# Last Night (Moby album)

Last Night is the eighth studio album by American electronica singer, songwriter, and musician Moby, released on March 29, 2008, by Mute Records. The album is a much more dance-oriented release than Moby's previous few albums.

## Background and recording

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 and features a number of guest vocalists, including MC Grandmaster Caz (one of the writers of "Rapper's Delight", which boosted the popularity of sampling, a common method to make the music on Moby's 1999 album Play), Sylvia from the band Kudu, British MC Aynzli, and the Nigeria-based 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." Moby made the album as a tribute to his favorite city in the world:
   Last Night is basically a love letter to dance music in New York City. What I love about the New York approach to dance music is the eclecticism and the open minded-ness on the part of the musicians, the DJ's, and the people in the bars and clubs.

## Promotion and release

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 63/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The A.V. Club | B |
| The Guardian | |
| The Independent | |
| Mojo | |
| Pitchfork | 5.2/10 |
| Q | |
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| Spin | |
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"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. ' "I Love to Move in Here" was released on July 1, and the album's final single, "Ooh Yeah", was released on November 28.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Moby, except where noted
Notes
* Credited respectively as "Aynzli Jones and S.O.Simple and Smokey from 419 Squad".
* "Degenerates" is an alternate mix of "Raining Again" b-side "It's OK".
* "Last Night" (0:00–4:53) shares the track with hidden song "Lucy Vida" (4:54–9:23).

## Release history

| Country | Release date |
| Australia | March 29, 2008 |
| United States | April 1, 2008 |
| United Kingdom | May 12, 2008 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Belgium (BEA) | Gold | 15,000$^*$ |
| France (SNEP) | Gold | 75,000$^*$ |
| Russia (NFPF) | Gold | 10,000$^*$ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) | Gold | 15,000$^^$ |
| $^*$ Sales figures based on certification alone. $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||