  Moby was born Richard Melville
Hall on September 11, 1965 In Connecticut.
The name 'Moby' was a nickname from his
childhood and a reference to his great great
granduncle, Herman Melville, who wrote Moby
Dick. In his teens, Moby began playing
with various bands and eventually DJ-ing. But
it wasn't until moving to New York in 1989
and gaining recognition as a club DJ that
Moby was signed to a record deal - eventually
landing him on radio, television, and dance
clubs with his blend of electronica, dance,
alternative, and pop music. Even better, Moby
is known for his out-spoken opinions and
support of various environmental and animal
causes.
Moby hit the Top 10 in the UK
with "Go."
 Moby released his debut LP - Moby.
Moby made it into the Guinness
Book Of World Records with the fastest
single of all-time - "I Feel It"
(with 1015 beats per minute at its fastest).
Moby released Early
Underground.
 Moby released Ambient.
Moby topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart for a week with
"Move."
Moby released the EP, Move.
 Moby released Everything
Is Wrong which was a hit with critics.
Moby performed as part of the
'Lollapalooza' package tour.
 Moby released Animal
Rights.
Moby released Rare:
Collected B-Sides 1989-1993.
Moby released I
Like To Score - a collection of music used in
film, including a version of the 'James Bond
Theme.'
 Moby released Play.
 # 141
Singles Artist of the Year
Play was certified gold.
Moby was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Instrumental
Performance ("Bodyrock") and Best Alternative Music
Performance (Play).
 Play was certified
platinum.
Moby hit the Top 40 with "Bodyrock."
Moby released MobySongs:
1993-98.
 Moby was nominated for
a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Male Video ("Natural
Blues").
 # 79
Singles Artist of the Year
Moby hit the
Top 40 (with help from Gwen
Stefani) with "South Side."
 Play was certified 2x
platinum.
Moby was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording ("Natural
Blues") and performed at the ceremony
with Jill Scott and the Blue
Man Group. Moby also spoke up about
the controversy surrounding multi-nominee, Eminem: "He's very good
at what he does, and he's very clever, but
he's also a misogynist, a homophobe, a
racist, and an anti-Semite. I don't see how I
can lend any sort of support to an artist
like that."
Moby hit the Top 10 with "South Side."
 Moby topped the Billboard Top
Music Videos chart with Play:
The DVD for a week.
Moby won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Male Video ("South Side").
Moby won a VH1/Vogue Fashion
Award for Visionary Video ("South Side").
Readers of Rolling
Stone voted Moby as Best Dance/DJ
Artist of the Year.
 # 137
Singles Artist of the Year
Moby was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long
Form (Play:
The DVD).
 Moby could be heard teaming up
with Mystikal on the Blade
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soundtrack with "Gettin'
Aggressive."
Moby released 18 which topped the UK
and Canadian LP charts by month's end.
Moby hit the Top 40 with "We Are All Made Of
Stars."
18 topped the Billboard
Internet Album Sales and Billboard Top
Electronic Albums charts.
 18 was certified gold.
Moby could be heard on the XXX soundtrack with
"Landing."
Moby's video for "We Are All Made Of
Stars"
won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Cinematography (Brad Rushing).
Moby is campaigning to get more
people to give up turkey on Thanksgiving by
having them call the Butterball corporation
and tell them "there is no proper way to
kill and cook these beautiful birds."
Moby's efforts are part of his involvement
with People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (1-888-VEG-FOOD).
Moby was assaulted by a few men
in Boston outside a club he had just
performed at by 2 or 3 attackers. Moby stated
on his website that he wasn't severely hurt
and suffered bruises on his face.
Rolling
Stone magazine readers picked Moby as
Best Dance Artist.
Moby topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Electronic
Artist and with the Top Electronic Album (18).
 Moby could be heard on the DareDevil soundtrack with
"Evening Rain."
Moby was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental
Performance ("18").
