This album seems to be very underrated by the fans and much overshadowed by the other albums. So where would this album rank for you? What do you think of it compared to the other albums? What do you think of the album in general?

I personally find it to be one of their best. I love the ambience of it. No it is not as good as The Fragile or The Downward Spiral but it is up there. It has such a nice coherent flow and just about every song is great (only one I don't like which is Letting You, but I find this album to be incredibly underrated and underlooked.

Maybe we needed shorter albums like this one all the way. 10-12 songs. Sometimes i became tired of With teeth when it reaches The line begins to blur, when Year zero reaches The greater good, when The downward spiral reaches A warm place. It's good for me that The fragile is split in 2 parts. The same with Ghosts I-IV, you are presented with 4 sets of 9 tracks, it's a comfortable amount of nin. No wonder they perform quieter songs in the middle of their show.

I agree, it is a great album. It is hard to pick favorites because they are all so good. To me many of the songs aren't as strong as other releases. But I still love it.
1. The Fragile
2. The Downward Spiral
3. Pretty Hate Machine
4. Ghosts I-IV
5. Year Zero
6. Still
7. With Teeth
8. Broken
9. The Slip



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/01/2009 06:06AM by senateguard33.

I love the Slip, and it's without a doubt better than 90% of other music out right now... I just feel compared to other NIN music it's a bit weak. There's certainly less depth to the whole thing and it feels rushed.

Not a bad album by any stretch though.

And I agree that it represents all of NIN's career.

Further_Below posted:

This album seems to be very underrated by the fans and much overshadowed by the other albums. So where would this album rank for you? What do you think of it compared to the other albums? What do you think of the album in general?

I personally find it to be one of their best. I love the ambience of it. No it is not as good as The Fragile or The Downward Spiral but it is up there. It has such a nice coherent flow and just about every song is great (only one I don't like which is Letting You, but I find this album to be incredibly underrated and underlooked.

I LOVE THE SLIP

I think everyones main beef with it is the 2 instrumentals (very long) so soon after the realease of ghosts

Anyway, the album is really good and I'm listening to it everyday on the bus. I needed to state this.

I just wanna say since hearing Lights in the Sky live during the nyc shows, I have become completely OBSESSED with this track. It previously went by me completely unnoticed (I'm not gonna lie, all the quiet ones tend to slip by me like that.)It not only became the highlight of those shows for me but is now my fondest memory from the shows.

This song(much like when I heard Into the Void in '06) not only sounds better to me since but now I have all these feelings for it when I listen. Up until my mp3 player died (and then my computer which is where I charge it) I put myself to sleep with this track, woke up to this track, and listened to it on my way to work.

I need some Discipline, I need some HELP.....haha

(don't even get me started on that track, I could write some moar )

I actually REALLY enjoy this album...

I downloaded it off line as soon as it became available, I though the audio was HORRIBLE, however I bought a few of the cds (because you know they are only limited to 250,000 :rollseyes: ) Anyways... the audio had improved greatly from the CD version to the Downloadable version (no i am not an idiot i downloaded the higher quality)

I enjoy the first few songs live and LITS is amazing on both the album AND seeing it live... I love the album it has a very raw feeling to it!

I think people "dislike" the album because (no offense guys) if Trents not talking about killing himself, how depressed he is, or how much the world sucks, certain people think "ITS NOT NIN", I also dont think the album was as mainstream as the rest. People like mainstream music, they like being able to turn on the radio and hear closer a billion times a day.

I have a friend who truely believes that NIN's was at the top of their game during the Fragile and EVERYTHING that came out after that is pure shit. Do I agree with this theory? OF course NOT. However I do believe that NIN/Trent grew over the years and his music did change... but I happen to think it got better. While his albums have always told a story, the past 3 (excluding ghosts) have felt more whole and complete and expected (but in a good way) than some of the others. I enjoy the time and effort (which can be seen VERY CLEAR on the albums now) he/the band puts into making the albums now...

Is the slip my favorite album... honestly NO, but I dont love it any less than some of the others... Just accept it for what it is

(sorry for the rant) LOL

I honestly really love this album. With the exception of the four of us... Its a good song but at times I think it just gets to long and boring. Especially if you're tired. But I love all the other songs. It took me while before I love Demon and Corona but I got use to them.

