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PLAY was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. "Bodyrock" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

"Natural Blues" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.

A marked departure from the sound of his groundbreaking EVERYTHING IS WRONG and his subsequent hard-edged output, PLAY finds Moby charting new territory. Abandoning the breakneck drive of techno punk for looser, groovier structures entrenched in dance-oriented hip-hop brings a whole new feeling to Moby's vast and varied sonic canvas. Several songs, including the hit single "Honey," are distinguished by the appearance of early American field recordings, looped bits of African American spirituals and folk songs culled from the Alan Lomax catalogue.

Moby's penchant for complex composition is in evidence here, as layer after layer of keyboard ornamentation, percussive effects, guitar, vocals (Moby sings and also plays all the instruments), and pulsing, echoing beats create a rich, deeply textured tapestry. PLAY shows that Moby's sophisticated sense of sound collage hasn't dulled, and the combination of these wide-ranging sonic experiments with unique historical samples and rootsier, more accessible beats indicates his ever-changing vision as an artist.

Includes liner notes by Moby.

Personnel: Moby (vocals, various instruments, samples); Pilar Basso, Reggie Matthews, The Shining Light Gospel Choir (vocals).

Rolling Stone (6/24/99, p.64) - 4 out of 5 - "...embraces both hip-hop syncopations and...early-twentieth-century African American folk music to create time-traveling beatbox rhythms....Moby sing-speaks, plays innumerable instruments and crafts complex soulful harmonies..."
Spin (9/99, p.128) - Ranked #20 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
Spin (7/99, pp.125-6) - 9 (out of 10) - "...To hear an electronic dance album looking backward as intently as it dreams forward is a real-time jolt, and Moby rides the groove with a buzz reminiscent of his early, techno anthems....It's as real an image as rave,or alternative, culture has ever imagined."
Entertainment Weekly (6/11/99, p.68) - "...techno imp's best album since 1995's EVERYTHING IS WRONG....setting snippets from old blues and gospel recordings to new rhythmic settings....PLAY is music that truly moves back to the future." - Rating: A-
Q (10/01, p.54) - Ranked #35 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime"
Q (1/00, p.84) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1999."
Q (6/99, p.109) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...Moby's visceral use of early blues samples is at the heart of PLAY, creating achingly emotional pieces...before the choirs, liquid piano runs and swirling analogue synthesizers kick in..."
Alternative Press (8/99, p.67) - 4 (out of 5) - "...pushing the [electronic music] genre in new directions....[PLAY] draws you in with its beautiful combinations of sound...."
Muzik (6/99, p.86) - Stars 4 (out of 5) - "...Moby operates in his own sonic vacuum, where gospel angels ride with outlaw cowboys and b-boy wannabes, just becuase they can. Idiosyncratically brilliant, as ever..."
CMJ (1/10/00, p.3) - Ranked #4 in CMJ's "Top 30 Editorial Picks [for 1999]."
CMJ (5/31/99, p.5) - "...Relying heavily on vocal samples of great Southern spiritual and blues singers, he has crafted an album of uniquely affecting soul....this onetime hardcore kid has found a way to match studio grooves with gospel harmony and deep blues..."
Mojo (Publisher) (1/00, p.31) - Ranked #23 in Mojo Magazine's "Best of 1999."
NME (Magazine) (5/15/99, p.31) - "...PLAY encompasses hip-hop beats, funky grooves, samples of old blues hollering, big house emotionalism and slow, smoldering soul....ploughing a unique furrow in pop music, he demands your enjoyment as much as your respect."
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Category Rock Albums, R&B CDs, Dance, Electronica, Alternative, Urban Soundtrack, Rock/Pop, Techno
Label V2
Orig Year 1998
All Time Sales Rank   214    Top 500
CD Universe Part number 1113174
Discs 1
Release Date Jun 01, 1999
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Moby
Engineer Moby
Moby Play Songs


Moby Play Album Track Listing



1.Honey
2.Find My Baby
3.Porcelain
4.Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
5.South Side
6.Rushing
7.Bodyrock
8.Natural Blues
9.Machete
10.7
11.Run On
12.Down Slow
13.If Things Were Perfect
14.Everloving
15.Inside
16.Guitar Flute & String
17.Sky Is Broken, The
18.My Weakness
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Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

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5 stars hey cmon..
im a fan of all music and this album is good and many of his others are too, but dont be hating on eminem he does what he wants to do, and so does moby that makes both of them hardcore, doing what you want no matter what others think, im sure moby dosnt care that eminem wrote about him its just life man... let live, live life and live it
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4 stars Great
Moby was great before he changed his direction in music. 'Play' is a good example of how his music should sound like. Honey, Bodyrock & Everloving are favorites.
Submitted by Frodo Baggins (Middle Earth)
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5 stars Great album; better than Eminem!
I hate how Eminem kept on dissing Moby on and on like a moron just because Moby said his music should be more appropriate. Moby even admitted Eminem is an intelligent man so I don't see why Eminem had to go on and on and diss and make people view Moby as a loser. Moby is quite an intelligent, electronic, cool, hip artist. Play is an awesome album. The coolest song is "Bodyrock." That song pumps me up. The only song that's annoying is "Honey." But the other songs are talented unlike Eminem's Encore album. Eminem could not be as talented as Moby so why do more people by hateful albums like Eminem's. Plus if Eminem did try and fight Moby, Eminem wouldn't beat him up as people think. If you liked this album you would probably like You've Come A Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim or Fat of the Land by Prodigy which are electronic albums. Also critics and shows on Vh1 said Moby "Play" was the 12th best album in the past twenty years. Eminem's album was the 13th. That shows Moby tries harder at his work. Also Moby didn't release crap like Encore. 18 was also a good album by Moby.
Submitted by derekp8 (Toronto, ON, Canada)
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5 stars Moby Rocks
Cd with real style with electro feel to it.songs with a chilled and dance style to them. Favirites honey,inside,why does my heat fell so bad etc.Most of song are cool.
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5 stars Play, by Moby, is the best album I've ever owned
I love all the songs that make me feel like I'm in a night club and songs like Porcelain can put me to sleep at night.
Submitted by tonyneil24 (Riverside,CA)
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