Last Night (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Electronic  »  Techno
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: April 1, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mute Records
• UPC: 724596938324
• WAPI (Tower ID): 111891646
• Average Customer Review:    (1 customer review)
• Tower.com Sales Rank: #2258 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #144400 in Electronic (See Top 100 Electronic Bestsellers)
• #159676 in Techno (See Top 100 Techno Bestsellers)

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Rolling Stone (p.66) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "A concept album about an all-night bender, LAST NIGHT solidifies Moby's link in the chain that binds DJ pioneers like Todd Terry to slinky futurists like Justice."
Spin (p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his nostalgic retreat to rave's glory days reasserts Moby's strengths: No one does techno spirituals better."
Q (Magazine) (p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "LAST NIGHT is a welcome return to the dancefloor....Disco-flavoured opener 'Ooh Yeah' finds him at his most euphoric..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.101) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a picaresque, altered-states voyage through old school hip hop, black-leather electro and techno menace..."

A sharp about-face from his poppy previous outing, HOTEL, 2008's LAST NIGHT finds Moby (aka Richard Melville Hall) returning to his rave roots with a heavily electronic album tailor-made to reflect a gleefully decadent New York City club-hopping excursion. Although Moby has dabbled in guitar-driven rock (ANIMAL RIGHTS) and moody instrumentals (AMBIENT), he is clearly most at home performing house-influenced techno, as revealed on the 1992 giddy dance-floor hit "Go," which unsurprisingly served as the title of his '06 greatest-hits collection, and much of the sample-laden PLAY. Consciously avoiding the warm, organic leanings of that earlier record, Moby indulges in a cool, robotic sound on LAST NIGHT, as exemplified by the glittery "I Love to Move in Here," which features the Cold Crush Brothers' Grandmaster Caz, and "Alice," another energetic hip-hop-infused track. While it doesn't eclipse PLAY, LAST NIGHT is fine return to EVERTHING IS WRONG-era form, meaning that the glow-stick twirling crowd has reason to celebrate.

Moby – Last Night

Since Play in 1999, Moby has endured the watchful eyes of the public assuming that since the club music mogul made success seem like a piece of cake, that it probably was. Quite the contrary is true in that he has worked to develop the image that fans alike have grown to know and love. Moby’s creative and financial autonomy have made him the envy of his peers for quite sometime now. However it could be argued that he hasn’t made lawful use of these privileges.

Last Night may not prove to be the extraordinary release that many anticipated however throughout the album Moby seems to convey a sense of contentment with the record. His ability to do whatever he wants to shines through this release, regardless of what the critics are typing into their glossy new Mac books.

Moby takes the opportunity to introduce us to his world. To the world that sparked the New York native’s 9,000,000 copy career. Last Night is a collection of music that is meant to reflect Moby’s endless years of New York partying. With years of memories, experiences, beats and simply life jammed into this hour long effort, Moby has not only created another quality record but managed to bear his soul to the masses.

A strong front end opening up with “Ooh Yeah”, “I Love to Move to Move in Here” and "257.Zero" unfortunately leads us to a mid way lull that the club king picks up again in the closing half. Before the lull Moby graces us with my fave, “Everyday it’s 1989”, which feels like an 80’s cover even if it is a new track. Other notable poppers include “Hyena” and “Sweet Apocalypse”.

This album, even with it’s minimal faults, can be considered Moby ranked quality. The production, creativity, and presentation make this writer wonder; how did that hipster jam an eight hour dream night into 60 minutes?

Favorite songs – “Everyday it’s 1989”, “I Love to Move to Move in Here”, “Sweet Apocalypse.”

- Danny “LIT”, Tower Pulse – 04/03/2008

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