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Before reviewing this Greatest Hits, it seems appropriate to take a step back, precisely eight years; in fact, this artist's career is much longer, but it was in 1999 that he achieved worldwide fame thanks to a masterpiece album named “Play.” We are obviously talking about Moby, a little genius who skillfully managed to combine two completely different musical genres like Blues and electronics, capturing the fans of both genres. A career made of continuous artistic transformations, from a wild rave party and techno music DJ to a refined composer of spiritual melodies! From Disc Jockey to a real musician.
After a career of pounding techno house rhythms, Moby discovers the Blues, shuts himself up in his home garage, and starts sampling old blues melodies from tape recorders of the era, using a homemade sampler purchased near his home... creativity, imagination, and a strong musical knowledge gave birth to the masterpiece “Play” with unforgettable tracks like “Porcelain,” “Natural Blues,” “Why does my heart feel so bad?” “Find my baby,” this artistic mutation of Moby seems to be the definitive one. His subsequent albums have remained faithful to his unique style, as evidenced by his following album “18” where the melodies become increasingly tear-jerking (and perhaps excessively sentimental!), culminating in his latest studio work “Hotel,” an album played from beginning to end, where the electronic component is only a backdrop.
This chameleonic and prolific career is now narrated through this collection named “Go-The Very Best Of Moby,” which includes 15 songs plus a multimedia track that allows access to the artist's private website. The collection revisits the most significant episodes of his career with tracks that alternate between melodic and dance, starting with the single “Natural Blues” that reminds us of the good times of “Play,” down to the beginnings of his DJ career with the Techno/ambient track “Go”, which, together with “James Bond Theme (Moby’s re-version)” and “Move”, adds a dance touch to the collection. Despite Moby's good intention of satisfying his old fans and approaching the new generation, the album is not convincing. Some singles have been retouched and remixed (without warning on the cover), an unfortunate decision to present oneself to a new audience. The Hit singles are presented in the Radio version, meaning shortened; moreover, some masterpieces (e.g. “In My Heart”) have been decidedly ruined by adding clubbing beats that make the entire songs uglier. A less unfortunate but still bad choice is to render a great song like “Slipping Away” into House. Not even the new single “New York New York” manages to uplift a collection that, in my opinion, is subpar.
Ultimately, “Go-The Very Best of Moby” is a Greatest Hits suitable for those who want to listen to Moby's Hit Singles in a carefree manner (perhaps in a car or on headphones), and for those who think that Moby is just a musician for mobile phone commercials... however, for anyone intending to fully discover this multifaceted artist, in my opinion of extraordinary musical talent, I strongly recommend listening to his old albums, especially “Play” and the wonderful “18.”
A good collection, but nothing more.
Tracklist and Lyrics
02 Natural Blues (03:02)
Oh, lordy, troubles so hard
Oh, lordy, troubles so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
(repeat three times)
Went down the hill, the other day
My soul got happy and stayed all day
Went down the hill, the other day
My soul got happy and stayed all day
Oh, lordy, troubles so hard
Oh, lordy, troubles so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
(repeat twice)
Went in the room, didn't stay long
Looked on the bed and brother was dead
Went in the room, didn't stay long
Looked on the bed and brother was dead
04 Porcelain (03:30)
In my dreams, I'm dying all the time
Then I wake it's kaleidoscopic mind
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to lie
So this is goodbye
This is goodbye
Tell the truth you never wanted me
Tell me
In my dreams, I'm jealous all the time
Then I wake I'm going out of my mind
Going out of my mind
05 We Are All Made Of Stars (03:37)
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....
