THE FRAGILE: Album Discussion

THE FRAGILE: Album Discussion

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05/14/09 6:15 PM
Shadowmilitia member Just Another Burnout Geek Joined: 11/27/07 Location: Oxford%2C North Carolina Posts: 11	I like listening to the Things Falling Apart EP/remix cd with The Fragile, i seems to compliment the album well in my opinion.
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05/15/09 12:00 AM
theinnocent9 member fuck you is the new black Joined: 08/26/08 Posts: 53	The Fragile is one of those albums that marks a sort of transitional point in NIN's songwriting. There is a little bit of everything in there, and it seemed to even bring out the lyrics that much more, like as if he wanted you to pay extra attention to them as well as the music. I even like the overall musical theme it had even how some songs carried a certain set of notes through each song (i.e. The Frail and The Fragile's guitar solo) Overall the album is one of my top favorites. It pulls a lot of inspiration from me sometimes (I know that sounds so corny and weird) As a matter of fact, my profile page notes "The Fragile" as my favorite song, because it has so much meaning and yet can be so thought provoking.
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05/15/09 12:08 AM
feeblehalo member Joined: 04/16/08 Location: mo Posts: 149	theinnocent9 posted: The Fragile is one of those albums that marks a sort of transitional point in NIN's songwriting. There is a little bit of everything in there, and it seemed to even bring out the lyrics that much more, like as if he wanted you to pay extra attention to them as well as the music. I even like the overall musical theme it had even how some songs carried a certain set of notes through each song (i.e. The Frail and The Fragile's guitar solo) Overall the album is one of my top favorites. It pulls a lot of inspiration from me sometimes (I know that sounds so corny and weird) As a matter of fact, my profile page notes "The Fragile" as my favorite song, because it has so much meaning and yet can be so thought provoking. i agree. a definate transitional point. i remember that a lot of fellow nin friends i had back then dropped off after that. it was too different for them, but i liked the transition/ evolution of it. it was a maturation for trent. i know, i'm a crusty old nin follower...but just cause i knew nin was the greatest back in '92 doesn't mean i was wrong, does it? sorry, i didn't realize his awesomeness until then! (thank you, big sister!!!)
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05/17/09 2:00 PM
EdwardBroadway member gonzo. Joined: 05/05/08 Location: Montreal Posts: 354	Ghost_IV posted: Here is my Edit of the album because i can't stand listening to the whole thing... Somewhat Damaged The Frail The Wretched We're in this Together The Fragile Just Like You Imagined Pilgrimage La Mer The Great Below The Way It is Through Into The Void Where is Everybody? Please The Big Come down Underneath It All The Rest of the songs I either don't like or Can't get into it... Now that's a terrible thing.
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05/17/09 2:03 PM
RightWhereItBelongs96 member I'd Give Anything Joined: 02/25/09 Location: Uniontown%2C PA Posts: 647	I'd love listening to this album while taking a nice hot bath.
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05/24/09 6:15 AM
TsuBaka member Seth of tsubaka.com Joined: 04/29/08 Location: D%C3%BCsseldorf%2C NRW%2C Posts: 10	i scanned the packaging and the booklet in high resolution, retouched it so that they look good, and uploaded it here: [www.megaupload.com] David Carson made the whole design, and he is my favorite grunge artist ever! imagine my face when i found out that my fave artist did the artwork for my fave album by my fave band! XD
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05/24/09 8:46 AM
Deardeadfriend member Joined: 08/15/08 Location: Vienna Posts: 150	My love for NIN is based on this album and it's probably my favourite record by any artist ever. Many sad memories and feelings are tied to these songs and it is stunning how they come back immediately while listening to them. Epic gigantic love. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/24/2009 08:47AM by Deardeadfriend.
