18 (album)

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18th
Studio album by Moby

Publication
(s)

2002

admission

2001-2002

Label (s) Mute (STUMM 202), V2 , BMG

Genre (s)

Electronica , ambient house, downbeat , house

production

Moby

chronology
Play: The B Sides (2000) 18th 18 B Sides + DVD (2003)
Single releases
April 29, 2002 We Are All Made of Stars
August 19, 2002 Extreme ways
November 4, 2002 In This World
2002 In My Heart
March 3, 2003 Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)
July 21, 2003 Jam for the ladies

18 is the sixth studio album by the American artist Moby and was released on April 29, 2002. The album features guest appearances from Azure Ray , MC Lyte , Angie Stone and Sinéad O'Connor . A collection of B-sides and footage was released a year later with 18 B Sides + DVD .

reception

The critical opinion on this album was mixed to positive. Some critics accuse him that it is a reprint of old ideas and that he lacks inspiration. David Browne argued in an article for Entertainment Weekly that Moby was sticking to the recipe for success on his previous album, Play, and adding some innovations in order not to stand still artistically. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, on the other hand, argued for Allmusic that Moby was taking a step away from play , and thus from the mainstream, at 18 .

The album debuted at number 1 in many European countries, including Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain and France. It has been sold more than 5 million times worldwide and has achieved gold and platinum status in over 30 countries. This is a respectable achievement for an electronic music album, but it wasn't half as successful as its predecessor Play.

Use in other media

  • The title One of These Mornings (in a version with vocals by Patti LaBelle) was recorded in several episodes of Without a Trace , in an episode of Person of Interest , and in the film Miami Vice .
  • The title Extreme Ways is played at the end of all films in the Bourne series .
  • The title We Are All Made of Stars was used in the video game NHL Hitz 20-03 .
  • The track In My Heart can be heard in The Pursuit of Happiness . It was also used in advertising for Nokia N-Series devices.
  • The title Great Escape was used in an episode of The L Word series .
  • Instrumental track 18 , as well as other tracks by Moby, can be heard in the documentation Earthlings .

Track list

No. title length
1. We Are All Made of Stars 4:33
2. In This World 4:02
3. In My Heart 4:36
4th Great Escape 2:08
5. Signs of Love 4:26
6th One of These Mornings 3:12
7th Another woman 3:56
8th. Fireworks 2:13
9. Extreme ways 3:56
10. Jam for the ladies 3:21
11. Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday) 5:09
12. 18 (instrumental) 4:28
13. Sleep alone 4:45
14th At Last We Tried 4:08
15th Habour 6:27
16. Look back in 2:20
17th The rafters 3:22
18th I'm not worried at all 4:13

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,236960,00.html
  2. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000219218
  3. ^ Armor, Jerry (May 22, 2002). "Moby Didn't Feel Pressure To Follow Up 'Play,' '18' Bows At Number Four". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved February 23, 2007.
  4. ↑ In My Heart by Moby (Nokia NSeries). In: YouTube.com. August 5, 2007, accessed December 2, 2016 .