i have to say that nine inch nails usually is not my cup of tea - except for their ballads. which is why the second cd on this album is very important.
even if you're sceptical about NIN, give this one a chance and try to find samples or something of that second cd. it features some of the most beautiful piano ballads i've ever heard. i really don't know just how many hours i've spe... read more
Description:The biggest difference between a kick-ass studio album and a kick-ass live album? Intensity. And All That Could Have Been, recorded on Nine Inch Nails' 2000 "Fragility 2.0" US tour, provides that trait in abundance. It helps that Trent Reznor has a band, instead of just a battery of keyboards, to help him work through 16 traThe biggest difference between a kick-ass studio album and a kick-ass live album? Intensity. And All That Could Have Been, recorded on Nine Inch Nails' 2000 "Fragility 2.0" US tour, provides that trait in abundance. It helps that Trent Reznor has a band, instead of just a battery of keyboards, to help him work through 16 tracks of the raging yet surprisingly listenable musical vitriol that made him a star. The live musicians, who allow him some freedom to play with tempo, help kick "Closer" up a notch and lend some atmospheric weight to a slow version of "The Frail". The band rips into older material with gusto; Reznor sounds just as pissed off performing "Head Like a Hole" as he did in 1989. The CD closes with "Hurt", which might seem like an odd choice, but somehow, after everything that's come before, it's like the denouement of a tragedy. While a CD can only capture a piece of NIN's onstage energy, their first live album is an intense, sometimes overwhelming recording, further vindication of NIN's continuing popularity and influence. --Genevieve Williams... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : A&m/Geffen/Interscope Release date : 17 February 2005 EAN: 0006949318626 UPC: 006949318626
"This 2 CD live album earns its spot here more for the bonus disc Still than the primary disc. While I think the live recording is among the best for NIN, I have bootlegs I prefer over it...it's a worthy document & worth checking out. But the Still disc, later released separately, is far more intimate with the stripped-down versions of some older songs mixed with more mellow unreleased songs. Had it been released alone in the first place, it'd top my list for this year. Ah well...
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"Live album recorded during the Fragility 2.0 tour in 2000.
Live disc
1. terrible lie
2. sin
3. march of the pigs
4. piggy
5. the frail
6. the wretched
7. gave up
8. the great below
9. the mark has been made
10. wish
11. suck
12. closer
13. head like a hole
14. the day the world went away
15. starfuckers, inc.
16. hurt
Still disc
1. something i can never have
2. adrift and at peace
3. the fragile
4. the becoming
5. gone, still
6. the day the world went away
7. and all that could have be"
“i have to say that nine inch nails usually is not my cup of tea - except for their ballads. which is why the second cd on this album is very important.
even if you're sceptical about NIN, give this one a chance and try to find samples or something of that second cd. it features some of the most beautiful piano ballads i've ever heard. i really don't know just how many hours i've spent listening to them and they still touch me.
to me, it's really a pity that NIN doesn't do more songs like these, i'd buy every album they release...” read more