Last Night is the eighth studio album by American electronica musician, singer, songwriter, and musician Moby, released in March 2008 by Mute Records. It is a more dance-oriented affair than Moby's previous few albums.
Recording and content
In October 2006, Moby released his greatest hits compilation Go – The Very Best of Moby. Following its release, he decided to start work on his next studio album, his first since Hotel in 2005. Moby adopted a conceptual theme in regard to the album's shape, structuring it like an "epic night out" in New York City, "moving from the building excitement of the early evening, to peak-time euphoria, to 2 a.m. confusion, and the blissful peace of the early morning New York City sunrise." Moby was influenced by this idea from living in Manhattan and being exposed to a variety of live dance music, which he wanted to reflect on Last Night. "I wanted to condense that 8 hour going out experience into 65 minutes." The album was recorded in Moby's home studio in Manhattan, New York City and features a number of guest vocalists, including Wendy Starland, MC Grandmaster Caz, Sylvia from the band Kudu, British MC Aynzli, and the Nigerian 419 Squad. Moby picked "Last Night" as his favourite track on the album. On his official website, Moby stated that this album is "a lot more dance-oriented and electronic than my last few albums, probably as a result of all of the DJing I've been doing lately." He also wrote that:
Promotion and release
"Disco Lies" was released as a single on January 21, 2008. The second single, "Alice", was released on March 10. Last Night was released on March 29 by record label Mute. Last Night sold a mere 200,000 copies worldwide during its first month. It disappeared from the worldwide charts very quickly. Its total sales stand at 500,000 copies worldwide. The low sales might also be attributed to Moby's US label, V2, getting out of the record making business. This forced him to rely only on UK label Mute's limited distribution and promotion. "I Love to Move in Here" was released on July 1, and the album's final single, "Ooh Yeah", was released on November 28.
''Last Night Remixed''
On November 3, 2008 in the UK and November 25, 2008 in the U.S., a remix album of Last Night entitled Last Night Remixed was released. Moby said of the album:
