**Introduction**
For those of you who have read my Moby Play DVD review you will know that I am a massive fan of this extremely talented musician. I have purchased this particular album, 3 times since its release in 1999. This just proves what a fan I am of this highly acclaimed and powerful ... Read review
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Play
The great iconoclast of techno returns with a smooth, sacred and exhilarating record.
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Play's concoction of breakbeat rhythms, ambient mixology and inspired blues and gospel samples cry out across musical genres and histories, imparting a time-tested wi...
PLAY
Personnel: Moby (vocals, various instruments, samples); Pilar Basso, Reggie Matthews, The
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Shining Light Gospel Choir (vocals).Includes liner notes by Moby.PLAY was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. Bodyrock was...
Play - Moby
The great iconoclast of techno returns with a smooth, sacred and exhilarating record.
... more
Play's concoction of breakbeat rhythms, ambient mixology and inspired blues and gospel samples cry out across musical genres and histories, imparting a time-tested wi...
Play - Moby
The great iconoclast of techno returns with a smooth, sacred and exhilarating record.
... more
Play's concoction of breakbeat rhythms, ambient mixology and inspired blues and gospel samples cry out across musical genres and histories, imparting a time-tested wisdom to beat-driven ears. Moby's devout faith--in both God and his own musical whims--give this approach a sort of legitimacy that another, less sincere artist would never have. That sincerity reverberates through the beats and instrumental eclecticism like a pulse. The soulful refrains and proclamations in "Find My Baby" and "Natural Blues" somehow nestle between straight-up dance-floor rave-ups ("Bodyrock") and melt-in-your-mouth ambience ("Inside") with an effortless grace. Moby reaches across his turntables and finds something pure--almost organic. In fact, the album feels more natural than techno is ever supposed to feel, more spiritual than DJs are supposed to be able to muster and more alive than it has any right to be. Check out the spellbinding compilation Natural Blues to hear the original source material from blues and spiritual singers such as Etta James, Vera Hall and BB King. --Matthew Cooke
Moby - Play [2001]
Producing a DVD for Play, could be seen as a shameless attempt to resurrect an album which
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has reached saturation point as far as sales go or British tolerance will allow after the relentless use of tracks from it in films, adverts, TV shows, trailers and even football coverage. Thankfully, Moby's quality control means he refuses to rip off his fans, so the material gathered within this disk is surprisingly good. First up there's all the music videos from Play, which range from the sublime (Jonas Akerland's treatment of "Porcelain") via the cartoon ("Natural Blues" and "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad" by Susi Wilkinson, Hotessa, Laurence & Filipe Alcada, complete with cute little animated Mobys) to the ridiculous (Fredrik Bond's inspired vision for "Body Rock"). Even funnier are the outtakes for "Body Rock", which show footage of all the dancers who didn't make the grade in stupidity stakes. Along with this is an hour's worth of Moby remixes all segued together, with trippy electronic visuals for the late-night crowd. Even in the middle of the afternoon you can't fail to stare in slack-jawed wonder as a stunning remix of "Porcelain" kicks in, accompanied by smooth flowing images of urban streets. To stop you from drifting off altogether there are some more up-tempo sections to the mix, including a euphoric reworking of "Natural Blues" and a 1970's disco funk version of "Body Rock" to get your toes tapping. For those of you who thought that Moby--the born again Christian, vegan, anti-smoking, animal rights activist--took himself too serious for his own good, go straight to the Tour Videos section of the DVD: filmed all over the world, it provides a platform for Moby to be himself and he turns out to be hilariously funny as he takes you on a backstage tour of Homelands complete with crazy Scottish accent, then pops up in both Germany and France, proving himself a master of their inflexions too. Added to all these features are tracks culled from the "Later with Moby" BBC special and a separate mix CD of some of Moby's finest moments. All in all a great supplement to a modern day classic. --Helen Marquis
Moby - Play [2001]
Producing a DVD for Play, could be seen as a shameless attempt to resurrect an album which
... more
