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| Allmusic Biography : Moby was one of the most controversial figures in techno music, alternately praised for bringing a face to the notoriously anonymous electronic genre and scorned by hordes of techno artists and fans for diluting and trivializing the form. In either case, Moby was one of the most important dance music figures of the early 90s, helping bring the music to a mainstream audience both in England and in America. Moby fused rapid disco beats with heavy distorted guitars, punk rhythms, and detailed productions that drew equally from pop, dance, and movie soundtracks. Not only did his music differ from both the cool surface textures of ambient music and the hedonistic world of house music, but so did his lifestyle; Moby was famous for his devout radical Christian beliefs, as well as his environmental and vegan activism. "Go" became a British Top Ten hit in 1991, establishing him as one of the premier techno producers. By the time he came to the attention of American record critics with 1995s Everything Is Wrong, his following from the early 90s had begun to erode, particularly in Britain. Nevertheless, he remained one of the most recognizable figures within techno; after he abandoned the music for guitar rock with 1996s Animal Rights, he returned to a heavy electronic base with 1997s I Like to Score and 1999s Play, the latter of which made him a genuine breakout pop star. Born Richard Melville Hall, Moby received his nickname as a child; it derives from the fact that Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick, is his great-great grand uncle. Moby was raised in Darien, Connecticut, where he played in a hardcore punk band called the Vatican Commandos as a teenager. Later, he briefly sang with Flipper while their singer was serving time in jail. He briefly attended college before he moved to New York City, where he began DJing in dance clubs. During the late 80s and 1990, he released a number of singles and EPs for the independent label Instinct. In 1991, he set the theme from David Lynchs television series Twin Peaks to an insistent house-derived rhythm while remixing his track "Go," the B-side to his debut single "Mobility." The updated "Go" became a surprise British hit single, climbing into the Top Ten. Following its success, Moby was invited to remix a number of mainstream and underground acts, including Michael Jackson, Pet Shop Boys, Brian Eno, Depeche Mode, Erasure, the B-52s, and Orbital. Moby continued performing at dances and raves throughout 1991 and 1992, culminating in a set at 1992s Mixmag awards, where he broke his keyboards at the end of his concert. Moby, his first full-length album, appeared in 1992, although it was released without Mobys involvement and contained tracks that were at least a year old at the time. In 1993, he released the double A-sided single "I Feel It"/"Thousand," which became a moderate U.K. hit. According to The Guinness Book of Records, "Thousand" is the fastest single ever, appropriately clocking in at 1,000 beats a minute. That same year, Moby signed a record contract with Mute in the U.K. and major-label Elektra in the U.S. His first release for both labels was the six-song EP Move. His previous American label, Instinct, continued releasing CD collections of his work against his wishes. These included Ambient, which compiled unissued material recorded between 1988 and 1991, and Early Underground, which collected tracks from several of his singles and EPs under different pseudonyms, including the original version of "Go." The Story So Far, a U.K. version of Moby with a different track listing, also appeared. In 1994, the single "Hymn" -- one of the first fusions of gospel, techno, and ambient music -- was released. The song re-appeared as the lead track to Everything Is Wrong, his first album released under his new record deals. The full-length appeared in the spring of 1995 to uniformly positive reviews, especially in the American press, which had previously ignored him. Despite the promotional push behind the album and his popular sets at the 1995 Lollapalooza festival, the album wasnt a commercial success. "Bring Back My Happiness," however, was a Top Ten hit on Billboards club chart. The following year, Moby revisited his roots in heavy guitar-based music for 1996s Animal Rights, which featured a cover of Mission of Burmas "Thats When I Reach for My Revolver" and received mixed reviews. He also released The End of Everything, an ambient techno album credited to his occasional pseudonym Voodoo Child, on Trophy Records, his own sub-label of Mute. One year later, Elektra collected his soundtrack highlights for I Like to Score, a compilation that included his remix of "The James Bond Theme" for Tomorrow Never Dies, as well as contributions to Cool World, Heat, and Scream. Mobys fifth studio album, Play, appeared in 1999. Surpassing everyones expectations, the album -- featuring numerous samples of Alan Lomax field recordings -- went double platinum in the U.S. and reached number one in the U.K. Aside from its hit singles, Plays success was assured when its tracks were licensed by dozens of advertisers and compilers. Always a restless producer, Moby followed Play with 18 (2002), a relatively reflective and restrained set dotted with an eclectic list of guest vocalists (including MC Lyte, Angie Stone, and Sinéad OConnor). It debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 but didnt come close to catching Play in terms of sales. The downward trend in mainstream appeal continued with Hotel (2005), a mixture of basic contemporary rock and downbeat electronica; early copies were bundled with an ambient disc worthy of separate release. On Last Night, seemingly unaware of contemporary trends in dance music, Moby made a return to club hedonism with some of his most creative -- if unapologetically nostalgic -- material. The austere and morose Wait for Me (2009), featuring a show-stealing appearance from soul singer Leela James, was just the opposite in tone. Destroyed (2011), recorded during late-night sessions in hotel rooms, offered a natural extension of Wait for Mes alienated feel. The companion piece Destroyed Remixed (2012) followed shortly thereafter; a limited double-disc compilation, it featured exclusive remixes by David Lynch, Holy Ghost!, and System Divine, as well as a previously unreleased 30-minute ambient piece by Moby himself. After several appearances in early 2013, including DJ sets at the Coachella Festival, Moby released a single for Record Store Day entitled "The Lonely Night," which featured vocals from Mark Lanegan. The song was included on Innocents, a predominantly downcast album released that October. Other guest vocalists included Damien Jurado, the Flaming Lips Wayne Coyne, and Skylar Grey. Three shows were performed in support of the album, all of which took place at Los Angeles Fonda Theatre. A two-CD/two-DVD documentary, Almost Home, was released in March 2014. Late that year, Moby released an expanded edition of Hotel Ambient, which was originally featured as a bonus disc on the limited-edition version of 2005s Hotel. An additional ambient collection, Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep., was later released as a free download. During the latter half of 2015, Moby debuted Moby & the Void Pacific Choir. The first single, "The Light Is Clear in My Eyes," brought back some of the post-punk-inspired crunch from Animal Rights. The following May, he published Porcelain: A Memoir, which focused on his life in the 90s. The book was complemented by a two-disc collection that included Moby highlights from that decade and a selection of tracks by artists who influenced him, including the Jungle Brothers, 808 State, and A Tribe Called Quest. An album from Moby & the Void Pacific Choir, These Systems Are Failing, arrived later in the year. The second Void Pacific Choir effort, More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse, was issued in the summer of 2017. Moby returned the following year with Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt. Taking its title from Kurt Vonneguts book Slaughterhouse-Five, the album also saw him looking back to classic trip-hop for influence. