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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

  • Summary: Can he do it again? Coming a full three years after his surprise megahit 'Play,' this new album from Richard Melville Hall attempts to repeat that disc's success with (surprise) 18 new tracks, including collaborations with Angie Stone, Sinead O'Connor, Azure Ray and MC Lyte.

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One of These Mornings
One of these mornings It won't be very long You will look for me I'll be gone... One of these mornings It won't be very long You will look for... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. E! Online
    91
    Another cool chill-out album.
  2. Mixer
    90
    The most poignant artistic statement of his career. [May 2002, p.70]
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  3. AllMusic
    80
    He has created a record that might not be as wildly eclectic on the surface as Play, and it certainly lacks club-hits on the level of "Bodyrock" or "South Side," but it's a warm, enveloping, humanistic record with real emotional resonance, which surely is a noteworthy artistic step forward.
  4. Drawer B
    70
    Moby continues to do on 18 what he’s always done best, and that is to fuse disparate musical styles with a pop sensibility, while maintaining a moody, almost gothic theme.
  5. The A.V. Club
    50
    At its best, 18 is a mesmerizing negotiation of the gap between mainstream tastes and underground allegiances. As a whole, though, it's too stuck in its in-between space to step beyond an uninspiring middle ground.
  6. Playlouder
    50
    An attempted retread that feels more driven by commerce than conviction and suffers as a result.
  7. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    10
    Moby is no auteur, a fact made painfully clear by his terrible new album, 18, which revisits the already derivative territory of Play.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. [Anonymous]
    Jun 3, 2002
    10
    c00li0!
  2. GwenT.
    May 26, 2002
    10
    Another good one.
  4. DanMetacritic94
    Jun 25, 2012
    9
    Keeping the style that he had from his Play album, Moby
  5. TF
    Jun 5, 2005
    8
    Not quite as good as Play, but still fun.
  6. ALexanderN
    Jul 23, 2007
    8
    Good mood and very deep feelings...
  7. MarkM
    Jun 9, 2002
    6
    I guess the expectations were too high after 'Play'. This cd doesn't quite reach the brilliance of that one. Should be I guess the expectations were too high after 'Play'. This cd doesn't quite reach the brilliance of that one. Should be interesting to see which direction Moby takes next.… Collapse
  8. JS
    Sep 2, 2002
    1
    a bunch of complete and utter twaddle. more 'tear-your-hair-out' than 'chill-out'.

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#81 Most Shared Album of 2002