beat yourself up about them. That didn’t age well lolz. Album has, though. It really is the sweet spot.

Great vibes, great accessible electronic music with electric guitar. Would love the album if it wasn’t attached to a negative time in my life. Will give other Moby a listen for sure. Super chill, but you can tap your foot to it.

Классика... Музыка детства. Я думал, вторая часть альбома мне не понравится. А треки не менее классные, как и в первой части (хоть и запоминаются хуже).

My first time ever listening to Moby and I found this album incredibly repetitive. There was one or two songs I didn't mind, but nothing that I'd listen to again.

A breathtaking masterpiece! Utterly perfect. I've listened to this THOUSANDS of times and, still, something stirs deep inside of me with each listen. Every track is a stand-alone achievement in its own right, but collectively, the cumulative product is just breathtaking. A collage of genres (gospel, blues, soul, hip hip, club dance beats, ambient haze), with samples taken from across a stunning range of time and space and artist, all woven together so well that they seem they were performed to be in this mix when these samples were originally recorded years ago. It's really an amazing achievement. The result is a sprawling stew of emotions that makes up all that we feel as humans...joy, elation, melancholy, despair, sensuality, determination, reflection....it's all in there. See for yourself. I've listened to this so many times and experienced it so deeply that it has truly become the soundtrack of my life...a soundtrack of all that we collectively experience. A perfect 10 out of 10!

This is a great listen. Could definitely do with trimming down a bit but it has some undeniable bangers.

Dunno!

This album fucking sucks

Always good

Smart in subtle ways I'd dig into more if they were delivered with some more bombast. I like the sadder ones, hit harder than the dance-y ones. A few tracks too long perhaps, but Flower being relegated to B-Side is a tragedy.

Good album. Solid performance.

A solid album with a great opening run of songs, they didn't all hit for me but the general vibe is great throughout

Love it

moby is annoying af but this isn't as bad as i thought it would be

I bought this album when it first came out, but never got into it. I don't think I fully appreciated it at that time. I was very surprised by how much I thoroughly enjoyed it this time around. So much depth to the songs...a great adventure through the full album. 4/5

not my fave - but does have some iconic songs

Meh. All the same - a beat to start, some electronica gets added over it, then the vocals adds some sort of blues variation. But the blues does not mix well.with synths. The worst version of Run On I've ever heard - the Blind Boys of Alabama certainly don't need to worry, there's no competition here.

Cool

Surprisingly enjoyed this one

This might be the first album in this challenge that I have actually sat down and listened to in its entirety.

Erste Nummern tanzbar und poppig, später trippier, nimmt zur Hälfte die wendung mit kurzen techno abweichungen, sprechgesang, das album ist eine reise, wird immer elektronischer, immer weniger Text gegen Ende, letzte Nummer catcht mich wieder.

Ein paar gute Sample-Lieder und der Klassiker "Why does my Heart feel so bad?" Gut als Berieselung mit energetischen Ausreißern. Nur drei Sterne weil ich wahrscheinlich meistens ein anderes Album wählen würde wenn ich die Auswahl hätte.

Not my type of music, but it was interesting. Blues, soul vocal lines on a pleasing electronic base. I kinda like it, but would never listen it on my own decision.

It’s good and comforting in the way mashed potatoes and gravy are good and comforting. Mashed potatoes is a side dish, of course.

Good techno album. Still not my thing to listen to on the regular, but enjoyed the listen

Neat album. I feel like everyone knows this album without anyone actually listening to this album. The whole album feels almost like a cinematic experience, or simply the soundtrack of a film. Lots of relaxing and chill tunes here. 8/10

I really dont know how to rate this, while listning my rating ranged all the way from meh to wow this is amazing. The album is genius, its incredibly well produced and manages to be interesting whilst not to challenging

This is some of the best background music I’ve ever heard. Montage music. I’ll master the art of cooking to this album. I ain’t gonna listen to it just for kicks though. 3/5

Groundbreaking at the time and still a good listen.

