The best concert i’ve seen so far

Some friends of mine gift me with this album.

The Downward Spiral (Limited Edition)

Original Release: 1994

Synopsis

The Downward Spiral is Nine Inch Nails second full length album out of the eight major studio releases they have released. This 2LP vinyl features a wide range of textures and moods to illustrate the mental progress of a central character through characteristic sound using electronic instruments and processing. Mark “Flood” Ellis co-produced several tracks on the album, though it proved to be his last collaboration with Nine Inch Nails. The album generated two singles, “March of the Pigs” and “Closer”, “Hurt” and “Piggy” was issued to radio without a commercial single release. Rolling Stone ranked the album number 200 on their “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list and it still remains the highest-selling NIN release in the United States.

Side A

1. Mr. Self Destruct (4:30)
2. Piggy (4:24)
3. Heresy (3:54)
4. March Of The Pigs (2:58)
5. Closer (6:13)
6. Ruiner (4:58)
7. The Becoming (5:31)

Side B

1. I Do Not Want This (5:41)
2. Big Man With A Gun (1:36)
3. A Warm Place (3:22)
4. Eraser (4:54)
5. Reptile (6:51)
6. The Downward Spiral (3:57)
7. Hurt (6:13)

This album is one of the best albums that I’ve ever listen. It’s full of covers and versions but the way that Trent connects with Peter is just amazing. 

Tracklist:

“Head Like A Hole” – 5:58

“Sanity Assassin” – 3:41

“Hurt” – 4:32

“Dreams” – 5:25

“Final Solution” – 4:05

“Bela Lugosi’s Dead” – 5:09

“Reptile” - 8:05

“Warm Leatherette” - 4:18

“A Strange Kind Of Love” - 4:08

“Nightclubbing” - 5:07

“Dead Souls” - 5:06

“Twenty Four Hours” - 5:31

“Warsaw” - 2:40

“Atmosphere” - 5:37

“The Day The World Went Away” - 5:02

“Hurt” - 4:37

Tracks 1-3: Trent Reznor & Peter Murphy backstage @ Amphitheater Atlanta, GA the 06/07/2006

Tracks 4-6: Trent Reznor, Peter Murphy and TV On the Radio backstage @ Nissan Pavillon, Washington, DC the 06/13/2006

Tracks 7-10: Trent Reznor, Peter Murphy, Jeordie White and Atticus Ross backstage @ Tweeter Center, Boston, MA 06/23/2006

Tracks 11-14: Originally done by Joy Division; Covered by Nine Inch Nails and Peter Murphy backstage @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL 07/01/2006

Tracks 15-16: Nine Inch Nails @ Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL 04/2/2000

fascinated:

While chatting at my apartment recently, we realized that we all have a tremendous appreciation for the first major release by Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine, from 1989 (22 years ago!).  

The more we talked about it, the more we wanted to pay homage to the album on our site. Recreating the unique analog style was quite difficult (Rob Sheridan will agree), but nothing worthwhile is easy.

This is as much a tribute to the record as to Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor overall.  He has innovated relentlessly over the past 20 years, inventing some of what we now take for granted as music fans.  The incredibly produced live shows, being the first major artist to run a remix contest & subsequent community (whole companies have been built on this idea later), among the first to do paperless concerts with Ticketmaster, and more things I can’t think of right now.  Oh yeah, The Social Network soundtrack was great too.

There are many great artists, but few continuously pay attention to all facets of their output with as much attention and creativity, even after reaching multiple levels of success.

Thanks for making a ton of great experiences, Trent.

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(Source: vzm)