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Last Night
by Mute
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Audio CD
Publisher: Mute
Last Night - the fifteen track album was recorded in Moby's home studio in Manhattan NY and mixed by Dan Grech - Maguerat who has also worked with Radiohead and the Scissor Sisters. The new album features guest vocalists and includes the original 70's MC Grandmaster Caz one of the writers of Rappers Delight, Sylvia from Kudu, the UK's MC Aynzli and S.O. Simple and Smokey from the Nigerian 419 Squad. EMI. 2008.
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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| Luke-warm return to form |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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2 1/2
Last Night feels more like a controlled effort to convince fans he has returned to his dancefloor roots rather then a genuine album that makes you want to move like his old classics Play and Everything is Wrong provided, instead at best mimicking the old prototype with tracks such as "Everyday It's 1989" interspersed with half-cooked attempts to update a stale palate.
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| Good - I like It |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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The first time I heard this maybe I wasn't in the right mood, I could swear that Moby was a fag or something, and he could be - regardless, the music is still dope. The point is that this album is way cool to listen to when doing nightly hygiene. It took my a little while to warm up to this one. Nonetheless, it's got a real catchy hook, and really killer vibe. I dig it. I would recommend it to someone who likes kitsch (though I deny liking kitsch myself, I just dig this one when I brushing my teeth).
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| Hmmmmmmmm |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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This album had a lot of hype around it. Everyone was saying, "oh, Moby is back!" ...blah blah blah.
I'm still not sure whether I love it or hate it.
Still not selling it, gonna give it MORE time to grow on me. You know these damn talented artists and how they're always 'ahead of their time' and what not. I hope that's the case on this one.
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| Moby In The Mix |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Nice mix of musical genres, light vocals, very musical and open-minded and uncentered. If you are looking for something just a little off the beaten path but not too obscure then this album will soot you just fine.
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| Huh? |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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The blurb above says that this is Moby's "return" after three albums where he was in a "creative stasis." What? Moby's last three albums WERE HIS BEST THREE ALBUMS!! This, however, is standard, uncreative, passe, forgettable dance-music CRAP. Nothing to write home about.
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Ooh Yea
I Love To Move In Here
257.zero
Everyday It's 1989
Live For Tomorrow
Alice
Hyenas
I'm In Love
Disco Lies
The Stars
Degenerates
Sweet Apocalypse
Mothers Of The Night
Last Night
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