While touring Everything Is Wrong , Moby was interested in broadening his musical horizons. This marked a major stylistic change for his next album, Animal Rights , combining guitar-driven rock songs with Moby on lead vocals and softer ambient tracks. Upon completing the album Moby said that it was “weird, long, self-indulgent and difficult”. Its lead single is a cover version of ” That’s When I Reach for My Revolver ” by post-punk group Mission of Burma . Animal Rights was released in September 1996 in the UK, where it peaked at No. 38, and in February 1997 in the US. It was poorly received by his dance fan base who felt Moby had abandoned them, creating doubts as to what kind of artist Moby really was. Moby pointed out that he had not abandoned his electronic music completely and had worked on dance and house mixes and film scores while making Animal Rights .
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