During the 1990's, one of the most popular ambient electronica artists managed to nab countless top 40 singles and music awards with his techno music. Richard Hall, better known as Moby, was a star then and an even bigger superstar today. Hit most popular album (as well as the best selling electronica album in the world to date) is Play, released in 1999. One of his recent albums, Wait for Me, released in 2009, is truly a masterpiece. The ambient brand that created Moby's smashing success still held strong in that album, making it one of the most fantastic nonpareil electronica albums for the decade.
One of the most powerful songs on the album is “Shot in the Back of the Head.” Its hypnotic and surreal instrumental performance is truly something to behold. Mournful and stirring, it has the making of the perfect melody for an emotional movie scene. Deliberately choppy in the beginning, it gradually flows its way into tearful rhythmical motion before finally floating away as the finale.
Another notable track is “Pale Horses.” Accompanied by devastatingly beautiful vocalists, the mixture of emotive melodies and intriguingly depressive lyrics make this a powerful song to any listener's ears.
“Hope is Gone” is a sad ballad, beginning with a gentle female vocalist performance and continuing with lightly tense, slightly hopeful instrumental pieces in the background as she continues her heartbreaking song until it all fades away at the very end.
“Wait for Me,” the title track, is completely ethereal in that it includes a trickle of piano tunes against a set of wondrous female vocals. It allows the listener to imagine the depths of which this album talks to the soul through music.
Moby will certainly go down in history as one of the best techno/electronica musicians of the decades. Wait for Me is profoundly beautiful despite its leaning towards the more pessimistic, darker sides of life. It manages to find beauty in the saddest of melodies, making the listener uncertain as to whether they should dissolve in tears of joy or tears of sorrow. It is truly a moving masterpiece, living up to his expectations after his previous amazing successes in the techno music field.
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