Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile
Label: | Nothing Records – B0025682-01, Interscope Records – B0025682-01 |
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Series: | NIN – Halo Fourteen |
Format: | 3 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Definitive Edition |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Electronic, Rock |
Style: | Industrial |
Tracklist
A1 | Somewhat Damaged | 4:31 | |
A2 | The Day The World Went Away | 5:04 | |
A3 | The Frail | 1:54 | |
A4 | The Wretched | 5:36 | |
B1 | We're In This Together | 7:19 | |
B2 | The Fragile | 4:32 | |
B3 | Just Like You Imagined | 3:52 | |
B4 | Even Deeper | 6:16 | |
C1 | Pilgrimage | 3:41 | |
C2 | No, You Don't | 3:36 | |
C3 | La Mer | 5:10 | |
C4 | The Great Below | 5:17 | |
D1 | The Way Out Is Through | 4:17 | |
D2 | Into The Void | 4:49 | |
D3 | Where Is Everybody? | 5:40 | |
D4 | The Mark Has Been Made | 4:46 | |
E1 | 10 Miles High | 5:09 | |
E2 | Please | 3:31 | |
E3 | Starfuckers, Inc. | 5:00 | |
E4 | Complication | 2:27 | |
E5 | The New Flesh | 3:42 | |
F1 | I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally | 4:20 | |
F2 | The Big Come Down | 4:12 | |
F3 | Underneath It All | 2:47 | |
F4 | Ripe | 5:18 |
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
- Manufactured By – Pallas USA
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Interscope Records
- Copyright © – Interscope Records
- Recorded At – Electrical Audio
- Recorded At – Nothing Studios
- Mixed At – Nothing Studios
- Remastered At – Baker Mastering
- Lacquer Cut At – Golden Mastering
- Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 43731
- Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 43733
- Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 43734
- Published By – Hillebrandt
- Published By – Hypercube Music
- Published By – Leaving Hope Music
- Published By – Leaving Hope Music, Inc.
- Published By – PolyGram International Music Publishing, Inc.
- Published By – Quackenbush Music Limited
- Published By – TVT Music, Inc.
- Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Music
- Published By – Wish It Away
Credits
- Art Direction, Design, Photography By – David Carson
- Art Direction, Supervised By [Reissue Art Supervision] – John Crawford (6)
- Booking – Marc Geiger
- Booking [Marc Geiger For] – WME
- Edited By [Provided Final Continuity And Flow] – Bob Ezrin
- Engineer [Additional] – Dave 'Rave' Ogilvie*, Leo Herrera
- Engineer [Second] – Brian Pollack
- Lacquer Cut By – JG*
- Legal [Legal Necessities, Ross Rosen For] – Ross B. Rosen & Associates, LLC
- Legal [Legal Necessities, Zia Modabber For] – Katten Munchin Rosenman LLP*
- Legal [Legal Necessities] – Ross Rosen, Zia Modabber
- Liner Notes – Bob Ezrin
- Management – Silva Artist Management
- Management [Business Management, William Harper And Michael Walsh For] – Gelfand, Rennet & Feldman*
- Management [Business Management] – Michael Walsh (6), William Harper (2)
- Mastered By – April Golden
- Photography By – Alexei Hay, Rob Sheridan (2), Robert Hale (3)
- Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Alan Moulder
- Programmed By [With] – Clinton Bradley, Paul DeCarli
- Programmed By [With], Sound Designer [Additional Sound Design] – Steve Duda
- Programmed By, Sound Designer [Additional Sound Design] – Charlie Clouser, Keith Hillebrandt
- Recorded By [Supplemental Drum] – Steve Albini
- Remastered By – Tom Baker (3)
- Written-By, Performer, Producer, Programmed By – Trent Reznor
Notes
2017 Definitive Edition, Released during the last 2 weeks of 2016. Includes bundled download card.
From the NIN store description:
“High resolution download available immediately
The definitive version of the Fragile, meticulously prepared by Trent Reznor and NIN Art Director John Crawford.
Remastered from the original sources in 2016 on 180-gram Vinyl, with lots of details that you may never notice, but we care about.”
