Play

A remarkable album indeed. I am a fan of Moby sounds, however this one had some fillers I did not enjoy much. Still, the album has a number of classic tracks that I can listen for years.

Ok some of the samples are sorta weak now but this was pretty groundbreaking when it came out. The complete recordings of this release is waaaay to long. Overall not horrible.

very energetic and chaotic, like it

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

very cool, but very repetitive at times

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.

Didn’t mind this and it has some classic highs but it also has a lot of filler.

A classic

Loads of recognisable songs, for some reason I haven't listened to this all the way through before. It is awesome, love the variation between tracks. Do feel it tails off a bit towards the end and could have had a couple cut

I found this a pretty dull listen as I have done in the past. Some fun moments like South Side but trip hop Moby just doesn't do it for me.

Solid elektronisk, gode samples

DANG. It didn't save the review. Classic Album. Over-familiar, but it IS excellent.

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

Fantastic record. Brings a smile to my face every time I listen to it.

Loved it, fun, easy listening

Ah yes Moby, I listened to it and I am a little mad. Box checked...

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.

i dont love really long albums like this, but i really enjoyed the sound generally, and in some specific songs

weird little bald fella makes decent sounding noise

A weird fella but a good album

Like a lot of people I played this album to death back in the day and haven’t listened to it for years. It still sounds great and I really enjoyed revisiting this one.

I'm giving this 5 stars. It has been an incredibly enjoyable listening experience. A very soothing and relaxing album beautifully put together.

It was good, but felt very samey

Classic

It was ok, kinda boring.

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.

fine

It was okay. Not really my taste of music.

A weird electric album with a good beat and repetitive lyrics. This reminds me of dry-land sessions when I was a swimmer. Some of the songs felt pretty boring; however, I could use listen to this album as background noise.

I begrudgingly give this 5 stars as I generally hate this genre of music but listening with an open mind I can acknowledge it as the best of the best of what it has to offer. I generally hate when the link from this site brings me to an extended version of an album but in this case 2 of the bonus tracks are stand outs and it isn't just filler.

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.

Played this one so much and I still love it. Super nostalgic

Well, it became mainstream so I guess that means it *is* mainstream music, but the mix of ambient electronica, blues, gospel, techno and even grunge is pretty unusual. Extracting danceable grooves from these elements is one thing but getting soul and genuine emotional release in there is another. Somehow it just works, and… I dig it. Like, quite a lot really - more than I realised previousIy. The way the second half descends into a long stretch of mostly quiet, ethereal instrumentals is also strange for such a big-selling record, and while I don’t mind those, it’s clearly the stacked-with-hits front end of the album that accrues all the stars. 4.5

MAGISCH: Einsteigen, losfliegen. Unwiederholbar. Play von Moby aus dem Jahr 1999 ist mehr als nur ein Album – es ist ein Trip, ein Gefühl, ein kleines Wunder. Jeder Track trifft direkt ins Herz, während die Beats dich mitnehmen, als wärst du in einem Film, den du nicht mehr ausschalten willst. Elektronische Klänge treffen auf soulige Samples, und zusammen ergibt das eine Mischung, die einfach niemand mehr so hinbekommt. Das Ding ist ein Gesamtkunstwerk, so einzigartig und unwiederholbar, dass es einen festen Platz in der Musikgeschichte verdient hat.

“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

Moby captures something here that is both hyper specific and widely accessible. The music here feels unusual but familiar. As someone who probably first heard Moby in ads long before intentionally listening, there's emotions that the music stirs up that aren't entirely clear. It's calming but also exciting. Some songs remind me of one of my favorite albums from the list Oedipus Schmoedipus. I think that the stand out tracks like Porcelein, South Side, Flower elevate the album to exceptional moody electronic. I personally like Whispering Wind. I also like the episode of How I met Your Mother when the group thinks they met Moby but it's just a different bald guy.