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05/26/09 12:53 PM
TsuBaka member Seth of tsubaka.com Joined: 04/29/08 Location: D%C3%BCsseldorf%2C NRW%2C Posts: 10	yeah, same here. i consider it as the most perfect album ever created. i can find NO negative thing about it. that actually scares me a bit. from my scans i did a few days ago i bought me a very expensive print out of the cd packagings back, poster format, so that i can hang it behind my desk. here, i uploaded some quick shots on twitpic: [twitpic.com] [twitpic.com] [twitpic.com]
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05/28/09 10:53 AM
ReznorsApostle member trying to beLIEve Joined: 04/15/08 Location: under a dead Ohio sky Posts: 1,150	Best Album, remix album, art work, everything! era ever in my opinion. Where is everybody? The Great Below!!
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06/02/09 8:31 AM
charlotte98 member Joined: 05/18/08 Posts: 3,885	Best album of all time. Hands down. the little details that you notice when you listen for the 600th time.... the shades and texture and color of the music... as it bleeds through. a truly great and unparalleled piece of art.
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06/02/09 9:05 AM
jeffreyzed member Joined: 09/04/08 Location: London Ontario Canada Posts: 122	i'm listening to the fragile now! just finishing up the left side. i didn't 'get' this album at first and thought it was kind of forgettable... but after returning to it later, i kind of see it as one of his most poignant works. each song is its own intricate reality, beautifully crafted and telling a quiet story about life inside.
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06/02/09 6:27 PM
IOmiles member Joined: 04/12/08 Posts: 134	Very important album for me!! Shame we don't have a section for this album on the from forum page!
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06/08/09 5:27 PM
Dani11 member Joined: 08/28/08 Location: Canada Posts: 1,205	jeffreyzed posted: i didn't 'get' this album at first and thought it was kind of forgettable... but after returning to it later, i kind of see it as one of his most poignant works. each song is its own intricate reality, beautifully crafted and telling a quiet story about life inside. I really liked the album when it first came out, but I admit it took awhile for me to really get into it.... But it's amazing that as time went on, I began to appreciate it so much more. And every time I would listen to it, I got something more out of it. And now it's definitely my favourite album ever released.....such an incredible piece of art.
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06/15/09 7:59 PM
mbaker4469 member Joined: 03/04/08 Posts: 11	Does anyone know what flower David Carson used for the cover?
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06/15/09 8:07 PM
seasonsinthesky member deluxe audio nerd Joined: 11/27/07 Location: the wide open killingfiel Posts: 778	^^ there are no flowers on the cover. it's a seashell and a waterfall.
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06/24/09 4:03 PM
patrick_nicholas member Former New Yorker Joined: 05/06/09 Location: Blackwater Park Posts: 43,534	Trent excels at concept albums. Downward Spiral, Year Zero, and The Fragile are my top three NIN albums.
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06/24/09 4:43 PM
RightWhereItBelongs96 member I'd Give Anything Joined: 02/25/09 Location: Uniontown%2C PA Posts: 647	I'm surprised no one mentioned that Trent announced the Deluxe Edition of The Fragile.
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06/24/09 5:04 PM
khareaulyn member Joined: 11/08/08 Location: In my head Posts: 2,194	Someone mentioned it in a locked thread: The Fragile Deluxe Edition
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06/24/09 7:14 PM
RightWhereItBelongs96 member I'd Give Anything Joined: 02/25/09 Location: Uniontown%2C PA Posts: 647	khareaulyn posted: Someone mentioned it in a locked thread: The Fragile Deluxe Edition Yea I know that I'm the one who put the information on Random NIN Comments for them to see it. I was meaning i'm surprised no one mentioned it on this thread.
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06/29/09 12:38 PM
leakylovefaucet member Joined: 11/27/07 Posts: 8,424	Ghost_IV posted: the guy in TDS survives the suicide attempt... i think it's more of a fork in TDS's story. The Fragile picks up from the middle of Ruiner(guitar solo),when the main character battles God, and succeeds. But in The Fragile, he fails, and is left nearly dead, nothing, and picks himself back up.
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06/29/09 2:36 PM
bunnytrent9 member You smell really good!-TR Joined: 05/03/08 Location: NY Posts: 3,701	From the songs to the artwork, a beautiful masterpiece. It's filled with so many different emotions. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/29/2009 02:39PM by bunnytrent9.
