Last Night

Moby | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mute
• ASIN: B000Y8KG02
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,363 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ooh Yea

2. I Love To Move In Here

3. 257.zero

4. Everyday It's 1989

5. Live For Tomorrow

6. Alice

7. Hyenas

8. I'm In Love

9. Disco Lies

10. The Stars

11. Degenerates

12. Sweet Apocalypse

13. Mothers Of The Night

14. Last Night

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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

Product Description

This sixth studio album from the unassuming studio genius follows 2005's Hotel and has been described by the man himself as a return to a more electronic and dancefloor oriented feel. Produced and recorded at his home studio in Manhattan, the record includes the single 'Alice' and features a variety of guest vocalists including the UK's MC Aynzli, Sylvia Gordon of Brooklyn indie-dance outfit Kudu, the Yoruba-speaking Nigerian 419 Crew, and Grandmaster Caz, one of the writers of the seminal Hip Hop anthem 'Rapper's Delight'.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes You Want to Bump and Grind May 24, 2008

By Maggie Mae

Format:Audio CD

Moby is probably electronic music scenes' most famous vegetarian and he has put out album after album over the years. He is up to his typical tricks again with this release. He has a way with beats and is known for being extremely outspoken (he's had verbal fights with the rapper Eminem on television more than once).

With this album nothing has changed. He has a way of putting down excellent electronic beats with smooth pop vocals into each song. This album has a body moving vibe in a more traditional structure without being "mainstream". His songs make you want to bump and grind but not in the rap/dance sense. "Ooh Yeah" which features a rather sexy female voice has a delicate flow to it that you can't help but love and dance to because it has a rather nice delicate flow to it. Last Night is the perfect ambient mood CD to put on when your tryin' to get someone in "the mood".

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Diffrent Sides Of Moby April 7, 2008

By Josephll

Format:Audio CD

Few Dance artists can compare to Moby in popularity and mainstream success, Moby is equally famous for the versatility in his music that uses elements from Rave, Techno, Rock, Pop and Lounge and for his lifestyle which includes strong religious believes and animal activism. Although his early beginnings with eponymous debut album Moby and Everything Is Wrong sound nothing like his worldwide breakthrough albums Play and 18 you can say that Moby is the most recognizable dance artist in the world cause he was able to blend so many diffrent styles into his album "Play" that even people that normally don't like dance music got their eyes on him and his music, Moby also manufacted his music well with good music videos and borrowing a handful of songs to tv commercials. Kind of like non-rap fans enjoying Kanye West cause his lyrics differ from the average rapper and he's able to sell himself better then anyone else. However, As important as "Play" was for dance music it was giant steps away from the more traditional Rave/Techno that Moby made in the early 90's with songs like "Go", "Drop A Beat", "Everytime You Touch Me" and "Feeling So Real". And for old time fans it was even harder to accept the more exprimental rock oriented flop album Hotel that simply became the last straw. But 3 years later Moby realized that singing ain't his thing and fans rather prefer him doing dance music then rock.... "Last Night" goes way back in time and celebrates New Yorks openminded night life and it also pay tribute to a lenghty career full of rich influences, but it's the first studio album since his 1995 album "Everything Is Wrong" that is more dedicated to uptempo electronica/Techno and it couldn't be more suitable at this point of his career.

While a big number of songs here are dance oriented uptempos there's also plenty of songs that don't fit into that pattern that are taken from diffrent parts of Moby's career. First song "Oh Yeah" is a quite typical Moby song with a repetitibe voice saying oh yeah some sexy female backround voice and both guitar riffs and electro keyboard beats. A good start, I expect to hear this one in a commercial soon. One of the highlights is the secons song "I Love To Move In Here" with some sensual female vocals and a rap verse from Grandmaster Caz in a laidback midtempo sound. "257.Zero" is retro dance with a female voice briefly mentioning those number. It works incredibly smooth. "Everyday It's 1989" sound a little like "In This World" from "18" with distorted female vocals but soundwise it reminds me more of early 90's Moby with fast techno beats. It's works fine even if it's on fammilair territory. "Live for Tomorrow" is simular but more melancholy and is yet another good number. On the single "Alice" Moby sings a little and got this rapper with him aswell. it's much harder then most of the ofter things here and sounds like electro meets metal rap or something. Not my cup of tea. "Hyenas" is a guitar driven slow tempo with a lush female vocalist in almost lounge sound. "I'm In Love" is simular in slow sound featuring a female vocalist.

