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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0638812704924 Label: V2 Manufacturer: V2 MPN: 127049 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: V2 Release Date: June 01, 1999 Studio: V2 Editorial Review: Amazon.com's Best of 1999 : Those who have followed Moby's career are familiar by now with his deep convictions and spiritual connection. On his 1999 release, Play, he celebrates his faith in a masterful, unobtrusive way, channeling gospel and other inspirational samples through beats so earthy they could grow grass on a cement dance floor. It's impossible to separate the joy of the message from the joy of the grooves. --Beth Massa Amazon.com essential recording: The great iconoclast of techno returns with a smooth, sacred, and exhilarating record. Play's concoction of breakbeat rhythms, ambient mixology, and inspired blues and gospel samples cry out across musical genres and histories, imparting a time-tested wisdom to beat-driven ears. Moby's devout faith--in both God and his own musical whims--give this approach a sort of legitimacy that another, less sincere artist would never have. That sincerity reverberates through the beats and instrumental eclecticism like a pulse. The soulful refrains and proclamations in "Find My Baby" and "Natural Blues" somehow nestle between straight-up dance-floor rave-ups ("Bodyrock") and melt-in-your-mouth ambience ("Inside") with an effortless grace. Moby reaches across his turntables and finds something pure--almost organic. In fact, the album feels more natural than techno is ever supposed to feel, more spiritual than what DJs are supposed to be able to muster, and more alive than it has any right to be. --Matthew Cooke Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Brings back so many memories, It will stand the test of timeI'm going to take a different approach to reviewing albums on Amazon. Instead of going in depth on each album and describe each album in detail, i'm going to simply rate each album with how many stars I feel each album is worth based on the below criteria. I hope this helps you make a better decision on purchasing this album with a simple individual rating. If it doesn't help read another review. 5 stars- Classic, Album goes beyond description, Perfect in every way, Could remind you of a certain ... Read More Rating:  - Still beautiful to listen to...Just bought this CD a couple of weeks ago. I enjoyed listening to it because there's something different about these music compared to contemporary ones. Although obviously they are very modern, you can say Moby's technique of utilizing notes harks back to medieval times. The prolongation of some notes (which are hypnotizing) resembles those of the chants used in religious services. The transitions can be compared to majority of the classical/baroque music. And who could miss the vocals that resemble arias? ... Read More Rating: - Play - by MobyThis is the album that got me hooked on Moby. I've been a fan ever since. It goes without saying, I recommend it very highly. Rating: - A Defintive Album of the 90'sIn an era dominated by Grunge and Hip-hop, Moby managed to create an album which will arguably be placed on the best list of the 90's. He introduced the Blues to Electronica and made it commercially trendy. Rating: - A wonderful surprise...I will admit when I first bought this album, I did not like it. In fact, I hated it and would have attempted to sell it immediately, but I'd only paid five bucks or so for it in the first place so I kept it, figuring I wouldn't get much of a return. Two weeks passed with me glaring at what seemed to be wasted money in my cd rack before I finally decided to give Moby's "Play" another listen. Boy, am I glad I did. This cd is something strange and intriguing with tracks that are pure ear candy and ... Read More |