06 Dream About Me (03:24)
Babe, oh dream about me
Lie on the phone to me
Tell me no truth if it is bad
There's enough in my life to make me so sad
Just dream about colour fills our lives
Just dream about someone else tonight
And babe, oh dream about me
On the phone talking quietly
I want to be yours, oh won't you be mine
Against red skies for all time
So dream about us when you're alone
Just dream about how I will let go
And
And
Babe, oh dream about me
Lie on the phone to me
Tell me no truth if it is bad
There's enough in my life to make me so sad
Just dream about colour fills our lives
Just dream about someone else tonight
Just dream about colour fills our song
Just dream about how I will let go
08 In This World (03:26)
(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
09 South Side (03:49)
I see myself in the pouring home
I see the light come over now
I see myself in the pouring rain
I watch hope come over me
Here we are now, going to the east side
I pick up my friends and we start to ride
Ride all night, yeah, we ride all day
Some may come, love, and some may stay
Here we are in the pouring home
I watch the light man fall the comb
I watch a light move across the screen
I watch the light come over me
Here we are now going to the west side
Weapons in hand as we go for a ride
Some may come, love, and some may stay
Watching out for a sunny day.... where there's
Love and darkness and my sidearm
Hey, elan, elan....
Here we are now going to the north side
I look at my friends as they start to ride
Ride at night we, yah, we ride all day
Looking out for a sunny day
Here we are now going to the south side (to the south side)
I pick up my friends and we hope we won't die (hope we won't die)
Ride at night, ride through heaven and hell (heaven and hell)
Come back, love, and feel so well (feel so well)
10 Beautiful (03:13)
Come on baby,
Come on girl,
Come on baby,
Come on girl,
I love you baby,
I love you now,
I love you baby,
I love you now,
Look at us we’re beautiful,
All the people push and pull but,
Let’s just go out and ride,
Talk about the things we’ve tried
Look at us we’re beautiful,
All the people push and pull but,
They’ll never get inside,
We got too much to hide
Come on baby,
Come on girl,
Come on baby,
Come on girl,
I love you baby,
I love you now,
I love you baby,
I love you now,
Look at us we’re beautiful,
All the people push and pull but,
Let’s just go out and ride,
Talk about the things we’ve tried
Look at us we’re beautiful
All the people push and pull but,
They’ll never get inside,
We got too much to hide
Look at us we’re beautiful,
All the people push and pull but,
Let’s just go out and ride,
Talk about the things we’ve tried
Look at us we’re beautiful
All the people push and pull but,
They’ll never get inside,
We got too much to hide
Look at us we’re beautiful [x7]
Look at us we’re beautiful (yeah!)
Look at us (yeah!) we’re beautiful (yeah!) [x 3]
Look at us (yeah!) we’re beautiful
Look at us we’re beautiful [x4]
11 Extreme Ways (03:31)
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
12 Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (03:46)
Why does my heart feel so bad?
Why does my soul feel so bad?
Why does my heart feel so bad?
Why does my soul feel so bad?
Feel all alone
14 Honey (03:20)
When my honey come back, sometimes
I wanna rap that jack, sometimes
I get a hump in my back, sometimes
I'm goin' over here, sometimes
Way down yonder, sometimes
Gonna get my pal, sometimes
15 Lift Me Up (03:20)
Plain talking (Plain talking)
Take us so far (take us so far)
Broken down cars (broken down cars)
Like strung-out old stars (like strung-out old stars)
Plain talking (Plain talking)
Served us so well (served us so well)
We travelled through hell (travelled through hell)
We know how we felt ( We know how we felt )
Lift me up, lift me up
Higher now ama
Lift me up, lift me up
Higher now ama
Plain talking (Plain talking)
Making us bold (making us bold)
So strung out and cold (so strung out and cold)
I'm feeling so old (feeling so old)
Plain talking (Plain talking)
Has ruined us now (has ruined us now)
You never know how (you never know how)
Sweeter than thou (sweeter than thou)
Lift me up, lift me up
Higher now ama
Lift me up, lift me up
Higher now ama
[4x]
Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhh
Higher
Lift me up, lift me up
oh la la la la
Lift me up, lift me up
oh la la la la
[4x]
(Feeling so old)
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