Recorded and mixed at Nothing Studios, New Orleans.
Supplemental drums recorded at Electrical Audio.
Remastered at Baker Mastering.
Vinyl mastering at Golden Mastering.
A spurious credit appears on the release for "additional vocals" on the Quiet version of 'The Day The World Went Away', a track found not on this release, but rather on The Day The World Went Away.
Some photographs in bundled essay credited to Nothing Studios.
℗©2017 Interscope Records.
Written by T Reznor ©1999 Leaving Hope/TVT Music Inc (ASCAP) administered by Leaving Hope Music Inc, except -
A1, B4: Written by T Reznor, D Lohner ©1999 Leaving Hope/TVT Music Inc (ASCAP) administered by Leaving Hope Music Inc/Wish It Away (ASCAP).
D1: Written by T Reznor, K Hillebrandt, C Clouser ©1999 Leaving Hope/TVT Music Inc (ASCAP) administered by Leaving Hope Music Inc/Hillebrandt/Hypercube Music/Warner Tamerlane Music (BMI).
E3: Written by T Reznor, C Clouser ©1999 Leaving Hope/TVT Music Inc (ASCAP) administered by Leaving Hope Music Inc/Hypercube Music/Warner Tamerlane Music (BMI)/Quackenbush Music Limited (ASCAP) administered by Polygram International Music Publishing Inc. Contains elements from 'Shout It Out Loud' performed by Kiss used courtesy of Mercury Records under license from Universal Music Special Markets Inc.
Hype sticker on front:
The definitive vinyl edition of the Fragile, meticulously prepared by Trent Reznor and NIN art director John Crawford. Remastered 2017 audio on 180-Gram Vinyl, remastered artwork and more.
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Original release date: September 21, 1999
From the NIN store description:
“High resolution download available immediately
The definitive version of the Fragile, meticulously prepared by Trent Reznor and NIN Art Director John Crawford.
Remastered from the original sources in 2016 on 180-gram Vinyl, with lots of details that you may never notice, but we care about.”
Recorded and mixed at Nothing Studios, New Orleans.
Supplemental drums recorded at Electrical Audio.
Remastered at Baker Mastering.
Vinyl mastering at Golden Mastering.
A spurious credit appears on the release for "additional vocals" on the Quiet version of 'The Day The World Went Away', a track found not on this release, but rather on The Day The World Went Away.
Some photographs in bundled essay credited to Nothing Studios.
℗©2017 Interscope Records.
Written by T Reznor ©1999 Leaving Hope/TVT Music Inc (ASCAP) administered by Leaving Hope Music Inc, except -
A1, B4: Written by T Reznor, D Lohner ©1999 Leaving Hope/TVT Music Inc (ASCAP) administered by Leaving Hope Music Inc/Wish It Away (ASCAP).
D1: Written by T Reznor, K Hillebrandt, C Clouser ©1999 Leaving Hope/TVT Music Inc (ASCAP) administered by Leaving Hope Music Inc/Hillebrandt/Hypercube Music/Warner Tamerlane Music (BMI).
E3: Written by T Reznor, C Clouser ©1999 Leaving Hope/TVT Music Inc (ASCAP) administered by Leaving Hope Music Inc/Hypercube Music/Warner Tamerlane Music (BMI)/Quackenbush Music Limited (ASCAP) administered by Polygram International Music Publishing Inc. Contains elements from 'Shout It Out Loud' performed by Kiss used courtesy of Mercury Records under license from Universal Music Special Markets Inc.