Really solid. 8 singles. I remember this being a huge release and got a copy of it from my local F.Y.E after hearing Natural Blues on the radio. The first 8 tracks are back-to-back monsters that show a complete mastery of music production. They exist outside of genre and all vary from each other. I easily listened to the 2 hour 34 song complete recording editions.

now fairly boring due to overplaying

Chill times, relief from Christmas music, building up to new years. I like the atmosphere and relaxed vibes it had. We had a lot of memory tickles in people's brains asking what album it was.

# Playlist track - Bodyrock # Notes - Bit of a long play, but there are so many cool tracks that I'll allow it. - Doesn't really factor here, but Moby also released some amazing videos, go watch them. - Taking one star out as there are a few snoozers in there, like Inside and The Sky Is Broken.

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

Moby is a little insufferable as a person, but pretty solid album

Good stuff.

Almost gave it an extra star for that one song, but then listened to the rest.

The soundtrack to white privilege

I liked it 20 years ago

Just alright

Enjoyed it

It’s a formula, but it really does work. As a musician, Moby does more than just find and sample old blues clips. He seemed to actually make something new with his samples. It worked.

Very funky, it was nice background music while I was working.

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)

Yeah the hits on this are great stuff, there is a bit of filler but alot of killer

Most likely best consumed with portable CD player (skip proof), whilst roaming a bustling, rude metropolis. The kind of place where cabs beep, men with fancy hair gel walk by distracted; their fragile masculinity masking parental disassociation, yelling 'buy, buy, buy, sell, sports, beer.' A child cries, a pigeon smiles, and a dog yearns for more... more treats, more fetch, more life.

Money is gold

I wondered if and when we might get this album, and here it is almost exactly a third of the way through. I own this album, and remember when you couldn't avoid hearing it everywhere and everywhen, yet listening to it now I kind of wonder why it made such a big splash (only now, after reading the Wikipedia entry, do I understand that the splash came more from Moby commercially licensing every track of the album than radio plays). I enjoyed listening to it again, and there's a kind of entirety to the album that I find really satisfying, but it's also not really earth-shattering or novel or anything, beyond perhaps using those Alan Lomax samples in a clever way. I feel about this album much like I feel about Faithless' "Sunday 8PM" album. I'd never seen the videos to any of the tracks, so that was an interesting experience. I'm not sure the videos added much of anything to the songs; "Honey" had a strange sort of multiple incarnation puzzle/mystery to it (but I don't understand how it was at all related to the song), "Find my baby" was neither clever nor interesting, "Porcelain" was kind of interesting with the eyeballs, "Why does my heart feel so bad?" reminded me a bit of Radiohead's "Paranoid android" animated video, "Natural blues" was not nearly as profound as I suspect he thought it was (and disappointingly one-dimensional in equating old age with decrepitude), and "Run on" has a cute sort of Memento-style unraveling mystery to it. My favorites on this album remain "Why does my heart feel so bad?", "South side", "Natural blues" (despite the video), "Run on", and "Everloving". I'm both impressed and a little disappointed that this is the only Moby album in this collection, as it would have been nice to have had his album "Animal Rights" as an interesting contrast. But I like the idea that we're getting just one album from an artist, and this is a good one, so a star boost for that (to help offset how it's clearly too long an album). And very cool that Moby is a direct descendant of Herman Melville!

I came to this album a few years later than most and then played it nonstop in my car for a year or so... Masterful blend of voices, songs, and sounds.

This album was everywhere for a while. It wore thin.

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.

Really, really enjoyed.

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.

I know by many standards this would be boring/nothing special, but there’s something about this that just hits different.

Did not use a private session for Spotify. I have this CD somewhere, probably a lot of people do. Lots of hits on this album. Generally, I am not a fan of dance/EDM but I like this album, so Moby did something awesome. I was happy to hear they didn't change "South Side" to the one with Gwen Stefani pointlessly whining over it with her nasal drone.

Not as bad as I thought, the singles are pretty good. C

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.

It was fine but really not my type of music. Had trouble paying attention. Solid album but I wouldn't call it one of the greatest. Porcelain isn't bad tho

3 Stars (8/15)

Crazy I had never listened to this album before. A 90s classic with many amazing songs.

