Nine Inch Nails Music:

		List Price: $24.98		Label: THE NULL CORPORATION Salesrank: Released: August 12, 2008
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		Media: Vinyl

The Slip [Vinyl] Track Listing:
1. 999,999
2. 1,000,000
3. Letting You
4. Discipline
5. Echoplex
6. Head Down
7. Lights in the Sky
8. Corona Radiata
9. Four of Us Are Dying
10. Demon Seed

Editorial Review:
The Slip (also known as Halo 27) is the eighth major studio release by Industrial Rock act Nine Inch Nails. The album was produced by Trent Reznor alongside Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder. The album features vocals and traditional song structures, unlike its 2008 counterpart Ghosts I-IV. Much like Ghosts I-IV, the album was released under a Creative Commons license, allowing fans to remix and reuse all or part of the album non-commercially. A tour for the album, entitled "Lights in the Sky 2008", begins in late July and will take place over most of North and South America.

The Slip [Vinyl] Reviews:
Powerful
2009-11-29 - This is not a hard-core rock-album like some of Reznor's previous works. In fact, the two weakest tracks (in my opinion) are the only two that explore his techno-metal roots. However, if you're looking for a surreal trip into the mind of a genius, then give this a try. It's not his best album, but compared to much of the music offered up by the over-caffeinated, morning-zoo, pop-culture, radio-world at our finger-tips, this is pretty d@mn good! The album increases with strength as it progresses even as it mellows, and by the end, you'll be adrenalized by the power of Reznor's music, tone and lyrics.

And as the Beastie Boys once prominently proclaimed, "you can't fart on that!"

A good end to a great stretch
2009-11-13 - As the last album in a striking creative streak, it's inevitably for the Slip to get some flak. The albums preceding it were much longer and relied more upon lyrical narrative and complex musical structure. Year Zero told a story much like the Downward Spiral Had, With Teeth attempted to be usual NIN fare, while Ghosts was in a league of its own. All in all, With Teeth, Year Zero, and Ghosts represented almost FIVE hours of music total, all released in the span of a couple years. So, it's no wonder that the Slip may seem paltry in comparison- it's stripped-down garage rock sound certainly doesn't help either.

However, after multiple listens, the Slip has started to sound superior to Year Zero and With Teeth for me (Ghosts isn't even worth comparing, it's an entirely different animal), and is even becoming one of my favorite NIN albums. Reznor tries new things in the Slip, and at the same time it harkens back to Broken-era NIN, if only for its lack of restraint. From the opening tracks thru Lights in the Sky, the album is almost entirely straight-up rock and roll dissonance. The first track "999,999" serves as a tense lead up to
"1,000,000" which charges forwards with aggressive, fast-paced electronics accompanied by live drums (either that or live-sounding drum samples). Reznor's voice even sounds upbeat in an Iggy Pop sort of way, which contrasts nicely with his usual red-hot lyrical angst. These "rock" tracks may not have the complexity or depth NIN has displayed in the past, but it's undeniable that they are well-written, catchy, and energetic. The album's second phase starts with "Lights in the Sky," one of the most beautiful piano pieces the man has ever written. "Corona Radiata" and "The Four of us are Dying" are both adventurous ambient pieces that lack the emotional heaviness that previous NIN instrumentals have been caked in. They fit well with the rest of the album despite their stylistic differences, largely because they sound more exotic than moody. Finally, the album caps off with one final rocker, "Demon Seed."

The Slip is uniquely digestible for a NIN album, and probably deserves praise based on that alone. Along with its fun, NIN-lite style, it also lacks the excesses and hiccups detectable on Year Zero and With Teeth. Overall, it is remarkably good for a free album, much like Radiohead's "In Rainbows." More importantly, it's an album that lives up to NIN's long and varied creative legacy.

Two Disc NIN: CD/DVD
2009-09-02 - In the package, is the record, THE SLIP, on CD, which plays well and is interesting to listen to. Also contained is, the rehearsal sessions of the some of the songs shot in HD, I believe, which makes for good viewing.

Slipping into extinction
2009-06-09 - While I did enjoy NIN's earlier material, his new stuff just doesn't do it for me. It isn't that I want to hear The Downward Spiral 5 times over. It is the simple fact that his music just isn't good anymore. I have enjoyed seeing them live a few times and they are still an excellent band as far as a live show is concerned. Trent has seemed to have lost that spark of angst and cynicism that made albums like The Fragile, and Broken so addictive and visceral.I may be being a bit too harsh but,I have listened to NIN since Pretty Hate Machine and I think as a long time fan I deserve to voice my own opinion. If you like music with heavy loud guitars and great choruses then go pick up the new CKY (Carver City). It is excellent.

NIN's weakest album
2009-05-17 - Like probably most fans I downloaded the album for free from nin.com. Didn't really think too much about it as there weren't very many stand out songs on this album. But after my friend and I went to see NIN open for Jane's Addiction here in Austin and the fact that the dvd was limited to 250,000 copies I decided to cave in and buy it. These songs sound to generic and don't really go anywhere so they really don't have the NIN charm. Some of these songs in my opinion sound too noisy and some just plain boring. I have heard this album was written and recorded in 3 weeks and it really shows. The album sounds unfocused and rushed where as his other albums Trent really took his time trying to perfect his work. The only song I really like on here is 1,000,000 but even that one is not up to NIN standars. After the masterpiece that was Year Zero I really didn't think Trent could top himself again. I was even surprised when Year Zero was so great when I didn't think he had it in him to top his first 3 albums Pretty Hate Machine, Broken, and The Downward Spiral. This cd is really only worth owning for the dvd which contains rehearsal footage of them playing 5 songs on this album. The dvd is pretty cool but it's nothing I will watch very much since 1,000,000 is the only song I really like. The show we saw I thought was good until he played stuff from this which I was bored by. As for my friend, she thought most of the set was boring as she is not a NIN fan. She was there strictly for Jane's Addiction who were also very good.