Moby 18

new 'this album is caca poopoo' answers

― chaki, Monday, 13 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I listened through it once and it sounded like Play but even flatter. That track with MC Lyte is like hip hop for retirement homes and daycare centers. Should I give it another chance?

― Honda, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i listened to 18 a few months ago and then deleted it off my disk. was not worth the hd space, or even room on a cdr. actually i didnt really "listen" to it, more like skipped to 2 or 3 random points in each track and there was not a single moment that compelled to actually let it continue playing. and i actually own moby stuff (go, move) but then again i havent bought any moby for like 10 years, so...

― ii, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Still digesting it, so to speak, but it strikes me so far as a bit of a maudlin affair. It certainly retains the shimmering melodicism that particularized PLAY, but it lacks the propulsive get-up-&-go that made that album so attractive. Also, it seems the bald diminutive one assumes the microphone more often here -- not sure that's always such a good idea. As someone above mentioned, the Hip Hop stylings feel a bit more forced -- less convincng/more dilettantish -- this time around. Recruiting MC Lyte to handle the rapping doesn't exactly suggest that ol' Mobe is staying up to date. Overall, it seems to lack the sweeping scope of PLAY. Still, following up such a successful album is always going to court this type of critiscism. On its own, it just feels a bit muted.

― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That track with MC Lyte is like hip hop for retirement homes and daycare centers.

hahaha OTM

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I enjoy that one song that both Bourne movies use in end credits.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Still digesting it, so to speak, but it strikes me so far as a bit of a maudlin affair. It certainly retains the shimmering melodicism that particularized PLAY, but it lacks the propulsive get-up-&-go that made that album so attractive. Also, it seems the bald diminutive one assumes the microphone more often here -- not sure that's always such a good idea. As someone above mentioned, the Hip Hop stylings feel a bit more forced -- less convincng/more dilettantish -- this time around. Recruiting MC Lyte to handle the rapping doesn't exactly suggest that ol' Mobe is staying up to date. Overall, it seems to lack the sweeping scope of PLAY. Still, following up such a successful album is always going to court this type of critiscism. On its own, it just feels a bit muted.
-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), May 15th, 2002.

alex really missed his calling as the new york herald's music critic

― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)

(1) If the money was right, I'd do it.
(2) You're a snob.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:10 (twenty-one years ago)

i was thinking mostly of the phrases

"shimmering melodicism"

"lacks the propulsive get-up-&-go"

― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Surely you mean the New York Observer?

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)

most of this album sucks but "one of these mornings" is still beautiful imo

― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 04:10 (twelve years ago)