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 34 Title: Moby Released: 1992-06 Tracks: 12 Duration: 55:57 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Thousand (04:22) 2 Everything (04:52) 3 Yeah (05:48) 4 Electricity (03:29) 5 Next Is the E (05:58) 6 Mercy (05:44) 7 Go (03:36) 8 Help Me to Believe (06:32) 9 Have You Seen My Baby (04:09) 10 Ah Ah (03:46) 11 Slight Return (04:29) 12 Stream (03:09) |
| Moby : Allmusic album Review : After recording a string of dance classics culminating with the pop hit "Go," Moby released his full-length debut balancing those songs with a few decidedly inventive album tracks. Mobys melodic sense developed much quicker than other early techno producers; despite the criticisms leveled at his later direction (or lack thereof), his first album is a masterpiece of challenging, unrepetitive, beautifully programmed rave-techno. Though the familiar tracks "Drop a Beat," "Next Is the E," and "Go" are the highlights here, the final two tracks, "Slight Return" and "Stream," are fine examples of early chill-out techno. | ||
 | Album: 2 of 34 Title: Next Is the E Released: 1992-11 Tracks: 6 Duration: 31:16 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Next Is the E (edit) (04:34) 2 Next Is the E (Victory mix) (05:45) 3 Next Is the E (Synthe mix) (06:59) 4 Next Is the E (I Feel It) (05:58) 5 Thousand (04:26) 6 Next Is the E (Cool World mix) (03:34) |
 | Album: 3 of 34 Title: Early Underground Released: 1993-03 Tracks: 15 Duration: 1:12:21 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Besame (03:42) 2 Rock the House (04:31) 3 Move the Colors (04:05) 4 UHF3 (05:15) 5 Party Time (04:14) 6 Protect Write (05:44) 7 Go (original) (06:15) 8 Permanent Green (05:49) 9 Voodoo Child (03:56) 10 Drug Fits the Face (03:51) 11 Time Signature (04:11) 12 Peacehead (05:16) 13 Barracuda (05:50) 14 Mobility (06:11) 15 M-Four (03:25) |
| Early Underground : Allmusic album Review : A 15-track compilation of Mobys early career, collected from seven releases, this album fails to show the diversity that makes his self-titled LP such a joy. The tracks here are acceptable early rave-techno, but they wont appeal to those who think repetition is a sign of artistic deficiency. Most of the vocal samples are typical fare for the early 90s, but "Go (Original)" is more than worthy. | ||
 | Album: 4 of 34 Title: Ambient Released: 1993-08-17 Tracks: 12 Duration: 51:55 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 My Beautiful Blue Sky (05:19) 2 Heaven (08:16) 3 Tongues (05:37) 4 J Breas (02:47) 5 Myopia (04:46) 6 House of Blue Leaves (06:20) 7 Bad Days (02:27) 8 Piano & String (01:35) 9 Sound (01:11) 10 Dog (07:35) 11 80 (02:05) 12 Lean on Me (03:51) |
| Ambient : Allmusic album Review : Like so much of Mobys earliest work, this isnt so much an album as a compilation via his original label, Instinct. Ambient influences in techno were all the rage in 1993 in terms of press and coverage (though jungle would swiftly eclipse both it and the progressive house genre), so its no surprise Instinct wanted some of that action, right down to the says-it-all title. Motivations aside, Ambient is an enjoyable collection of experiments; if Aphex Twins monumental Selected Ambient Works releases eclipse it in terms of both quality and sheer inventiveness, Mobys own efforts in the field are often quite pleasing. Those familiar with such later efforts as "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" and "The Rain Falls and rhe Sky Shudders" can find their partial roots here, though the compositions are generally more formal and less-immediately noteworthy than what came next. Songs like the piano/string synth "J Breas" and the even more self-descriptive "Piano & String" are agreeably moody and pretty, but not particularly noteworthy beyond that. More entrancing efforts can be found with "Myopia" and its bubbling swells of liquid bass, the quietly threatening drones and flanged rhythms on "Bad Days," and the high-pitched squeaks and tones that make up the rising-and-falling loops on the brief, barely minute-long "Sound." "My Beautiful Blue Sky" starts the collection on the best note possible, a haunting cascade of orchestration leading into a non-4/4 tribal beat that could easily rank with prime Future Sound of London. More than a few cuts use beats in a more immediate if still understated way, though instead of progressive houses often bathetic shrugs, the likes of "Heaven" and the extremely low-key groove "House of Blue Leaves" sparkle with a crisp, bright energy, making for a useful contrast to the gentler washes. | ||
 | Album: 5 of 34 Title: Everything Is Wrong Released: 1995-03-13 Tracks: 13 Duration: 46:52 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Hymn (03:17) 2 Feeling So Real (03:21) 3 All That I Need Is to Be Loved (02:43) 4 Let’s Go Free (00:38) 5 Everytime You Touch Me (03:41) 6 Bring Back My Happiness (03:12) 7 What Love (02:48) 8 First Cool Hive (05:17) 9 Into the Blue (05:33) 10 Anthem (03:27) 11 Everything Is Wrong (01:14) 12 God Moving Over the Face of the Waters (07:21) 13 When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die (04:13) |
| Everything Is Wrong : Allmusic album Review : For some it was the pinnacle of his career, for others one of a continued string of triumphs (others doubtless cared not at all, thinking somehow that synth and dancebeats equalled musical insincerity, but such is life). Regardless of how one takes it, Everything Is Wrong shows Moby at a definite high point, and if some tracks are much more memorable and involved than others, those successes alone justify the attention and hype he received in his earliest days. Even more noteworthy is that for all that the album is a definite product of time and place, namely 1994-1995, it stands up to further listens for all the further changes in dance since. Having already made his mark with tracks like "Go," "Next Is the E," and "Move," on Everything Is Wrong Moby attempted to balance out the creation of an album in a complete, single-unit sense with his knack for immediately catchy singles. On the latter point he succeeds perfectly, with the frenetic, jungle-inspired anthemic diva showcase "Feeling So Real" (punctuated just so with English-inspired MC breaks) and the giddily sweet pop-minded house of "Everytime You Touch Me" utterly irresistible. Hints of future changes crop up with the speed metal-via-Ministry reworking of Move EPs "All That I Need Is to Be Loved," but the similarly minded blues/thrash of "What Love" forecasts the ham-handed slogs of Animal Rights all too well. Meanwhile, the string-touched "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" is a self-consciously beautiful, cinematic meditation on spiritual power that in lesser hands might be cheese but comes across here as truly affecting. If theres an ace in the hole, its the inspired recruiting of former Hugo Largo vocalist Mimi Goese, who had spent the early 90s well out of the public eye. Her turns on "Into the Blue" and especially the haunting, evocative album-closer "When Its Cold Id Like to Die" bring out in the best in both musicians. | ||
