Everything Is Wrong (album)

Following the release of two albums, Moby and Ambient, on Instinct, Moby signed to Mute and Elektra and began work on what he felt was his first "legitimate" album, seeking to create a record that encompassed his various musical influences. Moby later described Everything Is Wrong as "a record that almost served as a lifeboat for the songs I cared the most about", Everything Is Wrong features guest vocal contributions from Rozz Morehead, whom Moby had met while performing on the British television program Top of the Pops, and Mimi Goese, whose work with the band Hugo Largo he admired, and who he later found out lived just a block away from him. == Content ==

Moby titled the album Everything Is Wrong and wrote its extensive accompanying liner notes as a means of expressing some ideas that he felt were important to him, reflecting in 2015, "At the time, I was—and am still—a vegan and an animal rights activist, really militant in all my beliefs. So I would wake up really angry every day, and sleep angry every night because I thought the world was in terrible shape, and I thought, 'What small thing can I do to express my beliefs that the world is in such terrible shape?' And that’s where the title of the album came from." Inside the album's booklet, Moby provides two personal essays, quotes from notable figures (from Albert Einstein to St. Francis of Assisi), and facts that he has collected regarding subjects such as vegetarianism, environmentalism, and animal experiments. == Critical reception ==

Everything Is Wrong was released to critical acclaim. By 2002, Everything Is Wrong had sold over 180,000 copies in the United States. == In popular culture ==

"God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" is featured in the trailer and closing moments of the 1995 film Heat. The song was also featured in the trailer for Syriana along with the 2023 film Gran Turismo. "First Cool Hive" is featured in the final scene of the 1996 film Scream. "When It's Cold I'd Like to Die" is featured in The Sopranos, An instrumental version features at the end of the 2006 documentary film Deliver Us From Evil. "Anthem" has also been featured in various movies and TV series, most notably in its remixed Cinematic Version—for example, in Michael Mann's 2006 movie Miami Vice. Interestingly, the soundtrack of that movie includes the original 1995 album version, not the remix that was first released on Moby's Everything Is Wrong: Non-Stop DJ Mix album in 1996. == Track listing ==

Credits for Everything Is Wrong adapted from album liner notes. • Moby – engineering, production, programming, writing • Kochie Banton – vocals on "Feeling So Real" and "Everytime You Touch Me" • Mimi Goese – lyrics and vocals on "Into the Blue" and "When It's Cold I'd Like to Die" • Rozz Morehead – vocals on "Feeling So Real" and "Everytime You Touch Me" • Myim Rose – vocals on "Feeling So Real" • Saundra Williams – vocals on "Bring Back My Happiness" • Nicole Zaray – vocals on "Feeling So Real" ;Artwork and design • Barbie – art direction • Jill Greenberg – photography • Slim Smith – layout == Charts ==

A two-disc remix album entitled Everything Is Wrong: Non-Stop DJ Mix by Evil Ninja Moby or Everything Is Wrong: Mixed! Remixed! was released in January 1996 by Mute. The album was mixed by Moby from various remixes that were commissioned by the label. Track listing Charts Certifications == References ==