Release Date: 03 May, 2005
Audio CD
Tracks
- All The Love In The World
- You Know What You Are?
- The Collector
- The Hand That Feeds
- Love Is Not Enough
- Every Day Is Exactly The Same
- With Teeth
- Only
- Getting Smaller
- Sunspots
- The Line Begins To Blur
- Beside You In Time
- Right Where It Belongs
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Rating 4.0
Enjoyable, but Trent needs to stop.This album is an enjoyable listen, but it still feels a little empty coming from the man who brought us giant panoramic albums like The Fragile. This album feels like it should've came out after The Downward Spiral, or at least a year or two after The Fragile. I don't see how or why it took six years for it to come out. It sounds slightly below average for Nine Inch Nails. On it's own, it's a pretty enjoyable album. There are some good moody electronic-tinged songs like All The Love In The World (which turns Motown near the end.) and then there is the commercial rock that is The Hand That Feeds and You Know Who You Are.
The problem first of all is that there isn't anything new on here. It's all been done before on previous works like Downward Spiral and Broken. This would be fine if it was released a few years ago, but this is 2005. Trent has to push his genre forward if he's going to take extended breaks from music. With Teeth sounds like it only took a few months to make. Also, what is up with the pathetic lyrics? Trent, you're 40 years old. You're not the angry young man you used to be. Seriously, if someone is this angry over the course of a lfetime, they need serious mental health.
Anyway, old fans of NIN might be dissapointed. New fans should pick this up, and then go with The Downward Spiral. I, on the other hand, will be spinning The Fragile for years to come.Terribly averageThe first listen is the worst. Not good at all. Doesn't help that the opening track puts you to sleep, now I just skip it entirely and will probably never hear it again. It's hard to get used to such a stripped down sound after the elaborate epic majestic productions of the last two albums which sounded tremendous BTW. In comparison this sounds godawful.
After hearing it several times it becomes an enjoyable diversion
during the morning commute but nothing more which is appalling given the standards Trent has established with previous works.
I likes it a lotThe first time I heard The Hand That Feeds on the radio, I loved the song. There are so few songs that I instantly love, and that was one of them. I was not disappointed with the rest of the album either. It's very reminiscent of some of Trent's other albums. It's like With Teeth is The Downward Spiral's bastard child & she doesn't know whether The Fragile or Pretty Hate machine is the father.
Once again, listeners can marvel at & relate to Trent's dark, emotional, pain-filled lyrics. The music ranges from new wave to techno industrial. Trent Reznor is a damn genius. I hope he never stops making music. |
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