 | Album: 6 of 34 Title: Mixmag Live! Volume 2: Sven Väth & Moby Released: 1996-04 Tracks: 14 Duration: 57:15 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 An Accident in Paradise (06:36) 2 Into the Nature (06:16) 3 Mikado (05:46) 4 Vernons Wonderland (Chapter Two) (04:53) 5 Cafe Del Mar (05:27) 6 C3 Bells (04:17) 7 Hypnotize Me (02:23) 8 Your Touch (03:48) 9 Dee Drive (02:53) 10 Barbarella (03:07) 11 Housewerk (03:12) 12 The Music Is Movin (02:05) 13 Go (Subliminal mix) (04:12) 14 Next is the E (intro mix) (02:14) |
 | Album: 7 of 34 Title: Animal Rights Released: 1996-06-23 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:13:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Dead Sun (03:41) 2 Someone to Love (03:09) 3 Heavy Flow (01:56) 4 You (02:33) 5 Now I Let It Go (02:09) 6 Come On Baby (04:30) 7 Soft (03:55) 8 Anima (02:26) 9 Say Its All Mine (06:04) 10 Thats When I Reach for My Revolver (03:57) 11 Alone (10:46) 12 Face It (10:00) 13 Old (03:07) 14 Living (06:59) 15 Love Song for My Mom (03:44) 16 A Season in Hell (03:59) |
| Animal Rights : Allmusic album Review : Just as the rock mainstream was turning its attentions toward techno, Moby abandoned electronic music to refashion himself as an alternative rocker -- sort of like a cross between Nine Inch Nails and Smashing Pumpkins -- for Animal Rights. Moby attempted rock on Everything Is Wrong, but on Animal Rights, his thin, psuedo-industrial guitar riffs dominate the proceedings, with his ambient soundscapes being pushed to the back of the record. Though Moby could be commended for having the courage to diversify, he simply isnt very good at alternative rock -- his voice is thin and undistinguished, his rhythms are too tight, his guitars sound anemic, and he cant write a hook. In fact, he even buries the hook in his ill-conceived cover of Mission of Burmas post-punk classic "Thats When I Reach for My Revolver." Consequently, Animal Rights ranks as one of the classic failed albums, right alongside Sinead OConnors big-band Am I Not Your Girl? | ||
 | Album: 8 of 34 Title: Rare: The Collected B-Sides: 1989-1993 Released: 1996-08-06 Tracks: 24 Duration: 1:54:32 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Voodoo Child (Poor in NY mix) (05:04) 2 Next Is the E (club mix) (05:56) 3 Drug Fits the Face (Drug Free mix) (04:07) 4 Have You Seen My Baby? (Baby mix) (05:00) 5 UHF 2 (05:00) 6 Times Up (Dust mix) (03:18) 7 Drop a Beat (Deep mix) (06:03) 8 Mobility (Aqua mix) (04:38) 9 I Feel It (Synthe mix) (07:01) 10 Thousand (04:24) 1 Go (Woodtick mix) (04:27) 2 Go (Analog mix) (03:25) 3 Go (Subliminal mix) (04:11) 4 Go (Night Time mix) (05:01) 5 Go (original mix) (02:10) 6 Go (Low Spirit mix) (02:56) 7 Go (Rainforest mix) (05:07) 8 Go (Delirium mix) (06:03) 9 Go (Voodoo Child mix) (04:43) 10 Go (Barracuda mix) (04:40) 11 Go (Arpathoski mix) (04:55) 12 Go (In Dub mix) (07:02) 13 Go (Soundtrack mix) (05:33) 14 Go (Amphetamix) (03:35) |
| Rare: The Collected B-Sides: 1989-1993 : Allmusic album Review : Rare: Collected B-Sides isnt just for the die-hard Moby fan. Compiling a number of B-sides and non-LP singles on a single disc, Rare features a few run-of-the mill remixes, but usually these alternate versions offer a significantly new spin on the songs. More importantly, tracks like the notorious "Thousand" -- which zips by at the impossibly fast speed of a thousand beats per minute -- are included, making it a necessary listen for any dedicated fan of Moby. | ||
 | Album: 9 of 34 Title: I Like to Score Released: 1997-10-21 Tracks: 14 Duration: 1:08:31 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Novio (02:38) 2 James Bond Theme (Moby’s re‐version) (03:23) 3 Go (04:01) 4 Ah‐Ah (02:24) 5 I Like to Score (02:21) 6 Oil 1 (04:51) 7 New Dawn Fades (05:34) 8 God Moving Over the Face of the Waters (05:44) 9 First Cool Hive (05:41) 10 Nash (01:22) 11 Love Theme (04:36) 12 Grace (05:26) 13 James Bond Theme (Grooveriders Jeep mix) (07:42) 14 James Bond Theme (Danny Tenaglias Twilo mix) (12:41) |
| I Like to Score : Allmusic album Review : Considering that Mobys music is most effective in small doses, perhaps it shouldnt be a surprise that the compilation I Like to Score is a strong record. However, it does come as a surprise, since Mobys music usually sounds too insular for the kind of shifting, provocative atmospherics needed for effective film music. Here, on this collection of cinematic instrumental work, Moby demonstrates that he can capture the mood and feeling of a film while retaining his musical identity. Nothing here is particularly complex, and not all of it works -- his reworking of John Barrys "James Bond Theme" sounds like a major studios idea of what the kids are listening to these days -- but by and large, I Like to Score is every bit as effective as Mobys official releases. | ||
 | Album: 10 of 34 Title: Play Released: 1999-05-17 Tracks: 18 Duration: 1:03:20 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Honey (03:30) 2 Find My Baby (03:59) 3 Porcelain (04:01) 4 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (04:25) 5 South Side (03:50) 6 Rushing (03:00) 7 Bodyrock (03:36) 8 Natural Blues (04:14) 9 Machete (03:38) 10 7 (01:02) 11 Run On (03:45) 12 Down Slow (01:35) 13 If Things Were Perfect (04:19) 14 Everloving (03:26) 15 Inside (04:49) 16 Guitar Flute & String (02:09) 17 The Sky Is Broken (04:18) 18 My Weakness (03:38) |
| Play : Allmusic album Review : Following a notorious flirtation with alternative rock, Moby returned to the electronic dance mainstream on the 1997 album I Like to Score. With 1999s Play, he made yet another leap back toward the electronica base that had passed him by during the mid-90s. The first two tracks, "Honey" and "Find My Baby," weave short blues or gospel vocal samples around rather disinterested breakbeat techno. This version of blues-meets-electronica is undoubtedly intriguing to the all-important NPR crowd, but it is more than just a bit gimmicky to any techno fans who know their Carl Craig from Carl Cox. Fortunately, Moby redeems himself in a big way over the rest of the album with a spate of tracks that return him to the evocative, melancholy techno thats been a specialty since his early days. The tinkly piano line and warped string samples on "Porcelain" frame a meaningful, devastatingly understated vocal from the man himself, while "South Side" is just another pop song by someone who shouldnt be singing -- that is, until the transcendent chorus redeems everything. Surprisingly, many of Mobys vocal tracks are highlights; he has an unerring sense of how to frame his fragile vocals with sympathetic productions. Occasionally, the similarities to contemporary dance superstars like Fatboy Slim and Chemical Brothers are just a bit too close for comfort, as on the stale big-beat anthem "Bodyrock." Still, Moby shows himself back in the groove after a long hiatus, balancing his sublime early sound with the breakbeat techno evolution of the 90s. | ||
