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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 limita
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
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Track listing1. Slippin' Away
2. Great Collapse
3. Wretched
4. Starfuckers Inc
5. Frail
6. Starfuckers Inc
7. Where Is Everybody
8. Metal
9. 10 Miles High
10. Starfuckers Inc
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