It’s a fun one.

A classic, so many hits, cool samples. I always thought he was skateboarding on the cover, it's only during this review that I realised he is just jumping. Felt a bit sad about that.

Probably blasphemous to give this a 4 compared to other 3 stars I've handed out, but I enjoy sample-based music and these songs get stuck in your head all day. Listen to them while working, driving, cleaning, whatever. I should get this on vinyl

HL: “My Weakness”, “Run On”, “Porcelain”, “Find My Baby”, “Natural Blues” Leave it to me to be well and truly done with this album at the end, then get enchanted by the final track “My Weakness”. Some really good tracks, and some tedious stretches. It really sold 12 million copies, eh? November 24, 2022

I have survived this album, barely. Favorite track: Inside

Electrónica.

Música electrónica-house. Dos megahits. Le iba a poner un 5, pero las últimas canciones son muy lentas... Un 4.

why. just. why.

Pretty decent if not spectacular.

I bought this album I think in 2000 I think, I was in computer class and the kid next to me asked to borrow it and my best friend came out to me over AIM and said she had a crush on me and I was an ass about it. Anyway

Moby was on the in-store rotation when I worked at Sam Goody in the late-90s - early 2000s. I actually saw him in concert (he opened for Bush - which was the weirdest combo I've ever seen). A few of these songs are really cool, most of them didn't hold up as well as I had hoped. Still, I respect what the guy did. This form of composition isn't easy and he pulled it off in an interesting way that actually became quite popular - making serious noise among the punk-pop/boy-band era. I respect him for that. Despite Eminem's dig against Moby ("nobody listens to techno!") - he actually did turn a new generation on to this, which is cool.

A great album

Some good songs, makes me want to listen to more of this type if music.

This album was everywhere when it was released. Even though the Gwynn Stefani of South Side didn't make it to the album cut, it helped project it through the atmosphere. Moby's Play did serve as an influence for future DJs regardless the slap back he gets today, it still holds up. 4/5.

I've always had a vaguely negative opinion of Moby, for no good reason, having never given his music a chance. Giving Play a spin I'm surprised by how many of these songs are already familiar. Some of the songs I like quite a bit, some not really. I'm willing to like electronica but find it can be really hit or miss with me. Play is maybe a little more miss than hit, but Porcelain is genuinely great so I'm rounding up.

This is one I've heard about so many times and seen the cover, but I don't know the first thing about any of the songs, or even what it sounds like. Got some interesting slide guitar in the first track, and then some really nice mixing, modulating back and forth in stereo. Sounds like another one of those types that uses repetitive vocals as a droning instrument, but this time the music is interesting enough for it to work out. I can really hear the late 90s here, Porcelain puts me in mind of Millennium by Robbie Williams. South Side sounds super familiar. I get real big soundtrack vibes from this album. Not really feeling Machete, it seems like he was trying to go harder than he is comfortable with or maybe good at. Run On sounds really cool, I love the contrast of the vocal style and music. Old meets new. I've just noticed there's a pervasive warm crackling that makes this all feel like vinyl. It's more noticeable in some places, but it seems like it is on almost every track, if not every track. The last couple of songs were pretty boring, made me wish the album was over. Overall, pretty good.

3.5/5 Many many great songs.

"Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing - - " -wikipedia Lyriikoista ei saa selvää missään biiseissä, mutta se ei ole tärkeää ilmeisesti, eivätkä ne paljoa kerrokaan mistään, jos ne tekstinä lukasee. Miten menee vanha sanonta.. Biisin melodian lutveissa on se enempi kuin puhheen jauhannassa.. kuva kertoo enemmän kuin tuhat sanaa...Tässä muutama ukrainalaisille... Heikot sortuu elon tiellä ja toiset senkun porskuttaa.... Se on myöhästä itkee ku paskat on jo housussa.......Ei lukemalla uimaan opi... veteen on mentävä..... Kappaleet jäävät pitkäksi aikaa joihinkin tunnetiloihin. Tunnetilojen luominen voi olla yksinkertaista ja kappaleista voidaan siksi myös saada yksinkertaisia... Tärkeintä on oikea ajoitus, milloin soitin tulee sisälle musiikkiin... Tämä artisti tajunnu ajoituksen idean, sen avulla luatavat mekaniikat.. Millisekunnin viisarin tarkalla kellolla katsoen.. ajoittaen, hän päräyttää kuuntelijalle päähän kokonaisuuksia, jotka tuntuvat täydellisiltä. Muutamassa kohdassa kuulee lyriikoitakin esimerkiksi melankolisessa "Bring me summer" biisissä jonka nimi on kuitenkin kesähoentavuorosanasta riippumatta "If things were perfect" Lyriikat on nyt ommeltu biisiin tavalla että niistä saa selvää. Ne on silti ommeltu biisiin sopivaksi niinkuin muissakin biiseissä, erilaisten efektien avulla. Lyriikat luovat tunteen, ne voivat yltää pitkälle, jos ei yritä liikaa.. viisastella.. Tässä ollaan onnistuttu... viisastelua ei ole harjoitettu.. tyhmistelyä ollaan kuitenkin.. ei kuitenkaan halvenna kuuntelijana olevaa.. Arttisti tyhmä... ei kuuntelija... kiitos..... Albumi ei ole ensimmäisestä biisistä lähtien mukaansa tempaava.. Itseasiassa ensimmäinen biisi ei ole MITENKÄÄN erikoisen hyvä.. Ensimmäistä biisiä seuraa parempi biisi, jota seuraa eräs albumin parhaimmista biiseistä, "Porcelain" Albumin aikana voi päästä nauttimaan instrumenttien kauneudesta ja musiikin tuottamisesta ja ilmaisusta konseptina, kuten edellä mainitussa porcelain biisissä, kuitenkaan yksikään kappale ei ole mainitsemisen arvoinen, sillä albumi toimii kokonaisuutena, eikä yksinään hyvin soivien biisien avulla. Yksittäinen kappale on albumissa varsin heikko. "Tykkään tosta pianosta" Ei ole mitenkään instrumentteja välttelevä albumi siis. Ei käy myöskään mielessä onko kappaleissa käytetty oikeita instrumentteja - musiikia kuuluu se on hyvä, turha näyttää syyttelevää sormea jos vaikka olisi rummut elektronisesti luotu..Siinä ero nykypäivän tuottajiin.. Käyttää laiskuudesta.. "Fiilan tätä" Albumi on rakennettu niin että aina seuraava kappale kuullostaa kaikista kiinnostavimmalta. Vaikutelma on taitavasti luotu.

When this album came up I fully expected to hate it - as I do with most electronica. But it is.... not bad? It was pretty catchy, and there were a couple of songs that I knew very well (Porcelain & Natural Blues) without knowing that they were actually Moby songs. For all its fun hooks, still repetitive though. The first 10 seconds usually start out well, but then Moby puts that single segment on loop for the rest of the 3-4 minute track. I get it Moby, it's catchy. But not THAT catchy. At some point the music hits a point of diminishing returns but before that happens, it's frankly pretty enjoyable!

Tråkigt och del lät som proto-electro swing

Helt chiiill

Mellow tunes. I feel too many of them can be boiled down to 60s sample + dance beat + additional piano and/or guitar

white boy samples the blues

Some of the tracks sound a bit dated, but others still hold up. The blending of blues and gospel with his own lyrics on top of breakbeat and other electronica made a pretty fresh sound in 1999. It's still a good listen and the singles are still catchy. One of those albums that I would have rated higher back when it came out.

Downtempo electronica with blues and gospel samples. It was a pretty novel idea in the 90s - especially to mainstream American audience who didn't listen to any of these genres much. The way Moby as producer puts his own vocals on tracks between the gospel ones keeps the collection interesting throughout the hour-plus runtime. I thought the Mission of Burma cover was going to be on this one.

