Hotel by Moby (original) (raw)
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Record Label: V2 / Mute
Release Date: Mar 22, 2005
Summary: The latest from the New York-based techno guru eschews samples for live instrumentation and vocals (by the bald one himself), and is backed by a second disc of ambient works.
Record Label: V2 / Mute
Genre(s): Electronic
Top Track
| Lift Me Up | |
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| Plain talking (Plain talking) Take us so far (Take us so far) Broken down cars (Broken down cars) Like strung out old stars (Like strung out old... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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- It's certainly not the most bracing thing he's ever done, but it's hardly disposable pop dreck.
- The irony is that even though the sound itself is more "natural" than on most of Moby's previous work, the essence feels less organic and more calculated. [20 Mar 2005]
- The frustrating saving grace is a bonus disc of fluid, pain-killing Brian Eno pastiche. [Jun 2005, p.75]
- [A] fruitless bid to affect euphoria. [Apr 2005, p.97]
- "Hotel" has some really fun songs to (I liked when they played the song 'beautiful' in the "Devil Wears Prada" movie. It's a very upbeat"Hotel" has some really fun songs to (I liked when they played the song 'beautiful' in the "Devil Wears Prada" movie. It's a very upbeat album. Listen to it if you're feeling bored. It's got a lot of fun beats to it. The melodies on the songs are very good. The music is nicely done. Yeah! I love this album as much as I would "Play." I like this better than "Play."… Expand
- This album was one of my favourites of 2005. A couple of the tracks towards the end drag a little but the more I listen to the album, the This album was one of my favourites of 2005. A couple of the tracks towards the end drag a little but the more I listen to the album, the more I enjoy it. It's different to his other work; that doesn't mean it's not good. Play was wildly different to Everything is Wrong, but both are outstanding records.… Expand
- While it would be hard to match the genius of 'Play', I don't think Hotel is too bad at all, though I feel Moby excels best While it would be hard to match the genius of 'Play', I don't think Hotel is too bad at all, though I feel Moby excels best when mixing more music and less singing. While usually a fan of his dance tracks,I actually preferred the Ambient CD to the feature CD. Overall, not a bad effort for the guy though.… Expand
- "Heartfelt" and "simple" seems to be a cop-out for thin, unimaginative pieces. It sounds more like lazy pop than electronica. Although Moby "Heartfelt" and "simple" seems to be a cop-out for thin, unimaginative pieces. It sounds more like lazy pop than electronica. Although Moby has done what I have always wanted - made an album with a uniform style running throghout - it does not have the same standard or variety of Play.… Expand
- I love Moby's old style, and I hate his new one. This whole album is washed out rainy day woe is me BS, where did fun happenin Moby go?
- simply ridiculous and ugly.
- This is complete drivel. I was going to give it 1/10, but I couldn't remember what I'd given it a point for. If 18 was Play's This is complete drivel. I was going to give it 1/10, but I couldn't remember what I'd given it a point for. If 18 was Play's B-sides, then Hotel is the C-sides: give me a Fisherprice Keyboard and I can make more interesting ambient music than this!… Expand