Last Night is the eight studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by American electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 musician Moby

Moby

Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...

, released on 29 March 2008. The first single in the UK was "Alice

Alice (Moby song)

"Alice" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released as the first single from his 2008 album Last Night. It features guest vocals from the British MC Aynzli Jones and members of the Nigerian group 419 Squad...

", and in Europe was "Disco Lies

Disco Lies

"Disco Lies" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released in Europe as the first single from his 2008 album Last Night, and well as the UK as a remix version by the Freemasons. The song was released as a single onto the US iTunes store on January 21, 2008...

" and the second single is "I Love to Move in Here

I Love to Move in Here

"I Love to Move in Here" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released as the second single from his 2008 album Last Night. It features Grandmaster Caz on vocals....

" followed by "Ooh Yeah

Ooh Yeah (song)

"Ooh Yeah" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released on 23 November 2008 as the fourth single from his studio album Last Night. It was released only as a digital download...

".

On his official website, Moby stated that this album is "a lot more dance-oriented and electronic than my last few albums, probably as a result of all of the DJ

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

'ing I've been doing lately". He also wrote that:
The album was recorded in Moby's home studio in Manhattan

Manhattan

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, New York

New York

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 and features a number of guest vocalists, including Wendy Starland

Wendy Starland

Wendy Starland , is an American singer, songwriter, music producer and musician.Starland was discovered at a concert held by Maceo Parker who noticed her singing along with many of his numbers...

, MC Grandmaster Caz (one of the writers of "Rapper's Delight

Rapper's Delight

"Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 single by American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang. While it was not the first single to feature rapping, it is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip hop in the United States and around the world. The song's opening lyric "I said a hip hop, a...

"), Sylvia from the band Kudu, British MC Aynzli, and the Nigerian 419 Squad.

On November 3, 2008 in the UK and November 25, 2008 in the U.S., a remix album of Last Night entitled Last Night Remixed

Last Night Remixed

Last Night Remixed is a remix album by American electronica musician Moby, released following his 2008 album Last Night. Moby said of the album:- Track listing :# "I Love to Move in Here " – 5:03...

was released.

Track listing

Release history

Country	Release date
Australia	March 29, 2008
United States	April 1, 2008
United Kingdom	May 12, 2008

Chart performance

Country	Peak position
Greece	2
Australia	20
United States	27
United Kingdom	28
France	12
Sweden	40
Poland	9
Italy	6
Switzerland	6
Austria	4

Last Night sold a mere 200,000 copies worldwide during its first month. It disappeared from the worldwide charts very quickly. Its total sales stand at a quarter of a million worldwide.

The low sales might also be attributed to Moby's US label, V2

V2 Records

V2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI....

, getting out of the record making business. This forced Last Night to rely only on UK label Mute's limited distribution and promotion.