has reached saturation point as far as sales go or British tolerance will allow after the relentless use of tracks from it in films, adverts, TV shows, trailers and even football coverage. Thankfully, Moby's quality control means he refuses to rip off his fans, so the material gathered within this disk is surprisingly good. First up there's all the music videos from Play, which range from the sublime (Jonas Akerland's treatment of "Porcelain") via the cartoon ("Natural Blues" and "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad" by Susi Wilkinson, Hotessa, Laurence & Filipe Alcada, complete with cute little animated Mobys) to the ridiculous (Fredrik Bond's inspired vision for "Body Rock"). Even funnier are the outtakes for "Body Rock", which show footage of all the dancers who didn't make the grade in stupidity stakes. Along with this is an hour's worth of Moby remixes all segued together, with trippy electronic visuals for the late-night crowd. Even in the middle of the afternoon you can't fail to stare in slack-jawed wonder as a stunning remix of "Porcelain" kicks in, accompanied by smooth flowing images of urban streets. To stop you from drifting off altogether there are some more up-tempo sections to the mix, including a euphoric reworking of "Natural Blues" and a 1970's disco funk version of "Body Rock" to get your toes tapping. For those of you who thought that Moby--the born again Christian, vegan, anti-smoking, animal rights activist--took himself too serious for his own good, go straight to the Tour Videos section of the DVD: filmed all over the world, it provides a platform for Moby to be himself and he turns out to be hilariously funny as he takes you on a backstage tour of Homelands complete with crazy Scottish accent, then pops up in both Germany and France, proving himself a master of their inflexions too. Added to all these features are tracks culled from the "Later with Moby" BBC special and a separate mix CD of some of Moby's finest moments. All in all a great supplement to a modern day classic. --Helen Marquis
Advantages: Tantalises your ear buds! Disadvantages: Probably not too everyones taste!
...who have read my Moby Play DVD review you will know that I am a massive fan of this extremely talented musician. I have purchased this particular album, 3 times since its release in 1999. This just proves what a fan I am of this highly acclaimed and powerful album that has sold over 8 million copies worldwide! I can't live without the inspirational tunes of this album! Each track means so much to me emotionally and I am about to tell you why with ... ...is of…..
…..Moby - Play (The no.1 selling album)
Please note: The CD listing is slightly different to the DVD (As I reviewed previously).
**Genre**
For those who don't know a lot about Moby's music, this CD Album is different from most mainstream chart music you would hear. It features great beats, rhythmic tempo and you can really feel yourself within the music. If I was to assign this CD album to a genre I would classify it as down tempo - ...
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Advantages: A modern classic to rival Moby Dick Disadvantages: Pardon?
Right, cards on the table. The contents of this universally acclaimed 1999 offering on the Mute label from Herman Melville’s most famous great-great-great-great-nephew surprise me – I had expected a cascade of top-notch up-tempo dance tunes when I recently lifted a copy from CD WOW’s bargain basement for a mere £6.99. However, Moby is one of dance music’s most eccentric artists, recording work as the mood takes him and not ... ...not hard to see why this album has won him many friends though.
“Play” is a superb collection of eighteen mostly easy-paced ambient tracks, with the occasional faster beat for contrast, that blend together to form a cohesive relaxing whole. In fact, the album opens with one of the contrast pieces, “Honey”. The vocals on this track are typical of the type employed by the man when the mood takes him to use the human voice (which ...
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...here. With so many quality songs to choose from how they ever decided what to release as single must have been nigh on impossible. In Play Moby has created an album that deserves to go on every wish, birthday and play list around the world. An essential purchase. ...
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Advantages: relaxing, entertaining Disadvantages: not suited to everyone
Moby - Play
The title is so because every song in this album has been used in one form or another. Many have appeared in adverts, others in television shows, and some on the wireless.
As with many of my opinions on albums, I will give you a list of songs with a few sentences about them.
1. Honey 3:29
A lively start (you could hear this a lot.) The lyrics consist of "come back, some time." There is a fast beat with this song and there is an occasional ... ...can get repetitive.
6/10
2. Find My Baby 3:59
The video of this song is very amusing and so is the song in general. Again, the lyrics comprise of "Find my baby" and not much else apart form a few WOO-HOO's. Again, the song is very lively and good for adverts as it does make you feel good. It follows a regular pattern for Moby of fast start, fast middle, and fast ending with a few seconds of slow beats in the middle.
8/10
3. Porcelain 4:01
This ...
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Advantages: Original sound and great artist Disadvantages: Some tracks a few hours too short
...can an album offer.
Play hasn’t left my CD player or car since the day I bought it. It even gets the thumbs up from my Top of the Pops watching 9 & 11 year olds who don’t tolerate my choice of music that easily.
I’m sorry if my descriptions don’t make sense, I’ve tried to be honest and give you MY interpretation of a great album – if you are in any doubt BUY IT ALRIGHT ...
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