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The Slip |  | Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Label: The Null Corporation
Category: Music
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Rating:  104 reviews
Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 5 x 0.4
Model: HALO 27 CD-LE
UPC: 766929934627
EAN: 0766929934627
ASIN: B001B71NOI
Release Date: July 22, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | 999, 999 | | • | 1,000, 000 | | • | Letting You | | • | Discipline | | • | Echoplex | | • | Head Down | | • | Lights in the Sky | | • | Corona Radiata | | • | Four of Us Are Dying | | • | Demon Seed |
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Album Description
Limited edition includes a bonus DVD. The Slip (also known as Halo 27) is the eighth major studio release by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. The album was produced by Trent Reznor alongside Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder.
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Still Making Excellent Music January 8, 2010
Jordan Beard (Fort Collins, CO United States)
This album is excellent. Not quite as strong as the last few by NIN, but it returns to their older style of music. Several fans were put off by Year Zero and the change in sound that was on it. This album is the "apology" or return from that. Personally I liked Year Zero a lot, but this album is very accessible for his hard core fans and those that preferred the first few albums to what he's been putting out more recently. I listen to this album often and rarely skip a track and when I do it's not because it's a bad track, it's because I'm not in the mood for that song. Really this is some of the best stuff he's put out in years.
 Powerful November 29, 2009
Shadowrun (Nowhere)
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 November 13, 2009
Donald A. Planey (Chicago, IL USA)
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 September 2, 2009
Dr. Feelgood (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 June 9, 2009
L. Bazan (Brownsville, Tx USA)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
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