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Of course, that wouldn't mean jack if the album didn't have good songs on it, and it undoubtedly does. "Honey" and "Natural Blues" are great examples of this concept, but the real winner is "Run On", an incredibly catchy song that could be the album's highlight. "Porcelain", "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?", and "My Weakness" are just some of my favorite slower songs here. "Machete" is an Underworld-esque track that is a lot better than it sounds on paper, and "Bodyrock" is the last great big beat song.

All in all, this is probably Moby's finest hour, and a great achievement for the world of dance music. It seems to appeal to those outside the techno world, too, making this a rare crossover. Appreciate it now or be left behind.

Doesn't Moby come up with some great song titles? Check 'em out. Another plus is how even though he's a very devout Christian and vegan, he doesn't feel the need to preach about it in his music. Instead, he puts essays of his into the liner notes, and even though I don't agree with his politics, he makes some very valid points in his essays that I definately respect.

"Find My Baby" is probably my favorite song on here, although they're all good. Some are really techno-y, but still original enough to escape the facelessness that plagues a lot of electronic music. I think for this album Moby was really influenced by the Fatboy Slim/Chemical Brothers strategy of gradually building up songs by slowly piling on more and more instruments. He took what they had already done, added some gospel samples, and took it to the max. Also, unlike the Chemical Brothers for example, Moby has clearly spent a lot of time analyzing his song structures and making sure they never go on so long that they turn into a bunch of hammering, repetitive noise. A lot of these songs start out very basic, maybe just a lone vocal or keyboard part, but once enough relatively simple instrument parts start piling up upon each other, the songs just gain this sense of epicness. Great stuff.