Goed album. Belangrijk album. Ik ben niet de grootste electronica-fan, maar Moby is misschien wel een uitzondering. Dit jaar ook de eer gehad om hem live te zien. Goeie show, sympathieke gast en wijze muziek! 4.1

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

Not bad. Easy listen, basically good elevator music

Dont Like it

eh, kinda repetative, i can see why people would like it but it's not for me.

This is one of those albums I grew up listening to. I still remember my parents playing it in their old car, and it became such a big part of my childhood. Even though I’ve known all the hits from the album for years, I hadn’t actually sat down and listened to the whole thing in about 20 years—until now. Revisiting it like this was a bit nostalgic and emotional for me. While I still love it and it holds a special place in my heart, I did notice that some tracks start to feel a bit repetitive toward the end of the album. That said, there’s so much quality here, and I can understand why it may not have been for everyone at the time. For me, though, it’s still a classic that I’ll always cherish. I’d give it a very, very light 4 out of 5.

Ah yes, the album of commercial and movie songs!

None of this is as good as what was sampled to make it. Much of it is really fucking boring to boot.

Ugh this dude…

Could finish this album. It was full of hits that I remember. But not really hits for me.

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.

3.5 stars - good songs but a little too long, some skips FAV: why does my heart feel so bad

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.

Still an absolute banger. It's hard to be critical of an album that was an initial failure, only to make it huge through sheer brute force and licensing. Which just goes to show, there isn't a single dud on it.

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

brilliant

I enjoyed this more than I thought I could. 3.5

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.

Is there anyone who has not listened to this album? For a period of about 2 years you couldn’t swing a cat without hitting a Ford or Oil of Olay advert soundtracked by a single off this. Outside of the ‘hits’ though, there are some proper decent dance tracks on this like Machete. Sounds like the Prodigy, breakbeats for days. There really is something to like on this for everyone, and I imagine it was a lot of people’s introduction to dance, ambient, techno and a number of other genres, so fair play. It’s got some decent dance, some decent rock, and some decent vibes. It’s decent. And the amount of time that’s passed since it came out has lessened its ubiquity. Can’t knock it really. It’s simultaneously got a bit of edge but is also completely inoffensive. No idea how that works. Also Porcelain is proper pretty. Again, time and distance has served it well. My only criticism is that there’s maybe just *too much* stuff on it. You could probably bin off the last 7 tracks on it and no one would notice. Best tracks: Porcelain, South Side, Body Rock, Machete.

Proper nostalgia trip this. Geography field trip to Germany. Sharing a headphone each with Sarah Atkinson. Salad days. Really enjoyed going back to this as not listened for donkeys years. Got slightly ruined by it becoming advert music and Moby being a creep (a common occurrence in here it seems). This holds up strong all these years later. It's a really great mix of genres with electronica, hip-hop, blues and ambient techno. This was a bit of a gateway album to more interesting electronica as before this it was mostly Ministery of Sound - The Annual CDs, 'crasher bootlegs and my cousins DnB/Jungle/Happy Hardcore tapes. Again, salad days. Highlights: Honey Porcelain (my favourite on the album. And not just because I got off with a bird listening to this on The Beach OST) South Side Bodyrock Everloving Lowlights: Trails off somewhat after Everloving. The last 3 songs in particular don't really do much apart from evoke the early hours after a sesh which is quite cool but also a bit boring.

horrible

Fresh (at the time) sound, some great tracks. There's a reason so many of these tracks were used in movies and commercials, and got constant radio play.

Some nice songs, some ok. In total average.

I move between "eh, it's fine" and "wow this is annoyingly repetetive, can't wait for it to change" and "ok, this is pretty decent". Leaves me feeling really indifferent about the whole thing. Plus, it's quite long - making it an exhausting listen.

close to a 5

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.

beats for walking down the rainy city streets to. good vibes

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

This is my first time listening to a Moby album. It's interesting, I usually prefer my electronic music to be a little more ambient. It's difficult to make a record that is as equally interesting to pay attention to or have on as background sound. I think this album walks that line pretty well. I enjoyed the blues music samples. The blues is where it's at.

