Destroyed (Moby album)

Destroyed
Studio album by Moby
Released	May 13, 2011 (2011-05-13)
Recorded	2009–2011
Genre	Ambient, electronica, IDM
Length	71:39
Label	Little Idiot, Mute
Producer	Moby
Moby chronology
Be the One (2011) Destroyed (2011) iTunes Festival London 2011 (2011)
Singles from Destroyed
"The Day" Released: May 9, 2011 (2011-05-09) "Lie Down in Darkness" Released: August 15, 2011 (2011-08-15) "After" Released: November 21, 2011 (2011-11-21) "The Right Thing" Released: December 13, 2011 (2011-12-13) "The Poison Tree" Released: May 1, 2012 (2012-05-01)

Destroyed is the tenth studio album by American electronic artist Moby. It was released on May 13, 2011, on Mute Records. Moby announced the title, track listing, and release date of the album on his Web site on February 15, 2011.^[1][2] A photography book of the same name was released in conjunction with the album.

Recording and sound

The majority of the recording was done while Moby was touring. He'd stay up in his hotel room because of his insomnia and work on music during the late night. He said "it seemed as if everyone else in the world is sleeping."^[2] He would take any incomplete tracks back to his apartment, where, using his collection of unique instruments, he would finish them. His friends Emily Zuzik, Inyang Bassey, and Joy Malcom, as well as Moby himself, sang on the record.^[2] Musically, Moby summed it up as broken-down melodic electronic music for empty cities at 2 am. He says the title of the album makes sense when he listens to the music.^[2]

The song "Rockets" was previously released in 2008 as track 13 on A Night in NYC. That version and the Destroyed version are different.

Artwork

The artwork for the album was shot at LaGuardia Airport. Moby's flight was delayed, so he decided to explore the airport. He came across an electronic sign that said, “All unattended luggage will be destroyed.” Since the sign could only fit one word at a time, he waited until the word destroyed appeared and snapped a shot. It was used as the cover art for the album and also for the corresponding photography book because it made sense to him when he listened to the contents of the album.^[2]

Singles

It was revealed on Moby's official Web site that the first single would be "The Day." It was available in advance on iTunes from April 2 and was officially released on May 9, along with a full remix bundle.

“

'The Day' was written in a hotel room in Spain at dawn when I hadn’t slept. It was a beautiful hotel room, a beautiful perfect hotel room and it was six or seven in the morning. I wrote it on an acoustic guitar and recorded it on my phone, brought it home and re-recorded it with old broken down electronics that I have in my studio."[3] —Moby

”

For the next single, Moby put a poll on his Web site for fans to vote for which song should be released next.^[4] After the voting ended, the chosen single was "Lie down in Darkness", even though it came in third, the first two songs being "After" and "Blue Moon."^[5]

On 30 August, Moby posted on his Web site journal another request for the third official single. This time the fans could only suggest the titles of the songs without a poll.^[6] The following day, he announced through his Twitter account that, as per choice, the next singles to be released from the album were "After" and "The Right Thing", even though "Blue Moon" was a fan favourite, as seen from the title entries and the previous poll's results.^[7] The release will be a double single. On May 1, 2012 "The Poison Tree" were released as the fifth single of the album.^[8]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Moby, except "The Low Hum", co-written with Emily Zuzik, and "Lie Down in Darkness", co-written with Joy Malcolm and Justin Kielty. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Broken Places"	4:10
2.	"Be the One"	3:29
3.	"Sevastopol"	4:21
4.	"The Low Hum"	4:13
5.	"Rockets"	4:47
6.	"The Day"	4:32
7.	"Lie Down in Darkness"	4:26
8.	"Victoria Lucas"	5:55
9.	"After"	5:30
10.	"Blue Moon"	3:31
11.	"The Right Thing"	4:26
12.	"Stella Maris"	5:14
13.	"The Violent Bear It Away"	6:50
14.	"Lacrimae"	8:05
15.	"When You Are Old"	2:19

Deluxe Edition

On October 31, a deluxe edition of the album was released, called Destroyed Deluxe, including, beside the standard CD, a full disc of new music, a DVD with videos and exclusive festival footage, and a 24-page booklet with new photos taken by Moby.^[9] A free download of one of the new songs included, "The Poison Tree", was released on the album's mini-site.^[10] It was first released as part of the Download for Good compilation in support of the David Lynch Foundation.

