Destroyed (stylized as destroyed.) is the tenth studio album by American electronic musician Moby, released on May 13, 2011 by record labels Little Idiot and Mute.

A photography book of the same name was released in conjunction with the album. The album was Moby's lowest-charting album to date, and received a generally mixed response from music critics.

The majority of the recording was done while Moby was touring. He would stay up in his hotel room because of insomnia and work on music during the late night. He has said: "it seemed as if everyone else in the world is sleeping." He would take any incomplete tracks back to his apartment, using his collection of unique instruments, and finish them. His friends Emily Zuzik, Inyang Bassey, and Joy Malcom, as well as Moby himself, sung on the record.

Musically, Moby has summed the record up as being "broken-down melodic electronic music for empty cities at 2 am". He has stated that the title of the album makes sense when he listens to the music.

The song "Rockets" was previously released in 2008 as the thirteenth track on A Night in NYC. That version and the Destroyed version are both different.

The artwork for the album was shot at LaGuardia Airport. Moby's flight was delayed, so he decided to explore the airport. He came across an electronic sign that said, “All unattended luggage will be destroyed.” Since the sign could only fit one word at a time, he waited until the word destroyed. appeared and snapped a shot. It was used as the cover art for the album and also for the corresponding photography book because it made sense to him when he listened to the contents of the album.

Moby announced the title, track listing, and release date of the album on his website on February 15, 2011.

It was revealed on Moby's official web site that the first single would be "The Day". It was available in advance on iTunes from April 2 and was officially released on May 9, along with a full remix bundle.

For the next single, Moby put a poll on his web site for fans to vote for which song should be released next. After the voting ended, the chosen single was "Lie Down in Darkness", even though it came in third, the first two songs being "After" and "Blue Moon". On 30 August, Moby posted on his web site journal another request for the third official single. This time, the fans could only suggest the titles of the songs without a poll. The following day, he announced through his Twitter account that, as per choice, the next singles to be released from the album were "After" and "The Right Thing", even though "Blue Moon" was a fan favourite, as seen from the title entries and the previous poll's results. The release was a double single. On May 1, 2012, "The Poison Tree" was released as the fifth single from the album.

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