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Track Listings
| 1. Ooh Yeah |
| 2. I Love To Move In Here |
| 3. 257.zero |
| 4. Everyday It's 1989 |
| 5. Live For Tomorrow |
| 6. Alice |
| 7. Hyenas |
| 8. I'm In Love |
| 9. Disco Lies |
| 10. The Stars |
| 11. Degenerates |
| 12. Sweet Apocalypse |
| 13. Mothers Of The Night |
| 14. Last Night |
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After three albums that seemed to find Moby in some sort of creative stasis, Last Night sees the once-restless DJ/producer changing the record and returning to one of his first loves: the heaving dancefloors of his native New York. Soulful, uplifting piano rave is the order of the day here, and while some hallmarks of Play remain--Moby still has a fascination for long, tearful synth lines and sampled vocals, which he drops in here and there, seemingly to yield the maximum emotional response--Last Night still feels like a clean slate. "I Like to Move in Here" shimmies along on a languid house beat that doffs a cap to early hip-hop in the shape of a cameo from MC Grandmaster Caz, one of the writers of "Rapper's Delight", while "Everyday It's 1989" is the sort of overdriven, ecstatic piano house that Moby perfected on his 1995 classic Everything Is Wrong. There's more guest spots in the shape of British MC Aynzli, the Nigerian 419 Squad and Sylvia from dark NYC disco band Kudu, but the most impressive thing about Last Night is the peaks that Moby can reach when he's working alone: see the grand, emotive swell of "Sweet Apocalypse", cold synths and driving beats that, were it released by James Murphy, would be hailed as genius--and rightfully, too.--Louis Pattison
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MOBY'S SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM New Album from Moby featuring some of his best material in years. Check it out now!!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By C. O'Brien
VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
This is a deeply romantic album -- in the sense that it's a journey through memory, a conceptual stroll through the sensations of a typical night out in NYC in the 80s or 90s.
So the night starts wild and jubilant with the old school "I Love To Move In Here", featuring Grandmaster Caz of the Cold Crush Brothers and moves onto a homage to every crazy rave anthem (Black Box's "Ride on Time", anyone?) with "Everyday It's Like 1989". And the mechanistic "257.zero" evokes a haunted landscape of digital bewilderment before lapsing into the rich, weary sophistication of "Live For Tomorrow" and "Hyenas", the latter featuring a swooning Algerian French vocal; Piaf meets Grace Jones at 4am under a stuttering streetlight.
Elsewhere Moby revisits early 90s house with "Disco Lies" and employs a rap from Ainzli Jones and Nigerian hip-hop act 419 Group for futuristic hip-hop outing "Alice". The guttural desperation of the Moroder-ish "I'm In Love" recalls Crystal Waters "She's Homeless" more than it does the smooth sensuality of a Donna Summer.
But as the album swoops to a blissfully exhausted close with its lovely title track, the elegiac quality of the album is clear as first daylight. "If this be my last night on earth," sings Kudu's Sylvia Gordon, "let me remember this for all that it's worth."
Self-referential maybe - but not dated so much as a romantic elegy for a vanished elysium.
So the night starts wild and jubilant with the old school "I Love To Move In Here", featuring Grandmaster Caz of the Cold Crush Brothers and moves onto a homage to every crazy rave anthem (Black Box's "Ride on Time", anyone?) with "Everyday It's Like 1989". And the mechanistic "257.zero" evokes a haunted landscape of digital bewilderment before lapsing into the rich, weary sophistication of "Live For Tomorrow" and "Hyenas", the latter featuring a swooning Algerian French vocal; Piaf meets Grace Jones at 4am under a stuttering streetlight.
Elsewhere Moby revisits early 90s house with "Disco Lies" and employs a rap from Ainzli Jones and Nigerian hip-hop act 419 Group for futuristic hip-hop outing "Alice". The guttural desperation of the Moroder-ish "I'm In Love" recalls Crystal Waters "She's Homeless" more than it does the smooth sensuality of a Donna Summer.
But as the album swoops to a blissfully exhausted close with its lovely title track, the elegiac quality of the album is clear as first daylight. "If this be my last night on earth," sings Kudu's Sylvia Gordon, "let me remember this for all that it's worth."
