Moby Albums Ranked

Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be “among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United States and the United Kingdom”. Moby found commercial and critical success with his fifth album Play (1999) which, after receiving little recognition, became an unexpected global hit in 2000 after each track was licensed to films, television shows, and commercials. It remains his highest selling album with 12 million copies sold. Its seventh single, “South Side”, featuring Gwen Stefani, remains his only one to appear on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 14. Moby followed Play with albums of varied styles including electronic, dance, rock, and downtempo music, starting with 18 (2002), Hotel (2005), and Last Night (2008). His later albums saw him explore ambient music, including the almost four-hour release Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. (2016). Moby continues to record and release albums; his nineteenth studio album, Reprise, was released in May 2021. Here are all of Moby albums ranked.

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10. Hotel : Ambient 

“Superb music for driving in traffic, driving at night on the highway, meditation, eating meals, staring at the sky, stuff like that. And of course, Moby being Moby, there are still things in the music to reward the attentive listener as well.”

9. Innocents 

“Easily Moby’s best since Play. I realize that’s not saying much, but there’s some pretty great tracks on here. Everything from “Everthing That Rises” to “The Perfect Life” is really great, though the album seems to falter later on until the closer “The Dogs”. It’s nice to see Moby go back to what made Play such an underrated gem. He’s at his best when he’s making moody downtempo pieces, rather than the mediocre ambient and house music that’s plagued his recent albums.”

8. Destroyed 

“Melancholic, enigmatic, enveloping, contemplative – and yet again fairly different from all previous works. Moby sure knows how to remain as diverge as possible, and this (not the old hits from “Play” and “18”) shows the true scale of his musical talent.”

7. Last Night 

“Wow this is the best thing he ever did hands down. Amazing dance beats and melodies. brilliant sample work and a celebratory atmosphere are all evident in tracks like “The Stars”, “Disco Lies”, “Hyenas”, “Sweet Apocalypse” and the album’s best, “257.zero”. An incredible return to form.”

6. Wait For Me 

“Moby is a very busy man who shows another album recorded less than a year after “Last Night”. This time we get a dose of more subdued and quiet music, in some places touching ambient. The creator himself admitted that he wanted to create something from the heart that would reflect his thoughts and not music only made for money to satisfy the market. “Wait for Me” is not one of New York’s artist most notable works, but you can always hear it.”

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5. Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. 

“The fact that Moby likes to experiment with music has been known for a long time, but so far has not come from his hand, something like this album “Long Ambients 1: Clam. Sleep” as the name suggests is the first part of a larger project that may be released in the coming years, the first album released on the artist’s website contains over four hours of relaxing but also disturbing music.”

4. Everything Is Wrong 

“The variety of styles that a Moby album brings to the table is one of its best attributes, and this here album follows that pattern. For me, I like the tracks that have a rock flavor the most, but even the more standard electronic ones don’t really turn me off.”

3. Hotel 

“Haven’t even heard the entire CD yet, but a good deal of it — hits you right away with a tight club-rock vibe. I think it may become my favorite Moby album. Most of the tracks I’ve heard are ones on which he sings, and they sound great. I know some only prefer the ambient stuff with no vocals.”

2. 18 

“Simply brilliant. Play was a great album, 18 is a brilliant one. 18 is more subtle and introspective than Play. It has few club mega hits as Play had such as Body Rock or obvious hits such as South Side or Natural Blues. Don’t get me wrong, there are radio hit friendly tunes here, We Are All Made of Stars is the most compelling. Also, Jam For The Ladies could be one of those club hits that bring the house down given the right remix.”

1. Play 

“Moby’s ambitious Play project was something that somewhat feels at odds with the late 90s trends yet is oddly satisfying in ways within the same trends. Graduating from harder Techno music, Moby became more laid back in 1999. Honey and Find My Baby slip in as cunning blues rockers. Tripped up with some clean record scratches and backing pads. Even the follow up with Porcelain stays calm and beautiful.”