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Before Fatboy Slim and Prodigy took dance music up the pop charts, a kid from Connecticut with a background in punk rock and hip-hop hit huge with a record called "Go," soon ascending to become techno's first star. With classics like Everything Is Wrong and the Move EP, Moby made techno so euphorically exciting even rock 'n' rollers couldn't ignore it, and he continued to push boundaries with forays into heavy metal and film music. In that tradition, Moby's new Play is his most adventurous album to date. Throughout, the maestro ingeniously hops around the map. Blues vocals and field recordings gathered by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax in the '30s are sampled above florid ...
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Editorial Reviews

Barnes & Noble - Jon Dolan
Before Fatboy Slim and Prodigy took dance music up the pop charts, a kid from Connecticut with a background in punk rock and hip-hop hit huge with a record called "Go," soon ascending to become techno's first star. With classics like Everything Is Wrong and the Move EP, Moby made techno so euphorically exciting even rock 'n' rollers couldn't ignore it, and he continued to push boundaries with forays into heavy metal and film music. In that tradition, Moby's new Play is his most adventurous album to date. Throughout, the maestro ingeniously hops around the map. Blues vocals and field recordings gathered by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax in the '30s are sampled above florid hip-hop beats "Honey"; a simpering slide guitar gels with an elegiac, gospel-tinged pop anthem "South Side"; punk guitars rip through a funky street jam "Bodyrock". Of course, there's also enough straight-ahead techno and ambient music to satisfy longtime fans, but the heart of this excellent album is a restless sense of experimentation that passes over the block-rockin' beats and instead pursues a few fascinating avenues of expression.
All Music Guide - John Bush
Following a notorious flirtation with alternative rock, Moby returned to the electronic dance mainstream on the 1997 album I Like to Score. With 1999's 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 that's 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 shouldn't be singing -- that is, until the transcendent chorus redeems everything. Surprisingly, many of Moby's 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.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 6/1/1999
  • Label: V2
  • UPC: 638812704924
  • Catalog Number: 127049

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Honey (3:27)
  2. 2 Find My Baby (3:58)
  3. 3 Porcelain (4:01)
  4. 4 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (4:23)
  5. 5 South Side (3:48)
  6. 6 Rushing (2:58)
  7. 7 Bodyrock (3:34)
  8. 8 Natural Blues (4:12)
  9. 9 Machete (3:36)
  10. 10 7 (1:00)
  11. 11 Run On (3:43)
  12. 12 Down Slow (1:34)
  13. 13 If Things Were Perfect (4:17)
  14. 14 Everloving (3:24)
  15. 15 Inside (4:47)
  16. 16 Guitar Flute & String (2:07)
  17. 17 The Sky Is Broken (4:17)
  18. 18 My Weakness (3:37)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Moby Primary Artist, Keyboards, Vocals
Technical Credits
Moby Composer, Producer, Engineer
B.J. Robinson Composer
Gabriel Jackson Composer
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Wicked

    I bought this cd only because of the song Everloving that was in the Seabiscuit movie. But after listening to the whole cd, I love all the songs!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    No Dice

    We've all heard this before. St-Germain has been playing with blues vocals for years as has LTJ Bukem. The tracks are weak and lack any real innovation or pace. The emotional aspect apart from porceline is none. fun to listen to once. Look elsewhere.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    I love Moby.

    I love Moby. His music is great, very uplifting with an awesome techno type beat. I bought PLAY a long time ago and I must admit, there is nothing out there quite like it. The first song on the CD, Honey, sounded really weird at first but after I listened to it a couple more times, it became my favorite song on the whole CD! Peace!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    ''Closure'' for Fox Mulder

    WOW! I would never have guessed. The last song on the album ''My Weakness'' was used in an episode of X-Files. That is worth the purchase of the CD alone. It is such a haunting sound, but also angelic at the same time. This song and Moby will always be remembered in bringing closure for Fox Mulder and his sister, Samantha.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    read this

    MOBY IS AN AWESOME SINGER HE DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING MEAN ABOUT PEOPLE AND HE DOESN'T CUSS. THIS CD IS GREAT FOR PEOP0LE WHO LIKE NOT HARD OR SOFT ROCK BUT IT'S IN THE MIDDLE. BUY IT

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Very good whatsoever!

