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Rating: Oh dear, oh dear! Running out of creativity, huh? The ideas are starting to run low, aren’t they??
First of all, I like Moby, especially since I saw him "fencing" naked with Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers on stage at the Filaforum, but when it comes to analyzing his latest work, I neither give it a thumbs up nor a thumbs down.
Maybe that's the worst part.
While with "Play" Moby had marked the beginning of a new era, surpassing Fatboy Slim, who arrived a bit "tired" at the finish line, with "18" there's a sort of ideal continuation on the same plane. Except for the legendary "We Are All Made of Stars" (already reviewed and praised by us), the album mirrors the previous effort so much that on a superficial listen, it's hard to distinguish the two.
The album starts after the aforementioned single with a ballad, "In this world," like the soundtrack of "The Beach." "Signs of Love" has a rhythm that reminds me of Beck's "Loser," a truly engaging song.
Among the best, I would mention "Another Woman," "Extreme Ways," "Harbour," and "I'm Not Worried At All."
Let's not be surprised if in every bar where we go for an aperitif, this album will be playing, if it spreads in commercials and "Original Soundtrack Of..." if we hear these tracks over the images of the goals of the next football World Cup.
I can't give it more than 3 points, of which 1 is for my liking of the artist.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 We Are All Made of Stars (04:32)
Growing in numbers
Growing in speed
Can't fight the future
Can't fight what I see
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
Cause we are all made of stars
Efforts of lovers
Left in my mind
I sing in new reaches
We'll see what we find
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
Cause we are all made of stars
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
Cause we are all made of stars
Slowly rebuilding
I feel it in me
Growing in numbers
Growing in peace
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
Cause we are all made of stars
People they come together
People they fall apart
No one can stop us now
Cause we are all made of stars
People they come together (people they come together)
People they fall apart (people they fall apart)
No one can stop us now (no one can stop us now)
Cause we are all made of stars (we are all made of stars)
We are all made of stars (people they come together)
We are all made of stars (people they fall apart)
Cause we are all made of stars (no one can stop us now)
We are all made of stars (we are all made of stars)
We are all made of stars....
02 In This World (04:02)
(4x)lordy don't leave me
all by myself
(3x)good times the devil
i'm a force of heaven
(3x)lordy don't leave me
all by myself
(3x)so many times i'm down
down down
with the ground
(4x)lordy don't leave me
all by myself
(3x)whoa, me in this world
(2x)lordy don't leave me
all by myself
04 Great Escape (02:08)
I'll use a lock that has no key
Bind you with chains
That no one else can see
Let the water creep over your face
I'll send it in waves
Just to watch you perform the great escape
How long can you hold your breath?
While you hold mine, I'll come and wait
Just to watch you perform the great escape
I'll pull your arms tight behind your back
Use myself as weight
And wonder while you fade
How long can you hold your breath?