So eclectic

# Album Name: Play # Artist: Moby # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: Really strong start to this album. The first eight tracks are strong. Theres a great mix of beats, vocals and guitar work. Then the album goes off grid. It moves into more electronic elevator music. Which is a shame. If this album was cut down to the first 10 tracks then it would be an absolute banger. Sadly the extra 8 tracks just prolongs it for the sake of length it seems. This brings down the overall quality of the album as a whole. As individual singles, theres plenty to get into. Some real good tracks. I'd give this a low 4 due to the poor second half. It could have been higher. # Top Tunes: Honey / find my baby / porcelain / why does my heart feel so bad / south side / bodyrock / natural blues # Would I listen to it again? First half only.

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

I've always been a little embarrassed by how much I love this shit. Cold, sterile, 'car commercial music,' offensively decontextualizing and neutering blues & roots music, but like... liiiike. Oh well

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

Bocanada pero para los gringos. Hermoso y futurista como el OST de un juego de PS1/Dreamcast que nunca existió. So far my only review in spanish (creo). 10/10

AMAZING

I have this on CD and I haven't listened to it in a long while. I ended up listening to the extended 2hr version on Spotify while playing some video games and it actually complimented the game quite a bit. A lot of this was repetitive but I think that was just the extended mix, overall a 4 as I enjoyed it, I have another Moby CD that I'll have to dig out.

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.

Alright

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.

This was everywhere for a couple of years and was definitely part of my life soundtrack. It reminds me of driving with friends and definitely digs into the whole nostalgia vibe. I had a really good time listening to this after so many years.

Boy, did I not enjoy this. Felt exploitative just to spin it. So I stopped after five tracks.

god this guy enrages me

I love this album (at the risk of my husband’s sneering and judging). First intro to electronic music. South Side still makes me wanna jump in Jen’s car for a roadtrip.

Classic.

Almost gave it an extra star for that one song, but then listened to the rest.

Blev uttråkad halvvägs genom

Не моё

Overall: 7/10 This was a pleasant surprise, as I've always heard of Moby but never actually listened to any of his music. It's fun music that you can dance to, and I loved the gospel vocal samples. Fav Song: Honey Least Fav Song: 7

Perfect study album

The most slap bang average album I might have ever heard

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.

People doing fact listen to Moby

Well THIS is an album I'm happy I heard before dying. It is so influential and holds to this day as a good album. It looses a bit in the second half but is able to catch the goodbye-feeling in the last song.

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⭐️

That was a really good experience. I usualy don't like eletronic music but this one was fine!

Fav song: Bodyrock An important album in electronic music history! Lots of great sampling and creativity. Love the singles from Play, especially Porcelain.

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

01) Honey - 10,0 02) Find My Baby - 9,5 03) Porcelain - 10,0 04) Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - 10,0 05) South Side - 10,0 06) Rushing - 9,5 07) Bodyrock - 10,0 08) Natural Blues - 10,0 09) Machete - 10,0 10) 7 - 9,0 11) Run On - 10,0 12) Down Slow - 9,0 13) If Things Were Perfect - 9,5 14) Everloving - 10,0 15) Inside - 9,5 16) Guitar Flute & String - 9,5 17) The Sky Is Broken - 9,5 18) My Weakness - 9,5 TOTAL: 9,69 (97/100) Current ranking: 11/364 This album takes me back to my college days, God how much I used to play "Play". Now, 25 years later, with the first bars of "Honey", nostalgia hits me hard. I will listen to it in its entirety again after such a long time, but I can already promise it a perfect five. For the good old days!

Excellent album that, based on prior experience with this artist, I would not have chosen.

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.

I hated it in the 90s. Still hate it.