Moby topped the Billboard Hot
Digital Tracks chart for a week with
"Love Of Strings."
Moby released 18
B-Sides.
 Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 341:
Play.
Moby released Baby
Monkey under his old name 'Voodoo
Child.'
 As debate over gay marriage
began, Moby told The
Advocate: "I believe, very simply,
that consenting adults should be able to do
whatever they see fit, so long as their
actions do not affect anyone other than
themselves. Bush's 'gay marriage amendment'
is just a way for the commander-in-thief to
appease his reactionary right-wing
base."
 Moby could be heard on the
compilation LP Unity
- Athens 2004 Olympics with
"MKLFKWR."
Moby released his next LP Hotel.
 Moby topped the Billboard Top
Electronics Album chart with Hotel.
Moby released the hits
collection Go:
The Very Best Of Moby.
 Moby released Last
Night.
Moby topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart with "Disco
Lies."
 Entertainment Weekly:
100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included Play at # 74.
Moby could be heard on the
compilation Songs
For Tibet - The Art Of Peace with the track
"We Are All Made Of Stars 2008."
 Moby topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart for a week with
"I Love To Move In Here."
Moby was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic / Dance Album (Last
Night).
 Moby released Wait
For Me.
Moby released Destroyed.
 Moby released his next LP Inoocents.
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Moby
Released: July, 1992
Tracks: "Drop A
Beat" - "Everything" -
"Yeah" -
"Electricity" - "Next Is
The E" - "Mercy" -
"Go" - "Help Me To
Believe" - "Have You Seen My
Baby" - "Ah-Ah" -
"Silent Return" -
"Stream" |
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Early Underground
Released: April, 1993
Tracks:
"Besame" - "Rock The
House" - "Move The Colors"
- "Uhf 3" - "Party
Time" - "Protect Write" -
"Go" (Original) -
"Permanent Green" -
"Voodoo Child" - "Drug
Fits The Face" - "Time
Signature" - "Peace Head"
- "Barracuda" -
"Mobility" - "M-Four" |
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Ambient
Released: August, 1993
Tracks: "My
Beautiful Blue Sky" -
"Heaven" - "Tongues"
- "J Breas" -
"Myopia" - "House Of Blues
Leaves" - "Bad Days" -
"Piano & String" -
"Sound" - "Dog" -
"80" - "Lean On Me" |
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Move (EP)
Released: 1994
Tracks: "Move (You
Make Me Feel So Good)" - "All
That I Need Is To Be Loved" -
"Morning Dove" - "Move
(Disco Threat)" - "Unloved
Symphony" - "The Rain Falls And
The Sky Shudders" |
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Everything Is Wrong
Released: March, 1995
Tracks: "Hymn"
- "Feeling So Real" - "All
That I Need Is To Be Loved" -
"Let's Go Free" -
"Everytime You Touch Me" -
"Bring Back My Happiness" -
"What Love" - "First Cool
Hive" - "Into The Blue" -
"Anthem" - "Everything Is
Wrong" - "God Moving Over The
Face Of The Waters" - "When
It's Cold I'd Like To Die" |
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Animal Rights
Released: February, 1996
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Dead
Sun" - "Someone To Love" -
"Heavy Flow" - "You"
- "Now I Let It Go" -
"Come On Baby" -
"Soft" - "Anima" -
"Say It's All Mine" -
"That's When I Reach For My
Revolver" - "Alone" -
"Face It" - "Old" -
"Living" - "Love Song For
My Mom" - "A Season In
Hell" |
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Rare: Collected B-Sides
1989-1993
Released: August, 1996
Tracks: "Voodoo
