Nine Inch Nails - The Slip


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Label: The Null Corporation
Catalog#: HALO 27
Format: 10 x File, MP3, Album, VBR
Country:US
Released:05 May 2008
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Contemporary, Ambient
Credits: Artwork By [Art Direction] - Rob Sheridan , Trent Reznor
Artwork By [Cover Styling] - Amy Hall
Engineer [Engineered By] - Alan Moulder , Atticus Ross , Michael Tuller
Mastered By - Brian Gardner
Mixed By - Alan Moulder
Other [Business Management] - Michael Walsh , William Harper
Other [Hair] - Cori Bardo
Other [Legal] - David Byrnes , Gary Stiffelman
Other [Management] - Rebel Waltz
Other [Press: Uk] - Frances McCahon
Other [Press: Us] - Steve Martin
Other [Project Coordination Assistance] - Alynn Dotson
Other [Project Coordination] - Brett Bachemin
Other [The Null Corporation Europe] - Didi Parlevliet
Other [World Wide Booking] - Marc Geiger
Performer [Performed By] - Trent Reznor
Performer [Performed With] - Alessandro Cortini , Josh Freese , Robin Finck
Producer [Produced By] - Alan Moulder , Atticus Ross , Trent Reznor
Programmed By - Atticus Ross
Technician [Room Tuning] - Steve "Coco" Brandon*
Written-By - Trent Reznor
Notes:Released initially as a free digital download only. Contains a 14 page pdf booklet. The physical copy (CD/vinyl) was released sometime in July/August 2008.

Available in VBR MP3, FLAC lossless, FLAC high definition 24bit / 96kHz, M4A apple lossless, and high definition WAVE 24bit / 96kHz.

Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California.

Published by: Form and Texture (ASCAP)

Label: The Null Corporation
© 2008 niin

Thank you:
Bob Morelli, Alan Becker, Danny Buch and everyone at Red, Digidesign, Elena Dickstein and Preferred Travel, Jeffrey Ehrenberg and Vintage King, Jeffrey Horton and Native Instruments, Paul J. Cox Studio Systems, Phillip Scholes and SSL, Rockit Cargo, Roger Cordell and Big City Music, Ross Garfield and Drum Doctors, Shawn Cleary and Analogue Haven, Shivaun O'Brien and Sound City Studios, Sudjam, Topspin Media Inc., West L.A. Music

Bruno Bondanelli, Candy Soo, Chris Whitemyer, Christina Lum, Craig Johnson, David Phillips, Irina Volodarsky, Jeff Davis, Jeff Masud, Jessica Trento, John Coleman, Josh Smith, June Munsinger, Karen Ciccone, Kelly Jao, Marie Lewis, Rich Fownes, Ross Rosen, Shamal Ranasinghe, Sherri Durrell, Tamar Levine, Zia Modabber

This album is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license. More information @ Creative Commons official website.

Total Running Time: 43 minutes, 51 seconds
Rating: 3.80/5 (75 votes) Rate It
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Tracklisting:

1   999,999 (1:25)
2   1,000,000 (3:56)
3   Letting You (3:49)
4   Discipline (4:19)
5   Echoplex (4:45)
6   Head Down (4:55)
7   Lights In The Sky (3:29)
8   Corona Radiata (7:33)
9   The Four Of Us Are Dying (4:37)
10   Demon Seed (4:59)
User Reviews:
realmdemagic, May 15, 2008

The Slip is the eighth proper studio release for NIN. The music here resembles types of songs from With Teeth, Year Zero and Ghosts. So in that sense, it is a bit disappointing. Reznor is generally known for taking big steps forward. Although he is alienating some older fans and gaining new ones, he is always ensuring NINs longevity. The Slip is a very good record. I would say it is the worst of the bunch, but still worthy. Lets take a look at the progressions of NIN.

-Pretty Hate Machine (Synth Pop meets Industrial. This one gains high recognition and even more so after the release of the The Downward Sprial)

-Broken (From Synth to Metal...Ministry anyone? This is the start of the heavy sound of NIN)

-The Downward Spiral (Again, completely new territory. The hook was closer, the rest was an exciting, yet dark musical experience)

-The Fragile (Reznors best work. Taking the techniques of the TDS to the next level, Reznor displays both the past and future sound of NIN. If there is one definitive record to tell you what NIN sounds like, this would be it.)

-Still (Although same may claim it is a companion or a live piece, it actually contains several new tracks and a few great reworkings, make it an album on its own. This is all ballads and piano pieces. Reznor has planned this one for years and always described "making an album for a rainy day")

-With Teeth (A step backwards in my opinion. The songs here are more stripped down, but really dont give us anything new musical wise. These tracks also sound like a radio version of NIN, which isnt necessarily a bad thing. This even has some of Reznors best songs, which makes this a very noteworthy album.)

-Year Zero (Great concept and an exciting new direction. No slow songs here, which is a bummer. Great release though.)

-Ghosts (Well, here are all those slow songs you wanted! NINs first instrumental and highly experimental album to date. Also one of his best. This really is "music for daydreams")

-The Slip (This is more on lines of With Teeth. A step back and not forward. But I understand that even Reznor needs a break from being epic every once in a while. These songs sound more like outtakes from the last three albums, which one should question. It generally doesnt take Mr. Reznor just a few weeks to complete a new album. The songs are good, especially the ballad and instrumentals. Demon Speed is a completely new type of song for Reznor. I will be buying the CD version when it comes out)

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