Hotel
Once a roving maverick who skipped from euphoric rave to speed-metal to ambient soundscaping as if just to prove he could, recent years have seen Richard Melville Hall relax into a comfortable--and yes, lucrative--niche. On the surface, Hotel follows a similarly laid-back trajectory to his last two albums, Play and 18; melancholic torch-songs indebted to electro-pop, gospel, and David Bowie's "Heroes." That vibe is typified on Hotel by the rousing, keyboard-drenched likes of "Beautiful" and the twinkling, optimistic "Spiders," but that's not to say Moby is stagnating, exactly. For one, he's bravely jettisoned the vocal samples that powered the likes of "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" and relies instead on his own understated, faintly awestruck vocals--and, indeed, those of guest vocalist Laura Dawn, whose sparse, synth-and-drum-machine cover of New Order's "Temptation" is a low-key highlight. But there's also a return to his raving roots on the pulsing, diva-led "Very," and a touch of politics on "Lift Me Up"--a song that hides its contempt for the Bush Administration amid a dark carnival of sweeping strings and disco-noir rhythms. --Louis Pattison
The new album, "Hotel", continues in Moby's tradition of making beautifully eclectic records. It runs the gamut from quintessential ("Hotel intro", "Homeward Angel") to big-chorus stadium anthems ("Spiders", "Lift Me Up") to straight-forward electro-disco ("Very") to ballads ("Forever") to new-wave ("Where You End"), and everything in between.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 14, 2007 Type: User Review |
oh dear
Sorry to say, but this is one (well 2) expensive coasters.
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 05, 2007 Type: User Review |
A disappointment
I am a big fan and have all his cd's. But this one won't get played a lot. Double music doesn't mean more enjoyment when the songs are so monotonous they might just be one long song.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 30, 2007 Type: User Review |
Pretty good but definitely not Moby's best album
I have to admit I had been a bit wary of hearing Moby's last studio album HOTEL. I had been hearing mixed reviews for it, some good and some bad. I decided to check it out finally after I heard the irresistably catchy "Dream About Me" on Moby's...
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 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 29, 2007 Type: User Review |
Pop music, with a flow
If you do some digging on this album, you should find that almost every publication panned it, despite its decent record sales. It's often interesting when critics don't like an album, but lots of *real people* do. Inevitably, sometimes it's the...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: May 24, 2007 Type: User Review |
Check out while you still can
Encountering Moby's "Hotel" was a bit like entering a hotel room for me. Just like the complimentary bars of soap and bottles of shampoo in the bathroom and (sometimes) mints on the pillows, this album came with its own "perk" in the form of a...
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