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Annotation

Comes in a standard slim 2 disc Jewel case with the original artwork and booklet. The front has a big white sticker with black letters on it saying: "LIMITED FESTIVAL EDITION + bonus 6 tracks CD including B-sides/remixes". Main disc is the same as the UK & US release.

PIAS released this special 2 disc set because Moby played on 3 different festivals in Belgium and the Netherlands during the period of May and June 2000.

Mute/LCDSTUMM172 is a limited edition with bonus disc Play: The B Sides.

Annotation last modified on 2008-04-06 07:04 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD
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#TitleRatingLength
1The Whispering Wind
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2000)
recording of:
The Whispering Wind
writer:
Richard Melville Hall
composer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
3.356:06
2Honey (Rollo and Sister Bliss Blunt edit)
remixer:
Rollo & Sister Bliss
remix of:
Honey by Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
recording of:
Honey (Moby’s song)
writer:
Bessie Jones, Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
publisher:
Little Idiot Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:03
3Spirit
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
recording of:
Spirit
lyricist and composer:
Richard Melville Hall
34:10
4Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Ferry Corsten remix)
remixer:
Ferry Corsten (Dutch DJ and producer)
remix of:
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? by Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
recording of:
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
lyricist and composer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
publisher:
Little Idiot Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
6:42
5Sunspot
recording engineer, engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
recording of:
Sunspot
composer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
3.56:48
6Natural Blues (Mike D remix) (edit)
remixer:
Mike D (member of Beastie Boys)
edit of:
Natural Blues (Mike D remix) by Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
recording of:
Natural Blues
writer:
Vera Hall, Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
publisher:
Little Idiot Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
Trouble So Hard
4:14

Credits

Release

photography:Corinne Day (photographer)
producer:Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
contains samples by:Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
composer:Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/539824 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:Bodyrock
Find My Baby / Honey
Honey
Honey / Run On
Natural Blues
Porcelain
Run On
South Side by Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall) featuring Gwen Stefani
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Remixes)
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? / Honey
included in:Play / 18
Play & Play: The B Sides
part of:Sarah Sharpe: Best of 99 (number: 2) (order: 2)
David Starkey: Best of 99 (number: 3) (order: 3)
The Top 20 Albums of the Year (SPIN magazine, 2000-01) (number: 3) (order: 3)
Jimmy Smith: Best of 99 (order: 4)
Rolling Stone: The 30 Greatest EDM Albums of All Time (2012-08-02) (number: 5) (order: 5)
Scott Sepich: Best of 99 (number: 6) (order: 6)
The SPIN Record Guide: Electronica (SPIN magazine, 2003-06) (number: 8) (order: 8)
Steve Lichtenstein: Best of 99 (number: 9) (order: 9)
Justin Stranzl: Best of 1999 (number: 14) (order: 14)
Sarah Zupko: Best of 1999 (number: 27) (order: 27)
Grammy Award: Best Alternative Music Album nominees (number: 2000) (order: 47)
Exclaim! 1999 Shocks & Surprises (number: Surprises (Lia Kiessling)) (order: 146)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 341) (order: 341)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 341) (order: 341)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 890) (order: 891)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/82202 [info]
reviews:http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5344-play/ [info]
http://www.avclub.com/review/moby-emplayem-21191 [info]
other databases:http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/M/Moby/Discography/Play/ [info]
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/moby/play/ [info]
https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-details-3162 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000243891 [info]
Wikidata:Q1064897 [info]