The thing is... I'm not saying Moby is a genius - or that he's not in it for the money - or that he's a great DJ or showman - or that this LP meant tons of hours of hard work for him. Everything that has been said on this list against Moby is probably right - the thing is, the question was about making a 50 list of the best albums of electronic music... and Play is good, really really good, it stands the test of time, it brings me a lot of pleasure when I listen to it (and so it does for lots of people I know, including people who are far from being Britney Spears fans in the first place), and on top of it, it also is an important album, in that it opened several friends of mine to "soft techno" - once they are OK with Play, I was able to open them up to SAW II, CiM or Boards of Canada, then to those who did this kind of music in Detroit, such as Carl Craig's Landcruising or Atkins' Model 500 Classics... I'm not standing up for the artist, who seems to deserve all the smelly stuff that's been heaped on his bald cranium on this list, I'm standing up for the album... Gwendal
> I just don't get the Moby is a pioneer argument myself. > > You know the story of that album, don't you? Moby went out to > his local > chain store bought two CDs of old blues/gospel samples and > thought aha and > viola. > > You could do it. Even Puffy is more original as at least he devised an > aesthetic (hip-hop soul) and didn't just sample. > > And as for Moby's live shows, well.....
