#2105 Moby - Hotel Ambient

Does Moby suck?

Sure.

But that grandmaster electronica seller-outer, that random hardcore dabbler, that hypervegan, superchristian, political paradox extraordinaire - he did have a way with chords.

And Play was pretty great if you could get past all the context, right?

But man does Animal Rights leave you battered. That tourism keeps me wary of an ambient record where Moby goes fuckit, I can do that, I'm fuckin superspecial Moby, I'm gonna outeno Eno, and Dick James can eat one.

And mostly he misses the point with this erstwhile bonus disc cum release proper. Most of the tracks are boring, aimless: mistaking emptiness for purity. But here and there -- dude does have a way with chords -- something human and emotive comes in and its actually kind of great.

But mostly its what you'd expect: throwaway privileged dabblerism, and not much of a fronttoback listen 3/5