This album is very inventive. It's quite varied and fairly long. Really enjoyed.

One of my favourite Moby albums.

In the end I had to go for 3. Whilst some of the songs are very nostalgic, I don't really find it that interesting overall and certainly wouldn't want to listen to it again.

Idk why but it sounds pretty goof

I felt this

didn’t age well, there’s no life inside it

This album does a great job of making you feel cool whilst listening to it, at least it did for me. It started off well, I didn’t mind the music, however we’re now a day on from listening and I couldn’t really identify anything specific that I liked. Probably wouldn’t go back to it any time soon, but I didn’t hate my time listening to it

I don't know, struggled to stay focused on the music but maybe that's just because it's not my thing "Guitar Flute & String" was alright RIP Spotify wrapped

There’s a Song for every Advert imaginable. An Ad Man’s wet dream.

No.

I remember owning this at the time and selling it after the first listen. But time has been kind to it. It helps that the songs aren't played literally everywhere, all the time, like they were in '99. (I'm currently sitting in a Caffe Nero in Bristol and a man keeps trying to make conversation with me, which is distracting.) Anyway, I really, really love "Honey" and "Run On," and I did at the time. They're doing something interesting and unique with folk and blues. "Porcelain" can fucking do one though, namby-pamby spiritual advertisement shite.

Interesting. David Lee Roth basically ripped off this version of “Just a Jigalo” inflection for inflection. Enjoyed listening to it.

There is not a weak track on this album. The ones that aren’t total bangers make up for it with fantastic composition on the keys.

Great album. I loved it when it came out and I can play it now to chill

I really enjoy discovering new songs but i don’t know if is actually the type that i like

Liked this one a lot. Listened twice even though it’s like 2 hours.

Way too repetitive

Amazing album, not only contains one of the most classic Trance tracks, it's an experience in itself Favorites: Porcelain, Why does my heart feel so bad?, Bodyrock, Natural Blues, Everloving

The first two tracks sounded like Moby was lifting songs, throwing an extra beat or two into the track, and calling it done. “Porcelain” though was different and still has that iconic mellow sound, while I forgot that the catchy “South Side” was on this album too. Overall there is an interesting medley of tracks here, but they sound more like they come from a “Much Dance” mix than a single influential artist. Moby’s spoken word songs were noticed due to their slow nature, but then kind of forgotten about. If I was to hear almost any of these songs, I wouldn’t have a clue who made it (as it doesn’t seem Moby sings enough of them). Emphasizing this point, Spotify carried on after the album to a Röyksopp song, and I thought I was still listening to Moby here.

Tracks listed below are cool but the rest is kinda boring and basic. First Listen?: Y Fav. Tracks: Honey, Bodyrock, Natural Blues Rating: 2.5/5

this album is so good, i already loved it before this list. It's just so much better than you expect it to be. it's just all a vibe. I have this on vinyl too but not because i seeked it out. it's a delightful surprise. first song is such a bop. porcelain how iconic and nostalgic can you get. why does my heart feel so bad is so good. its just great all around i can't deny that

While not my normally preferred genre, I was pleasantly surprised by much of this album. I'm not sure how much of it was sampled from other artists but I did recognize a few. I kind of felt like it was a nice little group of tracks that could all be used as TV opening songs. Once "Machete" started with the heavy on electronica, I was over it.

I'm as surprised as hell to find I enjoyed this. I'll be spinning again 👍

If Run On was the last track it would be a five star.

extended play runs on too long

I listened to a few songs of this album, it’s not really my type. So I didn’t finish it

J'aime bien les différentes pistes, mais l'enchaînement de trucs très répétitifs finit par m'aliéner... Je les écouterais plutôt de façon séparée.

Fun, almost plunderphonics album. Interesting story behind how it came to be as well.

Long album. Over 2 hours of mainly Lo-Fi sounding background music. Good vibe, helped me focus on work, but no songs on there I would save to listen to in the car or ad to a playlist.

I have really tried to find something positive to say about this album...

