• Record Label: Mute US
  • Release Date: Mar 2, 2018
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
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  1. Magnet
    Apr 17, 2018
    80
    It's not as fun as [1999's Play], but the broad outlines comes from a similar Play-book, with Moby talk/sung vocals amid coos and hums of female singers. ... It's an inviting album but it's bleak. [No. 150, p.56]
  2. Mar 14, 2018
    80
    It's a tasteful and mature evolution for one of the genre's key names, and long-time fans will have no problem assimilating this well-crafted, down-tempo album into Moby's already eclectic body of work.
  3. Mar 14, 2018
    80
    It is the best thing Moby has done in a long time.
  4. Q Magazine
    Mar 13, 2018
    80
    This is the sound of someone surveying a world turning to ashes. In other words, anyone looking for upbeat club songs to soundtrack adverts may be disappointed. [May 2018, p.111]
  5. Mar 6, 2018
    80
    With this widescreen delivery Moby has made an album at once more profound and more substantial than anything we have heard from him in a long time, and certainly more personally meaningful than Play.
  6. Mar 5, 2018
    80
    This is one of Moby’s most cohesive efforts, so if you don’t dig this side of his musical output or look for a wild diversity, you’d be a bit disappointed. Other than this, the record flows surprisingly nice, unveiling a lot of strong material.
  7. Mar 1, 2018
    80
    Despite the overwhelming melancholy that drenches the album, it remains a gorgeous collection that is mostly indebted to trip-hop and his pre-millennial output, with a few nods to the quieter moments on 2013's Innocents.
  8. 80
    Despite its relentlessly downbeat content, then, Moby’s music is just too satisfying to be depressing.
  9. Mar 1, 2018
    75
    Oddly enough, the early '90s feel which permeates the record, sounds fresh as a daisy in 2018. It would have been easy for Moby to get all punk rock and bombastic about the subject matter, but instead we get lush, mid-tempo trip hop. Kudos, sir.
  10. Mar 2, 2018
    70
    [A] sympathetic examination of the world's wounds.
  11. Mar 2, 2018
    67
    He’s turning them [conflicting emotions] into a rapturous piece of art like this instead of venting his spleen in the echo chamber of social media is worthy of praise and attention. Just do yourself the favor of taking this album in moderation. A little goes a long way.
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 42
  2. Negative: 8 out of 42
  1. Mar 9, 2018
    8
    This album I think is going to be the sort of gem that gets lost in the shuffle but could potentially get it's due later. This really was aThis album I think is going to be the sort of gem that gets lost in the shuffle but could potentially get it's due later. This really was a surprising album for me, I enjoy it as a cohesive whole and can get through the whole album without feeling like I'm ever taken out of it. Which is the opposite of my experience with the only 2 other Moby albums I've listened to (Play and 18). Give it a few spins before writing it off. Good album Full Review »
  2. Apr 6, 2018
    8
    Moby surpassed himself with this album, the production envelops you in a magical atmosphere, manages to capture a unique essence.
  3. Mar 10, 2018
    8
    Beautiful and inspired. Moby's latest is lush and soothing even at its most melancholic. It feels earnest and sincere even at its mostBeautiful and inspired. Moby's latest is lush and soothing even at its most melancholic. It feels earnest and sincere even at its most awkward. It taps into a similar subdued power that Lambchop did on FLOTUS. I know this guy gets a bad rap for churning out sentimental electronica mood pieces for the masses, and I'm not going to argue whether or not he deserves that critical sneer, but I can already tell this gem is going under the radar and it's a shame, because it's one of the best albums so far this year. Full Review »