Child" (Poor In NY Mix) - "Next
Is The E" (Club Mix) - "Drug
Fits The Face" (Drug Free Mix) -
"Have You Seen My Baby" (Baby
Mix) - "Uhf 2" - "Time's
Up" (Dust Mix) - "Drop R
Beat" (Deep Mix) -
"Mobility" (Aqua Mix) - "I
Feel It" (Synthe Mix) -
"Thousand" - "Go"
(Woodtick Mix) - "Go" (Analog
Mix) - "Go" (Subliminal Mix) -
"Go" (Night Time Mix) -
"Go" (Original Mix) -
"Go" (Low Spirit Mix) -
"Go" (Rainforest Mix) -
"Go" (Delirium Mix) -
"Go" (Voodoo Child Mix) -
"Go" (Barracuda Mix) -
"Go" (Arpathoski Mix) -
"Go" (In Dub Mix) -
"Go" (Soundtrack Mix) -
"Go" (Amphetamix) |
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I Like To Score
Released: August, 1997
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Novio"
- "Jame's Bond Theme" (Moby
Re-version)- "Go" -
"Ah-Ah" - "I Like To
Score" - "Oil 1" -
"New Dawn Fades" - "God
Moving Over The Face Of The Waters"
- "First Cool Hive" -
"Nash" - "Love Theme"
- "Grace" |
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Play
Released: June, 1999
US: 2x Platinum
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Honey"
- "Find My Baby" -
"Porcelain" - "Why Does My
Heart Feel So Bad?" - "South Side" -
"Rushing" - "Bodyrock" -
"Natural Blues" -
"Machete" - "7" -
"Run On" - "Down
Slow" - "If Things Were
Perfect" - "Everloving" -
"Inside" - "Guitar Flute
& String" - "The Sky Is
Broken" - "My Weakness" |
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MobySongs: 1993-98
Released: July, 2000
Tracks: "First Cool
Hive" - "Go" - "Into
The Blue" - "Now I Let Go"
- "Move (You Make Me Feel So
Good)" - "I Like To Score"
- "Anthem" - "Hymn" -
"Feeling So Real" - "God
Moving Over The Face Of The Waters"
- "Alone" - "Novio" -
"The Rain Falls And The Sky
Shudders" - "When It's Cold I'd
Like To Die" - "Living" -
"Grace" |
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18
Released: May, 2002
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Tracks: "We Are All Made Of
Stars" - "In This
World" - "In My Heart" -
"Great Escape" - "Signs Of
Love" - "One Of These
Mornings" - "Another
Woman" - "Fireworks" -
"Extreme Ways" - "Jam For
The Ladies" - "Sunday (The Day
Before My Birthday" - "18"
- "Sleep Alone" - "At
Least We Tried" -
"Harbour" - "Look Back
In" - "The Rafters" -
"I'm Not Worried At All" |
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18 B-Sides
Released: November, 2003
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks:
"Landing" - "Love Of
Strings" - "Nearer" -
"Afterlife" - "String
Electro" - "Downhill" -
"Soul Of Love" -
"Bed" - "Piano &
Strings" - "Horse &
Carrot" - "Life's So
Sweet" - "ISS" -
"Stray" |
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Hotel
Released: March, 2005
Billboard
peak:
# 28
Rolling Stone
review: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Hotel
Intro" - "Raining Again" -
"Beautiful" - "Lift Me
Up" - "Where You End" -
"Temptation" -
"Spiders" - "Dream About
Me" - "Very" - "I
Like It" - "Love Should" -
"Slipping Away" -
"Forever" - "Homeward
Angel" |
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Go: The Very Best Of
Moby
Released: October, 2006
Billboard
peak:
# 153
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Natural
Blues" - "Go" (2006 Mix) -
"Porcelain" - "We Are All Made Of
Stars" - "Dream About
Me" - "New York, New York"
(with Debby Harry) - "In This
World" - "South Side" -
"Beautiful" - "Extreme
Ways" - "Why Does My Heart Feel
So Bad?" - "In My Heart"
(New Mix) - "Honey" -
"Lift Me Up" - "Feeling So
Real" (live) - "God Moving Over
The Face Of The Waters" - Remixed
