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On the Shelf 105: Moby
Oct. 29th, 2013 06:56 pmI mentioned this before but even if his profile has diminished, Moby continues to make music that hits high quality marks. 2011 Destroyed made my Best-of list that year, and was an excellent continuation of Moby as drawn from his Everything is Wrong/Play/18 era.
At this point, Moby has released so much music that it does seem some of the songs you surely already own on your iPod, but the quality is certainly to the par of his commercial peak.
Innocents continues by upping expectations with a guest vocalist list that includes Wayne Coyne, Mark Lannegan, Damian Jurado, and Skylar Grey. While I don't know if the charts still look favorably on Moby (and I doubt it does), there's a lot to like here.
The first song to see the light of day was the Lanegan duet (released for Free Store Day), which is a bit of heavy medicine for the first taste. Lanegan at his most Cohen-ish and Moby providing plaintive background. it most certainly scared people off.
First single "A Case for Shame" was closer to what fans were expecting, and second single (with Coyne from the Flaming Lips) provides one of Moby's best singles to date.
I don't think a new Moby album has near the impact they used to, but if you were ever a fan, then this album is for you. this undoubtedly will make my Year-end Best-Of once again.
Besides being an ace song, it's a brilliant video too. Why isn't this huge?
At this point, Moby has released so much music that it does seem some of the songs you surely already own on your iPod, but the quality is certainly to the par of his commercial peak.
Innocents continues by upping expectations with a guest vocalist list that includes Wayne Coyne, Mark Lannegan, Damian Jurado, and Skylar Grey. While I don't know if the charts still look favorably on Moby (and I doubt it does), there's a lot to like here.
The first song to see the light of day was the Lanegan duet (released for Free Store Day), which is a bit of heavy medicine for the first taste. Lanegan at his most Cohen-ish and Moby providing plaintive background. it most certainly scared people off.
First single "A Case for Shame" was closer to what fans were expecting, and second single (with Coyne from the Flaming Lips) provides one of Moby's best singles to date.
I don't think a new Moby album has near the impact they used to, but if you were ever a fan, then this album is for you. this undoubtedly will make my Year-end Best-Of once again.
Besides being an ace song, it's a brilliant video too. Why isn't this huge?