This hasn't really lasted, has it? Porcelain and Natural Blues have recovered slightly from over-saturation, it's true, but there's far too much filler on this.

Can get stomped by Obie

I find Moby to be at his best when it does that atmospheric synth thing over some gospel samples or whatever, but some of these songs are not aging so well, I think. Th emore upbeat stuff sounds out of place for me, and the album is kind of messy because of it.

It's okay. It did not age very well, but I understand why it got popular at the time.

Better than I thought. I wouldnt listen to this often, but great background music when you do something else

Better than expected. I'm not a huge fan of 90s downtempo, but this album has a little something. Moby uses the piano very well and the strings texture are beautiful. A great album to get lost in it. The last few atmospheric tracks were superb. I would have like it a little shorter, with only the best material on it.

Yeah Yeah Yeah! This is how you do it. Moby's masterful cobbling together of so many incredible sounds and voices made something wonderful. It has a clear voice and theme (I love the blues voices so much!), but each track is distinctive. Repeated samples only add to the ever-building layers of music. An hour went by and I was ready for some B-sides or to hear it again. I'd never heard this whole album before ("Porcelain" and "South Side" were already favorites) but it made me happy happy happy today.

This was really good...maybe too good... I kept getting distracted with dancing and not staying on task with my work today! I think that Moby had been on my list for further listing back in the day and just never got around to it. I have been missing out!!

I had a dance teacher who used this album in class a lot in the early 00s. I liked it so I ended up buying it. A few of the songs are barely noticeable ambience, melt into the background/use in commercials kinds of things. But many are catchy or interesting or both. I enjoyed revisiting this record today.

Thought I hadn’t heard any of it, but everything seemed familiar. This music has been a part of a lot of the world I just didn’t know it. Really great album! Really great songs! I love it!

deja écouté

Really liked the experimental feel the music had. Definitely felt very immersive, almost an ambient experience.

excellent downtempo... although problematically built largely around samples taken from Lomax "field" recordings where the original performers' and composers' roles are heavily downplayed or just outright ignored.

liked almost all the tracks, especially the more minimalist ones. add favorite songs later, maybe change to a 5

osea bien pero bueno qsy no me copó mucho,,, igual slay eh! 7 /10

The album that launched a thousand commercials. A classic.

The highlights were due to the strengths if the sample (which, I believe, all come from the Sounds of the South album - which is excellent) The authenticity of the original field recordings disguise Moby's cringey try hard bullshit. I don't think you can just add a drum beat to a song, cut it up and call it your own. kinda musical colonialism. I did enjoy parts but other bits were really quite dreadful

Better than expected! Fair few songs added to library. Need to get over my negative Moby bias - caught myself out half way through the album when I realised that if I hadn’t heard of the artist, I’d like it a lot more

I found this enjoyable, though I'm not too in love with it or anything

Early EDM baby can't get any better, great mixes, want to learn more about him, cool beats and cool album

it’s alright I guess I feel like Moby is second to most the other guys Fatboy Slim’s better Daft Punk is way better Aphex Twin is fucking miles ahead like, Moby isn’t bad it’s just not really that amazing still, the album was fun and I enjoyed it 7/10

Every song is a different style. Groovy to atmospheric to soul singer. I can listen to this many times, and only skip a few.

When listening to this album a situation would arise often where I enjoy how a song sounds, and am thoroughly enjoying it, then it goes on another three minutes. That's not to say the songs are long, because they all don't really surpass five minutes, other than the B-Sides, but they don't go anywhere. Often I'll be waiting for the song to heighten or have some sort of climax, and that just never happens, and I understand this is not necessarily something that needs that "drop", this isn't Dubstep or anything, but even comparing it to something like Fatboy Slim, it just comes off as weak, and it really loses steam in the second half, mostly being over prolonged atmospheric music. I mean, three stars is still pretty good, because I didn't dislike the album, it's just hard to praise the album when we live in an age where this style of music has only been improved. Who knows though, perhaps I'm not smart enough for it.