 | Album: 11 of 34 Title: Mobysongs (1993-1998) Released: 2000-07-18 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:15:15 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 First Cool Hive (05:17) 2 Go (04:01) 3 Into the Blue (05:33) 4 Now I Let It Go (02:09) 5 Move (You Make Me Feel So Good) (03:38) 6 I Like to Score (02:21) 7 Anthem (03:27) 8 Hymn (03:17) 9 Feeling So Real (03:21) 10 God Moving Over the Face of the Waters (05:44) 11 Alone (10:46) 12 Novio (02:38) 13 The Rain Falls and the Sky Shudders (06:16) 14 When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die (04:13) 15 Living (06:59) 16 Grace (05:26) |
| Mobysongs (1993-1998) : Allmusic album Review : When Play became a breakout hit in 1999, Elektra readied a basic trainer for listeners new to Mobys practically trademarked style of down-tempo house baroque. Ranging from the Move EP, his major-label debut, to the soundtrack-inspired I Like to Score, Songs 1993-1998 trawls the back catalog to pluck tracks on the same atmospheric level as Play classics like "Porcelain" or "South Side." Many of these tracks -- especially ones from Everything Is Wrong and Animal Rights -- sound much better in this format, divorced from the rock flame-outs that often surrounded them on the original albums. And though the version of his classic "Go" is actually a re-recording from 1998, its a solid update that retains much of the original but never sounds like a pointless remake. Songs 1993-1998 also spotlights Mobys continuing excellence in a number of genres, including a few of his Hi-NRG house singles from the mid-90s ("Feeling So Real," "Move"), as well as his frequently beautiful ambient excursions ("God Moving Over the Face of the Waters," "The Rain Falls and the Sky Shudders"). Its a shame that the compilation completely skips his seminal early productions ("Drop a Beat," "Next Is the E") and a few rarities wouldve been nice for collectors, but Songs 1993-1998 will satisfy fans of Play waiting for a new album. | ||
 | Album: 12 of 34 Title: Play: The B Sides Released: 2000-10-24 Tracks: 11 Duration: 1:00:40 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Flower (03:25) 2 Sunday (05:03) 3 Memory Gospel (06:42) 4 Whispering Wind (06:04) 5 Summer (05:58) 6 Spirit (04:08) 7 Flying Foxes (06:16) 8 Sunspot (06:49) 9 Flying Over the Dateline (04:47) 10 Running (07:05) 11 The Sun Never Stops Setting (04:19) |
| Play: The B Sides : Allmusic album Review : Play: The B Sides ends up quite close to what regular listeners would expect from a collection like this. There are a few blues-sampling songs similar to "Play" (though none are as good), some slightly groovy but still atmospheric tracks of trance-techno, a few interesting electronics experiments, and a bit of beatbox funk, all of it distinctly inferior to what was heard on Play -- which proves nothing much more than the fact that Moby is a good editor as well as a great producer. As he admits in the liner notes, these tracks probably wouldnt be getting a wide release if not for the incredible success of Play, and the truth is that few other than true believers will really relish this collection. [Play: The B Sides was originally released as part of the two-disc box Play/Play: The B Sides in combination with the regular version of Mobys 1999 breakout Play.] | ||
 | Album: 13 of 34 Title: 18 Released: 2002-05-02 Tracks: 18 Duration: 1:11:23 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 We Are All Made of Stars (04:32) 2 In This World (04:02) 3 In My Heart (04:36) 4 Great Escape (02:08) 5 Signs of Love (04:26) 6 One of These Mornings (03:12) 7 Another Woman (03:56) 8 Fireworks (02:13) 9 Extreme Ways (03:57) 10 Jam for the Ladies (03:22) 11 Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday) (05:09) 12 18 (04:28) 13 Sleep Alone (04:45) 14 At Least We Tried (04:08) 15 Harbour (06:27) 16 Look Back In (02:20) 17 The Rafters (03:22) 18 I’m Not Worried at All (04:11) |
| 18 : Allmusic album Review : In one of the two essays in the liner notes for 18, Moby alludes to his past as a "rigid" idealist about life and music, expressing that hes tried to open himself and hoping that hes succeeded. In a way, he already succeeded with his previous album, Play, a remarkable record that cannily used field recordings and blues as the basis for an expert set of modern electronica -- through repeated exposure (every song was licensed for a commercial or a movie) and sheer hard work, it became a massive hit, unlike most albums in its genre, establishing Moby as one of the few electronica superstars. It also gave him the freedom to make a record as meditative and assured as 18, a quietly seductive set that capitalizes on his status as a star in the sense that he takes complete freedom to make music that isnt necessarily hip. Essentially, this is a lateral move away from Play, abandoning its attention-grabbing musical thesis of turning the past into the present -- there are still hints of roots music, yet theyre usually telegraphed through soulful vocals that have always been a staple of house and dance music -- and returning to his bedrock of dance and electronic music, yet presented with the skill he illustrated on Play, a new open-heartedness and, yes, a maturity previously unheard in his music. Maturity is often seen as a death-knell criticism, especially in a perpetually fashion-conscious genre like electronica, but this is only a good thing here, because it means that Moby not only creates a shimmering, reflective mood from the outset, but that he sustains it throughout the 18 songs, as the album shifts from pop and soul songs to soaring instrumental stretches, letting the sound deepen and change colors with each new track. Cynics could snipe and say this is coffeehouse, yuppie electronica or claim that hes done nothing new with this record, and theyd be right only in the coldest, literal sense that it would appeal to upscale urban listeners and that hes not really breaking new ground, only consolidating his strengths. Yet that is no small thing -- he has created a record that might not be as wildly eclectic on the surface as Play, and it certainly lacks club hits on the level of "Bodyrock" or "South Side," but its a warm, enveloping, humanistic record with real emotional resonance, which surely is a noteworthy artistic step forward. | ||
 | Album: 14 of 34 Title: 18 B-Sides Released: 2003-11-17 Tracks: 13 Duration: 1:09:50 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Landing (03:43) 2 Love of Strings (06:10) 3 Nearer (04:19) 4 Afterlife (03:54) 5 String Electro (06:56) 6 Downhill (05:19) 7 Soul to Love (04:27) 8 Bed (04:19) 9 Piano & Strings (05:18) 10 Horse & Carrot (06:54) 11 Lifes So Sweet (06:32) 12 ISS (08:44) 13 Stay (03:10) |
