Moby - 18
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Artist: MobyEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Music Label: V2
Soundtracks:
- We Are All Made of Stars
- In This World
- In My Heart
- Great Esacpe
- Signs of Love
- One of These Mornings
- Another Woman
- Fireworks
- Extreme Ways
- Jam for the Ladies
- Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)
- 18
- Sleep Alone
- At Least We Tried
- Harbour
- Look Back In
- The Rafters
- I'm Not Worried at All
Music reviews of 18
Music Review: Can't touch Play in terms of song development but...
Rating: 4 Stars
Play is one of my absolute favorite albums of all time. It is absolutely incredible how songs like Southside, Natural Blues, Find My Baby, and even something as seemingly simple as Rushing develop. The songs always felt like they were going somewhere... with PERHAPS the minor exception of the album's eighteenth track, "My Weakness." The long synths or violins (or whatever they were) in the background always drew out the music to great melodic levels. Here, on "18," they seem to, well, flounder around. They don't tend to build with the songs as well. They seem too indifferent, too neutral even. They seem to just be there for a relaxing feeling, which would be fine except that the repetition of such sound is too much. "In This World" makes a decent use of soulful vocals but I had the feeling Moby could've done something more for it. "In My Heart," though, brings back good memories of Play. It develops fairly well right up to that beautiful ending. Good to sing along to as well.
Where he really separates from Play and possibly even any music he's made before is "Great Escape." Strings and smooth, smooth vocals from Azure Ray. It's an extremely peaceful song. Maybe that's what I don't like most about "18"---it's basically completely peaceful, except for maybe "Extreme Ways." "Signs of Love" has nothing on "Porcelain" but it's a very sincere-sounding song from Moby. "Love & Strings" from the album 18: B-Sides, though, has basically the same music without vocals and with a faster tempo. It sounds slightly better. Now there's a problem here: Starting with "One of These Mornings" the album's getting a little repetitive. That line "And I'll be gone" repeats a bit more frequently than is necessary. Thankfully, this song is only 3:12.
Then it just gets strange with "Another Woman." It's somewhat hypnotic but "You've got another woman somewhere around..." repeating over and over isn't too soothing.
"Fireworks" is a nice break in the album just like "Down Slow" and "7" and "Rushing" were in Play. It's a good thing Moby chose to put "Extreme Ways" after this track because otherwise "Fireworks" would've sounded like just another slow track.
And now it's time to type about "Extreme Ways." It starts off a little slowly, actually. The main problem with this track is that Moby's too reluctant to venture outside of the soft sound of this album. The chorus is a bit embarrassing lyrically. Hell, it's mostly embarrassing lyrically. The guitar is nice but is overpowered dynamically by the other instruments and I'm not quite sure why. I hope it's not like that at concerts. It seems to be the Southside of this album, but it really can't compare to Southside.
"One thing's for sure... well we got soul." Or is it "Moby got soul"? Whatever it is, it's a pleasant sort of hip-hop dance distraction from the rest of the album and it's well-needed. MC Lyte raps and does a good job, and you can't go wrong with the voice of Angie Stone. I wish MC Lyte said more, though. She only has two verses in the song, and then the song just seems repetitive. Not as good as "Bodyrock" from Play because it lacks something in terms of instrumentals. I'm making a lot of comparisons to Play not only because there ARE a lot of musical similarities, but mainly because the albums have the same amount of tracks. And whereas it's clear in Play that the album is half-upbeat and half-downbeat, 18 is pretty much all downbeat.
"Sunday" develops nicely, with a good piano line. The part later in the song when the vocals change is especially notable. Then the album still gets slower, with the twelth track, "18" which won a Grammy for best instrumental track, which was kind of random. "18" is a very simple track, and it lacks the sort of generic drum part that Moby uses for songs like "Sunday," "In This World," and "One Of These Mornings." It actually might've deserved the award since the track is so incredibly relaxing.
"Sleep Alone" has the same sort of strange mood that "Another Woman" has. I don't particularly enjoy either of those tracks.
Then two nice songs in a row--"At Least We Tried" (which, ironically, quite a few Moby fans said didn't really fit in with the album) and "Harbour" with Sinead O'Connor's vocals. The vocals of the former hit you just like those of "Natural Blues." Genuine is the word for "At Least We Tried." Just when you think it's about to go nowhere, a synth sound that I don't think appears before this track on the album comes up. The best thing about this track is that Moby doesn't get lazy and repeat the same sample for the chorus each time---The singer sounds especially different after that new synth kicks in. With songs like "Harbour" you wonder why Moby even goes back to using his own voice when he can do so much with other voices.
"Look Back In" isn't much of a track. A nice refreshing song is the higher-BPM "Rafters" and then the album ends with "I'm Not Worried At All." It's a bit of a slow ending and also not too great of a track.
What's interesting is that "We Are All Made Of Stars" has very little to do with the rest of the album. It's a decent pop song.
Overall, it's good for relaxation but lacks action, which may or may not be a good thing depending on how much you like chilling out.
Description of 18
Japanese edition of his follow up album to the 8+ million selling 'Play' includes a bonus 3 track (3 inch) CD which features an exclusive Cornelius remix of his first single, 'We're All Made Of Stars' which is not planned to be commercially available anywhere else. The bonus CD also includes 2 non-LP tracks, 'Soul To Love' & 'We Are All Made Of Stars (Slo-Synth Version)'. 2002.Following one of the most licensed CDs in history, 18 delivers more of the gospel samples and spiritual exploration that made Play Moby's breakthrough album. But keep your expectations in check. On 18 there is barely a body-rocker in the bunch. This is often a somber, melancholy disc, blanketed in the washed-over cinematic orchestral melodies Moby's been fond of since his classic self-titled debut. It requires several listenings before the gems shine through the ambient fog--and most depart from Play entirely. On the deceptively minimalist opening track, Moby delivers a powerful message through his thin little voice. "We are all made of stars," he sings, and indeed he's believable. MC Lyte punches out an infectious rap over old-school beat-box rhythms on "Jam for the Ladies," offering one of the disc's few roof-raisers. "At Least We Tried" is a tear-jerking swan song of the highest order, and, finally, "The Rafters" resurrects early-?90s house piano, which will make any of Moby's career-long fans pine for his earliest club hits. The diminutive DJ needn't have produced Play Pt. Two to keep his new fans engaged. Fortunately, his greatest talent for cooking up interesting sounds is still audible; you just need the patience to find it. --Beth Massa
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