Hotel

Artist: Moby
Type: Album
Release date: 2005
Run time: 125:07
My Rating: 7

Disc 1 (57:17:)

1. Hotel Intro (1:54)
2. Raining Again (3:45)
3. Beautiful (3:11)
4. Lift Me Up (3:19)
5. Where You End (3:21)
6. Temptation (4:55)
7. Spiders (3:44)
8. Dream About Me (3:21)
9. Very (3:42)
10. I Like It (3:45)
11. Love Should (3:51)
12. Slipping Away (3:39)
13. Forever (3:38)
14. Homeward Angel (5:50)
15. 35 Minutes (5:22)

Disc 2 (67:50:)

1. Swear (6:40)
2. Snowball (4:25)
3. Blue Paper (6:07)
4. Homeward Angel (long) (10:57)
5. Chord Sounds (7:25)
6. Not Sensitive (3:10)
7. Lily (3:53)
8. The Come Down (5:18)
9. Overland (6:49)
10. Live Forever (7:15)
11. Aerial (5:51)

Comments

Not the most memorable of Moby albums, though worthwhile for some of the more uplifting tracks ("Raining Again" and "Lift Me Up") which are generally excellent. There are a few references back to to his earlier albums, especially "Very" which aurally harkens all the way back to his early electronic albums. There's a "hidden" track called "35 Minutes" at the end.

The limited edition also comes with a bonus disc titled "Hotel Ambient", which is quite nifty. If nothing else, Moby is very good at ambient.

This album employs CrappyCopy Control protection. Until recently I wasn't able to play the bonus disk on most of my equipment.