Hotel
by Moby
Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 24
  3. Negative: 8 out of 24
  1. Alternative Press
    20
    Hotel is all vacancy. [Apr 2005, p.128]
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  2. Pitchfork
    24
    If Moby has accomplished anything with Hotel, it's that he may have become the rare musical artist equally despised by both of modern music criticism's warring camps.
  3. Stylus Magazine
    33
    His music has lost a large degree of the vitality that it once held.
  5. Drowned In Sound
    30
    Bland and instantly forgettable.
  6. The A.V. Club
    30
    An album that finds Moby half-remembering ideas for songs that are hard not to forget.
  7. The New York Times
    20
    More than ever, the focus here is on Moby as a singer and songwriter, which is strange, because he is not very good at either job.
  8. Billboard
    30
    The lyrics seem ripped from a teenager's journal, and his regular-guy vocals can't make them compelling.
  9. cokemachineglow
    10
    Of all the glaring sonic crimes, it’s Moby’s nonexistent voice that most solidifies Hotel’s future infamy.

Awards & Rankings

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#89 Most Discussed Album of 2005
98
#98 Most Shared Album of 2005

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User Score
5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 64 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 64
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 64
  3. Negative: 20 out of 64
  1. DanMetacritic94
    Mar 31, 2013
    8
    Hotel is Moby’s first album without any vocal samples and it is a departure from his earlier albums Play and 18.

    It turns out that many    Hotel is Moby’s first album without any vocal samples and it is a departure from his earlier albums Play and 18.

    It turns out that many critics and even his fans stated that this is his worst album. On Metacritic, it has an average critic score of 47 and an average score of 5.0/10 from the users.

    I do agree that it’s his least best, but I find this album to be underrated and I thought it was a good album overall.

    The first half of the album is the best, but I thought that in the second half of the album, it sounded like Moby was running out of ideas.

    Yes, it is his least best, but it’s worth a listen.

    Track Picks: Hotel Intro, Raining Again, Lift Me Up, Where You End & Spiders

    DW Rating: 4 out of 5 stars    … Full Review »
  2. jyo_tirmaya
    Dec 29, 2015
    10
    "Hotel" has some really fun songs to (I liked when they played the song 'beautiful' in the "Devil Wears Prada" movie. It's a very upbeat"Hotel" has some really fun songs to (I liked when they played the song 'beautiful' in the "Devil Wears Prada" movie. It's a very upbeat album. Listen to it if you're feeling bored. It's got a lot of fun beats to it. The melodies on the songs are very good. The music is nicely done. Yeah! I love this album as much as I would "Play." I like this better than "Play."… Full Review »
  3. Mike
    Mar 27, 2007
    2
    The worst moby album to date.
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