Baby Monkey

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	58/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Blender	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	C[5]
The Guardian	[6]
Mojo	[7]
Pitchfork	4.2/10[8]
Q	[9]
Spin	5/10[10]
Uncut	[11]
Urb	[12]

Baby Monkey has received mixed reviews from critics. Mojo wrote: "Baby Monkey has a strangely nostalgic feel – as if he's reanimated his old raver's soul, with its favourite beats and bass lines intact."^[7] Uncut called it "An interesting addition to the artist's varied oeuvre."^[11] Blender wrote: "As self-indulgent side projects go, this could be a whole lot worse."^[4]

On the other hand, AllMusic wrote that it "Often sounds virtually identical to a generic dance record circa 1992."^[3] Q wrote: "Baby Monkey has nothing of the danger, adventure or indeed chemical frisson that defined rave culture—it's just smug sonic wallpaper."^[9] Spin noted: "These tracks lack the energy to power a glow stick."^[10] Jonathan Zwickel of Pitchfork wrote: "There's no life breathing through these 12 flaccid tracks, each of which would've seemed regressive even in Moby's early-90s heyday—today, each is a total anachronism."^[8]

1. "Gotta Be Loose in Your Mind" – 4:39
2. "Minors" – 4:54
3. "Take It Home" – 5:09
4. "Light Is in Your Eyes" – 6:14
5. "Electronics" – 6:24
6. "Strings" – 6:50
7. "Gone" – 5:14
8. "Unh Yeah" – 4:27
9. "Obscure" – 4:11
10. "Last" – 3:53
11. "Harpie" – 5:24
12. "Synthesisers" – 9:15