Solid. Maybe not his best work though?

Another brilliant album with some classics songs

Wishes I could have listed to just the original Play and not Play + B sides. But a great reminder of how revolutionary that album was when it came out!

Great album! Great flow, the variety keeps each new track fresh. Jam-packed with hits, and the B-sides are well worth the listen.

I would’ve thought the album this guy used to catapult himself to mild fame and then be a massive creep would’ve been way better

Atmospheric but a touch long

No pos muy sazón.

Balls

Meh

一般

23 Aug 2022

mid, monodrone far better

mad how something that was so inescapable and the biggest thing in existence when it came out can end up so forgotten when its no longer the zeitgeist.

Moby, Moby, Moby. You sexy little cunt. This record soundtracked the greatest period of my life. I wasn't used to having periods, being male, but one day Play by Moby came on thr wireless and my minge just would not stop gushing with blood. Since then, I've had 7 different incidents, each involving the music of Moby and a lot of vaginal bleeding. Buckets of the stuff.

Go on, Moby lad.

I had never heard of this artist but ended up enjoying him quite a bit. I recognized one of his songs was sampled on a ASAP Rocky song that I like which was pretty cool. I liked listening to it, but don't see it becoming one of my favorite albums I'll listen to repeatedly. Mainly just a background noise type of experience for me.

amazing album takes me right back

I can see why this album was a hit at the time, but also not all of it aged well. The album got pretty repetitive. This isn't my preferred genre so probably wouldn't give it another listen, but wouldn't skip a song if it was in a random playlist.

shmeh

Not a fan, for some reason most tracks gave me anxiety.

Trip hop, 1999. A well executed record and quite enjoyable song but not so brilliant or innovative. It is a pretty normal album for me, so it could be an interesting listen for the lovers of the genre, but there are better projects.

The best bits are the sampled vocals, and there's some cool textures and beats on display. However, like a lot of dance music, it's repetitive nature works for and against it. Some tracks outstay their welcome. Each track does have at least one really good hook, so it's perfect fodder for TV commercials, and Moby's instincts proved very lucrative for financial gain. But I can't shake off the feeling that it's a cash in album which make you question the artist integrity. With that said, kudos to Moby for making this well produced spiritual sounding record and there's enough decent tracks like 'Porcelain' and 'South Side' to warrant it's classic status.

I'm very conflicted about this album for many reasons. before this Moby was just another producer who dropped some great tunes like Go, I knew his tunes but had less of a concept as him as an artist. this was true of most electronic artists, they were enigmas even the most recognisable like orbital and chemical brothers were obscured behind light shows and computer graphics. Moby to an extent did what the Gallaghers brothers did, he took a genre of experimental alternative music and made it Pop. With the impact of both bringing something beautiful to the world's attention whilst killing a part of it. Sure there had been electonica in the charts for years and Moby wasn't the first and only to do this. There should be a law for this phomenna in music the 'chilli pepper' law which dictates that the ratio of success to music impedes creativity. too much and your making advert fodder too little and you have to get a job. All that aside Moby combines elements of so many things that were going on the beats from trip hop, loops from hip hop. it's all interesting and accomplished and compelling. I loved this at the time but listening now I just think I'm being sold a Tesla!

Is there anyone alive who isn't worn out by this album? it was just everywhere and all the time, but it's still a good album it you can fight the urge to switch it off and actually give it an objective listen.

Was it a great album? We'll come to that. Was it overplayed? Yes. That summer, that winter, all the Bourne films, and a lot of tedious wankers really loved this album. What did it do well? Great samples, interesting lyrical bits, a range of styles, nice to here some old stuff in a modern style that want just a cover version with a heavy beat. What did it do wrong? Too many instrumental mood pieces. Was it a great album? Yes, for its time. It was brave and innovative. It doesn't age that well though.

Whenever Moby comes in a conversation, there's always a groan, followed by "but Play was really good". I suspect that we're culturally tired of Moby himself, (in a similar way to the likes of Bono and Michael Stipe), but what a corker of an album Play is, bravo!

