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Last Night
by Moby
from Mute

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Editorial Review:

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

This sixth studio album from the unassuming studio genius follows 2005's 'Hotel' and has been described by the man himself as a return to a more electronic and dancefloor orientedfeel. Produced and recorded at his home studio in Manhattan, the record includes the single 'Alice' and features a variety of guest vocalists including the UK's MC Aynzli, Sylvia Gordon of Brooklyn indie-dance outfit Kudu, the Yoruba-speaking Nigerian 419 Crew, and Grandmaster Caz, one of the writers of the seminal hip-hop anthem 'Rapper's Delight'.

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• 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? What you all fail to realise is that Moby release's albums centred around a different theme, a feeling. To call him an individual artist to a specific genre is wrong; the likes of Play and Hotel demonstrated his freedom to cross many different sub-genres, whereas this album, (as it CLEARLY explains in the CD booklet, if anyone even bothered to read it) is... more info

• Superb in its own right.
  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... more info

• 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. I think the problem with Moby is that he doesn't sound like he's moving on - and so too with this album, any of the tracks would not sound out of place on say '18', and his selection of lead single 'Alice' was not a good move - possibly his worse choice for single ever so I'm not surprised it's not selling too well.
  And yet...this is a good album. In the notes, he says he... more info

• A Fantastic return to form!!!
  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... more info

Tracks:

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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