A well crafted album of both uptempo and downtempo tracks, many of which are constructed from samples of old blues recordings (Honey, Run On, Find My Baby). Moby himself sings on a few tracks (the lush 'Porcelain', the pensive 'The Sky Is Broken'), and there are even some near-ambient experiments (the sombre 'Guitar, Flute & String'). Unfortunately every single track on the album was eventually licensed for commercial advertisements, so many of these tracks have lost their initial impact. Still, an overall great album (and one that helped establish Moby as a mainstream artist).

One of my all time favorite albums. There isn't a bad song on this gem. This is his first V2 Records album. This specific version is the original release of the album, featuring 'South Side' without the vocals of Gwen Stefani. She recorded the vocals over a year after the release of this album when the single was released. The album was then re-released with that newer version. Some Moby fans (including myself) prefer the original recording.

I heard somewhere that this album was the single most leased album of all time. In other words, every single track has been used in countless commercials, tv shows, movies, radio shows, etc. You could listen to this album for the first time and know every track by heart.

As diehard of a Moby fan I am, I don't really see this as selling out (although it pretty much is the epitome of it), I'm more happy Moby finally made a well-deserved breakthrough into pop-culture. Despite how mainstream this album may be, it is still one of my all-time favorites with Moby's fine-tuned production skills.

2 tracks of this album were used for Season 7-episodes of the X-Files series. "The Sky Is Broken" appeared on 7x17 "All Things" and "My Weakness" appeared as a kind of main soundtrack on 7x11 "Closure", when agent Mulder finds the soul of his dead sister.

The versions of "My Weakness" that are used for "Closure" as intro and end soundtrack are slightly different re-edits by Mark Snow.

A very good album, which samples a blues sound with modern music. When Moby sticks to what his good at he comes up with an album like this. Shame it's been cheapened by overkill with 80% of the album used on commercial adverts.

"Porcelain" is by far my favorite track on this album. Although the lyrics are somewhat sad, it's a very sexy make-out song. Next in line would be "Run On," an old-timey harmonized gospel track with a bouncy beat. Very fun! Although I agree with others that his older stuff is different, I wouldn't go so far as to call it "better"...Just different, and all quite excellent to listen to. It's no wonder this CD put Moby on the mainstream map.

This album is a departure from Moby's earlier work, very slow and thoughtful. Most of the tracks feature samples of a gospel choir from a bunch of cassettes Moby bought when he visited the south. I think its okay for a listen now and then, but its not my favorite stuff. Despite the rap it might have gotten for being a little cheesey, I think Bodyrock is a pretty decent track.