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The Downward Spiral by: Nine Inch Nails List Price: £8.99 CD-Charts Price: £4.98 You Save: £4.01 (45%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0731452212627 Format: Explicit Lyrics Label: Universal / Island Manufacturer: Universal / Island Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Universal / Island Release Date: March 01, 1994 Running Time: 65 minutes Studio: Universal / Island Sales Rank: 1879 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: From Amazon.com: It's easy to understand why Nine Inch Nails became the industrial band to break out of the techno ghetto and win a larger audience. Trent Reznor, who records the NIN albums almost entirely by himself (although he tours with a full band), tries very hard to pass himself off as an angry young man, but underneath the angst-ridden lyrics, pounding synths, and grating guitars is an irrepressible pop sensibility. On the second full-length NIN album, The Downward Spiral, Reznor builds his constructions of noise and gloom around warm, fuzzy melodies. On the album's first single, "March of the Pigs," for example, Reznor screams about swine lined up for slaughter amid guitars screeching in pain. Suddenly the guitars fall away to reveal the sensually throbbing rhythm track below; then that falls away to reveal a vocal-and-piano track that's as catchy as anything by Elton John. Because Reznor has a better handle on dynamics now, the melodic core is more obvious than ever. --Geoffrey Himes Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Trent's best?? Maybe....I first got the album on cassette not long after it came out in 1994 at the age of 14, and I am not ashamed to say I was pushed towards it by seeing NIN tracks on beavis & butthead!! At the time, I think I was listening to Jesus Jones, Blur, some metal, Megadeth, Anthrax etc. Putting it on in mother's car on the way back from town I think it nearly made her crash it. Mr Self Destruct was a nasty piece of work to say the least, but now it just seems the norm. Then we had Piggy, not a bad little slow one. By the time we got to Heresy, I think it got turned off to be "listened to at home". Anyway, that's enough sentimental rubbish, this album has stood the test of time, definitely. Don't get me wrong, I still dig the ... Read More: Rating: - much imitated, never equalledLet's get one thing out of the way - this is not a rock album, or a metal album, or anything like that. It falls neatly into that rather overcooked category "electronic dance music" in almost all respects, and certainly isn't the only such album to make prominent use of the old six string (as do everybody from Daft Punk to Redanka to Skazi). I say this, because to judge this as a rock album is to completely miss the point of NIN main-man Trent Reznor's abilities - there are only a very few producers (in the EDM sense) as imaginative and immersed in the finest details as Reznor, none of which work in the various genres termed "industrial". The lyrical obsessions with control and domination are only half the picture. Reznor seeps ... Read More: Rating: - in response to review below.I was a moody teenager who LOVED NIN with a passion - the angst fell away and i got into a much wider range of music. but having revisited this after what must be at least 10 or more years since i last heard it - i have found i still beleive it is a really good album. ignore the self loathing and 'i hate the world' attitude and you still have a very very good set of songs that are perfectly crafted. This really is his masterpiece - i cant think of anything you could add to this album to make it a better slice of commercial heavy metal?? an angt ridden teen - (although you won't admit it)?? - buy it! into white noise....buy it! appreciate well produced music?? Buy it!! Rating:  - 2 stars... here's whyThis album is like suicidal depression set to music. In that context, it works, and perhaps even deserves to be lauded as a "classic". However, I found the album far too bleak and nihilistic to listen to once I left behind my "angsty teenager" phase, so I gave away my copy. In short: if you're depressed and want to make yourself feel worse, get this. If, like me, you don't want to wallow in depression and self-pity, don't bother. Rating:  - good for depressionThe best from trent, easily. Every track is passionate and melodic with that rasp and bite you'd expect. There are things to dance (well fling yourself around the room to anyway); piggy, march of the pigs, eraser, big gun; also some real serene moments in the album; hurt, warm place (used to wonderful effect in Natural Born Killers), i do not want this. Hard to listen to the first time, especially with such a painful opener in mr self destruct, the guitar may as well be a chainsaw; but every time after that is a joy. 4 stars for one reason, piggy and hurt, great songs, but a lot better on the one version of further down the spiral, the one with the live hurt on, can cry to that version for days, his voice cracks wonderfully. |
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