Ten thousand early CD copies of Moby's 2005 album Hotel were packaged with a bonus disc, Hotel: Ambient -- an assemblage of restrained, atmospheric, and predominantly beatless tracks. Moby obtained the rights to that extra set and, in late 2014, wisely gave it a separate release as a digital download with three bonus tracks. A triple-vinyl edition was released a few months after that. The material, heavily inspired by Brian Eno's early ambient releases -- certain parts of Music for Airports and On Land, for instance -- is among the producer's best and most nuanced work. It evokes a mix of comfort and slight alienation, and is pleasurable whether placed in the background or heard through total immersion. The bonus cuts, including the gently swarming "May 4 Two" and a 16-minute version of the weightless and elegiac "Live Forever" are enhancements rather than completist lures. A1 Swear 6:40 A2 Snowball 4:26 A3 Blue Paper 6:07 B4 Homeward Angel (Long) 10:57 B5 Chord Sounds 7:25 B6 Not Sensitive 3:10 C7 Lilly 3:54 C8 May 04 Two 8:11 C9 The Come Down 5:18 D10 Overlands 6:49 D11 Live Forever 7:15 D12 Aerial 5:48 E13 Spaired Long 7:51 E14 Live Forever (Long) 15:39
