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Cover Art Moby
Animal Rights
[Elektra]
Rating: 2.0

I'm sure you've heard by now that the new Moby disc is grunge. Bad grunge. Grunge that sounds so bad you can smell it. I'm as thrown off as you are. Everything Is Wrong will probably stand out for decades as the classic techno record while this release enjoys some quality out- of- print time when everyone switches from CDs to the next digital format.

I don't know which enlightened path Moby meant to travel with the release of Animal Rights, but I think he wound up in Hell.

-Ryan Schreiber
TODAY'S REVIEWS

>>Mon/November 19th, 2001
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.: Autour de Lucie:
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.: Jeff London:
Col. Summers Park
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>>Tue/November 20th, 2001
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RATING KEY
10.0: Indispensable, classic
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8.5-8.9: Exceptional; will likely rank among writer's top ten albums of the year
8.0-8.4: Very good
7.5-7.9: Above average; enjoyable
7.0-7.4: Not brilliant, but nice enough
6.0-6.9: Has its moments, but isn't strong
5.0-5.9: Mediocre; not good, but not awful
4.0-4.9: Just below average; bad outweighs good by just a little bit
3.0-3.9: Definitely below average, but a few redeeming qualities
2.0-2.9: Heard worse, but still pretty bad
1.0-1.9: Awful; not a single pleasant track
0.0-0.9: Breaks new ground for terrible
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