Play: The B Sides

Play: The B Sides
Compilation album (B-sides) by Moby
Released	October 24, 2000
Genre	Techno, electronica, electronic dance
Length	60:34
Label	V2
Producer	Moby
Moby chronology
MobySongs 1993–1998 (2000) Play: The B Sides (2000) 18 (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Play: The B Sides is a B-side compilation album by American electronica musician Moby. It was originally bundled in a limited edition box set in 2000 with Moby's acclaimed album, Play, but later released separately on July 27, 2004.

Play: The B Sides is a compilation of tracks that Moby had decided not to include in Play. He explains, "The B Sides is a collection of songs that weren't quite appropriate for Play, but that I still love enough to release as B-sides. Some of these songs might not be instantly accessible, but I (immodestly) think they are all quite special."^[3] A few of the album's songs are somewhat similar to the ones found in Play, but the tracks were criticized as inferior. Moby realized this and even admitted that if not for the overwhelming success of Play, the songs would not have been given a wide release.^[1] At least five more B-sides were released on various singles from Play but were not included on this release. The song "Flower" is sampled from the Jessee Lee Patcher, Mary Gardner, Mattie Gardner recording "Bring Sally Up" which is sampled from the Alan Lomax's field recordings alongside with Honey, Find My Baby and Natural Blues.

Track listing

1. "Flower" – 3:25
2. "Sunday" – 5:03
3. "Memory Gospel" – 6:42
4. "Whispering Wind" – 6:02
5. "Summer" – 5:58
6. "Spirit" – 4:08
7. "Flying Foxes" – 6:16
8. "Sunspot" – 6:49
9. "Flying Over the Dateline" – 4:47
10. "Running" – 7:05
11. "The Sun Never Stops Setting" – 4:19

Play-era B-sides not featured on the album:

• "Micronesia" – 6:42
• "Arp" – 6:30
• "Ain't Never Learned" – 3:47
• "Sick in the System" – 4:17
• "Princess" — 8:17
• "Down Slow (Extended)" – 5:56
• "Graciosa" — 6:27

Personnel

• Moby – drawing, liner notes, instrumentation, mixing, producer
• Corinne Day – photography
• Elizabeth Young – photography

In popular culture

• The song "Flower" was used in the 2000 film Gone in 60 Seconds and in the 2008 film Swing Vote.
• The song "Memory Gospel" was used in the 2007 film Southland Tales as well as the 2001 film Ali, 40 Days and 40 Nights, Get Carter and Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday.

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

References