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in short, Nine inch nails is the best music, and this is one of the good albums. also, "metal" is a great song.
But even if you aren't a halo hunter, TFA is a very good album, if only for a few songs. let's face it, if you're buying this, chances are you're a "halo hunter" and are gonna buy it no matter if it's good or not.
"the great collapse" is as powerful as "the wretched", in its quiet way. The remix of "where is everybody" is a great fan favorite, many saying it's better than the original.
there's a strings version of "the frail", very beautiful. very catchy.
probably my favorite "mix" album.
What's really great about this album is that you don't even have to be a NIN fan to really enjoy it. The tracks all sound fabulous over a nice sound system and the production is breath-taking (as usual with any record that has the 'NIN' logo on it). Personally, things falling apart and y34rz3r0r3mix3d are the two best remix albums of all time. Almost a decade after it's initial release and I'm still listening to this beast, that must mean it's a good record, right.
Things falling apart has good remixes like the Wretched, The Frail with agreat violin solo Star fs track 6.10 miles high. the first two songs are good. The last version of star fs is fair, Idont like star fs track 4 video game noise. Starfs track 6 has different styles and is better than the original. The fragile is great and The Frail, The wretched, and Starfs track 6. add something by making these 3 better plus Metal is real good.
It offers atmospheric, intriguing takes on selections from "The Fragile." The opening "Slipping Away" is an especially cool and haunting warped remix of the excellent "Into the Void." A version of Gary Numan's "Metal" (unrelated to "The Fragile") outshines the original and stands as one of Reznor's greatest covers. 2 Stars for the casual NIN fan. It's a bit hard to rate this EP. However, if you do like "The Fragile," "Things Fall Apart" makes for an excellent companion piece. If you are just a causal fan, this will probably be a big disappointment. Its merit really depends on where you're coming from.
Still, it doesn't hinder the EP too much. 4 Stars for the hardcore fan, especially fans of "The Fragile." Halo 16 "Things Fall Apart" (2000) consists of remixes from Nine Inch Nails third studio album "The Fragile" (1999, Halo 14). Probably the one drawback to this otherwise very cool EP is that there are three remixes of "Starf.cker Inc." It would have been better if only one remix were included, to make space for remixes of other songs instead. If you don't own "The Fragile" or aren't a fan of it, you most likely are not going to be into this EP. You'll probably find it to be masturbatory and tedious. It would also have been great if this EP included the original versions of "The New Flesh" and "10 Miles High," as they are otherwise hard to come by (only available on part I of "We're in this Together," Halo 15).
However if you are a Halo collector and a big NIN fan, this EP is highly recommended as it makes an excellent supplement to "The Fragile."
This is a good solid CD. My favorite track is the last Starf**kers remix, track 10. Some good songs remixed and some new ones. If you are a hardcore NIN fan you will like this CD, if not I don't know what to say. Nice and original sound that makes it seem like an entirely new song. One thing about this CD is that it grows on you, you might skip some songs when you first play it but after a while you start to like some songs and listen to the CD from begining to end.
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