Do you put on Enigma's latest album to set the mood? Put it aside, and get a copy of Ambient for real mood music. If you don't have a significant other, buy the album to find a beautiful world of introspection and reflection. Listen to this album by yourself with the lights off, especially "Bad Days," you will not be disappointed. Moby breaks out of any mold set on him again and makes palatable the quiet, lovely creativity of a musical genius. If you are like me, you love Moby's power voice in other tracks like "Feeling So Real" or "Next is the E," but he has never been as powerful as any chosen track from this album. Let's be blunt- you can put in a Barry White or Marvin Gaye album for mood music, and live in the past- or put in Moby's "Ambient" and experience a sensual, changing world of the senses, a catalyst for whatever you feel now. Moby has always played across the spectrum of emotional charge. In this album, he explores our more quiet, sexual side.

This is my all-time favorite ambient CD. Its great for having in the background while reading, studying, programming or just relaxing. I highly recommend it.

I bought this CD based on the reviews I read here at Amazon. Can't say I'm disappointed but the CD didn't match up nearly to what I had hoped. Don't get me wrong, the CD is good but not great. I own lots of other Ambient CD's and this isn't what I'd rank as one of the best. I'd still recommend buying it, but for a few of my favorite Ambient CD's I'd have to recommend: 1. Quango's Records-Dimensions in Ambience 2 2. Moonshine Records-United States of Ambience 1,2 or 3 ... they're all good, with #1 being my favorite. 3. The Future Sounds of London-Lifeforms 4. Gentle People-Soundtrack for Living. Gentle People is not your typical Ambient. Actually more of a cross between Lounge/70's Groove/Modern electronica/Ambient, but worth note because it always relaxes me yet has a certain sense of energy and to me is just a way cool CD. One of my favorites!

This is one of those distinctive CD's in which the music genuinely washes over you. Moby has an uncanny ability to genuinely lift the listener, and this is no exception. Excellent to listen to on a warm sunny day outdoors, believe me. As with all of Moby's CD's the buying incentive can be isolated directly to a subset of the tracks in particular. In this case they are tracks 1,4,5 and 12, the final track which is very spooky.

Moby's "Ambient" is a good album, not a great album, but a good one. It isn't Brian Eno or Aphex Twin ambient, it is closer to Orb ambient. In that respect it succeeds, I can pop it in the CD player and let it play through and tap my foot occassionally. It isn't quite as self-indulgent as a lot of the pretentious ambient artists out there, names aren't going to be mentioned, you'll know when you hear them. Moby has a sense of a good melody, and stays with it. The highlight tracks are Myopia, Sound, and Lean on Me. It is quality, and I recommend without hesitation.