| 18 B-Sides : Allmusic album Review : As MP3s and the constant rise of the DVD bring into question how relevant traditional albums are, Moby digitizes his loose ends and uses new formats to provide more than anyone can possibly ingest in one sitting. The CD in this set features Mobys leftovers from the 18 album, and they are pretty much what you would expect with the quality notched up a little. A bit less polished than his album tracks, theyll generally remind you of some other Moby tunes, only in demo form. "Soul to Love" sounds just like a more sedate "Go" and "String Electro" sounds like most of Play, only theyre both pleasantly naïve and much less ambitious. "Landing" (with guest vocals by Azure Ray) and "Stay" make for moody bookends that sound the most complete and make for just enough of the poptacular Moby to hold you over till the next album. But if youve ever had a hankering to spend countless hours in front of the television immersed in the world of Moby, the DVD is the reason to pick up the collection. Theres the whole amazing Glastonbury concert, a slew of audio tracks, a hilarious episode of Moby TV with a puppet named Mr. Fish (kind of an obtuse Triumph the Insult Comic Dog), and a whole lot more. Much of the smotheringly charming Mobys content might not sway Eminem, but its hard not to marvel at a guy who can churn out so much quality material, have such a high profile, and show no sign of being pompous. Bonus DVDs have generally been electronic press kits with a couple of videos, but this one sets a new standard. Couple it with a CD thats so-so and call it a draw. | ||
 | Album: 15 of 34 Title: Hotel Released: 2005-03-09 Tracks: 15 Duration: 57:25 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Hotel Intro (01:55) 2 Raining Again (03:46) 3 Beautiful (03:11) 4 Lift Me Up (03:19) 5 Where You End (03:22) 6 Temptation (04:55) 7 Spiders (03:45) 8 Dream About Me (03:21) 9 Very (03:42) 10 I Like It (03:46) 11 Love Should (03:51) 12 Slipping Away (03:39) 13 Forever (03:39) 14 Homeward Angel (05:50) 15 35 Minutes (05:19) |
| Hotel : Allmusic album Review : Hotel rarely shows, in any shape or form, traceable inspiration from the new wave and post-punk era Moby advertised as being in full effect. More surprising is that apart from the lovely ambient instrumentals that open and close it, the album is all valley and no peaks, suggesting that the shelving of his sampling device was the worst creative move he couldve made. The first half contains simple -- as in basic and/or emaciated, so were talking poor -- modern rock songs that tend to be anthemic and soul-searching in nature. Lead single "Beautiful" is one exception, a tongue-in-cheek thing Moby has imagined being sung by vacant celebrity couples. No matter how affable, vegan, liberal, bespectacled, or vertically challenged he is, the real irony is that a millionaire and former love interest of Natalie Portman has made a song of this kind (see also: Aerosmiths "Eat the Rich"). Beginning "Cmon bay-beh, cmon girl, cmon bay-beh, cmon girl, I love you bay-beigh, I love you now, I love you bay-beigh, I love you now," the heart of the song doesnt say much more, and some of the guitar jerks are a lot closer to Eddie Moneys "Shakin" than anything related to Joy Division. And, speaking of Joy Division, a very gentle version of New Orders "Temptation" is the albums deepest connection to post-punk; its telling that Moby opted to leave the vocals to Laura Dawn, since hes less a singer than Bernard Sumner. This begins the non-rock portion of the program, which fans of Play and 18 might find easier to enjoy, but its not much better than what precedes it. For instance, does anybody need to hear him volley obvious bedroom come-ons with Dawn, as he does on "I Like It"? (Because its about as appealing as a phrase like "Woody Allen nude scene.") Hotels saving grace is a bonus disc containing an hours worth of ambient techno thats good enough for separate release. You could name the two discs after Mobys fellow bald artists, which would tell anyone what they need to know before proceeding. Disc one: "Lives Ed Kowalczyk"; disc two: Brian Eno. | ||
 | Album: 16 of 34 Title: iTunes Originals Released: 2005-07-26 Tracks: 31 Duration: 1:25:19 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 iTunes Originals (00:05) 2 Run On (03:45) 3 Growing Up Moby (interview) (03:53) 4 Go (iTunes Originals version) (03:46) 5 A Growing Disinterest in Dance Music (interview) (01:54) 6 Feeling So Real (iTunes Originals version) (05:05) 7 How “Play” Came to Be (interview) (01:03) 8 Find My Baby (iTunes Originals version) (03:57) 9 A Has Been Who Had Made Last Record (interview) (00:57) 10 Porcelain (iTunes Originals version) (04:00) 11 Stripping It Down (interview) (00:18) 12 Natural Blues (iTunes Originals version) (04:12) 13 10 Million People Cant Be Wrong (interview) (01:12) 14 Southside (iTunes Originals version) (03:34) 15 Making Music at Ground Zero (interview) (01:03) 16 Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday) (05:08) 17 A Very Specific Expression of Quantum Physics (interview) (00:41) 18 We Are All Made of Stars (iTunes Originals version) (03:47) 19 The Concept for the New Album (interview) (01:38) 20 Where You End (iTunes Originals version) (03:19) 21 I Wanted to Be a Singer (interview) (01:00) 22 Slipping Away (iTunes Originals version) (03:38) 23 A Strange Disconnect (interview) (01:01) 24 Love Should (iTunes Originals version) (03:01) 25 Hopefully Ive Relaxed a Little Bit (interview) (01:21) 26 Spiders (iTunes Originals version) (04:51) 27 Very (iTunes Originals version) (05:18) 28 Eternally Grateful (interview) (00:54) 29 Beautiful (iTunes Originals version) (03:34) 30 Dream About Me (iTunes Originals version) (03:08) 31 Lift Me Up (iTunes Originals version) (04:16) |
 | Album: 17 of 34 Title: Live: Hotel Tour 2005 Released: 2006-03-13 Tracks: 13 Duration: 1:19:04 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Lift Me Up (Superdiscount mix radio edit) (03:13) 2 Raining Again (Steve Angellos vocal mix) (06:56) 3 Beautiful (Benny Benassi remix) (07:04) 4 Slipping Away (Axwell vocal mix) (07:31) 5 Where You End (Tigas All I Need Is to Be Sampled mix) (07:07) 6 Beautiful (F*** Me Im Famous remix by David Guetta & Joachim Garraud) (06:43) 7 Slipping Away (MHC radio edit) (03:36) 8 Dream About Me (Sebastian Ingrosso remix) (06:37) 9 Lift Me Up (Mylo mix) (06:43) 10 Raining Again (Ewan Pearson vocal) (07:08) 11 Dream About Me (Booka Shade remix) (07:16) 12 Slipping Away (Zloot remix) (04:27) 13 Dream About Me (The Shortwave Set Pick n mix) (04:38) |
 | Album: 18 of 34 Title: Go: The Very Best of Moby Released: 2006-10-24 Tracks: 15 Duration: 54:42 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Natural Blues (03:02) 2 Lift Me Up (03:07) 3 Porcelain (03:31) 4 In This World (03:27) 5 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (03:45) 6 James Bond Theme (Moby’s re‐version) (03:12) 7 Go (04:01) 8 New York, New York (04:28) 9 Find My Baby (04:00) 10 In My Heart (03:21) 11 Feeling So Real (04:32) 12 We Are All Made of Stars (03:37) 13 Move (You Make Me Feel So Good) (03:38) 14 Honey (03:19) 15 Slipping Away (Crier la vie) (03:39) |
