Animal Rights by Moby

Pros: Cool loud songs and beautiful instrumentals

Cons: Some songs sound a bit too unpolished at times.

The Bottom Line: To hear a different side of Moby, check out Animal Rights.

Review: In the summer of 1997, I joined three friends for the Riverside 104 Fest, an all-day show sponsored by a Connecticut radio station. Riverside was what is now known as Six Flags in Agawam, MA. The show was great, featuring Our Lady Peace, Better Than...

Pros: Great upbeat, guitar-driven songs to rock out to.

Cons: A few too many slow, melancholy songs.

The Bottom Line: This album contains many upbeat, guitar-driven songs that are great for rocking out.

Review: If you're still angry over a recent break-up, this is a good album for you.

Animal Rights is a big departure from other Moby releases, such as Play and Songs. In many of the songs, Moby plays an electric guitar instead of a...

Pros: A bitter, impassioned, at times incredible record of heartache, performed and viscerally and excitingly

Cons: Moby's screaming vocals are very prevalent throughout, which might alienate some

The Bottom Line: I have never came across an album by a solo artist more brazen, bitter, angry and impassioned than this. An act of self-destructive madness, but an unforgettable one.

Review: After picking up Moby's 1999's masterpiece, Play, in which he managed to fuse gospel, rap and rock with dance music successfully, I was rather shocked when I put this seething album into my CD player. This is probably the only album to...

Pros: almost 40 minutes of electronic washes.

Cons: risks alienating a lot of his old (or potential) ones with the new sounds.

Review: After hearing the first minutes of the opening track on Animal Rights, one gets the impression that this is the Moby that they've grown to love. "Dead Sun" drifts along in a wash of organ sounds that make the listener want to drift off into a more...

Pros: Wonderful aggression lifter

Cons: Not what you would expect from Moby

Review: Warning ~ This is not the same sound of Moby that is shown in Play and Everything is Wrong. This is heavy guitar screaming Punk intertwined with haunting instrumental pieces. The punk driven pieces have beautiful background instrumentation if you...

Pros: Great song structure, good tunes

Cons: Ambient tracks take away from album's feel

Review: After seeing Moby live, I have to say that this guy is the real deal. He's out there, but in a good way.

Moby is the Faith No More or David Bowie of his "genre." Meaning- he does whatever the hell he wants, damn the genre he kind of falls...

Pros: Innovative and original

Cons: may offend some purists by his stretching out

Review: As a real follow up to the amazing '95 release Everything is Wrong (yes, there have been many releases in between but no full length new material albums) Animal Rights takes Moby into new territory.

Those of you seeking a sequel to...

Pros: A new sound from the popular

Cons: Depends on how you look at it

The Bottom Line: What can I say Moby is versatile

Review: If you liked 'Play' and think that is all Moby does, light jazz and blues with ambient undertones, this album will set you straight. This is NOT the well known 'Play' album from Moby, not even close. This album has rushes of anger, hints of ambient,...