Self-referential maybe - but not dated so much as a romantic elegy for a vanished elysium.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It's a shame that Moby has become almost the ubiquitous sound of advertising to the point that even though the music on Play and 18 were great, they will forever be remembered for the products they advertised.
By way of comparison Last Night is a return to the dance music that characterised Moby's early releases. The tunes themselves have the feel of early Moby like 'Go', 'Feeling So Real' and 'Anthem' which is fantastic. The album itself feels as if it winds its way through a night out, from the euphoria of preparing and getting to a club, and eventually coming back down to the late night reflection on what was and might have been. While the tunes hint at the past the production and quality of music and vocals (from the myriad of different guest vocalists) are bang up to date.
If you only buy one dance music album this year make it this one!
By way of comparison Last Night is a return to the dance music that characterised Moby's early releases. The tunes themselves have the feel of early Moby like 'Go', 'Feeling So Real' and 'Anthem' which is fantastic. The album itself feels as if it winds its way through a night out, from the euphoria of preparing and getting to a club, and eventually coming back down to the late night reflection on what was and might have been. While the tunes hint at the past the production and quality of music and vocals (from the myriad of different guest vocalists) are bang up to date.
If you only buy one dance music album this year make it this one!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
May I just start by saying that I wish people would stop expecting another 'Play'. It has been and gone and Moby is the type of artist who is never going to repeat himself. As much as I loved 'Play', I think that this album is on a par with it, although it is completly different. My favourite song on the album would have to be 'I love to move in here' which I instantly fell in love with for it's floaty, easy listening, but still danceable beat. However, there is not a bad track on this album, all in there own diverse way brilliant, with many talented guest vocalists; particularly the afroed diva belting out disco lies!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
a good album for an amazing price!
I downloaded this album from amazon for £1.49! A sixteen song album
for that price is bound to be bad, but not this one. Read more
for that price is bound to be bad, but not this one. Read more
Published 1 month ago by T. Lewis
1.0 out of 5 stars
Avoid
I have always loved Moby's music. I thought that Hotel, last studio album before this, was equally as good as previous albums, just in a different way. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by Susan H. Hicks
5.0 out of 5 stars
Moby is still the best
Last night is a fantastic album in the typical style of Moby.
These tracks are reproducing 70's and 80' as Moby wrote in the introduction. Read more
These tracks are reproducing 70's and 80' as Moby wrote in the introduction. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2008 by T. Eva
5.0 out of 5 stars
A refreshing return to form
Like the previous reviewer, I would also like to start in questionable fashion... Why on earth are people comparing this to the likes of Play and Hotel? Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2008 by Max Rebo
4.0 out of 5 stars
Last Night? Hopefully not prophetic!
I'd decided I wasn't going to bother with this album but then heard 'Ooh Yeah' blaring out at a music store and signed up yet again. Read more
Published on 28 May 2008 by Mr. D. J. Underwood
5.0 out of 5 stars
sexy & beautiful
moby back to his ecclectic best.
this album helps you choose your outfit, put your make up on, get down the club, have a great time, get back home, chill out and think on... Read more
this album helps you choose your outfit, put your make up on, get down the club, have a great time, get back home, chill out and think on... Read more
Published on 13 May 2008 by halo jones
3.0 out of 5 stars
1989?
Moby has always been an interesting artist, however, not consistantly interesting. I was majorly disappionted with his last effort and was hoping for something a little more upbeat... Read more
Published on 12 May 2008 by J. Ball
5.0 out of 5 stars
return to old skool
14 tracks of sheer brilliance. Here, Moby returns to his roots, and it's about time too. As a loyal Moby fan he once again impresses me with his versatility. Read more
Published on 19 April 2008 by Mr. Philip Terras
1.0 out of 5 stars
Moby Dick !
What a waste of a talent. Little wonder he only made five quid on the BBC Culture Show Busker's challenge! The memories of Play and 18 are long gone. Read more
Published on 12 April 2008 by Arthur Dooley
5.0 out of 5 stars
Moby =
Ignore the couple of bad reviews below. If you appreciate dance music, if you followed play, 18 and hotel, then you will like this album. Read more
Published on 9 April 2008 by r0ckland
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