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In the liner notes for his new album, Last Night, Moby explains that, to him, the album �sounds like a night out in New York.� It�s the musical embodiment of all the sights and sounds and feelings that one experiences during a night out in the Big Apple.
Now, I�ll admit that I haven�t spent a ton of time hanging out in New York City, but I have at least spent a night or two painting the Big Apple red, so to speak�and it was a whole lot more exciting than Moby�s new album.
Though I usually enjoy Moby�s work, Last Night is filled with a lot of repetitive tracks that get tiresome after a minute or two. That�s not to say that there aren�t some great moments on some (even most) of the tracks. But someone apparently told Moby, �You can never get too much of a good thing,� and he took the advice to heart, choosing to take those great moments and repeat them over and over and over again�until they�re not so great anymore.
As background music for a relaxing night of drinks on the patio with your friends, Last Night isn�t a bad choice. The beats are steady�but not too frenetic�and the repetitive lyrics won�t distract you from your conversations. But as dance music, it�s just a little too sleepy�to the point that it�s almost hypnotic (but not in a good way). Even the more upbeat tracks�like the hip-hop-infused �Alice� and the dance track, �Disco Lies��feel just a bit flat and lethargic.
With albums like this one, I like to do a road test. I pop the disc into my car�s CD player as I�m battling cross-town highway traffic to see how it makes me feel. Usually, I expect an upbeat dance album to make me feel invincible. It makes me weave in and out of traffic with ease�and, most of the time, I make it home in record time. But not so with Last Night. Instead, it made me zone out and even lay off the gas a bit�and I made my way home in a sleepy trance. And that�s not a good sign for an album that�s supposed to be the musical manifestation of a night out in the clubs of New York.
Maybe Moby�s just a bit tired. Maybe all those nights out on the town have caught up with him�and by the time he gets into the studio, he�s just a little bit lethargic. I know the feeling�and I highly recommend staying in for a couple of nights and getting caught up on sleep. With a little extra shut-eye, I�m sure Moby will be back to his old upbeat self in time to make his next album.
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