Music Review: Nine Inch Nails “Ghost I-IV” and Nine Inch Nails “The Slip”
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Ghost I-IV is a double disc collection from Trent Reznor featuring nearly two hours worth of instrumental music. The effort would also mark the first time Reznor released material without the use of a record label. Instead opting to distribute the material online himself and later front the bill for distribution meaning that almost 100% of the profits for the disc would go straight into Mr. Reznor’s pockets, cutting out the middle man.
As far as the album itself it’s hard to really talk too much about an album of instrumentals (thus my lateness with this review). For the most part I’ve enjoyed the instrumentals from Nine Inch Nails but the main problem with Ghost is that it really lacks the flow it should have for an album of this nature. Also while some of the tracks stand out they get lost in the shuffle of such a large album and it’s hard to really pinpoint a standout track because of this, and the fact that the tracks don’t have names doesn’t help matters.
Overall the final result is just an average disc, nothing more.
- 999,999
- 1,000,000
- Letting You
- Discipline
- Echoplex
- Head Down
- Lights in the Sky
- Corona Radiata
- The Four of Us Are Dying
- Demon Seed
Much in a similar fashion as Ghost I-IV, Trent Reznor once again put the new Nine Inch Nails album up on the website months before making it available in stores. He also once again has cut out the middle man increasing the amount of profit taken in from the album.
On the other hand the Slip is a different album than Ghost in that it is more focused, flows much better, and has vocals…for the most part but I’ll get back to that.
The album is a continuation of Year Zero as far as the sound of the material goes and the first half of the album is pretty good. The drop off comes when Lights in the Sky hits. The track is three and a half minutes long but only features vocals on the last minute whereas the next two tracks are purely instrumental. Bringing the grand total to three completely instrumental tracks, and one nearly instrumental track leaving only 6 actual songs. That’s under half an hour of actual songs.
Now I understand that Nine Inch Nails have always used instrumentals in their work and the instrumentals on this disc are actually pretty good, and world’s better than Ghost. However when you release nearly two hours of instrumentals just months prior is it really necessary to include anymore on such a short album.
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Dude I’m glad you didn’t bring those NIN cds over cause I was really disappointed in their last couple disc.
Year Zero was way better, The Slip wouldn’t been better if there was more actual songs. I’d rather wait longer and actually get a good album rather than one be rushed out and it just be ok
I completely agree with your review. I have reviewed this album on my blog as well - captainmelody.blogspot.com