    This album is absolutely great! Everybody should get one. Moby`s artwork is exellent.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Beautiful

    I thought that this was an absolutely beautiful, expressive album. He had a great variety of different songs. Even though this album was different from some of his previous ones because of having more instrumental songs, it was a good strech for him to do so. I would strongly recommend this album!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Excellent

    C'est un excellent album pour ceux qui aime ce genre de musique avec beaucoup d'extraits et de chansons pour des publicités ...

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    One of the BEST!

    This is definately one of the greatest techno/rock/modern cds I've ever bought. I hesitated majorly before buying it; I hardly ever buy cds anymore. But this one is definatly worth whatever money you pay for it!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    This CD is amazing

    I have never been interested in Moby before but after listening to this CD, I will be a fan forever. He puts so much feeling into his music.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Southside...awesome jam

    just a pretty cool alternative to any ordinary thing to listen to

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Feeling So Real

    Easily the best album ever produced. Listen to this CD for two weeks and you will fall in love with it. This contains some of the best emotional music yet, I'll never get tired of these songs.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    This is THE BEST Cd EVER!!!

    I thought that Moby's CD, Play, was one of the best CD's I have ever purchased. It appeals to people of all ages, and is all-around a extreamly down to earth CD. I highly recommend this CD to anyone who is into different music. It is a techno folkish sounding mix, and is awsome!! So GO BUY THE CD!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Awesome!

    This man is a true genius! My emotions are physically realized in this Cd. Don't hesitate, buy this! I am a fan of diversity and difference, and I still find that this Cd RULES over most others, even Moby's previous ones. It's so incredible!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Sweet

    Amazing beats, fast music everything you need!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Moby has appeal for all

    I purchased Play over a year ago and it is still one of the first CDs I pull off the shelf. I am one of those music fans who is always in search of 'the perfect album' and this is about as close as any have come in years. To be specific, I appreciate the chord progression in each song and the way Moby masterfully combines acoustic sounds to an electronic/dance feel. I highly recommend this CD, not only because it sounds good, but also because Moby is charismatic and humble and an all-around nice guy.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    The World's Most Original Album

    Moby's album, ''Play'' has got to be the greatest, most inventive album I have ever heard. His mix of classical, rock, R&B, and jazz style weaves together to form a truly original work of art of which there seems to be a lack in today's music. From soul-wrenching ballads to gospel-tinged spirituals, Moby proves his entrance onto the mainstream musical stage is one that will make history, and influence greatly following musical generations.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Little Did I know.....

    Moby was one of the many artists that turned me on the techno music. I'm a techno finatic now. I go to clubs all the time, I listen to it in the car and in my room and he's awsome. When I heard he came out with a new album and it was being publicized as much as it was, I was expecting crazy underground stuff. To my surprise, machette is the only real hard core techno song. The first time I fully listened to the whole CD, I was disappointed. After the second time, his music grew on me. I started listening and everything in the song came together. It was amazing. The beats and the words go together beautifully and I was taken. I'm still a techno finatic but moby's album play is absolutely wonderful and by all means ''different.'' It is perfect for anyone who doesn't know exactly what to get. I give it 5 stars because it's unique, different, and totally fabulous.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    One of the best CD's to come out in a long time

    This CD is absolutely phenomenal. Such a great, eclectic mix of sounds; full of all kinds of different emotions. Do not classify this as just another 'alternative' band or singer.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Moby sooths

    Moby's music is very interesting. Combine great beats with melodic piano and synthesizer into a jazz/soul/dance fusion and you have the relaxing, mind-clearing symphony of sound that Moby has mastered...Great album!

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