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Moby is the debut studio album by American electronica musician Moby, released in July 1992 by record label Instinct.

Content

The song "Go" samples "Laura Palmer's Theme" from Twin Peaks, as well as the titular vocal from the song "Go!" by Tones on Tail.

The album's song "Thousand" was listed in Guinness World Records for having the fastest beats-per-minute (BPM) tempo, clocking in at over 1,000 BPM, hence its name.[3]

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
Q[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[7]
Sputnikmusic1.5/5[8]

Moby was released by the New York-based independent label Instinct Records on July 27, 1992.[1][9] In an interview with Billboard at the time of the album's release, Moby stated that "all the songs are at least a year old. It's not entirely reflective of where I'm coming from right now" and that "the label had the legal right to put it out, the best thing for me to do is view it as more a retrospective and get on with my life".[9]

The album was issued without Moby's cooperation. In Martin James' book Moby < Replay – The Life and Times, Moby recalled that he was so angry about the release of the album that he actively spoke out against it in any promotional work. He went on to say:

The basic problem was that I had never wanted to put an album like this out. It was just a compilation with a few unreleased demos. Dance albums had always failed, I thought, because they didn't work over the full length of the record. Mostly they were singles collections which was exactly what I didn't want to do. At the time, the first Prodigy album (Experience) impressed me because they'd managed to create a full listening experience which encompassed various styles. This was the kind of vision I had for my debut album. But Instinct insisted on putting Moby out. Which kind of upset me a lot.[10]

By 2016, however, Moby had softened his stance on Moby and its Instinct Records-issued follow-up Ambient somewhat, stating that he "really like[d] them almost as odd time capsules".[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Moby

US edition
No.TitleLength
1."Drop a Beat"4:20
2."Everything"4:52
3."Yeah"5:49
4."Electricity"3:29
5."Next Is the E"4:42
6."Mercy"5:44
7."Go"3:37
8."Help Me to Believe"6:33
9."Have You Seen My Baby?"4:09
10."Ah Ah"3:46
11."Slight Return"4:30
12."Stream"3:09
Total length:54:40
German edition
No.TitleLength
1."Everything"4:52
2."Yeah"5:49
3."Electricity"3:29
4."Next Is the E"4:42
5."Mercy"5:44
6."Go"3:37
7."Help Me to Believe"6:33
8."Have You Seen My Baby?"4:09
9."Ah Ah"3:46
10."Slight Return"4:30
11."Stream"3:09
12."Thousand"4:24
Total length:54:44
UK edition – The Story So Far
No.TitleLength
1."Ah Ah"3:46
2."I Feel It" (Next Is the E Remix)5:57
3."Everything"4:52
4."Mercy"5:44
5."Help Me to Believe"6:32
6."Go" (Woodtick Mix)6:32
7."Yeah"5:48
8."Drop a Beat" (The New Version)2:40
9."Thousand"4:24
10."Slight Return"4:29
11."Go" (Subliminal Mix Unedited Version)4:28
12."Stream"3:08
Total length:58:20

Personnel

Credits for Moby adapted from album liner notes.[12]

Design
  • Dave Brubaker – artwork, design
  • Electric Muse Graphics – artwork, design
  • Jill Greenberg – photography

References

  1. ^ a b c Bush, John. "Moby – Moby". AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (2000). "Moby: Moby". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  3. ^ Buckley, Peter (2003). "Moby". The Rough Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to More Than 1200 Artists and Bands (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 683. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  4. ^ Sandow, Greg (August 28, 1992). "Moby". Entertainment Weekly (133). Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  5. ^ "Moby: Moby". Q (166): 137. July 2000.
  6. ^ Berger, Arion (2004). "Moby". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 548–49. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  8. ^ "Moby: Moby". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  9. ^ a b Flick, Larry (February 24, 1992). "Dance Trax". Billboard. 104 (43). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 34. ISSN 0006-2510.
  10. ^ James, Martin (2001). Moby: Replay – His Life and Times. Olmstead Press. p. 70. ISBN 1-587-54011-8.
  11. ^ Lindsay, Cam (June 16, 2016). "Rank Your Records: Moby Spontaneously Ranks His Nine Records". Vice. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  12. ^ Moby (liner notes). Moby. Instinct Records. 1991. EX-241-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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