Hype sticker on front:
The definitive vinyl edition of the Fragile, meticulously prepared by Trent Reznor and NIN art director John Crawford. Remastered 2017 audio on 180-Gram Vinyl, remastered artwork and more.
halo fourteen
Original release date: September 21, 1999
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text, sticker, back of shrink wrap): 6 02557 14277 8
- Barcode (String, sticker, back of shrink wrap): 602557142778
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, etched, stamped): B0025682-01-A HALO 14-A GOLDEN JG P. USA -43731-
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, etched, stamped): B0025682-01-B HALO 14-B GOLDEN JG P. USA -43731-
- Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout, etched, stamped): B0025682-01-C HALO 14-C GOLDEN JG P. USA -43733-
- Matrix / Runout (Side D Runout, etched, stamped): B0025682-01-D HALO 14-D GOLDEN JG P. USA -43733-
- Matrix / Runout (Side E Runout, etched, stamped): B0025682-01-E HALO 14-E GOLDEN JG P. USA -43734-
- Matrix / Runout (Side F Runout, etched, stamped): B0025682-01-F HALO 14-F GOLDEN JG P. USA -43734-
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): B0025682-01-LP01-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): B0025682-01-LP01-B
- Matrix / Runout (Side C label): B0025682-01-LP02-C
- Matrix / Runout (Side D label): B0025682-01-LP02-D
- Matrix / Runout (Side E label): B0025682-01-LP03-E
- Matrix / Runout (Side F label): B0025682-01-LP03-F
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Rights Society: BMI
- Other (Number, sticker, back of shrink wrap): B0025682-01ST02
Other Versions (5 of 69)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | The Fragile (2×CD, Album, Tri-Fold Digipak) | Nothing Records, Interscope Records | 0694904732 | US | 1999 | ||
Recently Edited | The Fragile (3×LP, Album) | Nothing Records | 0694904731 | US | 1999 | ||
The Fragile (2×Cassette, Album) | Nothing Records, Nothing Records | 490 474-4, 490 475-4 | Poland | 1999 | |||
Recently Edited | The Fragile (2×CD, Album, Repress, SMEA) | Nothing Records, Interscope Records | 490 473-2 | Australia | 1999 | ||
Recently Edited | The Fragile (2×CD, Album, Digipak) | Nothing Records | 490 473-2 | Europe | 1999 |
Recommendations
Reviews
Show All 53 Reviews- The music itself sounds awesome. Or it could, to be more exact; Sadly, the pressing quality is a real dissapointment and at times severly impairs the listening experience (audio/vinyl):
A: some light ticks/plain
B: returning whooshy „scratch“ all over/light bump
C: constant crackling & returning scratchy sound (la mer!)/off center
D: little noise on the outer tracks getting less towards the middle/off center
E: quiet/warped
F: quiet/small bumpy „hick up“
Looking forward to the next re-press, I guess … - I can't begin to say how high of a standard this sets for vinyl albums. This is easily one of the best sounding, if not THE best sounding, albums in my collection. Volume is good, bass is punchy, mids and highs are crystal clear. This album is packaged flawlessly too - definitely a must-have if you can find it at a good price.
- Just received this today - and 5 of 6 sides sound fantastic. Unfortunately, the B side of the first disc has a persistent surface noise, or more accurately, static about once a revolution. It's present after multiple cleans on the record cleaning machine. There is no visible surface flaws, but the LP is fairly warped (probably from the shrink packaging). The surface noise is persistent in the quiet passages on all the songs, with an added couple ticks at the end of Even Deeper. It does seem to correlate with the warp in the record, so I'm hoping that as it flattens out on my shelf that the noise goes down. Unfortunately, this LP is so hard to get ahold of, and return shipping isn't cheap so I'll probably keep, but a bit of a letdown on the one side.
Probably a victim of tight shrink wrap and bulky packaging. Would have been better if it was spread out over three separate sleeves. - What is everyone using for a polybag sleeve for this one? It's spine is over 1/2 inch thick. It won't fit in normal polybags. Any suggestions are much appreciated
- Edited 11 months agoI'm a little disappointed with my purchase. Side A & D are quite noisy. I've given them a few cleans, might need a deeper clean though. Fantastic album though, sounds great (when not noisy) and the packaging is awesome as well.
UPDATE : Not sure what was going on for the first few listens but upon revisiting it today, the noise doesn't seem as prevalent on those sides. - This is so freaking spectacular. Super clean spin with little noise. I am so glad I bought this…A masterpiece.
- Just grabbed a new copy at my local shop for only $40 so I think they are slowly getting back in stock
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