Sad but Beautiful

With the exception of the uplifting 9/11 inspired opening We Are All Made of Stars and the bouncy Jam for the Ladies tossed into the middle this has to be one of the saddest albums ever made.From Track 2 In this World(Lordy don't you leave me all by myself)to One of These Mornings(One of these mornings won't be very long I'll be gone)to At Least We Tried this cd is filled with anguish and loneliness.Having said that nobody handles melancholy material better than Moby.Using different vocalists from Jennifer Price to Sinead O'Connor and beautiful atmospheric music to back the songs 18 has plenty of variety and breaks your heart more than once along the way.Moby took a big chance and probably lost some fans he gained with the more upbeat Play.Fortunately though his gamble pays off with some of the bleakest but most gorgously haunting music you'll ever hear.

Moby 18

18/Moby

Moby's best work by far

He went too Eno on Hotel, and his politics annoy the hell out of me, but I listen to this CD at least once a month. Most of his stuff beofre this seems to lead up to it, it feels like he took many attempts to get here. I believe this will stand as the pinnacle of Moby's recording career, and it's all downhill from here. I'd like him to prove me wrong.