Ambient | 
 enlarge | Artist: Moby
Label: Instinct Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 17910
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.5
MPN: 410253
UPC: 720841025320
EAN: 7208410253204
ASIN: B000001UTK
Release Date: August 17, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | My Beautiful Blue Sky | | • | Heaven | | • | Tongues - Moby, Moby | | • | J Breas | | • | Myopia - Moby, Moby | | • | House of Blue Leaves | | • | Bad Days | | • | Piano & String | | • | Sound - Moby, Moby | | • | Dog - Moby, Hearon, Martha | | • | 80 | | • | Lean on Me |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
Long before music marketers coined the term ambient to describe ethereal electronic music that's too slow to dance to, Moby had already written several songs that fit nicely into this genre. They are included, along with newer material, on this album. Moby's more conventional song structures will appeal to those who find Robert Fripp and Brian Eno's experimentation unpalatable. "Myopia" is a good representation of Moby's ability to write accessible ambient music that never strays too far into the abstract. --Beth Bessmer
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
Ambient Moby Style November 26, 2008
Nathan Beauchamp (Oak Park, IL USA)
Moby once had hair. This album proves that. If you can get past the 80s 'tron' glow of the album cover art, you'll discover an interesting, if imperfect ambient album. You'll also be digging into one of the earliest finished collections of music by the man that put electronica on most people's radars (whether they know it or not). Hits like "South Side," and "Porcelain," from the album Play made the top-one-hundred crowd pay attention to what they'd been missing. Before "Play" came the aptly named "Ambient," a less polished, and much less commercially successful foray into the world of synthesizers. You won't find remixed gospel loops here (in fact, no lyrics at all), nor the eclectic variety of "Play." What you will find is the first hints of the greatness Moby would ultimately become.
Most of the songs on "Ambient," are just ok. It's not that they're bad songs, they just don't grab you and force you to pay attention. Maybe that's a good thing, considering many use this as background music only. But if you want to listen to this album for the music's sake, you might find it a little repetitive or boring at times.
There are exceptions though, and some of the tracks really shine. "Bad Days," with its melancholic downbeat vibe, is really a great song. "Heaven," is also pretty, driving, and shows sings of where Moby would head later in his musical career.
Overall, this collection is only a must have for either a hardcore Moby fan or someone who really loves ambient music. If you're just getting into Moby, get Play instead. Follow that up with 18. Then, if you want to see where it all started, take a swing at "Ambient."
 Strange August 27, 2008
M. Bryant (Alpharetta, Georgia United States)
Moby's first album was the 'Instinct Dance' release, or the self-titled release that was released about a year before this, but this music preexisted that on either of those albums. Among Moby's early work, there are a plethora of 12" singles released all over the United States and Europe under such obscure dance labels as Instinct, Low Spirit, Outer Rythym, and others. Almost all of these early singles explored a slightly different, more direct and upbeat music, more accessible to the dance clubs. These songs are collected on the 'Moby' and 'Early Underground' releases. This, however, had no singles, no promotion, and none of the songs on this album have ever been played live as far as anyone knows. This is partially because this album wasn't even authorised for release. In fact, it can't even really be categorized- Moby didn't even come up with the title- Instinct labelled it as 'ambient' along with their other underground ambient records, although it doesn't really fit in. Instinct records released this album in 1993, and Moby himself didn't think the music was good enough for release. Technically, it isn't. The song structure is very straightforward, there are no dramatic keyboard solos or musical climaxes that send you soaring; however, what is to be found on this album is an incredible amount of atmosphere. The music found here will not impress you or make you think that Moby is a virtuosic player, but it will make you think. Listening to this music is like enjoying a fine wine or pipe tobacco- it's a subtle, acquired taste, yet rewarding in the end. Half of the music is what you yourself derive from it- the music makes you think, and that's possibly why some ambient music fans don't enjoy it. To truly 'get' this album, you've got to open up and go halfway, and the music will do the rest for you.
Track by track, each song brings about a different mood through simple instrumentation. For example, the first track, 'My Beautiful Blue Sky' begins with a simple string chord that gradually gets louder. It evolves to encompass several musical styles and is noticibly influenced by tribal music. Highlights of the album include:
Heaven, Myopia, House Of Blue Leaves, Bad Days, and Lean On Me.
Give it a try.
 Not ambient in the least, just a pretentious title July 28, 2008
Said Head (MN, USA)
I got this CD out of curiosity, and I haven't listened to it since I the first time I opened it. You don't get 'ambient' music on this album, you get techno beats and some rhythms pasted on it. When Moby made Hotel, and released the ambient CD with it, that was what I had expected from an ambient album, this isn't it at all. Moby doesn't touch ambient music until 'Everything Is Wrong' which coincidentally is when Moby starts reaching popularity from an audience that doesn't consist of just techno-ravers. Well, some of these tracks are decent and worth listening to, but the overall pretensions of it being an 'ambient' track is almost embarrassing after knowing what wonderful music Moby is actually capable of without merely sticking labels onto everything.
Ambient April 29, 2008
Brigitte Truman (Chillicothe, OH USA)
This is a forebode of things to come. I love what Moby has done here. It's beautiful.
Moby December 27, 2007
Karla M. Parker (Wherever we park the K'Pod)
We love this release, however it was lost in our move. Its great to have it again. Very ethereal. One can simply loose oneself, so if you are a Moby fan and you love ambient music its a flawless mix of both. Get it and enjoy!
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