A strong uptempo in "Disco Lies" with a female vocalist singing it once more but this time she sings plenty. This one was a single. "The Stars" got trademark Moby sound with chants, techno beats and distorted female vocals but halfway it becomes darker with almost hardcore beats to shortly go back to how it started again. Very nice. "Degenerates" is instrumenal lounge and sound a little like film music. The same with "Sweet Apocalypse" which is more electro sounding and "Mothers Of The Night" a mesmerizing slow tempo that sound like Air at their best. The closer "Last Night" is the slowest cut here, with it's lush and elegant sound it couldn't be a better thing to play in the wee small hours at some after party.

Overall, No album has been able to sum up Moby 17 year old career any better then this one, it demontrates Moby's versatility in sound, richness in production and many influences among the years. Almost every song here is memorable enough to be good, wether it's back to back Disco or lush lounge music. But what strikes me most is that it's way more more entertaining then anything he did in a long time. It sounds like he's taking his experience and just offering the best of himself and his diffrent musical eras without exprimenting too much. This is the real Moby. And it offers something for anyone. It could hardly get better based on the few expectations that I had. Read more ›

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars I was expecting something a little different... May 22, 2008

By Lesley Aeschliman VINE™ VOICE

Format:Audio CD

Last Night is Moby's first album released by Mute US. When I was hearing reports that this was supposed to be more of a "dance album" compared to his more recent albums, I was excited to hear this. Unfortunately, after hearing Last Night, I was rather disappointed. While it's not a bad album, it definitely wasn't what I thought it was going to be.

In the liner notes, Moby included an essay explaining what his intent with the album was; he said he wanted to make an album that sounded like a night out in New York. While I understand that this is the sound that Moby was trying to achieve, it ultimately didn't work for me.

On Last Night, it sounds like Moby is trying to re-tread the sounds of several eras in his back catalog. "Ooh Yeah" sounds like Moby is trying to return to the sound from his Instinct Records days. I could also hear that some songs sounded like they could have fit onto albums in Moby's back catalog: Everything is Wrong ("I Love to Move in Here," "Everyday It's 1989," and "The Stars"), Play ("Alice"), and 18 ("Live for Today"). The song "Degenerates" sounded like it could have appeared on one of the ambient CDs that was released as part of limited edition versions of some of Moby's albums. Ultimately, it didn't feel as if Moby really brought anything new musically to this album.

The last four tracks on the CD are all downtempo, which seems to go against the idea of Last Night being a "dance album." Also, it really makes it much harder to listen to the end of the album, especially with the last song on the disc ("Last Night") running for almost ten minutes. "Sweet Apocalypse" and "Mothers of the Night" sound like they really should have been relegated as B-sides.... If they had been, it really would have helped to improve the flow of the overall album.

Again, while Last Night isn't a bad album, it really wasn't what I was expecting. I will probably only pull this album out to listen to it if I need some background music, because it's just not the type of album I can really listen to unless it's in the background. Read more ›

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars aw c'mon, it's good! May 10, 2008

By bruce

Format:Audio CD

alright, i picked this up impulsively, which i almost never do because it sucks when you get a cd and like only few or none of the songs. but the cover got me. liked it. and i liked "play." i liked it a lot. i tried to get into "18" but couldn't--even after several sincere listenings... i'll give it a few more listens before i make my final judgement... anyway, "last night" is good. (i've gone ahead and tossed the receipt)! i've listened to "last night" thoroughly now, again and again, and my final judgement is: it's good! it's fun! it's intelligent! bear with me on that last part, because like a lot of electronically-driven music, it can be monotonous. but don't focus on that single layer of sound. these tracks have many layers. these tracks are multi-colored. THIS MUSIC IS THE PRODUCT OF VERY THOUGHTFUL COMPOSITION. that's right! COMPOSITION! good cd. go ahead and spring the 15 or 20 bucks and buy it. put it in your cart. go ahead!