Hotel
by Moby
Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 24
  3. Negative: 8 out of 24
  1. Rolling Stone
    60
    The slower stuff vagues out, and the bonus disc of ambient instrumentals ought to come with a controlled substance, but elegant relationship songs such as the torchy "Forever" suggest this talented softy has found a sensible way to come down from a multiplatinum high.
  2. Blender
    60
    Singing on nearly every song, the techno star gets more up-close-and-personal here--a ballsy move for someone the Lord didn't heap with vocal gifts, but one that pays off. [Apr 2005, p.124]
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  3. Village Voice
    60
    Impeccably made, hedonistic, lovelorn, catchy, compelling. But spiritual, messianic, visionary? Not by a long shot.
  5. Mojo
    60
    A slightly muted, at times infuriatingly uneven, but ultimately rewarding collection. [Apr 2005, p.89]
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  6. Q Magazine
    60
    When it works... he is as heroically spirit-raising and stomach-tighteningly emotional as he was on Play.... Yet, when Moby plods, it's as if the world is burning with boredom. [Apr 2005, p.121]
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  7. PopMatters
    60
    Hotel is more focused than 18, but suffers a bit for it's dogged humility and raw emotionalism.
  8. E! Online
    58
    A few moody moments work, but this CD should come with a warning sticker that reads vacant.
  9. The Guardian
    40
    Hotel is aptly titled: it's ultimately a clinical, generic experience.
  10. Uncut
    40
    [A] fruitless bid to affect euphoria. [Apr 2005, p.97]
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  11. AllMusic
    40
    Apart from the lovely ambient instrumentals that open and close it, the album is all valley and no peaks.
  12. Dot Music
    40
    A very dull record.
  13. Urb
    40
    The frustrating saving grace is a bonus disc of fluid, pain-killing Brian Eno pastiche. [Jun 2005, p.75]
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Awards & Rankings

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#89 Most Discussed Album of 2005
98
#98 Most Shared Album of 2005

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User Score
5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 64 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 64
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 64
  3. Negative: 20 out of 64
  1. DanMetacritic94
    Mar 31, 2013
    8
    Hotel is Moby’s first album without any vocal samples and it is a departure from his earlier albums Play and 18.

    It turns out that many    Hotel is Moby’s first album without any vocal samples and it is a departure from his earlier albums Play and 18.

    It turns out that many critics and even his fans stated that this is his worst album. On Metacritic, it has an average critic score of 47 and an average score of 5.0/10 from the users.

    I do agree that it’s his least best, but I find this album to be underrated and I thought it was a good album overall.

    The first half of the album is the best, but I thought that in the second half of the album, it sounded like Moby was running out of ideas.

    Yes, it is his least best, but it’s worth a listen.

    Track Picks: Hotel Intro, Raining Again, Lift Me Up, Where You End & Spiders

    DW Rating: 4 out of 5 stars    … Full Review »
  2. jyo_tirmaya
    Dec 29, 2015
    10
    "Hotel" has some really fun songs to (I liked when they played the song 'beautiful' in the "Devil Wears Prada" movie. It's a very upbeat"Hotel" has some really fun songs to (I liked when they played the song 'beautiful' in the "Devil Wears Prada" movie. It's a very upbeat album. Listen to it if you're feeling bored. It's got a lot of fun beats to it. The melodies on the songs are very good. The music is nicely done. Yeah! I love this album as much as I would "Play." I like this better than "Play."… Full Review »
  3. Mike
    Mar 27, 2007
    2
    The worst moby album to date.
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