Moby

Beginning with the hard-edged raving 'Drop A Beat', this track sets the tone and epitomises most of the hard-edged techno that is vastly featured amongst the album's twelve tracks, such as the chaotic 'Next Is The E', the darkly sounding 'Have You Seen My Baby' and the catchy 'Ah-Ah'.

But whilst the album's notoriety is for featuring heavily danceable tracks its best moments lie in the mid-tempo 'Go' (a British Top Ten hit), and the chilled-out ambience of tracks such as the strangely melodic 'Mercy', the beautiful 'Slight Return' and the soothing 'Stream'.

These tracks not only arrive as a welcoming break from the hectic techno beats but they also give the album much needed heart and soul, which at times it exclusively lacks. But nevertheless, this album serves as a nice example of the early 90s techno movement.


Fun, But At Whose Expense?   January 3, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Moby's self-titled debut is merely just a collection of tracks and singles released under the Instinct label during the late 80s and early 90s, and whilst such collections seem uneven and sparse, this album, with its relentless energy of early 90s house and techno anthems seems to have manageable cohesion and consistency.

Beginning with the hard-edged raving 'Drop A Beat', this track sets the tone and epitomises most of the hard-edged techno that is vastly featured amongst the album's twelve tracks, such as the chaotic 'Next Is The E', the darkly sounding 'Have You Seen My Baby' and the catchy 'Ah-Ah'.

But whilst the album's notoriety is for featuring heavily danceable tracks its best moments lie in the mid-tempo 'Go' (a British Top Ten hit), and the chilled-out ambience of tracks such as the strangely melodic 'Mercy', the beautiful 'Slight Return' and the soothing 'Stream'.

These tracks not only arrive as a welcoming break from the hectic techno beats but they also give the album much needed heart and soul, which at times it exclusively lacks.


A snapshot in time?   July 5, 2001
matthewchad@yahoo.co.uk
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

If you want to hear a particular phase of dance music relative to the begining of 'rave culture', then this might be the one. Unfortunately since music technology has spoilt us by moving into highly advanced status, much of the techno effect on this album sounds very out of date. I personally bought it for "GO", which stands out with its familiarity and long standing appeal for all those people have/do/will like to hear it under certain conditions at certain times of the night at certain times of the week(end). In reality its actually undesirable to knock moby, but this album is unremarkable.


Not as good as Play but still a good album for a moby fan!   November 19, 2000
4 out of 7 found this review helpful

Moby The Story So Far is a good Album with a selection of great songs although the album isn't as good as Play Its still got a good bunch of singles which youll be listening to for a while. There are many great Moby Albums out there but this is recomended by me because i have lots of Moby albums and this is one of the best and if you can get it for less than a tenner then you've got a great deal. A must Buy especially for a Moby Fan.


Brilliant   September 24, 2000
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

This album is taken from the collection of techno tracks released by Moby a long time before Play, so don't expect it to be the same. What this is, is a collection of excellent techno tracks both fast and slow paced. Topped by the mighty Go, this album also has the fastest dance track ever on it, Thousand, which reaches well over 1000 bpm. There are also some slow melodic tracks which fit perfectly with the rest, and gave an indication of what was to follow from Moby.

Overall this is an excellent album which any Moby fan, or music lover for that matter, should add to their collection.