Moby Play 2LP 180 Gram Vinyl Mute Records Reissue Optimal Germany 2016
Title: Play
Catalog Number: STUMM172
Label: Mute Records
Reissued by: Mute Records
Barcode: 5016025311729
Original release year: 1999
Reissue year: 2016
Number of discs: 2
Revolutions per minute: 33⅓ rpm
Disc size: 12"
Vinyl Weight Grade: 180gr
Limited Edition: Yes
Total Item Weight: 561gr
Pressing country: Germany
For Market Release in: EU
Added to catalog on: August 15, 2016
Note: Never eligible for any further discounts
Vinyl Gourmet Club: No
Moby has become an iconic figure in the world of electronic pop music, as well as a household name. Moby's been retrofitting antiquated styles and archaic sounds to the electronic age since 'Natural Blues' – one of many enduring hits off of the twelve-million-plus selling international hit album Play. Nominated for both a Grammy and Brit Award, Play stands as the landmark release of its genre.
- Limited Edition
- 2LP 180 Gram Vinyl
- Pressed at Optimal Media in Germany
"Following a notorious flirtation with alternative rock, Moby returned to the electronic dance mainstream on the 1997 album I Like to Score. With 1999's Play, he made yet another leap back toward the electronica base that had passed him by during the mid-'90s. The first two tracks, "Honey" and "Find My Baby," weave short blues or gospel vocal samples around rather disinterested breakbeat techno. This version of blues-meets-electronica is undoubtedly intriguing to the all-important NPR crowd, but it is more than just a bit gimmicky to any techno fans who know their Carl Craig from Carl Cox. Fortunately, Moby redeems himself in a big way over the rest of the album with a spate of tracks that return him to the evocative, melancholy techno that's been a specialty since his early days. The tinkly piano line and warped string samples on "Porcelain" frame a meaningful, devastatingly understated vocal from the man himself, while "South Side" is just another pop song by someone who shouldn't be singing -- that is, until the transcendent chorus redeems everything. Surprisingly, many of Moby's vocal tracks are highlights; he has an unerring sense of how to frame his fragile vocals with sympathetic productions. Occasionally, the similarities to contemporary dance superstars like Fatboy Slim and Chemical Brothers are just a bit too close for comfort, as on the stale big-beat anthem "Bodyrock." Still, Moby shows himself back in the groove after a long hiatus, balancing his sublime early sound with the breakbeat techno evolution of the '90s." - John Bush, All Music
From his 1992 debut, with the massive club hit "Go," to the groundbreaking success of the inventive Play (1999), to the critical acclaim of Hotel (2005), and most recent album Innocents (2013), Moby has become an iconic figure in the world of electronic pop music, as well as a household name. Moby's been retrofitting antiquated styles and archaic sounds to the electronic age since "Natural Blues" – one of many enduring hits off of the twelve-million-plus selling international smash album Play. Nominated for both a Grammy and Brit Award, Play stands as the landmark release of its genre and is home to further definitive Moby fare like "Honey," "Porcelain," and "South Side" feat. Gwen Stefani.
Track Listing:
LP 1
01. Honey
02. Find My Baby
03. Porcelain
04. Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
05. South Side
06. Rushing
07. Bodyrock
08. Natural Blues
LP 2
01. Machete
02. 7
03. Run On
04. Down Slow
05. If Things Were Perfect
06. Everloving
07. Inside
08. Guitar Flute & String
09. The Sky Is Broken
10. My Weakness
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