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After the two nihilistic epics The Downward Spiral in 1995 and its belated 1999 follow-up The Fragile, Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails are settling into a loud, predictable rut. Throwing around the same thrashy, complex-yet-melodic industrial rock that sounded so groundbreaking on The Downward Spiral, the sound is beginning to show its limitations. Though often mesmerising in the way Reznor's inventive sonic structure and relentlessly bleak tone congeal so convincingly around the catchiest of pop melodies, the man seems to have run out of places to go. Things Falling Apart, a collection of severely remixed songs from The Fragile, adds precious little to Rezner's familiar, impossibly angry milieu. Most everything here falls short of their original versions, especially all three versions of "Starfuckers Inc" (though, in fairness, that may have been The Fragile's best track). There are a few previously unreleased tracks here that shine; the Fragile outtake"10 Miles High" throws a simple, pounding chorus into a swamp of washed-out ambient noise, while the Gary Numan cover "Metal" makes convincing use of Reznor's gift for pop melody. Still, it's apparent that, despite how great he is at what he does, Reznor just can't keep doing it forever. --Matthew Cooke
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NINE INCH NAILS Things Falling Apart (2000 10-track CD album featuring a collection of remixes of tracks recorded during the Fragile sessions picture sleeve CID8102)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I got into NIN late with the first album of theirs I bought being their live album which I thought was original and simply like nothing else around. With Teeth I thought was great and then purchased their entire catalogue. Enjoyed The Downward Spiral, The Fragile and Year Zero. I personally feel that this is their weakest offering with nothing quite as new and adventurous as their other albums. Good but not their best.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This CD carries on from where The Fragile finished, fair enough it has many remixes from the other album, but comes into its own straight away, as Slipping Away grabs you by the throat, then just as your settling into the track it jumps straight into the NEW track, which seems to be going nowhere and then changes direction. The reason for remixes usually is to stick a dance beat behind an excellent track, here though Nine Inch Nails personnel remix their own work, and add the right amount of distortion, and wild samples to keep you the listener interested. I have been a fan from the very beginning of their existence and in my opinion Trent and co have unleashed another demon from their collective angst. Maximum points for one hell of an experience.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is for the most part a remix of The Fragile, and it's a pretty good one. One CD, with about 4 versions of Starf*ckers on it (if you liked that song you won't go far wrong with this).
For me, The Fragile was better. And All That Could Have Been was better. But those are great CD's - this would have been hard-pushed to be as good. I think it stands up pretty well on its own, though.
If you don't have those other two CD's though, buy them first.
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