While you hold mine, I'll come and wait
Just to watch you perform the great escape
07 Another Woman (03:56)
You leave your home for days and days
And I know, said I know
You got another woman somewhere around
09 Extreme Ways (03:57)
Extreme ways are back again
Extreme places I didn't know
I broke everything new again
Everything that I'd owned
I threw it out the windows, came along
Extreme ways I know
Will part the colors of my sea
Perfect color me
Extreme ways that help me
Help me out late at night
Extreme places I had gone
But never seen any light
Dirty basements, dirty noise
Dirty places coming through
Extreme worlds alone
Did you ever like it planned
I would stand in line for this
There's always room in life for this
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Like it always does, always does
Extreme sounds that told me
They helped me down every night
I didn't have much to say
I didn't give up the light
I closed my eyes and closed myself
And closed my world and never opened
Up to anything
That could get me along
I had to close down everything
I had to close down my mind
Too many things that caught me
Too much can make you blind
I've seen so much in so many places
So many heartaches, so many faces
So many dirty things
You couldn't even believe
I wouldstand in line for this
It's always good in life for this
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Like it always does, always does
10 Jam for the Ladies (03:22)
one things for sure
well we got soul
it's a jam for the ladies and the superstars
i could leave the whole set but never go too far
if you're from where-ever to where-ever you are
get yer jam, get it on
superstar
jam on
if you're from where-ever to where-ever you are
(mc lyte, would you put it right)
everybody moves
i paid my dues
you pick and choose
i stick and move
yes yes y'all
it ain't gonna stop
the ladies
keep rippin' the spot
now men what you heard
'cause women are comin' up
keepin' it raw
sexy and rough
fly from the top
to the bottom it's gonna be
cut 'em, gut 'em, we got 'em
it's like the old leagues
it's a jam for the ladies and the superstars
i could leave the whole set but never go too far
(do it superstar)
(jam on, jam on)
if you're from where-ever to where-ever you are
(mc lyte, do it right)
you know i can't stand to be held back (it's so fly)
and all the ladies y'all got my back yeah
even when we're solo in action
we come together like six sets of jacksons
for the ladies and a superstar
lyte leave the set but never go too far
i toured the world but i'm rollin' it now
don't want my girl to brag, eve was holdin' it down
jam for the ladies, we putting it down
snatchin' the crown 'cause we fend for high ground
it's a jam for the ladies and the superstars
i could leave the whole set but never go too far
(jam for the ladies)
(do it superstar)
11 Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday) (05:09)
Sunday was a bright day yesterday
Dark cloud has come into the way
They sing to the darkest night
Long before
Why can't I face it
Am I too blind to see
Why did he go
Why did he leave me
Sunday was a bright day yesterday
Dark cloud has come into the way
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oooo
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Why can't I face it
Am I too blind to see
Why did he go
Why did he leave me
Sunday was a bright day yesterday
Dark cloud has come into the way
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oooo
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
14 At Least We Tried (04:08)
oh my baby, don't cry
oh my babe, just say goodbye
oh now baby, don't cry
oh my babe, at least we tried
at least we tried to make it
but in these days I'm so confused
oh my love, at least we had it
let me hold on to you
oh my baby, don't cry
oh my babe, just say goodbye
oh now baby, don't cry
oh my babe, at least we tried
at least we tried but we lost it
i will remember
how you stood there and you smiling
and you smile there with me
oh my baby, don't cry
oh my babe, just say goodbye
oh now baby, don't cry
oh my babe, at least we tried
oh my baby, don't cry
oh my babe, just say goodbye, say goodbye
oh now baby, don't cry
oh my babe, at least we tried, ohh
oh my baby, don't cry
oh my babe, just say goodbye
goodbye my baby, don't cry
oh my babe, at least we tried, whoa
17 The Rafters (03:22)
Mmmmhmmmmhmmhmmmmm
C'mon give me them hands
Oh wave your hands tonight
Oh wave your hands tonight
C'mon give me them hands
18 I'm Not Worried at All (04:11)
all 'round me burdens
seem to fall
i'm not worried at all
i'm not worried
all 'round me burdens
seem to fall
i'm not worried at all
i'm not worried at all
i don't worry all the way, Lord
i don't worry all the way, Lord
all 'round me burdens
seem to fall
i'm not worried at all
i'm not worried
all 'round me burdens
seem to fall
i'm not worried at all
i'm not worried
i don't worry all the way, Lord
i don't worry all the way, Lord
all 'round me burdens
seem to fall
i'm not worried at all
i'm not worried
all 'round me burdens
seem to fall
i'm not worried at all
i'm not worried at all
Lord, I'm not evil
I just cannot see
He told me to pray
just for me
God, I'm not evil
I just cannot see
He told me to pray
just for me
all 'round me burdens
seem to fall
i'm not worried at all
i'm not worried
all 'round me burdens
seem to fall
i'm not worried at all (10x)
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