| Go: The Very Best of Moby : Allmusic album Review : Go: The Very Best of Moby is not the career-spanning compilation implied by its title. Instead, its based around 1999s Play, 2002s 18, and 2005s Hotel, and it adds a handful of tracks in an attempt to entice fans who couldnt otherwise justify the purchase of a disc that relies on very recent and readily available material. (Hotel had only been out a year and a half when Go was released.) With the exception of Everything Is Wrongs ambient epic "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters," Anders Trentemøllers fresh mix of "Go," and a rough-sounding live version of "Feeling So Real," nothing here references Mobys output prior to Play. The one new track, "New York, New York," is a fun Giorgio Moroder-inspired throwaway featuring Debbie Harry. A bonus disc compiles 11 remixes, most of which will be mere curiosities to the average person with an interest in the first disc. | ||
 | Album: 19 of 34 Title: Go: The Very Best of Moby Remixed Released: 2007-03-05 Tracks: 18 Duration: 1:14:35 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Natural Blues (Katcha remix) (04:14) 2 Go (Vitalic remix) (04:19) 3 In My Heart (Sandy Rivera mix) (04:03) 4 Slipping Away (Crier la vie) (Manhattan Clique club remix) (04:24) 5 New York, New York (Armand van Helden long version) (04:16) 6 Bodyrock (Olav Basoskis Da Hot Funk Da Freak Funk remix) (04:00) 7 Raining Again (Steve Angello’s vocal mix) (03:55) 8 Porcelain (Murk remix) (04:09) 9 Lift Me Up (Mylo mix) (04:15) 10 In This World (Push vocal club mix) (03:38) 11 Honey (Rollo and Sister Bliss remix) (03:57) 12 Beautiful (Benny Benassi remix) (04:11) 13 In My Heart (Manhattan Clique remix) (03:19) 14 We Are All Made of Stars (Bob Sinclar main vocal mix) (05:27) 15 Go (Trentemøller remix) (04:19) 16 James Bond Theme (Mobys Re-version) (CJ Bolland mix) (04:49) 17 Feeling So Real (Old Skool mix) (03:45) 18 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Ferry Corsten remix) (03:35) |
 | Album: 20 of 34 Title: Greatest Hits Released: 2008 Tracks: 40 Duration: 2:38:46 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Natural Blues (04:14) 2 Disco Lies (03:23) 3 Lift Me Up (03:19) 4 Porcelain (04:01) 5 In This World (04:02) 6 The Stars (04:21) 7 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (04:25) 8 Raining Again (03:46) 9 Flower (03:25) 10 Honey (03:30) 11 Slipping Away (03:40) 12 We Are All Made of Stars (04:32) 13 Alice (04:27) 14 James Bond Theme (Moby’s re‐version) (03:12) 15 Find My Baby (03:59) 16 Extreme Ways (03:57) 17 Everyday It’s 1989 (03:40) 18 Feeling So Real (04:32) 19 Run On (03:45) 20 Into the Blue (05:33) 1 Ooh Yeah (05:18) 2 Beautiful (03:11) 3 Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday) (05:09) 4 I Love to Move in Here (04:44) 5 Bodyrock (03:36) 6 Make Love Xxxx War (Feat. Public Enemy) (03:27) 7 Jam for the Ladies (03:22) 8 South Side (03:50) 9 Come On Baby (04:30) 10 In My Heart (04:36) 11 Spiders (03:45) 12 Landing (03:43) 13 I’m in Love (03:42) 14 Very (03:42) 15 Go (03:58) 16 New York, New York (04:28) 17 Dream About Me (03:21) 18 Everytime You Touch Me (03:41) 19 Move (You Make Me Feel So Good) (03:38) 20 Stay (03:10) |
 | Album: 21 of 34 Title: Last Night Released: 2008-03-13 Tracks: 14 Duration: 1:02:47 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Ooh Yeah (05:18) 2 I Love to Move in Here (04:44) 3 257.Zero (03:37) 4 Everyday It’s 1989 (03:40) 5 Live for Tomorrow (04:02) 6 Alice (04:27) 7 Hyenas (03:35) 8 I’m in Love (03:42) 9 Disco Lies (03:23) 10 The Stars (04:21) 11 Degenerates (03:58) 12 Sweet Apocalypse (05:18) 13 Mothers of the Night (03:19) 14 Last Night / Lucy Vida (09:23) |
| Last Night : Allmusic album Review : On Last Night, Moby is as blissfully out of touch with modern club music as he is current. As he explains (of course) in the albums liner notes, he has been in the thick of New York City club culture since the early 80s, and he takes the opportunity here to pay tribute to a number of dance music strains that have fallen in and out of fashion -- in a couple cases, theyve recently fallen back into fashion -- including some angles he hasnt taken in well over a decade. The sturdiest, most appealing tracks tend to be where Moby breaks out with some highly energized combination of rollicking pianos, stabbing keyboards, and random divas, mixing and matching rave, Hi-NRG, and disco: "Everyday Its 1989," "Stars," and "Disco Lies" (featuring a vocalist who is nearly a dead ringer for a young Taylor Dayne) wouldve had no place on any of the last five Moby albums. What is long maligned and what is trendy sometimes occurs simultaneously, as on "I Love to Move in Here" (featuring Grandmaster Caz), a mid-tempo house track that can be sub-categorized as both hip-house (inciting wicked flashbacks for most haters of either component) and Balearic (as it causes that loosey-goosey, anesthetized-but-still-beaming sensation, prevalent in several of the hippest dance tracks released during 2007 and 2008). The poorly timed, not-so-appealing moments -- "257.zero," "Alice" -- with their distant transmission spoken bits and droning raps, might sound in step whenever the Soul Jazz label gets around to releasing rarity compilations with contents resembling Astralwerks late-90s compilations for MTVs Amp program. The discs latter 20 minutes, containing contemplative, string-laden tracks, would be as suited for the Pure Moods series (i.e., beside Yanni, Dave Koz) as past tracks "Porcelain" and "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters." A good number of Moby fans who began to follow the producers moves well before Play will be inclined to think of Last Night as the best Moby album since Everything Is Wrong. That the album involves several unself-conscious, rush-inducing tracks (rather than the once-expected token track or two) is enough for that opinion to have validity. Ditto the sensible and drastic reduction of Mobys own vocals. | ||
 | Album: 22 of 34 Title: Wait for Me Released: 2009-06-26 Tracks: 16 Duration: 52:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Division (01:56) 2 Pale Horses (03:37) 3 Shot in the Back of the Head (03:15) 4 Study War (04:18) 5 Walk With Me (04:01) 6 Stock Radio (00:55) 7 Mistake (03:47) 8 Scream Pilots (02:48) 9 JLTF-1 (01:27) 10 Jltf (04:40) 11 A Seated Night (03:23) 12 Wait for Me (04:13) 13 Hope Is Gone (03:31) 14 Ghost Return (02:38) 15 Slow Light (04:00) 16 Isolate (03:28) |
| Wait for Me : Allmusic album Review : Mobys most unified and understated album, and all the better for it, Wait for Me is a morose set of elegantly bleary material, quite a shift from the hedonistic club tracks of Last Night. Dominated by instrumentals, "Shot in the Back of the Head" is the most evocative of the bunch, seemingly pulled from an unreleased David Lynch film scored by the Afghan Whigs circa Gentlemen -- a lament from a dustbowl, full of mournful slide guitar and dewy electric piano. Other than "Mistake" -- a glum neo-post-punk rave-up that, despite its cathartic release, remains downcast -- Moby leaves the vocals to a series of women (neighborhood chums, apparently) who each contribute to one song. The smoky 3-a.m. gospel whispers from throwback soul singer Leela James on "Walk with Me" steal the show. | ||
