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Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile

Label:	Nothing Records – B0025682-01, Interscope Records – B0025682-01
Series:	NIN – Halo Fourteen
Format:	3 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Definitive Edition
Country:	US
Released:	2017
Genre:	Electronic, Rock
Style:	Industrial

Tracklist

A1	Somewhat Damaged Written-By, Guitar [Additional Guitars] – Danny Lohner	4:31
A2	The Day The World Went Away Backing Vocals [Backing Chants - Credited To The Buddha Debutante Choir] – Christine Parrish, Fae Young, M. Gabriela Rivas*, Heather Bennett, Judy Miller, Martha Wood, Melissa Daigle Choir – The Buddha Debutante Choir	5:04
A3	The Frail	1:54
A4	The Wretched	5:36
B1	We're In This Together Drums [Chorus] – Jerome Dillon	7:19
B2	The Fragile	4:32
B3	Just Like You Imagined Guitar [Additional Guitars] – Adrian Belew, Danny Lohner Piano – Mike Garson	3:52
B4	Even Deeper Backing Vocals – Barbara Wilson, Di Coleman, Elquine L. Rice, Gary L. Neal, Leslie Wilson, Rodney Sulton, Stefani Taylor, Terry L. Rice, Traci Nelson, Tracy Hardin Mixed By [Mixing Assistance] – Dr. Dre Written-By, Drum Programming, Synthesizer [Additional Synthesizers] – Danny Lohner	6:16
C1	Pilgrimage Choir [Chanting] – The Buddha Boys Choir Percussion [Additional Marching] – Steve Duda Trumpet – Cherry Holly	3:41
C2	No, You Don't	3:36
C3	La Mer Cello – Willie Drums – Bill Rieflin* Vocals – Denise Milfort	5:10
C4	The Great Below Effects [Atmospheres] – Charlie Clouser Guitar [Ambiences] – Danny Lohner Guitar [End Melodic] – Adrian Belew	5:17
D1	The Way Out Is Through Piano – Mike Garson Written-By – Charlie Clouser, Keith Hillebrandt	4:17
D2	Into The Void Backing Vocals – Kim Prevost Drum Programming – Charlie Clouser	4:49
D3	Where Is Everybody? Guitar [End Melodic] – Adrian Belew	5:40
D4	The Mark Has Been Made	4:46
E1	10 Miles High Mixed By [Reconstructed Mixed By] – Keith Hillebrandt	5:09
E2	Please	3:31
E3	Starfuckers, Inc. Choir – The Buddha Boys Choir Vocals [Chanting - Credited To The Buddha Boys Choir] – Adam Persaud, Clint Mansell, Doug Idleman, Eric Edmonson, Keith Hillebrandt, Marcus London, Nick Scott (3), Nigel Wiesehan, Steve Duda Written-By – Charlie Clouser	5:00
E4	Complication Guitar [Additional Guitars] – Danny Lohner	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 Piano – Mike Garson Violin – Steve Duda	5:18

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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.
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

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
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

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Funnystuff Jun 27, 2022
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 …
rhombus47 Mar 18, 2022
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.
km_cdn Mar 8, 2022
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.
threeAMproject Feb 18, 2022
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
tr303808 Dec 23, 2021
Amazing, no surface noise, dynamics are stunning, loud and crisp!
Yeould Sep 14, 2021
Interview request: the person who for some reason paid 215 Euros for this
copers Jul 8, 2021
Edited 11 months ago
I'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.
scoop16 Jun 19, 2021
This is so freaking spectacular. Super clean spin with little noise. I am so glad I bought this…A masterpiece.
kelbs.ray Jun 17, 2021
Agree with the others. This is a perfect sounding record. One of the best I own. Perfection.
hiiiexhaulted Jun 3, 2021
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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