Honey is great holy crud. First two songs are bops. When the album starts getting slower is when I'm into it less, but that's important to the integrity of the album no? Nevermind Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad is also a bop. Goddamn this album is just good no notes. GODDAMN BODYROCK Okay second half is dragging a bit ngl. If Things Were Perfect is pretty alright though. 7/5 first half, 2 out of 5 second half.

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 is all over the place, but not in a great way. I didn't mind most of the tracks... but there weren't a lot that I was bopping to. I think there was one track that I recognized from maybe a movie or something, but the rest just took me on a weird ass journey. It's gonna be a no from me, dawg

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.

The first half of this album was all over the place, but it did have its high moments. It's the back half of this album that really got me. It began to sort of all flow together and I didn't realize that I'd listened to 30 minutes of it so quickly. It put me in a good Zen mode while I was sweeping. Definitely some standout songs but generally have it on as a background album

starts like fun, it's like pop but refined? I like it, it's different but interesting. A bit repetitive but it's fine, makes it easier to digest.

Poppy, beat-ey, sort of EDM-ey? Even though it was 2.5 hours long, I didn't really get tired of it in the background

Met de hakken over de sloot 5. Staan een groot aantal geweldige nummers op, maar tweede helft zakt in.

Lord I had forgotten how big this was back in the day. It’s good but not sure I’d want to listen to it on the regular. Bit too long as well

Didn’t expect to like this but strangely enjoyed it

A strong 4 from me. Absolute gem of an album. Moby may be the most uncool DJ of all time, but he makes (made?) some great music.

sucks

Mostly esoteric music, which is not my style...some of it was creative, some was repetitive.

my walking companion throughout uni.

Moby 👍

Boring as fuck, sorry.

This shit was mid

Porcelain Why Does my Heart Feel So Bad Natural Blues Machete Run On Inside (?!?!?!?!?!?) Ok theres like a 5 song span of not much "exciting" happening but it is just pure musicality and gorgeous. Ends at Flower But Flower in its own right is a BOP Spirit Running Ok this album is crazy what the flip?!?! Maybe I'm just a fanboy for these DJ types who just mix the shit out of a bunch of different music to make something their own, but this guy, The Avalanches, Daft Punk, Chinese Man; They all just know what music they want to make and the take bits and pieces from other music to make it. It blows my mind a bit because every... single... sound... is meticulous and put in its place for a specific reason and as a result we get something beautiful. Sometimes in the form a blues, or in the form bumpy bangers, or in my favorite form in full display in this album, the almost ominous but beautiful soundscapes that can be seen in songs like "Inside" The only reason this isnt a 5 star is because there are so many songs, and not all of them are amazing, but those songs that are fantastic (and there are a lot of them) are truly incredible

You can get stomped by Obie

Meh

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.

Moby is ass lol

Pracht album, als mensen zeggen dat ze niet van elektronische muziek houden, dan kun je dit laten horen en moeten ze of hun mening bij stellen, of ze waren nooit te redden. Of naja, dat vind ik dan he, pracht album, alleen net niet de 5 sterren waard, daarvoor zitten toch ook te veel nummers die niet zo de aandacht pakken en een beetje saai zijn. Maar de highs op dit album zijn echt top, die zijn een soort trage trippy psychedelische reis, maar de lows van dit album voegen echt helemaal niets toe. Jammer, maar zet gewoon de FAVO's nog eens op, sluit de oogjes en geniet van hoe mooi muziek toch eigenlijk kan zijn. FAVO: Porcelain,Why does my heart feel so bad?, Rushing, Natural Blues, Run on, Everloving, inside

Enjoyable enough

4 stars

Are my comments public? LOL, I guess I'll find out. This is a new listen, though I came into it VERY familiar with the singles, as I'm sure many millennials are. I watched plenty of MTV growing up, but even if I hadn't done so, the hits off of this album were everywhere! On the radio, in the stores, etc. I was never much of a fan. I still remember the video wherein Gwen Stefani licks Moby's bald head (gag me). Electronica isn't my thing, but I found this inoffensive at worst and even found myself enjoying it at times, which was, uh, surprising for me. 3.5/5

Ughhh

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 of the songs were catchy but it just felt very, very repetitive.

this was great as well, great production, some great sampling as well

I tried, I really tried to like it but it just sounded so repetitive..

