In This World

by

Moby

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"In This World" is the third single from Moby's album, 18. The disc opens with the album version of "In This World," which features vocals by Jennifer Price. Stylistically, this song sounds a lot like it could have been on the Play album (in some ways, this song kind of reminds me of "Natural Blues"). "In This World" has an almost "gospel" feel to it, with an instrumentation featuring strings, keyboards, and percussion (during an instrumental break, the strings suddenly soar to life, which adds character to the song).

The second song is an instrumental called "Piano & Strings"; however, this title is a little misleading, since there is also some percussion on the track. An interesting thing that I noticed was that never once did the piano and strings appear at the same time on the track (you either hear piano and percussion, or strings and percussion). Throughout the background of the song, you can hear a "record hiss," which is supposed to make the song sound like it's being played off of a vinyl record.

The final song on the disc is titled, "Downhill," which also sounds like it could have been released from the Play album. This song features a repetitive drum beat, with one line of vocal being sung by a female vocalist being repeated throughout the track (the one line of vocal is the word "downhill"); however, at about two minutes into the song, strings suddenly appear. This is definitely the weakest song on the disc, and is not one of Moby's better B-sides.