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06/29/09 11:18 PM
ChaseNine member Hi-Def Ultra Realism Joined: 08/16/08 Location: Utah Posts: 2,465	Just had to make this post. The Fragile is my favorite NIN album of all time. Extremely beautiful, and its extremely emotional. ^^Big Masterpiece
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07/18/09 9:30 PM
Dani11 member Joined: 08/28/08 Location: Canada Posts: 1,205	ChaseNine posted: The Fragile is my favorite NIN album of all time. Extremely beautiful, and its extremely emotional. ^^Big Masterpiece
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07/19/09 3:34 AM
FERABAD member Joined: 05/26/08 Posts: 156	leakylovefaucet posted: Ghost_IV posted: the guy in TDS survives the suicide attempt... i think it's more of a fork in TDS's story. The Fragile picks up from the middle of Ruiner(guitar solo),when the main character battles God, and succeeds. But in The Fragile, he fails, and is left nearly dead, nothing, and picks himself back up. WHAT? Those 2 albums are not Dan Brown's or Tolkien's novels, you know? At least I thought that "Ruiner" was about a drug dealer or something like that, not about a battle with god. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that some people takes the "conceptual album" thing too far, imagining weird stories about those albums. I don't see "The Fragile" as a follow-up to a story of a character from "TDS", it's just an album about Trent's feelings and thoughts at that time. I don't think that "TDS" and "TF" are conceptual albums like "ACSS" and "Mechanical Animals", with stories about fictional characters, for me "TDS" and "TF" may be conceptual albums because all the songs are related to each other some way with the whole album having a same theme or concept, but I don't see them as "novels with music".
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07/19/09 3:55 AM
dori_doreau member pastafari Joined: 11/25/07 Location: berlin - germany Posts: 2,206	ChaseNine posted: The Fragile is my favorite ~~NIN~~ album of all time. Extremely beautiful, and its extremely emotional. ^^Big Masterpiece
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12/30/09 9:06 AM
lucidedge member Joined: 10/23/09 Location: Toronto Ontario Posts: 10	leakylovefaucet posted: Ghost_IV posted: the guy in TDS survives the suicide attempt... i think it's more of a fork in TDS's story. The Fragile picks up from the middle of Ruiner(guitar solo),when the main character battles God, and succeeds. But in The Fragile, he fails, and is left nearly dead, nothing, and picks himself back up. That's pretty neat interpretation. I've come around to thinking that it's not about the character that confronts God in "The Downward Spiral" but rather it's someone who watched the events from a distance. "So Impressed with all you do Tried so hard to be like you" to me has many meanings, but specifically it's someone who watched the man from Downward Spiral and wanted to do what he did, only to fall just as the man did.
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12/31/09 4:40 PM
Crow_54 member Joined: 11/21/08 Location: NY Posts: 181	Shadowmilitia posted: I like listening to the Things Falling Apart EP/remix cd with The Fragile, i seems to compliment the album well in my opinion. i as well and all the b-sides not included like 10 miles high (version). Actually right now i cant even remember if thats even on TFA ?!
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12/31/09 5:10 PM
seasonsinthesky member deluxe audio nerd Joined: 11/27/07 Location: the wide open killingfiel Posts: 778	^ that's silly of you — of course it's from (or was intended for) TFA if it's got (version) on the end of it! the only remixes that didn't make it on were of The Fragile, La Mer, and No, You Don't.
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12/31/09 9:01 PM
CharmlessMan member Joined: 05/29/08 Location: Clock Town%2CTermina Posts: 15,033	I like this album
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01/06/10 9:49 PM
noisegod member Joined: 01/01/10 Location: St. Louis Posts: 3	Does anyone know where I could find articles about the The Fragile and interviews taken at the time of it's release? I seem to remember reading an interview Trent did with Guitar World back around the time of its release, but I checked my old issues from '99, '00, and '01 and couldn't find it.
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