I love ghosts to just drift and fade away...also great to just sip coffee to in the A.M. I hope in the time before the soundwave festival gigs that Trent finds a way to release more volumes of Ghosts online...I think it was a gutsy and amazing release...I want more...the instrumental works of NIN have been some of my fave stuff...right up there with ENO in my book...more ghosts please!

blobbyxl posted:

Kind of like The Fragile, at first a piece of crap but the more listens it gets better until it becomes at the top of the list. Or so that is for me. Some of the tracks seem new and shiny, not like some filler which is to be expected due to it only be instrumental.

Is that really what you thought of The Fragile on your first listen?

I believe Ghosts I-IV stresses personal feelings. Primarily anger, happiness, loneliness, sadness...desperation. These are emotions Reznor has experienced throughout his life. Just a thought.

I think it is a very good album. However, it might have been better if Reznor and his pals spent more time on the songs. It's a letdown, but the album deserves a 9/10.

Am i the only one who thinks ghosts can be EXTREMELY repetitive? I mean yeah, some of the stuff's amazing, but a lot of it just ends up sounding boring to me. Too many of the songs just have the same chord progression/beat all the way through... that being said though i think the guy can write some great stuff on the piano.

for those of you who claim Ghosts sounds horrible in terms of recording quality, what equipment, may I ask, are you using to evaluate these recordings?

I believe that the audio elements in Ghosts sound much more free from each other, with more dynamic range than many of the previous recordings.

...although I won't deny that most mainstream albums are cranked right up for maximum loudness. It's horrible on the ears and disappointing to listen to. I love music, and I love listening to it on my hifi...but when good songs (from any artist or album) are screaming with no dynamic range, linear in volume, and resolution shot down the tubes, it's a bit of a piss off especially when some of us invest in well designed audio components.

Interesting comparison with the Depeche Mode Vinyl. I may have to get my turntable in order just to try a few of these comparisons. I've been buying vinyl for a long time but never listen to it...I just tell myself that someday I may invest in a good turntable since I already have a great phono preamp from Ayre.



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dominik posted:

i love ghosts i-iv.. as trent said, a soundtrack for daydreams and it's awesome to lie in bed at night and listening to these songs.

I totally agree

Hi Green_pixie,
ya u'r right about the studing bit!!

Tracks, 12ghosts II is my favourite from the whole lot, with 14ghosts II, and 16ghosts II. See random discussion thread.

P.s - 28ghosts IV is a very thought provoking tune, nice...

Trent:" I hope you enjoy the first four volumes of Ghosts."

I hope for a sequel!

Haven t purchased ghosts yet, although I've listened to a lot of tracks, and yeah. Instrumentals are cool, but I like vocals and lyrics.

Honestly, I so prefer Ghosts over The Slip, but TS is still a fucking awesome album. I wouldn't say Ghosts is what NIN needs to be, because when has NIN ever stayed the same thing after an album? Trent's music is constantly changing, and I love that.

The thing I like about instrumentals is how they don't have a theme or story that is given by lyrics, so you can create your own story using your imagination.

I think it was definitely the pinnacle of something but I can't quite put my finger on it.

I,too,hold The Fragile as my personal favorite. Ghosts took me a while to penetrate. Artistically, it was a bold move. I dig it, dense as it is. Pinnacle of TR's artistry...? Hmmm... He's dabbled in instrumentals before, Still has some similar sounds on it. Ghosts reminded me of Brian Eno and some King Crimson from long ago. My girlfriend really likes it. Ambiant and ecclectic. She appreciates the absence of lyrics, however i am a big fan of Trent's writing and his voice as well. It kinda stands on it's own as a demonstration of the versatility and breadth of the musicianship these people possess. It's something i enjoy listening to when i am not wanting to be distracted by vocals. The live performances on last summers tour really were the highlight of the show. I had a much deeper appreciation after i saw the Ghosts music live a couple of times. Very unique. I'd like to think the pinnacle of TR's artistry is yet to come.

I don't know if i think Ghosts is so extraordinary that Trent should consider his musical ambition as fulfilled. It's a line of thought that that led to the huge delay between TDS and the Fragile, and i think the great thing about ghosts is that it's a way to diversify nin as an entity. I think the absolute greatest thing about Ghosts is that it's not so angry. Even though TDS is my favorite album ever i don't listen to it very often because it's rather demanding, in it's heavy music and subject matter. Ghosts on the other hand let's your mind free, and as Trent said it's meant to accompany a day dream, rather than the depression of The Fragile or the dysotopian future of Year Zero.

I agree with a lot of people on here that claim The Fragile was his best work. I am with you completely on that one. I absolutely hail it as my favorite, because, it completely mirrored events occuring in my own life at the time I discovered The Fragile. It really helped me through a lot of bad times, and to this day, The Fragile is still my favorite NIN album.

I even said at one point, that, I thought The Fragile was the creative apex of his work, but, after hearing Ghosts...I just don't think so, anymore.

There are soooo many different layers of emotion and the album is so completely thought provoking for me, that, I don't have a hard time digesting it like a few other people would. And normally, I hate songs that are contemplative, because, it hurts for me to think since there's been a lot of negative times in my life, and I've been in a cycle of pain for a while; but, with Ghosts...it isn't there. That pain doesn't surface, and I can just wrap myself up in the melodies of this art.

I think another reason why I love it, is because of the complete lack of lyrics. It's like what a few other people have said "you make what you want of it", and I love that.

And what pwrstick said, I completely agree with you: It's the pinnacle of human existence. Well said, thank you ^_^