Wait For Me

Moby | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mute
• ASIN: B0027G783W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,135 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

While listening to filmmaker David Lynch speak at the BAFTA Awards in February 2008, Moby had an epiphany. Lynch's message- creativity for its own sake is a beautiful, wonderful thing- was a simple one, but it hit Moby with the force of the Zen master's cane. "At that moment, I decided to just make records that were more personal," says Moby, "maybe more experimental, and a little more challenging, maybe not as easy to like, but things that I found to be artistically and creatively more satifying. That was the idea behind making the new album."

The album resulting from this epiphany, Wait For Me, is a radical departure from Moby's recent albums- last year's paean to the dance floor, Last Night, 2008's flirtation with modern rock, Hotel, the shimmering ambience of 2002's 18, and the zeitgeist-defining melancholy electronica of 1999's Play. Liberated from the pressures of trying to please himself at the same time as the industry, in making Wait For Me Moby decided to forego the expensive studios, state-of-the-art equipment, big name guest artists, and phalanxes of graphic designers and image consultants that have characterized some of his previous albums. "There's something so relaxing about doing everything yourself, and not trying to second-guess the market," Moby says. "It's nice to try to do things for the right reasons- just make a record because you want to make a record."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Refined And Tender Moby Masterpiece !, June 30, 2009

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Brien Comerford (Glenview, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wait For Me (Audio CD)

"Wait For Me" is a tender, refined and predominantly ambient CD of nonpareil electronic music that has some of the most melancholic, majestic and poignant soundscapes of Moby's career. It was recorded in Moby's home studio with the help of some very adept female vocalists. "Shot In The Back Of The Head" is one of the most harrowing and surreal instrumentals ever composed. There are many other great tracks such as "Division" that is laden with vintage synthetic strings. "Hope Is Gone" is a ballad replete with pathos. "Ghost Return" and "Slow Light" are driven by weeping keys. "Walk With Me" is accompanied by a grieving female voice. "JLTF" is resplendent with piano augmented by sad lyrics. "Pale Horses" is a brilliant vocal song that is emotive and grievous. "Seated Night" is a monastic and mystical instrumental. The boundlessly talented Moby has composed profoundly yearning and lush songs that make you want to cry in joy, sorrow,lament and angst. He's truly a peerless techno master who creates songs inducing mania to sounds that will arouse feelings of pity, compassion, sympathy and sorrow. Much of the music is sombre and stark but Moby is a musician with a spiritual heart of gold.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mournful and melodic! Very chart non-bothering..., June 30, 2009

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Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wait For Me (Audio CD)

Chilled out, and ambient best describe Moby's latest CD "Wait for me". It comprises swirling hypnotic and relaxing strings (soothing and swelling in turn), gentle beats, some instrumentals, and some vocals; a sharp contrast to its more big-diva Dance-oriented predecessor "Last night". "Pale horses" featuring some soothing female vocals repeating "Put me on a train / send me back to my home" is a perfect example.

The mood is downbeat and melancholic, with aural pieces that could act as a backdrop to some epic movie (the trio of instrumentals "Shot in the back of the head", the acoustic "Scream pilots" or "JLTF1" and "JLTF"- the latter with spare vocals - especially). In fact, the few vocals there are stand almost in the background, letting the instruments take center stage.

"Study war" features Spartan lyrics (male Preacher-style vocals crying for no more war) set against a cinematic backdrop, and is closest in feel to anything off "Play". "Walk with me" sounds dirge-like, with tremulous fragmented female vocals (Soul singer Leela James), "Mistake" has gently stomping beats, guitars and male harmonies, while "A seated night" sounds like a visit to some ancient monastery.

Title track "Wait for me" features female vocals against cascading piano sounds, and closing cut "Isolate" is a guitar/piano instrumental with an ethereal feel (as is much of the CD really). At first listen, everything tends to sound the same, but repeated listening is required to appreciate its beauty. The album should really be listened to as one piece, much as Moby intended it to be, and I don't really see any single(s) being hits, but what do I know.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, June 30, 2009

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Xaphrin "Xaphrin" (Kalamazoo, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wait For Me (MP3 Download)

SO different than "Last Night"! It falls more on the line of "18", but it's just *beautiful*. It's one of the best albums to just sit down and relax and unwind. "Pale Horses" is just a fantastic and peaceful track. Beautiful on a rainy day when you want to contemplate the world.