 | Album: 23 of 34 Title: iTunes Live From Montreal Released: 2010-03-02 Tracks: 10 Duration: 36:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Pale Horses (03:19) 2 Wait for Me (04:03) 3 Mistake (03:48) 4 Jltf (04:00) 5 Porcelain (03:10) 6 Walk With Me (03:23) 7 One Time We Lived (04:22) 8 Helpless (04:08) 9 Great Escape (02:33) 10 We Are All Made of Stars (03:36) |
 | Album: 24 of 34 Title: Destroyed Released: 2011-05-11 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:15:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 The Broken Places (04:10) 2 Be the One (03:29) 3 Sevastopol (04:20) 4 The Low Hum (04:13) 5 Rockets (04:47) 6 The Day (04:32) 7 Lie Down in Darkness (04:26) 8 Victoria Lucas (05:54) 9 After (05:30) 10 Blue Moon (03:31) 11 The Right Thing (04:25) 12 Stella Maris (05:13) 13 The Violent Bear It Away (06:50) 14 Lacrimae (08:05) 15 When You Are Old (02:19) 16 Sandpaper (03:53) |
| Destroyed : Allmusic album Review : Inspired by the isolation that comes from "being the only person awake (or alive) in an empty city" in the middle of the night, Destroyed is not too much of a departure from Wait for Me, Moby’s previous studio album. Apart from being more electronic-oriented -- there’s significantly less guitar and more prominent throbbing pulse -- the approach and effect are largely the same. Moby shares vocal duties with a handful of women whose performances are spooky and sampled-sounding ("Lie Down in Darkness"), serenely insular ("The Low Hum"), and desperate but resolute ("The Right Thing"). The producer offsets several strings-heavy instrumentals, which range from to the placid "The Broken Places" to the rushing "Sevastopol," with a handful of downcast anthems led by "The Day," where he evokes David Bowie circa Heroes with a little Scary Monsters thrown in for good measure. Latecomers, as well as longtime fans whose favorite Moby material remains the Mimi Goese collaborations on Everything Is Wrong, should have no problem soaking it up. | ||
 | Album: 25 of 34 Title: iTunes Festival: London 2011 Released: 2011-08-04 Tracks: 9 Duration: 41:44 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Extreme Ways (04:36) 2 We Are All Made of Stars (04:19) 3 Sevastopol (05:10) 4 Lie Down in Darkness (03:50) 5 The Right Thing (04:01) 6 In This World (03:57) 7 Porcelain (04:40) 8 Honey (06:00) 9 Feeling So Real (05:11) |
 | Album: 26 of 34 Title: Innocents Released: 2013-09-27 Tracks: 12 Duration: 1:04:27 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Everything That Rises (04:38) 2 A Case for Shame (06:05) 3 Almost Home (06:00) 4 Going Wrong (03:44) 5 The Perfect Life (06:03) 6 The Last Day (04:41) 7 Don’t Love Me (04:20) 8 A Long Time (04:31) 9 Saints (04:34) 10 Tell Me (05:33) 11 The Lonely Night (04:53) 12 The Dogs (09:25) |
| Innocents : Allmusic album Review : Innocents is in line with Wait for Me (2009) and Destroyed (2011), Mobys most intimate and isolated albums. Following a move from New York to Los Angeles, he recorded almost all the instrumentation by himself. He made a considerable change by seeking vocals from an extended cast of relatively known singers -- including Mark Lanegan, the Flaming Lips Wayne Coyne, Cold Specks, Skylar Grey, and Damien Jurado -- rather than a handful of locals, and he had Mark "Spike" Stent mix it all. Its another downcast, occasionally grand-sounding set suited for solitary home listening. Not much moves the feet. "A Long Time" has an insistent, kind of dejected chug, while "Saints" sounds like Moby trying to recall how Massive Attacks "Unfinished Sympathy" goes. The emotional apex is "The Perfect Life," a neo-gospel number where Moby and Coyne are backed by a choir of ten voices. It would have provided a suitable end to the album, but instead, its planted in the middle, surrounded by an ambient piano ballad and surprisingly understated showcase for Grey. Much of the album is rich with Mobys synthetic strings. This is the most liberal hes been with them -- theyre just about everywhere -- but he thankfully restrains himself on "The Lonely Night," where Mark Lanegans deep, weathered voice is relatively (rightfully) unornamented and dissipates amid soft drones after "Here come the lonely night…cant escape my mind." It helps make Innocents Mobys most powerful work in several years. | ||
 | Album: 27 of 34 Title: Almost Home: Live at the Fonda, LA Released: 2014-03-05 Tracks: 25 Duration: 2:33:04 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Everything That Rises (03:35) 2 Saints (06:55) 3 Dont Love Me (05:38) 4 A Case for Shame (06:03) 5 The Last Day (07:22) 6 A Long Time (06:06) 7 The Lonely Night (06:57) 8 Almost Home (07:47) 9 Tell Me (06:47) 10 The Dogs (10:25) 11 The Perfect Life (08:27) 1 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (04:05) 2 In My Heart (05:51) 3 Bodyrock (05:02) 4 Go (05:22) 5 Lift Me Up (04:37) 6 Slipping Away (acoustic) (04:16) 7 Porcelain (04:56) 8 Southside (05:42) 9 We Are All Made of Stars (05:25) 10 Honey (05:56) 11 Extreme Ways (04:32) 12 Natural Blues (07:36) 13 Feeling So Real (08:02) 14 The Perfect Life (acoustic, reprise) (05:28) |
| Almost Home: Live at the Fonda, LA : Allmusic album Review : Instead of touring in support of Innocents, Moby and many of his collaborators performed during three nights -- on the second, third, and fourth of October 2013, the week of the albums release -- at Los Angeles Fonda Theatre. The last of the three gigs is documented with this, a fan-friendly package consisting of two CDs and two DVDs. Each night consisted of a set of Innocents material followed by a set of older material, with the selections for the latter chosen by fans. This performance was also streamed live on Mobys website, something the artist often references, as he regularly asks the attendees if they are having a good time and, just as often, hopes that the "500,000 watching this at home" are enjoying themselves. On the first audio disc, 11 of the 12 songs from Innocents are performed, played true to the album, with the likes of Cold Specks, Skylar Grey, Damien Jurado, Inyang Bassey, Mindy Jones, and Mark Lanegan providing vocals. For whatever reason, Lanegan associate (and hero to Moby) Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs and Twilight Singers performs the lead on "The Lonely Night" rather than Lanegan. Full of affable, self-effacing, and repetitive banter, as one might expect from Moby, the set is 16 minutes longer than the studio counterpart. The selections on the second CD present a wide range of highlights from Mobys discography. He reaches all the way back to his first single, "Go," and introduces it with a great anecdote about his first Los Angeles performance at the Mayan. A romping, quickened "Honey" benefits from live vocals and adds much to sets festive, freewheeling spirit. Even darker numbers, like "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" and "Feeling So Real," feel more celebratory than any of the similarly hued songs on the first disc. The first DVD consists of the whole performance, while the second DVD contains five videos, three teasers, and tutorials for several songs. | ||
