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Nine Inch Nails - The Slip


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The album starts with the track on my favourite number. To tell the truth, I was expecting something more lively that would beat HYPERPOWER! Luckily, next tracks compensate this. 1,000,000 is fast, dynamic and catchy; it would make a good start of a concert. Similarly, Letting You after which the refrain won’t leave a listener alone. In term of music both compositions are heavy and aggressive which is a blast. On the other hand, what worries me is “covering” Reznor’s voice with this mass of sounds. Or maybe that’s how it was supposed to be, maybe the Master wasn’t in a good shape. The we have a controversial Discipline which sounds good both on the album and during a show. Even though the song is catchy, I am not sure whether it will be enough to replace Only or THTF. Echoplex is the one I have mixed feelings about. I don’t really like the beginning but later on it gets better . First minute and ten seconds of Head Down are rather depressing but when the song proceeds it is fortunately betting better as well. I do like heavy songs but I have an impression that this one’s got something missing. But I am completely sure it will be one of the strongest on their shows. Now is time for the three compositions I do like listening to even though I am not mad about them. Lights In The Sky could be compared to Hurt only in terms of music because the text is not that much personal and moving as the one from 1994. Corona Radiata and The Four OF Us Are Dying bring to mind a previous release ,Ghosts, which pleasant and hypnotizing but not for frequent listening. And the last song, Demon Seed. I liked it at instant both in musical and textual terms. I hope I will hear it live. Regardless of many opinions , I think that the album is really good. It is, as usual, very different form previous Reznor’s accomplishments but still up to the mark. Apart from the music issue it is worth to take a look at the graphical setting. We are really grateful for making the whole album accessible through the internet. At least for this reason we should not complain.

Tracklist:

01. 999,999
02. 1,000,000
03. letting you
04. discipline
05. echoplex
06. head down
07. lights in the sky
08. corona radiata
09. the four of us are dying
10. demon seed
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Add date: 2009-07-08 / Music reviews


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