What a way to start the album! Honey is an absolute Vibe. In fact the first 6 songs are all great. Bodyrock is a bit out of place, but still fits in with the whole vibe of the album. Every song is a little surprise as to what will come next. Album ends beautifully and peacefully. This is damn close to a 5 star album

Started strong finished weak sadly.

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

Entiendo la importancia que tuvo Moby para la popularización del House, pero "Play" no es una de las entradas más entretenidas o imaginativas del género. Con una extensión de poco más de 1 hora, el LP se torna aburrido después de las primeras 5 canciones, costándome sinceramente escucharlo sin quedarme dormido. Su lugar en la lista está justificado, pero personalmente, no podría haber disfrutado menos este disco de Moby.

I didn't know that he was struggling commercially at that time. To turn this around to a soundtrack of many people's lives back then was a remarkable feat. His ability to take old song clips and arrange them into a fitting electronica track that sounds like this was always meant to be this way is unique.

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

This album was on constant replay back in 1999/2000 on my stereo but I hadn't listened to it n years so would it still hold up? Oh yes it does, I still loved it as much as back then for me it's a modern classic.

I can see why this album has been used in a lot of films and television because the songs fade easily into the background and are nowhere near interesting enough to draw attention away from a plot or performance.

Turns out I knew more Moby songs than I thought I did. Actually, really enjoyed this. Certainly my favourite of the more dance/electronic stuff so far. Simpsons: No

Quite enjoyed this, good vibes. Knew a few of the songs already. Porcelain was probably my favourite, but a shout out to Bodyrock from FIFA.

I recognised a few tunes in this album however the ones I didn't recognise were very repetitive. Overall it was far too long and did not have enough variety to keep me interested I was very relieved when this one was finished

This just isn't for me. It's not bad at all but I finished listening to it and honestly can't remember any of it, even the songs I already knew.

Can't say I've ever heard a Moby song before, I just know him as an annoying guy in like VH1 shows. Pretty solid instrumental electronic stuff, it kinda sounds like background music to me... which I'm sure is an ignorant opinion... but it's all pretty repetitive and one-note, it definitely isn't terrible though.

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.

Wow that was much better than the one song from the Beach

In 1999, you were never more than 50 metres from someone listening to a track off this album via a film, TV show or advert. I don't think it's aged very well though and it's still definitely 6 tracks and 20 minutes too long. It's almost like he tried to make something to cater to every commercial opportunity that might come up... and forgot it was also supposed to be a coherent album. At it's best, it's really good though.

Kósý moby.

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

Probably overrating this but

I ❤️❤️❤️ electronic

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).

So this is it, huh? The album that every annoying "not like other girls/guys" totebagger in the 90s and early 00s had instead of Tame Impala.

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.

Super chill album that anyone can dig with an open mind. Solid 5 in my book.

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

4.25

it took me longer to motivate myself to listen to this album compared to the last 2 because i've never heard of it in my life. i figured it couldn't be too bad if it was released in my birth year, WELL turns out that's true and in fact, i was pleasantly surprised by this one! had no idea going in that this dude was a DJ and did electronic hip-hop, and one of my favorite artists of all time is Daft Punk sooo this genre meshes with me well. i haven't heard enough house music from the y2k era and i'd love to hear more now that i've heard this album. another 4/5 from me, there were quite a few highlight tracks

CLASSIC

Das Lied was ich am meisten mag, Lift Me Up, ist nicht auf dem Album

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

Seriously who is electronic music for?? I’m trying to understand but I don’t get it at all.

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.

So damn repetitive. Three or four of the tracks got my foot tapping but I got sick of them halfway through. Second half of the album is absolute trash.

