Moby – Play (1999/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Moby – Play (1999/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:13 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mute, a BMG Company

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

Tracklist:
01. Moby – Honey (03:29)
02. Moby – Find My Baby (03:59)
03. Moby – Porcelain (04:02)
04. Moby – Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (04:25)
05. Moby – South Side (03:50)
06. Moby – Rushing (03:00)
07. Moby – Bodyrock (03:37)
08. Moby – Natural Blues (04:14)
09. Moby – Machete (03:38)
10. Moby – 7 (01:02)
11. Moby – Run On (03:45)
12. Moby – Down Slow (01:35)
13. Moby – If Things Were Perfect (04:10)
14. Moby – Everloving (03:26)
15. Moby – Inside (04:49)
16. Moby – Guitar Flute and String (02:10)
17. Moby – They Sky Is Broken (04:17)
18. Moby – My Weakness (03:37)

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