1. 999,999 / 1,000,000
2. Head Down
3. Echoplex
4. Demon
5. Corona
6. Discipline
7. Lights
8. Letting You
9. The Four of Us...

I feel as though this is not his greatest effort. it feels very rushed.

1. Year Zero
2. Pretty Hate Machine
3. Broken
4. The Fragile
5. The Downward Spiral
6. With Teeth
7. The Slip

Now, that being said, I love The Slip, but as that list shows, they have such a solid, great career, consistently, that every album is worth something. Year Zero is my most loved, sure, then PHM, but in the end, every album has it's great moments. For me, the best moment of The Slip is 999,999 into 1,000,000; it makes you want to destroy shit. I love backing out of my driveway and stuff to 999,999 because it sometimes works out that I'll get to speed off right at the beginning of 1,000,000. It's like the end of an episode of a show on HBO or Showtime. Kick ass.

Looking back at that list, I do hate ranking them, because I love all the albums in their own ways. I think it comes down to the amount of tracks I could do without on each. Like, for instance, on The Downward Spiral, I could do without Big Man with a Gun and The Downward Spiral. On With Teeth, Sunspots, Getting Smaller. The Slip could have gone with Corona, though it is great trailer music, and without The Four of Us Are Dying. The Fragile could have even gone without Complication and a couple other tracks, but since the majority of 23 tracks floor me, it ranks above anyway. and YZ, PHM, and Broken are all perfect, in my opinion.

So, The Slip is the most fillerfied of the albums, sure, but in it's own right, it is wonderful, especially the first 7 tracks, though 999,999 isn't really a song, it sets up 1,000,000 too perfectly that it could not not be there. If he ended it at Lights in the Sky and called it an E.P. I think people would be more happy, just because that seems to be the best way to round out that album. Demon Seed is cool, though, too, and a change in pace for album closers, since they haven't had a such an upbeat album closer like that since "Ringfinger," which is an amazing track, naysayers.

Boom.

The Slip pwns PHM. So so much. Even nostalgia wears thin. PHM is horribly dated. I can barely listen to it.

My list

1.The Fragile
2.The Downward Spiral
3.Year Zero
4.With Teeth
5.The Slip
6.Broken
7. Ghosts I-IV
8.the shoes on my floor
9.Pretty Hate Machine



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/06/2009 12:58PM by CharmlessMan.

wow, broken isn't very high on so many lists...kinda surprising i guess

1. The Fragile
2. TDSpiral
3. Broken
4. With Teeth
5. Pretty Hate Machine
6. Year Zero
7. The Slip
8. Ghosts

1. The Fragile
2. The Downward Spiral
3. With Teeth
4. Broken
5. Ghosts I-IV
6. Pretty Hate Machine
7. The Slip
8. Year Zero

Why does YZ rank so low on my list? No disrespect meant, but I could never really buy into the storyline and the gimmicks that came with the album. I find that the music, the actual songs, lack substance when compared with other releases. I can understand Reznor not wanting to make another TF because there was literally 1,000,000 things going on in that album (which is why it's my #1 favorite; there's always something new to discover and it's always a treat to my ears; I'll probably wear this album out until the fucking files corrupt on my iPod). I think I probably made it half-way through the album, gave up on it, and pulled TF off of the shelf. It's bad that I actually prefer the remix album over it.



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anunknownpresence posted:

1. The Fragile
2. The Downward Spiral
3. With Teeth
4. Broken
5. Ghosts I-IV
6. Pretty Hate Machine
7. The Slip
8. Year Zero

Why does YZ rank so low on my list? No disrespect meant, but I could never really buy into the storyline and the gimmicks that came with the album. I find that the music, the actual songs, lack substance when compared with other releases. I can understand Reznor not wanting to make another TF because there was literally 1,000,000 things going on in that album (which is why it's my #1 favorite; there's always something new to discover and it's always a treat to my ears; I'll probably wear this album out until the fucking files corrupt on my iPod). I think I probably made it half-way through the album, gave up on it, and pulled TF off of the shelf. It's bad that I actually prefer the remix album over it.

Well that's your opinion. It's my #1 NIN release, so I guess that shows how tastes vary.