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Printed around the barcode: AUS: 8475762 Manufactured and Distributed by The EMI Music Group Australasia. (Virgin logo)

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Tracklist

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1Honey
engineer and producer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
mixer:
Mario Caldato Jr.
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
samples:
Sometimes by Bessie Jones
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)
3.653:29
2Find My Baby
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
samples:
Joe Lee's Rock by Boy Blue (Blues musician Roland Hayes), Willie Jones (southern US blues musician) & Joe Lee (1950s–60s US country blues drummer, singer and guitarist)
recording of:
Find My Baby
writer:
Willie Jones (jazz drummer, not Willie Jones III) 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)
3.13:59
3Porcelain
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
additional vocals:
Pilar Basso
vocals and performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
samples:
Fight for Survival by Ernest Gold
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 309)
recording of:
Porcelain
lyricist and composer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
publisher:
Little Idiot Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3.34:01
4Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
choir vocals:
The Shining Light Gospel Choir
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
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)
3.554:25
5South Side
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
vocals and performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
part of:
My VH1 Music Awards – There’s No “I” in Team (Best Collaboration) Nominees (2001)
recording of:
South Side
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)
2.83:50
6Rushing
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
recording of:
Rushing
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)
2.753:00
7Bodyrock
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
additional vocals:
Nikki D
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
samples:
Love Rap by Spoonie Gee (US oldschool rapper) and the Treacherous Three
recording of:
Bodyrock
writer:
Gabriel Jackson (US oldschool rapper), Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall) and Bobby Robinson
publisher:
Bobby Robinson Sweet Soul Music, Little Idiot Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3.753:36
8Natural Blues
mixed in:
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
engineer and producer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
mixer:
I Monster
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
samples:
Trouble So Hard by Vera 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
3.54:14
9Machete
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
vocals and performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
samples:
Apache by Incredible Bongo Band
recording of:
Machete
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)
2.653:38
107
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
recording of:
7 (Moby’s song)
composer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
publisher:
Little Idiot Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2.251:02
11Run On
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
samples:
Run On for a Long Time by Bill Landford & The Landfordaires
recording of:
Run On
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
publisher:
Little Idiot Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
God’s Gonna Cut You Down
3.353:45
12Down Slow
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
recording of:
Down Slow
composer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
publisher:
Little Idiot Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2.11:35
13If Things Were Perfect
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
additional vocals:
Reggie Matthews
vocals and performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
samples:
Hospital Prelude of Love Theme by Willie Hutch
recording of:
If Things Were Perfect
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)
2.554:18
14Everloving
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
recording of:
Everloving
composer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
publisher:
Little Idiot Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3.53:26
15Inside
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
recording of:
Inside
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)
2.254:49
16Guitar Flute & String
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
recording of:
Guitar Flute & String
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)
2.42:09
17The Sky Is Broken
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
vocals:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
recording of:
The Sky Is Broken
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)
1.854:20
18My Weakness
engineer, producer and mixer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
performer:
Moby (electronic musician Richard Melville Hall)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mute Records Ltd. (not for release label use! original company behind the Mute label) (in 1999)
recording of:
My Weakness
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)
2.93:41

Credits

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]