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Hotel [Enhanced] [Extra tracks]

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3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (14 Mar 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced, Extra tracks
  • Label: Mute
  • ASIN: B0007LYSAU
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,084 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Hotel Intro 1:55£0.69
Listen  2. Raining Again 3:46£0.89
Listen  3. Beautiful 3:11£0.89
Listen  4. Lift Me Up 3:19£0.89
Listen  5. Where You End 3:22£0.69
Listen  6. Temptation 4:54£0.69
Listen  7. Spiders 3:44£0.69
Listen  8. Dream About Me 3:21£0.89
Listen  9. Very 3:42£0.69
Listen10. I Like It 3:45£0.69
Listen11. Love Should 3:51£0.69
Listen12. Slipping Away 3:39£0.89
Listen13. Forever 3:39£0.69
Listen14. Homeward Angel 5:49£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Once a roving maverick who skipped from euphoric rave to speed-metal to ambient soundscaping as if just to prove he could, recent years have seen Richard Melville Hall relax into a comfortable – and yes, lucrative – niche. On the surface, Hotel follows a similarly laid-back trajectory to his last two albums, Play and 18: a collection of melancholic torch-songs indebted to electro-pop, gospel, and David Bowie's "Heroes", it's typified by the rousing, keyboard-drenched likes of "Beautiful" and the twinkling, optimistic "Spiders". But that's not to say Moby is stagnating, exactly: for one, he's bravely jettisoned the vocal samples that powered the likes of "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?", relying instead on his own understated, faintly awestruck vocals – and, indeed, those of guest vocalist Laura Brown, whose sparse, synth-and-drum-machine cover of New Order's "Temptation" is a low-key highlight. But there's also a return to his raving roots on the pulsing, diva-led "Very", and a touch of politics on "Lift Me Up" – a song that hides its contempt for the Bush Administration amid a dark carnival of sweeping strings and disco-noir rhythms. --Louis Pattison

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Fifth album from perhaps the world's only megastar of electronic music follows 2002's massive-selling '18'. Produced once again in his home, with Moby himself playing almost all the instruments, this remains in much the same vein as 'Play'and '18', but this time features none of the vocal samples which made those records infamous - most of the vocals are his own.

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Well ... different, 6 April 2005
By Gary "garyth" (Leamington, England) - See all my reviews
  
If you're expecting something like Play, or even 18, you'll be surprised -- and maybe disappointed -- at this. Here, I think, Moby has decided that his albums should have more of his own Voice. The trouble is, he doesn't have much of a voice -- something that he has recognised in the past and we have been treated to some of the most powerful and beautiful voices in the session-singing world, stirred in with Moby's originality and production genius. Here, in Hotel, is Moby's voice combined with one female singer, whose voice has been chosen presumably because it is as gentle as his (though much more versatile). I started off not liking Hotel, then liked it more, and now have gone full circle -- deciding ultimately that it's a bit easy-listeningish and ... well, I hate to say it, being a great Moby fan, but boring. It's OK: it's smooth, and far more 'even' than his other albums, which would move from genre to genre far more waywardly (sometimes unsuccessfully). It's just that it doesn't make the heart thump like the best of his work on previous albums ... and I now realise that what made most of those brilliant tracks work so brilliantly was the extraordinary power of the voices Moby employed and the way that he used them. Hotel is worth buying to see the way that Moby is going -- it's quite pleasant and inoffensive. But don't expect anything as good as 'Play'.
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars different but still the same (good as always), 13 Mar 2005
By Alexandros Alexandropoulos "strangeday" (Athens, Greece Europe) - See all my reviews
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So, 3 years after the multiplatinum 18 which was sort of a sequel to Play he's returning with something new and fresh and quite different than the 2 previous american blues/gospel/spiritual/soul sample dominated albums. This time there are no "Why does my heart feel so bad" or "Honey" or "In this world". It has a more european, synthy and atmospheric sound. It could be a mid 90's trip hop Bristol album. He shares the vocals with Laura Dawn who has a very warm and soft and heartbreaking voice. Her singing in very electronic and ambient-ish version of New Order's Temptation makes you imagine beautiful landascapes and imageries. This album is quite different than what he did with the last couple ones and it needs it's time to grow but if you give it a chance it proves itself to be maybe his finest work to date. Don't expect the Lift Me Up (first) single of the album to be representative of style and sound. Though it has it's "stadium" moments. Expect Spiders to be a huge live fav and hit if released as a single.
Very is a mixture of disco and rave sound. It could be from "Everything is Wrong" album if done today. "Raining again" is a drum/piano/guitar led stomper in "We are all made of Stars" and "Extreme Ways" tradition.Beautiful, the next single, is meant to be a radio hit."Where you End" is very electronic and dreamy and could be a Depeche Mode song. "Dream about Me" is electronic and cinematic too with exquisite vocals. Very sentimental and melancholic. I am telling you again. If you spend a few listens to it you will discover that probably it is his best work to date. Highly recomended.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent concept, awesome album, 18 Mar 2005
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I love the sleeve notes that Moby puts in to his albums, not that he needs to explain himself, but it's great to have an idea of where the artist is coming from, and Hotel is no exception. From the concept to the music, 'Hotel' is an excellent album and it's been on repeat in the iPod every since I received it!

'Raining Again', 'Lift Me Up' and 'Spiders' are very strong tracks, I agree with the other reviewers who think that 'Spiders' will be a single. Moby's songwriting goes from strength to strength.

Considering the singers he could have colaborated with, I like the approach he's taken to the vocals on this album. Although he's used a number of backing vocalists, he has employed just two people for main vocal duties; himself and Laura Dawn. 'Dream About Me' is a great example of Laura's airy, haunting vocal balancing out Moby's vocal. With Laura taking the lead on 'Temptation', 'Very' and 'Like It' which are all in very different singing styles, showing her diversity.

Despite Laura's beautiful vocal, the Moby-led 'Slipping Away' was the highlight for me. One can't help feeling, the through his music, Moby is trying to communicate something, that perhaps, we should all listen to.

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4.0 out of 5 stars easy listening
i like this cd. i bought it specifically for a couple of tracks, but i was surprised how much i like all of the tracks, a mixture of easy listening and mysterious music that... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Sara Moss

5.0 out of 5 stars a little too "safe" for die-hard Moby fans
For lovers of older Moby, those album obviously comes as a shock - the songs don't have quite the same Moby feel to them. Nevertheless, I absolutely love this album. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Kirstie

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant. Almost as good as Play
OK, I didn't like "18! at all. Compared to the changing moods of Play I found it rather depressing and monotonous. Therefore, I went in to Hotel with some trepidation. Read more
Published 21 months ago by A. Dunn

5.0 out of 5 stars He just doesn't stop does he?
For some Moby is a dirty word. Up there with Dido in the bland stakes - though you'd have to be a goth with ears of cloth to think that. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2007 by Mr. M. A. Reed

4.0 out of 5 stars More of the same please Moby
This is what Moby should be doing more of!!! Some great songs, with Moby taking a stand forward and singing most of the songs by himself, and not the usual 2 or 3 he has done in... Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2006 by Mr. Clark Gillies

3.0 out of 5 stars A DIFFERENT SIDE OF MOBY
I GIVE "HOTEL" 3.5 STARS...THIS IS A WAY MORE AMBIENT/DOWNTEMPO PRODUCTION THEN HIS PRIOR RELEASES... Read more
Published on 29 May 2006 by miss s

2.0 out of 5 stars GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
it's not that bad, but it's not good either.
It seems that moby has been found out. I always had a suspicion the guy was too right on and had made a living out of others... Read more
Published on 13 May 2006 by Mr. C. J. Crockford

2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing...
In much of Moby's earlier work he expresses himself through his music, and the lyricysm of his melodies were second to none. Read more
Published on 3 July 2005 by hairless-herbert

2.0 out of 5 stars Ultimately.... a bit bland
As with any Moby album, on "Hotel" there are tracks that I love every time, and others that whilst not disliked, tend to sit in a grey twilight and come to the front now and again... Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2005 by Pete Macca

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a Five Star Hotel
When I pre-ordered Hotel I expected some of the earlier magnificance of Moby, 18 and Play. However, after inserting the CD my heart dropped; I was confronted with an album so... Read more
Published on 4 April 2005 by Thomas Mitchel

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