No

Ye Gods, a 2.5 hour long album is the version I listened to. Gotta say, it is so gentle and groovy and relaxing it just made my day way easier around the house. Even as an extended album every song just flows together so amazingly well. I've been a fan of Moby since I was around 13 and heard "Rain". So, while the beat and effect choices seem a little clunky and dated, the language of the music retains a charming cohesiveness that is pure Moby. Really, I hadn't ever given this (or many) of his albums a full and focused "Dark Side Of The Moon" style listen. I am so glad that I did. I'll come back to this again and again...albeit probably the regular album.

Loved it when it came out. Still good.

Yeah! Heard this album a million times and it still predominantly slaps. There are a few lulls but it's hard to fault.

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

Moby’s Play ist ein Album, das zwar in den späten 90ern bahnbrechend war, heute aber nur noch wie uninspirierte Fahrstuhlmusik klingt. Fast jeder Song ist einem durch unzählige Werbespots oder Filmeinsätze bekannt, was zwar einerseits von der kommerziellen Reichweite des Albums zeugt, andererseits jedoch dazu führt, dass die Musik abgenutzt und überstrapaziert wirkt. Was damals vielleicht revolutionär klang, hat seinen Glanz verloren und fühlt sich heute in vielerlei Hinsicht veraltet an. Play hat sich seiner Zeit nicht entwachsen und leidet darunter, dass es durch seine allgegenwärtige Präsenz in der Popkultur seinen musikalischen Wert verloren hat. Trotz seiner früheren Erfolge schafft es das Album nicht, sich auf Dauer relevant zu halten. 2/5

God I forgot how good Moby is. Delicious

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

Very chilled out album with some unexpected classics. A couple of the middle tracks were a bit underwhelming though.

i kind of resent the fact that i enjoyed this because moby seems to be like a miserable little dude who uses his ~tortured artist~ persona to be a womanizing creep who keeps bad company.

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.

The songs from this I had heard before are still good, but all the rest of the tracks on the album are better than them to me. I'm sad that I slept on this album when it came out.

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

Not for me at all.

Really enjoyed this. Definitely lost some steam as I went along but I was distracted. Much stronger than tricky.

Nice enough, eclectic.

There are so many reasons why this album should be on this list, but at the end of the day it's just a great album

Started off strong but dragged on a bit.

Ambient, moody, but light. Good music to work by.

Not really my type of music. I liked Porcelain and Bodyrock was my fav. Just not my style and kept skipping/ignoring.

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.

A few songs in and I was a little surprised that I didn't hate it. The blend of early soul/R&B samples over beats was a little weird but not totally off-putting as background music. But hIs spoken "vocals" over repetitious ambient beats really annoys me when that's going on. This is nothing I would reach for to listen to again, ever. The deeper I got, the more I just got bored with the predictably formulaic approach. The singular moment he mixes it up (machete) and gives me what I initially expected the whole album to be (frenetic dance club bullshit), I simply cannot stand it. Pure garbage. Once again I am mystified at how so many people regard this as an essential listen.

I was pleasantly surprised by this album. But I have to admit the first song was a bit disappointing. The rock-style songs are the best. "Play" also has the song everyone knows: "Porcelain". I believe this album is peak Moby. 4 stars for "Play".

Imagine if this was hip hop instead of literally fucking nothing at all. I am genuinely amazed by how little Moby packs into over an hour of "original music." I put that in quotes because it isn't original music. It's literally something that already exists with a stock keyboard and drums put behind it. This is nothing at all, which is an extremely offensive thing to be on a list of albums you must hear.

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

This is a weird thing to hear. It's not got a ton of cohesion but it's because it feels like a craft project vs an album. Lots of gutting and gluing and glitter. I think Moby is probably pretty lame. Some of this is catchy though.

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.

No stellar technique or virtuosity, quite simple musical collages, but ones that evoke powerful emotion. The extra tracks are better than I expected! This one does it for me 4.75

This is a FANTASTIC album! Second song in I knew I was gonna love this one. It starts off as an electronic party album with some groove, and ends by being a trippy, acoustic guitar, folksy, Pink Floyd-y kinda vibe. Loved it. Haven't finished it yet, still on the 3rd last song, but I'm gonna definitely listen to it again.

