Moby (titled The Story So Far in the UK) is the debut studio album by American electronica musician Moby, released in July 1992 by record label Instinct.
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| Released | July 27, 1992 | |||
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| Length | 54:40 | |||
| Label | Instinct | |||
| Producer | Moby | |||
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Content
editThe song listed as "Go" on the American and German editions is in fact a shortened version of the "Woodtick Mix".
"Thousand", a song only included on the German edition of the album, was listed in Guinness World Records for having the fastest beats-per-minute (BPM) tempo, clocking in at over 1,000 BPM, hence its name.[3]
Release
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[4] |
| Music Week |  [5] |
| NME | 8/10[6] |
| Q | [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10[9] |
Moby was released by the New York-based independent label Instinct Records on July 27, 1992.[1][10] In an interview with Billboard at the time of the album's release, Moby stated that "all the songs are at least a year old. It's not entirely reflective of where I'm coming from right now" and that "the label had the legal right to put it out, the best thing for me to do is view it as more a retrospective and get on with my life".[10]
The album was issued without Moby's cooperation. In Martin James' book Moby < Replay – The Life and Times, Moby recalled that he was so angry about the release of the album that he actively spoke out against it in any promotional work. He went on to say:
The basic problem was that I had never wanted to put an album like this out. It was just a compilation with a few unreleased demos. Dance albums had always failed, I thought, because they didn't work over the full length of the record. Mostly they were singles collections which was exactly what I didn't want to do. At the time, the first Prodigy album (Experience) impressed me because they'd managed to create a full listening experience which encompassed various styles. This was the kind of vision I had for my debut album. But Instinct insisted on putting Moby out. Which kind of upset me a lot.[11]
By 2016, however, Moby had softened his stance on Moby and its Instinct Records-issued follow-up Ambient somewhat, stating that he "really like[d] them almost as odd time capsules".[12]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Moby
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Drop a Beat" | 4:20 |
| 2. | "Everything" | 4:52 |
| 3. | "Yeah" | 5:49 |
| 4. | "Electricity" | 3:29 |
| 5. | "Next Is the E" | 4:42 |
| 6. | "Mercy" | 5:44 |
| 7. | "Go" | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Help Me to Believe" | 6:33 |
| 9. | "Have You Seen My Baby?" | 4:09 |
| 10. | "Ah Ah" | 3:46 |
| 11. | "Slight Return" | 4:30 |
| 12. | "Stream" | 3:09 |
| Total length: | 54:40 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Everything" | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Yeah" | 5:49 |
| 3. | "Electricity" | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Next Is the E" | 4:42 |
| 5. | "Mercy" | 5:44 |
| 6. | "Go" | 3:37 |
| 7. | "Help Me to Believe" | 6:33 |
| 8. | "Have You Seen My Baby?" | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Ah Ah" | 3:46 |
| 10. | "Slight Return" | 4:30 |
| 11. | "Stream" | 3:09 |
| 12. | "Thousand" | 4:24 |
| Total length: | 54:44 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ah Ah" | 3:46 |
| 2. | "I Feel It" (Next Is the E Remix) | 5:57 |
| 3. | "Everything" | 4:52 |
| 4. | "Mercy" | 5:44 |
| 5. | "Help Me to Believe" | 6:32 |
| 6. | "Go" (Woodtick Mix) | 6:32 |
| 7. | "Yeah" | 5:48 |
| 8. | "Drop a Beat" (The New Version) | 2:40 |
| 9. | "Thousand" | 4:24 |
| 10. | "Slight Return" | 4:29 |
| 11. | "Go" (Subliminal Mix Unedited Version) | 4:28 |
| 12. | "Stream" | 3:08 |
| Total length: | 58:20 | |
Personnel
editCredits for Moby adapted from album liner notes.[13]
- Moby – production, writing
- Artwork and design
- Dave Brubaker – artwork, design
- Electric Muse Graphics – artwork, design
- Jill Greenberg – photography
References
edit- ^ a b c Bush, John. "Moby – Moby". AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (2000). "Moby: Moby". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (2003). "Moby". The Rough Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to More Than 1200 Artists and Bands (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 683. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Sandow, Greg (August 28, 1992). "Moby". Entertainment Weekly. No. 133. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ Beevers, Andy (July 31, 1993). "Market Preview: Dance" (PDF). Music Week. p. 27. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
- ^ Willmott, Ben (August 14, 1993). "Long Play". NME. p. 27. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
- ^ "Moby: Moby". Q (166): 137. July 2000.
- ^ Berger, Arion (2004). "Moby". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 548–49. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ a b Flick, Larry (February 24, 1992). "Dance Trax". Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 43. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 34. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ James, Martin (2001). Moby: Replay – His Life and Times. Olmstead Press. p. 70. ISBN 1-587-54011-8.
- ^ Lindsay, Cam (June 16, 2016). "Rank Your Records: Moby Spontaneously Ranks His Nine Records". Vice. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ Moby (liner notes). Moby. Instinct Records. 1991. EX-241-2.
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External links
edit- Moby at Discogs (list of releases)
- Moby at MusicBrainz (list of releases)