 | Album: 28 of 34 Title: Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. Released: 2016-02-25 Tracks: 11 Duration: 4:04:53 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 LA1 (20:53) 2 LA2 (18:59) 3 LA3 (22:52) 4 LA4 (17:32) 5 LA5 (35:39) 6 LA6 (19:13) 7 LA7 (18:05) 8 LA8 (20:08) 9 LA9 (27:33) 10 LA10 (23:35) 11 LA11 (20:24) |
 | Album: 29 of 34 Title: Music From Porcelain Released: 2016-05-27 Tracks: 29 Duration: 2:20:50 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Mobility (06:11) 2 Go! (Woodtick mix) (06:31) 3 Ah Ah (03:46) 4 Next Is the E (04:39) 5 Rock the House (04:31) 6 Thousand (04:23) 7 Feeling So Real (03:21) 8 God Moving Over the Face of the Waters (07:21) 9 Come on Baby (04:40) 10 Thats When I Reach for My Revolver (03:57) 11 Honey (03:30) 12 Natural Blues (04:14) 13 Bodyrock (03:36) 14 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (04:25) 15 Porcelain (04:01) 1 Break 4 Luv (05:24) 2 Pacific State (05:46) 3 Scenario (04:10) 4 Definition of a Track (05:21) 5 Ill House You (04:56) 6 Top Billin (02:52) 7 Follow Me (club mix) (06:21) 8 Raw (04:07) 9 Pause (04:38) 10 Energy Flash (05:50) 11 Anasthesia (Out of History mix) (04:34) 12 Feel So Real (03:33) 13 Plastic Dreams (10:19) 14 Set It Off (03:50) |
 | Album: 30 of 34 Title: These Systems Are Failing Released: 2016-10-14 Tracks: 9 Duration: 35:47 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Hey! Hey! (04:23) 2 Break.Doubt (04:12) 3 I Wait for You (03:59) 4 Dont Leave Me (04:38) 5 Errupt and Matter (04:09) 6 Are You Lost in the World Like Me? (04:26) 7 A Simple Love (04:39) 8 The Light Is Clear in My Eyes (03:27) 9 And It Hurts (01:53) |
| These Systems Are Failing : Allmusic album Review : Co-credited to the Void Pacific Choir -- a name derived from a D.H. Lawrence quote -- These Systems Are Failing is only slightly more collaborative than Mobys solitary ambient work, and its effect is the opposite of that. Fully energized and tightly concentrated, the producers first studio album in three years is a concise and infrequently relenting set of nine songs that rail against those who have caused emotional and planetary harm. Moby revisits his punk and post-punk roots with a needling attack. Battering programmed drums, searing synthesizers, and torrents of rhythm guitar serve as prodding backdrops for his belting, often multi-tracked vocals. (The actual choir, a seven-member group including Moby, appears on two songs.) All the chanted choruses and seething verses over riotous rhythms evoke an apocalyptic glam-punk protest of sorts, with Moby indignant about "Selling off heaven for a perfect hell," dejectedly reciting "Burn a courtyard, say its done/Throwing knives at a dying sun," and referencing other ills in bleak terms. A couple shafts of light break through. The one that lasts longest is somewhere in "A Simple Love," which projects a little hope before the despair resumes. In an accompanying essay, Moby says he views the albums title as a phrase that prompts thought. Any deep thinking will likely have to occur once these brickbats are muted. | ||
 | Album: 31 of 34 Title: More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse Released: 2017-06-12 Tracks: 9 Duration: 35:51 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Silence (03:56) 2 A Softer War (04:29) 3 There’s Nothing Wrong With the World There’s Something Wrong With Me (03:52) 4 Trust (02:50) 5 All the Hurts We Made (05:06) 6 In This Cold Place (03:57) 7 If Only a Correction of All We’ve Been (05:25) 8 It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye (03:27) 9 A Happy Song (02:49) |
| More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse : Allmusic album Review : Less than a year after the projects debut, Moby & the Void Pacific Choir return with a follow-up, More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse. The aptly titled sequel to 2016s These Systems Are Failing is another abrasive collection of hardcore and post-punk ravers that should please fans of Mobys one-off solo punk experiment, 1996s Animal Rights. The spirits of major Moby influences like Agnostic Front and Mission of Burma can be heard throughout Apocalypse, from the manic pounding of "Trust" and the unrelenting anxiety of "If Only a Correction of All Weve Been" to the rhythmic drone of "A Softer War" and the digital mayhem of "All the Hurts We Made." Theres even a semi-industrial/EBM-lite bend to the album -- think Trent Reznor gone pop -- that adds buzz and grit to his drum loops and wounded vocals. Much of the album bleeds together and tends to sound the same -- the persistent throbbing is the heartbeat that keeps Apocalypse going -- but at a swift nine songs, it manages to be an appropriate dose of angst and frustration that taps into the producers pissed off, social activist side. The shadow of the 2016 United States presidential election looms large over the project. The outspoken artists anger and exhaustion is palpable, so even songs about simple heartbreak and loss come packed with a gravitas borne of wider issues (the desperate "Theres Nothing Wrong with the World Theres Something Wrong with Me" is a fine example). On "In This Cold Place," Moby sings, "Im tired/of feeling like its prison without walls/And Im tired of feeling so alone and nothing more." Whether his fatigue is the result of a failed connection or the futility felt in uncertain times, the sentiment will be painfully familiar to anyone whos ever thrown their hands up in resignation to the fates. Those in search of another "Porcelain" or "Bodyrock" might want to look elsewhere: Apocalypse is a refreshing change of pace, a frantically urgent statement that taps into the visceral with a welcome blast of noise from a voice that still has much to say. | ||
 | Album: 32 of 34 Title: Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt Released: 2018-03-02 Tracks: 12 Duration: 56:36 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Mere Anarchy (05:15) 2 The Waste of Suns (04:44) 3 Like a Motherless Child (04:37) 4 The Last of Goodbyes (04:23) 5 The Ceremony of Innocence (03:56) 6 The Tired and the Hurt (04:28) 7 Welcome to Hard Times (05:08) 8 The Sorrow Tree (04:28) 9 Falling Rain and Light (04:46) 10 The Middle Is Gone (05:13) 11 This Wild Darkness (04:09) 12 A Dark Cloud Is Coming (05:24) |
 | Album: 33 of 34 Title: Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt (the EastWest sessions) Released: 2018-07-06 Tracks: 9 Duration: 44:36 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Falling Rain & Light (EastWest session) (04:39) 2 Ceremony of Innocence (EastWest session) (05:37) 3 The Sorrow Tree (EastWest session) (03:47) 4 Like a Motherless Child (EastWest session) (05:21) 5 The Middle Is Gone (EastWest session) (05:22) 6 This Wild Darkness (EastWest session) (05:38) 7 Mere Anarchy (EastWest session) (05:16) 8 The Tired and the Hurt (EastWest session) (04:26) 9 The Last of Goodbyes (EastWest session) (04:30) |
 | Album: 34 of 34 Title: Long Ambients Two Released: 2019-03-15 Tracks: 6 Duration: 3:37:52 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 LA12 (47:03) 2 LA13 (26:56) 3 LA14 (39:19) 4 LA15 (32:08) 5 LA16 (29:49) 6 LA17 (42:37) |