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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | The new album, "Hotel", continues in Moby's tradition of making beautifully eclectic records. It runs the gamut from quintessential ("Hotel intro", "Homeward Angel") to big-chorus stadium anthems ("Spiders", "Lift Me Up") to straight-forward electro-disco ("Very") to ballads ("Forever") to new-wave ("Where You End"), and everything in between. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | March 22, 2005 | | Studio: | V2 | | Number Of Discs: | 1 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 143 reviews |
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| | Track Listing | | 1. | Hotel Intro | | 2. | Raining Again | | 3. | Beautiful | | 4. | Lift Me Up | | 5. | Where You End | | 6. | Temptation | | 7. | Spiders | | 8. | Dream About Me | | 9. | Very | | 10. | I Like It | | 11. | Love Should | | 12. | Slipping Away | | 13. | Forever | | 14. | Homeward Angel | |
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24 of 25 found the following review helpful:
 ******This is NOT the DOUBLE DISC!--Don't be duped!!! Apr 19, 2005
By S. Floe
"Floe"
This product offered by amazon does NOT include the second cd, Hotel: Ambient, that is included in most editions of this release. Many of the review consider disc 2 of hotel, Hotel: Ambient, to be the better of the two. Imagine my disappointment when my amazon order did not include it. If you want the complete alblum, be careful what you order. Don't be a stooge like I was. I ran down to my local record store and got the double disc for what I paid for this incomplete edition. The alblum art is the exact same, the Amazon reviews mention the second disc. Amazon, please take action on this.
43 of 50 found the following review helpful:
 Were it not copy-protected, I'd give it 5 stars... Oct 13, 2005
By Constantinos Tzoannopoulos
... But Amazon.com has AGAIN chosen to mislabel a copy-controlled "CD" (Philips and Apple have declared that "copy-controlled" discs are NOT CDs, either in a technical or a legal sense and therefore cannot be labelled as Compact Disc Digital Audio; check for yourselves). Anyway, it's one more great release by Moby, who has proven time and again that he's the master of both understanding - as if by some uncany magic skill - what the listener NEEDS to hear and how to keep the listener's interest. The arrangements are very interesting (I particularly loved the slide guitar on "Raining Again"), the songs well thought-out... It's what Mike Oldfield could have been now IF he had finally learned to avoid those horrid-sounding digital distortion boxes for his guitars and IF he still could stay on the cutting edge.
Moby is a true successor to the throne of Mike Oldfield, The Art Of Noise and other such great ambient acts. And he can rock out too!
Now, let me explain the "1 star" rating. PLEASE, all you accountants, ditch this "copy protection" stuff. All you do is pay - without any reason whatsoever - tons of money to Macrovision, annoy thousands of consumers who simply cannot play the discs they bought, because the transports of so many CD and DVD players today (and especially car CD players) will NOT (and don't have to, anyway) recognize this unauthorized "variation" of the CD Digital Audio format... So, they often go out looking for equipment that will tolerate this useless gimmick or just rip the discs and copy them, as Macrovision's "copy protection" (which was developed with the blessings of IFPI) DOES NOT prevent the ripping of the "protected" discs! Why bother then?
And, please, Amazon.com guys, when you see the "Copy Control" sign, label it accordingly - it's NOT ENHANCED, it's "COPY CONTROLLED" (or, better yet, "playback controlled").
70 of 89 found the following review helpful:
 Masterful Moby Mar 28, 2005
By Kenneth M. Goodman
I stand with those who love this masterful release by Moby; and
I love both CDs. Normally, I've only appreciated Moby's
great instrumentals, so when I saw that Hotel comes with
a 2nd CD called Hotel-Ambient, I pre-ordered it instantly.
Now: anyone who criticizes the Ambient CD for being "boring"
has limited understanding as to what Ambient music is all about.
Speaking as a lover of non-verbal music, I find the Ambient
disc to be brilliant & deep & intriguing---an ideal
CD to play while engaged in creative pursuits. If you have
a multi-CD player, I recommend programming the first track
from the Hotel CD (which is an instrumental) to lead into the
entire Ambient CD. This music shows a level of musical maturity
that is astounding and nearly flawless. Now: the big surprise.
I love the vocal tracks on CD one! I've listened to this CD
about 6 times now, and each time I found myself off my chair and
dancing around the room. Don't let the apparent lyrical simplicity fool you.
When you write at a higher level, sometimes
the meaning comes out in simple language; but wow these songs
are moving. Track 2 really gets you going...and the
rest of the CD is loaded with greatness. A few of the tracks with
female vocals are plenty sexy...and I stand with those who appreciate
Moby's vocals...frankly, I like the vocal tracks on Hotel better than the vocal
tracks on Play. The music really Lifts You Up...and to quote another track,
I like it. I like it a lot. Way to go Moby!
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Quite beautiful, haunting and dreamy... Jun 25, 2006
By A. Ort
"aorto"
I hesitated for so long to get this. Having followed Moby's rise since circa 1994 it has been amazing to watch what an impact he has had on music and on various cultural media over the years. I like his early techno/rave stuff and have enjoyed the gift he has for using electronica to score some beautiful and haunting hymns. But I wondered: has Moby gone soft? has he sold out? I was pleasantly surprised.
Look at the cover and add rain. That's the overall mood of this album. I find rain to be cleansing on many levels, often building a mood of pensiveness, reflection and a fragile peacefulness. There is a glorious melancholy in the music, the lyrics and the singing on the album. Take the chilled out moments from Moby's other albums and build on it. That's what he's done here.
Almost every song has singing - primarily Moby's longing, almost cyring, voice - and almost every song is for those rainy nights, when the world doesn't make sense, when longing for companionship and understanding burdens the heart, yet with a subtle hope underneath it all.
It's downtempo, mellow, moody and sometimes sad. But it is beautiful. Don't expect "old" Moby, don't look for the commercial jingles of Play. Just put it on and listen.
13 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Very good and misunderstood Mar 22, 2005
By Z. Kaplan
Why misunderstood? I keep hearing all these references to the trite lyrics on this alubm, especially those of the first American single, "Beautiful." When I first listened to this song, I too shared this opinion and wondered why a poet like Moby would put out something like this... then I read this article: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1497337/02222005/moby.jhtml - apparently the song is meant to be trite, about two celebrities just singing to each other about how beautiful they are when in fact they're just ignorant of the rest of the world and too wrapped up in themselves to see it. Knowing this gives me a whole new respect for the song, which I first perceived to be a simple love song without a whole lot of thought put into the lyrics. Also, check out the incredibly dark and darkly humorous music video for this song - it portrays very well the conflicting imagery Moby is trying to present.
The rest of the album has many highlights, namely the catchy "Lift Me Up," "Raining Again," and "Spiders," and the beautiful "Temptation" and "Love Should." There is not a bad track on this cd, and is very eclectic, as Moby is usually known to be, ranging from the satiric and pretty "Beautiful," to the sexy "I Like It." The last track, "Homeward Angel," and the first, "Hotel Intro," are the only instrumentals and are very nice.
The second disc is all very nice ambient music that you'll want to pay attention to - the subtle details and relaxing melodies will create an environment around you to take you away from your normal setting - such is all good ambient music. It is very much like Moby's release "The End of Everything," under the name Voodoo Child, only more sophisticated.
Overall this album is very very nice and will have you listening repeated times. A beautiful album.
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