Tracks: "Bodyrock" - "Why
Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" -
"Natural Blues" - "South Side" - "We Are All Made Of
Stars" - "Jam For The
Ladies" - "Lift Me Up" -
"Raining Again" - "Dream
About Me" - "Slipping
Away" |
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Last Night
Released: April, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 27
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Ooh
Yeah" - "I Love To Move In
Here" - "257.zero" -
"Everyday It's 1989" -
"Live For Tomorrow" -
"Alice" - "Hyenas" -
"I'm In Love" - "Disco
Lies" - "The Stars" -
"Degenerates" - "Sweet
Apocalypse" - "Mothers Of The
Night" - "Last Night" |
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Wait For Me
Released: June, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 22
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C-
Tracks:
"Division" - "Pale
Horses" - "Shot in The Back Of
The Head" - "Study War" -
"Walk With Me" - "Stock
Radio" - "Mistake" -
"Scream Pilots" - "jltf
1" - "A Seated Night" -
"Wait For Me" - "Hope Is
Gone" - "Ghost Return" -
"Slow Light" -
"Isolate" |
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Destroyed
Released: May, 2011
Tracks: "The Broken
Places" - "Be The One" -
"Sevastopol" - "The Low
Hum" - "Rockets" -
"The Day" - "The Right
Thing" - "After" -
"Victoria Lucas" - "Blue
Moon" - "Lie Down In Darkness
" - "Stella Maris" -
"The Violent Bear It Away" -
"Lacrimae" - "When You Are
Old" |
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Inoocents
Released: September, 2013
Tracks: "Everything
That Rise" - "A Case For
Shame" (featuring Cold Specks) -
"Almost Home" (featuring Damien
Jurado) - "Going Wrong" -
"The Perfect Life" (featuring
Wayne Coyne) - "The Last Day"
(featuring Skylar Grey) - "Don't
Love Me" (featuring Inyang Bassey) -
"A Long Time" -
"Saints" - "Tell Me"
(featuring Cold Specks) - "The
Lonely Night" (featuring Mark
Lanegan) - "The Dogs" |
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All Visible Objects
Released: May 15, 2020
Tracks:
"Morningside" - "My Only
Love" - "Refuge" -
"One Last Time" - "Power
Is Taken" - "Rise Up In
Love" - "Forever" -
"Too Much Change" -
"Separation" -
"Tecie" - "All Visible
Objects" |
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Reprise
Released: May 28, 2021
'Reprise Version' Tracks:
"Everloving" - "Natural
Blues" (featuring Gregory Porter
& Amythyst Kiah) - "Go" -
"Prcelain" (featuring Jim
James) - "Extreme Ways" -
"Heroes" (featuring Mindy
Jones) - "God Moving Over The Face
Of The Waters" (featuring Vikingur
Olafsson) - "Why Does My Heart Feel
So Bad" (featuring Mark Lanegan
& Kris Kristoofferson) - "We Are
All Made Of Stars" - "Life Me
Up" - "The Great Escape"
(featuring Nataly Dawn & Alice Skye
& Luna Li) - "Almost Home"
(featuring Novo Amor & Mindy Jones
& Darlingside) - "The Last
Day" (featuring Skylar Grey &
Darlinside) |
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always centered at night
Released: June 14, 2024
Tracks: "on
air" (with serpentwithfeet) -
"dark days" (with Lady
Blackbird) - "where's is your
pride?" (with Benjamin Zephaniah) -
"transit" (with Gaidaa) -
"wild flame" (with Danae) -
"precious mind" (with India
Carney) - "should sleep" (with
J.P. Bemeni) - "feelings come
undone" (featuring Raquel Rodriguez)
- "medusa" (with Aynzli Jones)
- "we're going wrong" (with
Brie O'Banion) - "fall back"
(with Akemi Fox) - "sweet moon"
(with Choklatte) - "ache for"
(with Jose James) |
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