Getting the recognition he has now rightfully justified. (Play - Moby)

Member Name: redcockney

Product:	Play - Moby
Date:	24/10/00 (13 review reads)
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Advantages: Superb and covering an immense range of emotions.

Disadvantages: Fatboy Slim fans have inevitably ‘slammed’ him as being a ‘copy’.

From ‘Bodyrock’ to ‘Natural Blues’ to ‘Porcelain’ to ‘Run On’ to ‘Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?’ only the most unembracing of hearts could really fail to understand the appeal of Moby....understated,
seemingly incredibly original but more importantly very, very good.

‘Bodyrock’ the superb dance/rap track is easily the big ‘floor-filler’ with it’s sharp guitars, big beats and catchy sample. This time found he’s ‘found’ gospel and gently introduced it among some of the offerings on ‘Play’ with great effect.

The MOST NOTED FACT is that you can hear these tracks through other forms of media (and damn, you’d be right....especially if you live in America and watch too many adverts) doesn’t lessen it’s impact....to me, it just makes me embrace the album even more.

It’s easy to see why Moby has only ‘recently’ acheived both critical and popular acclaim....if you’ve heard his earlier stuff, it’s slightly underdeveloped such as 1995’s ‘Everytime You Touch Me’ (?) which is slightly TOO repetitive and basic to be appreciated (perhaps it was the choice of sample) and 1993’s ‘Move’, 1994’s ‘Hymn’ where he embraces trance just that little bit too much (like Paul Oakenfold nowadays).

Although someone remarked to me the other day about Moby being a ‘hipper Enya’! That is doing him a great injustice (although surreally close to the mark).

Will he be able to top ‘Play’? And do we want him to?

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