All songs written and composed by Moby, except "The Low Hum", co-written with Emily Zuzik, and "Lie Down in Darkness", co-written with Joy Malcolm and Justin Kielty. 

Disc 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Broken Places"	4:10
2.	"Be the One"	3:29
3.	"Sevastopol"	4:21
4.	"The Low Hum"	4:13
5.	"Rockets"	4:47
6.	"The Day"	4:32
7.	"Lie Down in Darkness"	4:26
8.	"Victoria Lucas"	5:55
9.	"After"	5:30
10.	"Blue Moon"	3:31
11.	"The Right Thing"	4:26
12.	"Stella Maris"	5:14
13.	"The Violent Bear It Away"	6:50
14.	"Lacrimae"	8:05
15.	"When You Are Old"	2:19

Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Poison Tree"	4:41
2.	"Sandpaper"	3:53
3.	"Breakdown"	3:46
4.	"Unter Den Linden"	5:02
5.	"Fortitude"	5:22
6.	"Washing"	7:57
7.	"Sweet Dreams"	4:04
8.	"The Broken Places (Full Length Version)"	5:57
9.	"Lie Down In Darkness (Basement Studio Version)"	3:48
10.	"The Day (Orchestral Version)"	3:40
11.	"Slow"	7:22

Disc 3 (Amazon Exclusive - Greatest Hits Live: Roundhouse, London. June 2011)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Be The One"	3:55
2.	"Sevastopol"	5:04
3.	"In My Heart"	5:11
4.	"Go"	4:26
5.	"The Day"	4:43
6.	"We Are Made Of Stars"	4:19
7.	"Flower"	3:35
8.	"Porcelain"	3:43
9.	"Lie Down In Darkness"	5:01
10.	"Extreme Ways"	3:40
11.	"Lift Me Up"	4:41
12.	"In This World"	4:15
13.	"The Right Thing"	5:12
14.	"Honey"	5:49

DVD

Music Videos
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Day"
2.	"Lie Down in Darkness"
3.	"Be The One"
4.	"Victoria Lucas"
5.	"Sevastopol"

Live in Concert at Main Square Festival, Arras, France in 2011
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Raining Again"
2.	"Lie Down in Darkness"
3.	"Honey"
4.	"Flower"
5.	"Disco Lies"

Saatchi & Saatchi Hello, Future Video Challenge Finalists
No.	Title	Length
1.	"After - Alberto Gomez"
2.	"Be the One - Alexey Terehoff"
3.	"After - Antonin Pevney"
4.	"Be the One - Brian McCann"
5.	"The Day - Frank Belytran"
6.	"Be the One - Lindsay Mackay"
7.	"Be the One - Manship Society"
8.	"Be the One - Martin Rodahl"
9.	"Be the One - Oden Roberts"
10.	"Be the One - Roland Wittl"

Interviews
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Destroyed 20 min EPK"

Behind the Scenes
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Day"
2.	"Lie Down in Darkness"

Wilcox Session Live Studio Recordings:
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Porcelain"
2.	"The Day"

Destroyed Remixed

On April 30, 2012, Moby released 'Destroyed Remixed', a limited edition 2CD collection of remixes of songs from the 2011 studio album, Destroyed. The release included three new exclusive remixes by David Lynch, Holy Ghost!, and System Divine, and also featured a brand new 30 minute ambient track by Moby called 'All Sides Gone'. Compiled and mixed by Moby, Destroyed Remixed was described as 'an eclectic mix of some the most exciting and interesting artists and DJ's in contemporary music'.

