Nine Inch Nails

Editor's Review:

The genius of Trent Reznor really shines through in his production technique. He's an okay songwriter and a pretty decent performer, but when it comes to mixing and remixing, the man knows his shit. Which is why the strategy he often adopts in releasing records - a pattern that tends to go from new record to remix record to a few remix singles before it gets back around to another new record-isn't as annoying as it would be from other artists.

On Things Falling Apart, Reznor comes at his music from a different angle again, revisiting works like "Starfuckers Inc.," "The Frail" and "10 Miles High" with a fresh perspective. Of course, the work is signature Reznor, a patchwork of dark movements and foreboding beats intertwined with spaces of deafeningly quite and subtle washes of sonic flotsam and jetsam. But Reznor doesn't just fiddle with the knobs until he get something he likes. There are beautiful passages of soft music engineered to run into heavy-hitting and chaotic parts that teem with explosive energy and emotional power. Sure, this isn't new stuff, but if you're a fan of Reznor and Nine Inch Nails, this is something you should pick up.

- Max Sidman


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Record Label Nothing Released November 2000

Tracks 1. Slipping Away 2. The Great Collapse 3. The Wretched 4. Starfuckers Inc. 5. The Frail 6. Starfuckers Inc. 7. Where Is Everybody? 8. Metal 9. 10 Miles High 10. Starfuckers Inc.