''Last Night'' is the eighth studio album by American

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singer, songwriter, and musician

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, released on March 29, 2008, by

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. The album is a much more

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-oriented release than Moby's previous few albums.

Background and recording

In October 2006, Moby released his greatest hits compilation ''

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''. Following its release, he decided to start work on his next studio album, his first since ''

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'' in 2005. Moby adopted a

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theme in regard to the album's shape, structuring it like an "epic night out" in

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, "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." 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", The album was recorded in Moby's home studio in

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and features a number of guest vocalists, including

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, MC

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(one of the writers of "

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", which boosted the popularity of sampling, a common method to make the music on Moby's 1999 album ''

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''), Sylvia from the band Kudu, British MC Aynzli, and the Nigeria-based 419 Squad.Moby.com News
Moby.com, accessed 16 November 2007. Moby picked "Last Night" as his favourite track on the album. 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." Moby made the album as a tribute to his favorite city in the world:

Promotion and release

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" 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

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. ' "

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" was released on July 1, and the album's final single, " Ooh Yeah", was released on November 28.

Track listing

Notes *Credited respectively as "Aynzli Jones and S.O.Simple and Smokey from 419 Squad". *"Degenerates" is an alternate mix of " Raining Again" b-side "It's OK". *"Last Night" (0:00–4:53) shares the track with hidden song "Lucy Vida" (4:54–9:23).

Release history

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{authority control 2008 albums Moby albums Mute Records albums Albums produced by Moby Concept albums New York City in fiction