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	61/100[11]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[12]
Robert Christgau	[13]
Pitchfork Media	3.8/10[14]
The Boston Phoenix	[15]
The Guardian	[16]
Consequence of Sound	[17]
Rolling Stone	[18]
IGN	7/10[19]
Paste	7.3/10[20]
Mojo	[21]
Uncut	[22]
Record Collector	[23]

The album received mixed to positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 61, based on 23 reviews, which indicates generally favorable reviews.^[11] Shakefire.com was generally positive in its review of the album, saying that "Destroyed. provides a much more enjoyable experience than some of his previous albums. It's not as good as his early work but it'll do."^[24] Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone wrote that "Moby finds a way to make permanent midnight weirdly inviting", giving the album 3.5 stars out of 5.^[18] BBC Music's Ian Moffatt praised the album, describing the songs as being "his most enduring endeavours yet".^[25] However, Spin gave the album a negative review, writing that "Destroyed. is about as appetizing as a warmed-over deli tray."^[26] Pitchfork Media also gave the album a low 3.5 out of 10.^[14]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 69 in the United States, becoming Moby's lowest-charting album to date. In the United Kingdom, the album fared better than Wait for Me (2009), debuting at number 35. In Europe, the album reached top 10 positions in Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland.

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart[27]	27
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[28]	6
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[29]	8
Canadian Albums Chart[30]	16
Czech Albums Chart[31]	8
Dutch Albums Chart[32]	14
French Albums Chart[33]	19
German Albums Chart[34]	10
Greek Albums Chart[35]	26
Irish Albums Chart[36]	60
Polish Albums Chart[37]	43
Portuguese Albums Chart[38]	27
Spanish Albums Chart[39]	35
Swiss Albums Chart[40]	7
UK Albums Chart[41]	35
US Billboard 200[42]	69
US Dance/Electronic Albums[43]	2

See also

• Victoria Lucas (Sylvia Plath)
• Sevastopol

References

Moby   Moby Discography Awards and nominations Studio albums Moby Ambient Everything Is Wrong Animal Rights Play 18 Hotel Last Night Wait for Me Destroyed. Innocents as Voodoo Child Demons/Horses The End of Everything Baby Monkey EPs Move – The E.P. Disk The BioShock EP Be the One Para Compilations Instinct Dance Early Underground Rare: The Collected B-Sides 1989–1993 I Like to Score MobySongs 1993–1998 Play: The B Sides 18 B Sides + DVD iTunes Originals – Moby Go – The Very Best of Moby A Night in NYC Making Patterns Rhyme Remix albums Everything Is Wrong (remix album) Go – The Very Best of Moby: Remixed Last Night Remixed Wait for Me: Ambient Wait for Me. Remixes! Destroyed. Remixed Related articles Vatican Commandos Southland Tales   Moby singles Singles "Mobility" "Go" "Rock the House" (as Brainstorm/Mindstorm) Moby "Go" "Drop a Beat" "Next Is the E" "I Feel It"/"Thousand" Move – The E.P. "Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)" "All That I Need Is to Be Loved" Everything Is Wrong "Hymn" "Feeling So Real" "Everytime You Touch Me" "Into the Blue" "Bring Back My Happiness" Animal Rights "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" "Come on Baby" I Like to Score "James Bond Theme" (Moby's Re-Version) Play "Honey" "Run On" "Bodyrock" "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" "Natural Blues" "Porcelain" "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"/"Honey" (Remix) "South Side" "Find My Baby" 18 "We Are All Made of Stars" "Extreme Ways" "In This World" "In My Heart" "Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)" "Jam for the Ladies" Hotel "Lift Me Up" "Raining Again" "Spiders" "Dream About Me" "Beautiful" "Slipping Away" Go – The Very Best of Moby "New York, New York" Last Night "Alice" "Disco Lies" "I Love to Move in Here" "Ooh Yeah" Wait for Me "Shot in the Back of the Head" "Pale Horses" "Mistake" "One Time We Lived" "Wait for Me" Destroyed. "Be the One" "The Day" "Lie Down in Darkness" "The Right Thing" "After" "The Poison Tree" Innocents "The Lonely Night" "A Case for Shame" "The Perfect Life" "Almost Home" "The Last Day" Making Patterns Rhyme "Rio" Collaborative singles "Make Love Fuck War" "Para" "Delay" "Death Star" "Ow" Soundtrack singles "Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum)" "Extreme Ways (Bourne's Legacy)" "The Only Thing"