Last Night (Moby album)

Last Night is the eighth studio album by American electronica singer, songwriter, and musician Moby, released in March 2008 by Mute Records. It is a more dance-oriented affair than Moby's previous few albums.[1]

Last Night
Studio album by
Moby
ReleasedMarch 29, 2008
Recorded2007
StudioMoby's home studio in New York City
GenreElectronic dance music
Length60:05
LabelMute
ProducerMoby
Moby chronology
The BioShock EP
(2007)		 Last Night
(2008)		 Wait for Me
(2009)
Singles from Last Night
  1. "Disco Lies"
    Released: January 21, 2008
  2. "Alice"
    Released: March 10, 2008
  3. "I Love to Move in Here"
    Released: July 1, 2008
  4. "Ooh Yeah"
    Released: November 23, 2008

Recording and content

In October 2006, Moby released his greatest hits compilation Go – The Very Best of Moby. Following its release, he decided to start work on his next studio album, his first since Hotel in 2005. Moby adopted a conceptual theme in regard to the album's shape, structuring it like an "epic night out" in New York City, "moving from the building excitement of the early evening, to peak-time euphoria, to 2 a.m. confusion, and the blissful peace of the early morning New York City sunrise."[2] Moby was influenced by this idea from living in Manhattan and being exposed to a variety of live dance music, which he wanted to reflect on Last Night. "I wanted to condense that 8 hour going out experience into 65 minutes."[2]

The album was recorded in Moby's home studio in Manhattan, New York City and features a number of guest vocalists, including Wendy Starland, MC Grandmaster Caz (one of the writers of "Rapper's Delight", which boosted the popularity of sampling, a common method to make the music on Moby's 1999 blockbuster Play), Sylvia from the band Kudu, British MC Aynzli, and the Nigerian 419 Squad.[3] Moby picked "Last Night" as his favourite track on the album.[2]


On his official website, Moby stated that this album is "a lot more dance-oriented and electronic than my last few albums, probably as a result of all of the DJing I've been doing lately."[4] He also wrote that:

Last Night is basically a love letter to dance music in New York City. What I love about the New York approach to dance music is the eclecticism and the open minded-ness on the part of the musicians, the DJ's, and the people in the bars and clubs. In making Last Night, I essentially tried to take a long 8 hour night out in New York City and condense it into a 65 minute long album.[5]

Promotion and release
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The A.V. ClubB[8]
The Guardian[9]
The Independent[10]
Mojo[11]
Pitchfork5.2/10[1]
Q[12]
Rolling Stone[13]
Spin[14]
URB[15]

"Disco Lies" was released as a single on January 21, 2008. The second single, "Alice", was released on March 10.

Last Night was released on March 29 by record label Mute. Last Night sold a mere 200,000 copies worldwide during its first month. It disappeared from the worldwide charts very quickly. Its total sales stand at 500,000 copies worldwide. The low sales might also be attributed to Moby's US label, V2, getting out of the record making business. This forced him to rely only on UK label Mute's limited distribution and promotion.

"I Love to Move in Here" was released on July 1, and the album's final single, "Ooh Yeah", was released on November 28.

Last Night Remixed
Last Night Remixed
Remix album by
Moby
ReleasedNovember 3, 2008
Recorded2007–2008
GenreEDM, house
LabelMute
ProducerMoby
Moby chronology
Last Night
(2008)		 Last Night Remixed
(2008)		 Wait for Me
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rolling Stone
The Sunday Times
musicOMH[16]
AllMusic[17]

On November 3, 2008 in the UK and November 25, 2008 in the U.S., a remix album of Last Night entitled Last Night Remixed was released. Moby said of the album:

Remixes in 2008 are more important than they've ever been, and the great thing about the ubiquity of software like Ableton and Logic is that now almost anyone can be a remixer[18]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Moby, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ooh Yeah" 5:18
2."I Love to Move in Here" 4:45
3."257.Zero" 3:38
4."Everyday It's 1989" 3:40
5."Live for Tomorrow" 4:02
6."Alice" 4:27
7."Hyenas" 3:35
8."I'm in Love"Wendy Starland3:43
9."Disco Lies" 3:23
10."The Stars" 4:21
11."Degenerates" (an alternate mix of "It's OK" from the "Raining Again" single) 3:58
12."Sweet Apocalypse" 5:19
13."Mothers of the Night" 3:19
14."Last Night" 4:53
15."Lucy Vida" (hidden track, replaced by "Sweetest" on iTunes edition and "Land Of" on Amazon MP3 edition) 4:54
Amazon MP3 bonus track
No.TitleLength
16."Sweetest"4:48
Last Night Remixed
  1. "I Love to Move in Here (Holy Ghost! Remix)" – 5:03
  2. "Ooh Yeah (Kris Menace Remix)" – 3:51
  3. "Live for Tomorrow (Tocadisco Remix)" – 5:19
  4. "I'm in Love (Shapeshifters Maximal Remix)" – 7:03
  5. "Disco Lies (Freemasons Club Mix)" – 5:32
  6. "I Love to Move in Here (Seamus Haji Club Mix)" – 6:01
  7. "Alice (General Midi Remix)" – 5:15
  8. "The Stars (AC Slater Remix)" – 4:36
  9. "Disco Lies (Spencer & Hill Remix)" – 5:27
  10. "Alice (Drop the Lime Heavy Bass Remix)" – 3:15
  11. "Ooh Yeah (D.Ramirez Haunted Playground Remix)" – 5:49
  12. "I'm in Love (Mason Glowsticks Remix)" – 5:25
  13. "I Love to Move in Here (Style of Eye Piano Remix)" – 5:54
  14. "Last Night (Album Version)" – 5:47
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Album Megamix"1:14:23
16."Ooh Yeah (Moby Remix)" 

Release history
Country Release date
Australia March 29, 2008
United States April 1, 2008
United Kingdom May 12, 2008

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[43] Gold 15,000^
Belgium (BEA)[44] Gold 15,000*
France (SNEP)[45] Gold 75,000*
Russia (NFPF)[46] Gold 10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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