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Submitted by Paul Salman on 17 February 2013 - 9:34pm

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Moby

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USA

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Track-listing:

Honey*Find My Baby*Porcelain*Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?*South Side*Rushing*Bodyrock*Natural Blues*Machete*7*Run On*Down Slow*If Things Were Perfect*Everloving*Inside*Guitar Flute And String*The Sky Is Broken*My Weakness

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Bean

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Thursday, 14 October 2010

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reviewed by

Paul Salman

A massive album of its time with still something to offer.

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reviewed by

Richard Norbury
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reviewed by

Glyn Lewis

Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?

3-5-11

4-12-14-16

There really are many elements to criticise on this album and I could probably grouch on longer about this one than nearly any other album we have done but, before I end up doing exactly that, I have to say that it was a striking and memorable album at the time and in some ways it is clever, varied and intriguing – up to a point.

It has a simple, uncluttered sound but the pieces really are not substantial as compositions, they don’t develop as they progress and the more I played it the less I found I got out of it. There are way too many songs on here and there is a sort of naff, middle-aged dad, blandness to it that put me (like Neil) in mind of Fat Boy Slim. It is also pretty po-faced, is lacking sufficient twists or surprises that might rescue what are, at times, incredibly slight and sometimes horribly dated pieces, Guitar Flute and String and Everloving being good examples. This is background music and if it stays there it is effective, in a slightly dated way.

These are ubiquitous songs that we have all probably heard too many times, Moby didn’t have to say yes to all those advertising contracts if he wanted to keep control of his brand and retain some dignity. Stop me if I’m being unkind. In many ways I do admire and enjoy this album but I guess not on close inspection
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reviewed by

Matthew Baker

Stop

3-4

A big album in 1999 but aged badly. Moby shows himself to be a cosumate magpie, but it sounds a bit lightweight and cheap in hindsight. A few good tracks where he can show some skill for crafting emotional pieces of music, but the cod Chemicals / Fatboys big beats and the wholesale theft of the blues is wearing over the course of album
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reviewed by

Neil Hornsey

Poor man's Fatboy Slim, the Coldplay of dance music

I'm prepared to accept that in 1999 this may have been slightly less unoriginal than it sounds now, but that doesn't rescue it from the grilling it deserves. The recipe of "find a sample, loop it, and loop it some more" is cheap and irritating. If you've heard this album once, what else is there to hear? The Coldplay of the dance music world.

Shame on the supposed 10 million people who disagree with me.