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Hotel [2-disc] | ![Hotel [2-disc]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PJQ34XQ4L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Artist: Moby
Label: Mute
Category: Music
List Price: £20.99
Buy Used: £4.89
You Save: £16.10 (77%)
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 36913
Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 0.7
UPC: 724387349704
EAN: 0072438734970
ASIN: B0007PL8DG
Release Date: March 14, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: SHIPS IMMEDIATELY FROM THE UK
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Hotel Intro | | • | Raining Again | | • | Beautiful | | • | Lift Me Up | | • | Where You End | | • | Temptation | | • | Spiders | | • | Dream About Me | | • | Very | | • | I Like It | | • | Love Should | | • | Slipping Away | | • | Forever | | • | Homeward Angel |
Disc 2
| • | Swear | | • | Snowball | | • | Blue Paper | | • | Homeward Angel (Long) | | • | Chord Sounds | | • | Not Sensitive | | • | Lilly | | • | The Come Down | | • | Overland | | • | Live Forever | | • | Aerial |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
This 2-disc Limited Edition version includes a bonus 'ambient music' CD. Once a roving maverick who skipped from euphoric rave to speed-metal to ambient soundscaping as if just to prove he could, recent years have seen Richard Melville Hall relax into a comfortable - and yes, lucrative - niche. On the surface, Hotel follows a similarly laid-back trajectory to his last two albums, Play and 18: a collection of melancholic torch-songs indebted to electro-pop, gospel, and David Bowie's "Heroes", it's typified by the rousing, keyboard-drenched likes of "Beautiful" and the twinkling, optimistic "Spiders". But that's not to say Moby is stagnating, exactly: for one, he's bravely jettisoned the vocal samples that powered the likes of "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?", relying instead on his own understated, faintly awestruck vocals - and, indeed, those of guest vocalist Laura Brown, whose sparse, synth-and-drum-machine cover of New Order's "Temptation" is a low-key highlight. But there's also a return to his raving roots on the pulsing, diva-led "Very", and a touch of politics on "Lift Me Up" - a song that hides its contempt for the Bush Administration amid a dark carnival of sweeping strings and disco-noir rhythms. --Louis Pattison
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Brilliant June 2, 2006
Mr. H. E. B. Leighton (Bath, UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like most people Moby first came to my attention when he brought out Play, since then I have been a fan of his and this double disc album is fantastic. The first disc is great...it is perfect for working to or to just relax to. The second disc is incredibly chilled, with no lyrics on it is perfect background music if you like your 'electronic-chill'. This is a great album and I would insist its a must for Moby lovers. It is the first album for a long time that I have put straight back on after first listening to it. Its only draw back is that it is under an hour...but i guess it's 'quality not quantity' that matters!
Excellent January 4, 2006
D. Agha-Jaffar (Surrey)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been a fan of moby since the days of Play. The ablum that made his carrer what it is today. This album is different from the last and still as good. There are many songs you can see being hits and many im sure that will be played on averts like the others from his last 2 albums. It is one of those ablums that contains songs which can be played in the background when you are hard at work or one of those albums to just chill to. It is a great relaxing album. In conclusion a must for all Moby fans or people who just need some chill out tunes.
 His best since Everything Is Wrong April 10, 2005
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love this album, can't stop playing it. It's only fault is it doesn't seem to have a centre. There's a beginning and an end, but there's something lacking in middle to tie it all together. Maybe it's just the perfect album for the "shuffle" button. Buy it if you liked the last half of "Everything Is Wrong" more than "Play".
 What a disappointment : ( April 10, 2005
Maria
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I pre-ordered this album so that I could have it as soon as possible. It's probably because Moby set such high standards for himself on his previous albums that I find 'Hotel' such a disappointment. I hate to say it, but this is very dull indeed and I have no inclination to listen to it again. Moby sings on all the songs himself (no samples this time) but his voice just doesn't have the range to make a whole album of songs work. Apart from Lift Me Up, the lyrics are bland, boring and, at times, even cringy. The music is often mushy and plain. So instead, I recommend 'Play: The B Sides' which was recently released. It's absolutely incredible and sounds like an album of A sides.
Not as good as 'Play' or '18' April 4, 2005
O. Southwood (UK)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
First impressions, not as good as Play or 18 or indeed any of his prior albums. You cannot fault Moby's technical ability;
the arrangements are perfect and the tunes are melodic enough. But after two and a half listens I still don't remember a single track, there is nothing buzzing round my head like there was with his previous efforts. I am glad he has ditched the blues samples (aka 'Why does my heart..') as they were getting a little tiresome. The ambient cd is pure Moby genius but the main cd, for me anyway, is patchy at best. The cover of New Order's "Temptation" just infuriates me because I love New Order's original and I don't quite see the point of this track for Moby. Worth buying of course, because it's Moby. But don't expect Play or 18.
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