This is the only Moby album I'm familiar with, but I really like it. I love all of the sampled Lomax recordings and roots music. Some of these tracks are just down-right haunting.

Liked this more than I expected. The songs are repeaty, but each song is different from the other. Also, the songs aren't over-long so the repeaty-ness doesn't bother me like it would in other places. The songs didn't overstay their welcome. That being said, the overall album was a bit over-long. I could have done with 1/3 of the songs being cut. 3.5/5

Porcelain and Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? are both absolutely beautiful. Really enjoyed this though it is a long ride.

I don't really know much Moby. Honestly, I think I'm most familiar with him from Eminem's diss on "Without Me". So color me surprised that I vibed with his sound through the full album. It's pretty well-paced, too! Could see myself picking this up in the dollar CD bin. B

I love this album, played heaps when younger, the dudes a bit crazy but putting that side, great album.

This album got so much airplay at the flat in the early 2000s, it was a key part of the soundtrack of that stage in my life. I don't think I such a fan of him these days, but this album was huge.

Moby is an artist that it seems I've heard about a lot, but couldn't name a single song of his that I've heard. I'm sure I have heard songs by him, just not sure which ones. Having said that, I enjoyed the opportunity to listen to one of his albums. I liked this much more than most electronic music I've heard - I think because for the most part this actually sounds like music. Especially interesting how he was able to weave in so much blues music - I would not have expected blues and electronica to blend together so well. A bit repetitive, but good stuff overall. 3 stars.

Wauw. Heerlijke bekende schijven met porcelain, why does my heart feel so bad en natural blues maar vergeet die prachtige afsluiter niet. Deze gaat nog gespeeld worden.

L'album a très bien vieilli, beaucoup plus riche et diversifié que dans mon souvenir

I’ve long loved this album, it has everything

the album is epic

Hatte ich von damals nicht als so langweilig in Erinnerung. Einige Klassiker dabei, die sich tief eingebrannt haben. Schlechte drei. Weil die Platte exakt darauf angelegt ist. Intentionaler Soundtrack.

I love the music. I have loved this album since I first heard it. Moby is a creep.

This was practically the soundtrack of my 20s. A lot I love here, still lots to which I’m indifferent, but the stuff I love gives it a 4.

Listened to this one over and over when it first came out. Still quite enjoy listening to it.

Some nostalgic songs I didn't even know were by Moby. Too long overall and dragged at times.

Had this CD stuck in the car 20 years ago and must have played it a zillion times. Still like it though- the tracks are like a soothing mantra to me. On the face of it Play is a bunch of samples with a disco beat but I think the sum is greater than the parts.

Didn't resonate with me. Felt like the blues minus the soul. Just seemed like the album was made for radio play without a lot of substance.

I really wanted more from this album. Listening after its been a few years, it just really feels like walking into the studio of an artist that is incredibly talented but can’t seem to finish what they’ve started. Unglazed vases, half-painted sketches, and unfinished novels strewn about. Lots of enthusiasm in the next project in the center of the room. The only thing finished are the cigarette butts heaped beside the mattress on the floor.

Some bangers but the album does drag on a bit too much

Me gusta este disco, pero se alarga demasiado. Tiene varios temas que por allá a finales de los 90 y comienzos del 2000 estaban en todas partes.

So I've heard about Moby, but I just thought he was a weird bald dude that made some kinda electronica music. I never really got the hype. But listening to the album, it made me realise that it has been a part of the wider soundscape for at least the last 23 years. There were so many familiar songs throughout, although I couldn't exactly pinpoint from where they were familiar - whether it was movies, ads or TV shows it's been a part of the wider musical zeitgeist. The lo-fi electronic beats, expertly moulded into ambient background music, it was really what I needed at work today. Not to sound too corny, Play took me to a zen, meditative state, where I was really able to focus and remove all intrusive thoughts. Definitely gave LoFi Girl a run for their money. Best: Procelain Worst: N/A

Heroin den tones

Wonderful album

Damn nice

Moby does such a good job of taking simple I deas and turning them into something incredible.

