Album Description: 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.
Amazon.co.uk: 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
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Truly Forgettable
Whenever most audiophiles refer to Moby's crowning career achievement, most will mention his 1999 breakout album, Play. The creativity and originality of Play was a shining moment in the electronica genre, ... Read More
Rating: - Soulful dervish
I got Moby for the radio-like electronic sounding grooves - and yeah I got 'em on this album. The media of CD is just fine.I don't think I will get it on vinyl to be a superfreak for the real thang 'cause this ... Read More
Rating: - Moby - Last Night 7/10
Strict vegetarian and eternally bald hipster Moby returns to his platinum-selling roots on Last Night, turning toward a more electronica/dance style that characterized his hit club record Play way back in 1999. ... Read More
Rating: - This isn't even a Moby album
When Moby first started out, he was a talented techno-induced DJ. Although I don't really care for techno, his early music is still quite unique from other techno 'artists'.
Rating: - Vintage Moby Repackaged
Old sounds mixed with new ones - this CD is a good blend of classic Moby sounds. My favorites - "Ooh Yeah" and "Disco Lies". Good stuff!
- Truly Forgettable
- Soulful dervish
- Moby - Last Night 7/10