Moby
Play (1999)

Review by: Mike Webb
Date: 7/21/00

If you've seen a commercial on TV, you've heard a song from this record. Because all 18 songs have been licensed to ad companies to be heard in their spots. Which is a huge sellout in a way, and a huge bonus for the general public - all at the same time.

You see, Play may be a landmark album in that it easily combines old style stomp blues, gospel, soul, acoustic & electric guitar, strings, flute, and any other sound you can think of with hard, funky, non-stop beats and grooves. It's a blueprint of what electronic music could be like if it had a little more feeling.

And if this review can't convince you it's an album that every human who cares about music should own, go check out CDNow.com right now and listen to the first 3 songs. You'll be sold.

Play has spent more time in my CD player than any other CD in the past couple of years. If we're lucky, other sucker DJs will try to duplicate it. It's that good, and that much fun to play.