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 Moby returns to club land in a time machine. April 2, 2008
Joseph R. Spurgeon (Huntington, WV)
5 out of 17 found this review helpful
After a few years of producing uplifting downtempo, Moby set out to go back to his club roots. Unfortanately, he did not update his sound to 2008 but instead it is like he took a time machine back to 1993. Most of these songs would have been great house hits right up there with C & C Music factory, but they just fall flat in todays crisp mature edgier sound. This album is like an old man trying to be cool but falling flat. Most of it sounds like he just used a yamaha keyboard electric piano. The drum loops sound like the preprogrammed drum settings on a casio keyboard. It's almost like Yanni trying to make house music. We love and respect Moby as a pioneer and we love Yanni too but you need to know when to hang up the headphones and ride into the sunset. Final summation: If you're itching for some "come on ride the train, come ride it" 90's house then buy this cd.
Just terrible... April 12, 2008
The Cynical Reviewer (Chicago, IL)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
The genius and creativity of 'Play' are gone, as Moby returns to his dance roots. The problem is. most of these songs are barely dance worthy, and fall into some strange middle ground of electronica.
Not recommended.
 Amazing. May 4, 2008
Erin K. Snedaker (Franconia, PA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This Moby cd is the most amazing yet! You can really feel the music the way Moby wants it to be felt. There are very few words, but the words and phrases used are just right for each song. Moby features a couple different artists for this, with fantastic voices. I absolutely love it and play it every chance I get!
 Still Going Strong After Many Years of Musicmaking (4 1/2 stars) April 2, 2008
Electro
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
There are only a handful of music artists whose new releases I would buy without sampling beforehand, and Moby is justifiably among them. After only a day of owning Last Night I've already been able to appreciate it as yet another praiseworthy installment in Moby's extensive discography, and was not disappointed in the least. Although Last Night is not necessarily Moby's strongest work, it still succeeds in pleasurably combining a lot of his past styles with some new elements as well to create an overall excellent listening experience. A few of my all-time favorite Moby tracks can be found on this album, including the great mystic techno piece "257.zero" (which has layered electronic quirks and a female voice speaking numbers in the background) and "Disco Lies", which has some soulful female vocals and a really catchy bass riff. There were only a few melodies that were weak in my opinion; the opening track, for example, is primarily composed of a really irritating voice repeatedly going "ooh yeah" which makes an otherwise great melody a bit degraded. Although it's one of the singles for the CD, I also wasn't too impressed with "Alice". This track relies a lot on a rap segment, which seems like it would have been better replaced by the vocals from Moby which are heard intermittently throughout it. Last Night is a lot less focused on Moby's vocals than Hotel, which is a mild disappointment since I enjoy Moby's voice but all in all the vocals on this CD are still perfectly satisfactory. A number of the tracks contain vocal samples similar to the ones found on Moby's older albums Play and 18, which often use pieces of soul singers that tend to be catchy. Last Night is strongest for its most techno-oriented songs in my opinion, but the four mellow songs at the end are commendable also for their soft, soothing sound. Conclusively, Last Night is an album any diehard Moby fan cannot do without and that any electronica fan will likely enjoy also. I would rate it four and a half stars, and highly recommend it.
Reminiscent of late 80's classic dance discs April 3, 2008
M. Emrich (Denver, Co.)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Remember Snap, and Black Box? Both groups or better yet collaborations were fantastically popular one disc wonders. Every cut on the Black Box debut was a huge club hit. I remember dancing hours to those discs. I don't do much dancing these days, but this is better than Play even. It is an instant classic. Not a weak cut. And I have no doubt it will attract a new generation of dancers that won't be able to get enough of Moby's incredible talent. I believe that at least a portion of the cd is an homage to that late 80's house music which is best exemplified in 'Everyday it's 1989"and "Disco Lies". The last few cuts on the disc are more electronic and less dance oriented, but they comprise some of his better work. As an artist Moby has experimented with a lot of sounds and has made some less than enjoyable discs, but this may be his finest work.
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