Fan-fucking-tastic jfc Clear anticipation of much of the synth and vaporwave of 2010s, really sick downbeat electronic stuff. Great use of vocals and general atmosphere

The very definition of "wallpaper music", in ways that even Brian Eno couldn't have envisioned when he coined that term 25 years earlier. Too bad that... a) The beats and synth licks behind those blues samples have aged so poorly. b) Those tracks have been so ubiquitous in ads and You Tube videos that nobody in their right mind should want to play them in their living rooms now. A more positive assessment would say that Moby's talent is undeniable when it came to the way he selected those blues samples so as to create so many earworms. Side A is very impressive in that regard. Each and every track has imprinted its mark on the audience's consciousness, thanks to all those ads and videos using them. And all things considered, side B's less known tracks are still cohesively conceived and edited compared to A. My mood is generous today, so I'm gonna give a neutral grade. Because that wallpaper is well-crafted. Even if it's still wallpaper, at the end of the day. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 860 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory: 77 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 35 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 29

Nothing special about it for me

Me gustó bastante, creo que podría volver a escucharlo. Todo esto teniendo en cuenta que no es música que escuche generalmente

Uninspiring. Sounds like a bad Bourne Movie soundtrack.

If it wasn't for the 'One Album a Day' i probably would never have looked at this album. Moby has an interesting style in this album, the vocals, while done well, take a bit of a backseat here. This leave a lot of stage room for the progressive instrumentals on many tracks, particularly porcelain. The textural contrast between the vocals and the smooth instrumentals makes a nice wash of sound. South Side's guitar solo is really well supported by the bass and strings, while the solo shines through, the bass and strings hit notes poignantly alongside the major expressions of the solo riff. Regardless, this album didn't leave a huge impact for me, cool how cohesive it is but it didn't hit the message home.

Really simple productions based off of today's standards, but it was made in 1999, which is cool. It can get really beautiful at parts, with some epic chord progressions out of nowhere. Simple and constant use of samples (usually from blues singers) with a bouncy beat to support it, usually with a bass playing simple roots, a bouncy rythm, fat drums and sometimes guitars, pianos, synths. Nice experimental productions. At the end, the album gets really introspective and conceptual, and Moby really went off harmonically and with his sound design. Col

Un disco largo con mucha música electrónica, muy producida, con mucha variedad de sampleos, sonidos y voces. No todas las canciones son buenas pero fue muy bueno escuchar de nuevo dos en particular, South Side y Natural Blues. Sin ser fan (más que de esas dos canciones) creo que es un buen disco que no necesita 18 canciones. 3.5 que sube a 4.

De este disco recordaba Porcelain, de algún "NOW, That's What I Call Music" y en principio no me gustaba. Sin embargo, escuchándolo 20+ años más tarde, de hecho me pareció muy bueno y lleno de momentos muy buenos en los que la instrumentación tradicional que mete suenan con todo y lo último que piensas es "electrónica". Descubrí entonces que conozco más de una de esas canciones y que probablemente en películas o TV hasta las llegaron a quemar. En fin, sí me deja curiosidad de checar un poquito más de Moby.

I'm embarrassingly into this

Oh yeah that Moby song

Was feeling a three on this until the second half of the album kicked in. It's such a jam! Great music to work to or read to or groove to.

Lotta five star riffs, jams, beats and soundscapes on this album. Unfortunately, no five star songs. Solid 4

surprised at how catchy this was, and interesting to learn how overpoweringly it was featured in movies and commercials. Intersting to see that as a way to achieve success for the genre. Probably a 3+ musically, round up to a 4 for story and influence, then slightly down again for the length...but not enough to take away a 4. Well done mr Moby.

Much longer than I remember, with a number of tracks that seemed more electronic-experimental in nature. Overall I like the mix of folk and techno, and I didn't think the album sounded too dated.