Natural Blues was definitely one of the better sampled/electronic tracks from the late 90's but overall this album just isn't super high quality. It is fine at times, boring at others, and very memorable.

My reaction to the first few tracks was” this is really good music. I like it but don’t feel emotionally invested “. But it got deeper as it progressed. Very moving in the end. Grateful to have found this one.

电子和乐器的结合非常完美，悦耳

9/17/24. First time listening through the whole thing although I know the more famous tracks. Still holds up as a great electronic album and for me, very nostalgic sounding. Keeper for sure!

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

mid

I have no idea what this is doing on here. It’s “ok”, sure. That’s it

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.

Very good

One of the very first albums I brought as a kid! There is some belters on this album, it does tail off a bit toward the end however... I think this album shaped my love of taking samples and making something new out of them. It's certainly not perfect but a good 7.5 outta 10

Well done, but not my style at all.

I have never been 100% sold on Moby, saying that he has had a long career now so that is not easy these days. On listening to this album it has aged really well and there are some great tracks on here, shame he is a bit of a wally in some respects. Stand out tracks: - Honey - Find my baby - Porcelain - Why does my heart feel so bad? - South Side - Natural Blues - Run On

I usually love B Sides! But not this one.

Surprised I actually liked this one.

So many songs I recognized. It was great music to listen to while going for a walk, uplifting and mellow. I'm glad Moby did not end up getting stomped by Obie. Favorite songs were Porcelain Natural Blues 9/10

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

Better than I expected. Most of the songs that I liked the best were released as singles so I probably have more history with this album than I consciously thought. Some great production and sounds that would be used again and again on future dance pop hits. Definitely an inspirational album for aspiring pop stars of the time and probably still used as a yardstick for dance album production. Will I go out and buy it? No. Will I download it? No. Will I download some songs? Sure. Considering this is not in my normal wheelhouse, Moby can consider that a win. Although, I’m sure he wouldn’t lose any sleep if I hated it either.

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

I really like this album even though I don’t usually like electronic music. It’s well done. But the looping does get monotonous on a few tracks. But the use of actual instruments makes the difference. Some good acoustic guitar too. Which you don’t usually hear in electronic music.

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

Some great classic songs, some filler

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.

I remember buying this album based on hearing Porcelain and South Side. Over time I realized that I had heard many of the other tracks, only to learn that it was because of their appearance in other shows, commercials, etc. Reading the backstory of this album and the unprecedented licensing for the songs to gain listening attention is fascinating. All 18 songs licensed multiple times. Rating down due to its length. 3.5/4.

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!

Why must all electronic albums be longer than one hour? At one point in this album I considered a 5 bomb. Then it kept going and dragged. Cut 15-20 mins and it’s *chef’s kiss*. 3.75/5

I guess I forgot about Moby and how good this album was.

I was familiar with Moby, but only his singles. I had no idea what the rest of his music sounded like but I enjoyed it!! I'm not super into downtempo stuff but there was enough here for me that I would return to this album.

Rating this on the music alone, this is a pretty solid four. I do have some discomfort with the fact that he sampled all this black music from the 30s and cashed in majorly on ad licensing etc. It feels a little close to cultural appropriation, even if that wasn't his intent.

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.

Honey // Porcelain // Why Does My Heart Feel so Bad? // Natural Blues //

prob grunge

Here’s my thing with Moby. I find him to be a pretentious fuck and really far up his own ass. And his obsession with Natalie Portman is so weird and creepy. Clouds my feelings about his music. Also his voice is terrible. I actually liked a few songs on this album, but it happened they were all ones where he sampled the vocals of black artists. I understand sampling and generally don’t have problems with it, but this felt like appropriation to an extent. I mean, the production was good? And the non-Moby vocal songs were generally enjoyable. But overall I didn’t care for this album (or him).

plant-based ambient realness

Not bad.

Great kid

There's a reason every song was licenced for some product or other - they are all excellent. What an incredible album.

Funky melodies

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