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Editorial Review:
After the two nihilistic epics The Downward Spiral in 1995 and its belated 1999 follow-up The Fragile, Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails are settling into a loud, predictable rut. Throwing around the same thrashy, complex-yet-melodic industrial rock that sounded so groundbreaking on The Downward Spiral, the sound is beginning to show its limitations. Though often mesmerising in the way Reznor's inventive sonic structure and relentlessly bleak tone congeal so convincingly around the catchiest of pop melodies, the man seems to have run out of places to go. Things Falling Apart, a collection of severely remixed songs from The Fragile, adds precious little to Rezner's familiar, impossibly angry milieu. Most everything here falls short of their original versions, especially all three versions of "Starfuckers Inc" (though, in fairness, that may have been The Fragile's best track). There are a few previously unreleased tracks here that shine; the Fragile outtake"10 Miles High" throws a simple, pounding chorus into a swamp of washed-out ambient noise, while the Gary Numan cover "Metal" makes convincing use of Reznor's gift for pop melody. Still, it's apparent that, despite how great he is at what he does, Reznor just can't keep doing it forever. --Matthew Cooke
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Not their best for me I got into NIN late with the first album of theirs I bought being their live album which I thought was original and simply like nothing else around. With Teeth I thought was great and then purchased their entire catalogue. Enjoyed The Downward Spiral, The Fragile and Year Zero. I personally feel that this is their weakest offering with nothing quite as new and adventurous as their other albums. Good but not their best.
Why Fear Evolution?
This album is a show-case for Reznor's versitility and auditory breadth and depth. It is also a commendable tribute to the quality and capability of his co-collaborators. I rate this very much as a companion work to the excellent The Fragile and it in many respects expands on the promise of many of the original tracks. If you don't want to be challenged, by all means stick to your middle-of-the-road, whitebread, missionary-position albums. Alternatively, drop the disc into the tray,... more info
Post everything How come nearly every other review on here misses the point of this album completely??!! Firsly this is not, was never sold as and is not intended to be a new studio album of completely original work. It is a remix album of The Fragile. Trent has let others loose on re-working some of The Fragile's tracks and has reworked some himself. I love this, especially Slipping Away which can only be described as post-industrial. I admire how he refuses to be the bland cheeky chappy face of alternative and nu... more info
Very good - could maybe be better. This is for the most part a remix of The Fragile, and it's a pretty good one. One CD, with about 4 versions of Starf*ckers on it (if you liked that song you won't go far wrong with this).
For me, The Fragile was better. And All That Could Have Been was better. But those are great CD's - this would have been hard-pushed to be as good. I think it stands up pretty well on its own, though.
If you don't have those other two CD's though, buy them first.
