I know there has to be some NIN fans out there, new cd came out today, and it is great!!!!!!!!!!!! Different from anything he has ever done, the synth is a lot quarkier but as always the song quality is awesome. I highly recommend it to anyone and just fyi it is only 13 dollars at Borders (where I work.) Pick it up!
If you would like to hear the entire new NIN album for free (legally!) go to the MySpace site at http://www.myspace.com/ninofficial -- droxford
I was really was kind of shocked the first time I heard it. 3rd time was a charm. With Teeth is Awesome!
I agree... been listening to it on MySpace for the last few days until I could buy it today. It took me a few spins to completely warm up to it (like "with-uh teeth-uh", the whole spoken lyric thing on "Only", "flip-flop-flip" on getting smaller, etc.). It is probably lagging behind Trent's earlier efforts, but it's still NI-freaking-N. Awesome, awesome. This disc will be the only thing I listen to for a long time, except for a little Fragile, TDS, Broken, and PHM mixed in for good measure, of course. Been a good couple weeks for me between this release and Beck's Guero. Now if only Portishead could release a new disc...
I'm really liking all the songs on With Teeth.... .... ..... except "Beside You In Time" I just can't get into it. I know that it's another one of his songs that's annoying at first, but will grow on you, and once you embrace it, it'll probably be your favorite... ... but geez, it's just unbearable! -- droxford
Man droxford, Beside You in Time is my favorite track on the album! As most here know, I am huge NIN fan. I love the new cd, it actually exceeded my expectations. I've had the tracks for a while now, but yesterday I picked up the dual disc version and threw it on the surround sound system. All I can say is OH MY GOD!! If you have a sound system and are a NIN fan you have to experience it this way. I started hearing sounds that I never knew were there. Trent has not dissapointed and this release ranks right up there with the old stuff in my opinion. I'm going to both the Houston and Austin shows later this month....anyone else gonna be there?
Have the Houston Tix in hand and I cannot friggin' wait! This will be my 8th NIN show, including one of the Numbers shows back in the late '80's. As for the album, it is absolutely AMAZING! The songs haven't left my head since buying the CD. ILOVEITILOVEITILOVEIT!
Dude, you an I gotta talk turkey on the nin sometime. From PHM to TDS i was a nin maniac. My fanaticsim dropped off a bit when The Fragile came out, mostly because of my own life changes - I now have a lot less time or opportunity to listen to music. I also conserve money more than I used to. I went to nin when he/they were in town for TDS and I even went to his performance at Numbers, but I don't spend money on concerts now. -- droxford
Here's a review the Chronicle did of With_Teeth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/entertainment/3166636 Nine Inch Nails finds its old bite Trent Reznor reinvents himself on With Teeth By MICHAEL D. CLARK Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Nine Inch Nails With Teeth 3 1/2 stars Going back to the well of past successes can have negative results for an artist. Not only does self-mimicry usually not resonate like the original, but it often detracts from it. Such is not the case for Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor's one-man band, and its new album With Teeth. Reznor tried to mess with his bleak, urban musical conventions six years ago on the overindulgent double disc The Fragile. The semiautobiographical celebrity tale was not a smash hit, and it put a blemish on the rock 'n' road warrior image he had carefully scripted with two earlier albums, Pretty Hate Machine (1989) and The Downward Spiral (1994). For With Teeth — only the fourth Nine Inch Nails album in 16 years — Reznor dived right back into the sound of The Downward Spiral. But he's altered the tried-and-true formula just a little. At age 39, Reznor's better able to temper his anger in the name of making a song that lasts. A gentle and simple piano chord loop contrasts with Reznor's anger on All the Love in the World and Right Where It Belongs, a sonic trick he alluded to on older songs like Piggy and The Day the World Went Away. Back then the keyboards were a mere textural accessory. Now they are the emotional spine serving as musical teardrops as he asks questions like "What if all the world you think you know is an elaborate dream?" Even when Reznor kicks it into maximum tin-banging, hornet-buzzing rage as he does on You Know Who You Are? (a curious title with its discomfiting use of a question mark) or first single The Hand That Feeds, he unconsciously has more melody in him than he once did. These are With Teeth's gnashing moments, but they sound like gentle haiku next to NIN's early anger symphonies like Head Like a Hole. Reznor picked up a few new tricks while lying in creative dormancy. His nontraditional talk-sing delivery over a two-tone melody of modal chords on Only is the most blatant nod to obvious hero David Bowie (think Golden Years era) he's ever dared. The bouncing groove of The Collector sounds like a jazzy baritone saxophone line played backward. When surrounded with apocalyptic snare slams and bass-heavy percussion, it sounds funky, a musical modifier I never thought I'd associate with Nine Inch Nails. The drum-circle jam of the title track is further indication of Reznor's new fascination with percussion. The way he hiccups the line "with teeth" is more reminiscent of an R&B lover man than an end-of-days rocker. The updates of vintage NIN sounds blend well with Reznor's more clever, less morose approach to the sound of The Downward Spiral. It's frustrating that it took him so long for such a subtle evolution. Then again, maybe that's the key to keeping it fresh.
I agree with much of the review, butt.... Head Like a Hole?!?! That was nin bubble-gum radio music! If he wants to hear an "anger symphony" sometime, he can pop in Broken, lay back, and soak up the hate like bread soaks up gravy. That sucker willl gently and smoothly force a river of anger, hate and loathing through every cell in your body with a beauty that can't be described. ... and then things get better in The Downward Spiral. -- droxford
Man, The Fragile takes some flack from critics. Nfw it was a "blemish". I happen to like it (though Star****ers didn't belong on the album even if it was a decent track). And I know Broken was just an EP, but when writers say Trent's only got four albums, it seems to overlook it just a bit, which is a shame.
Damn, I love this freaking Album... and I'll be heading to the Houston/Austin shows with good ol' Harrisment.... If you haven't bought the album, it is amazing and it covers all aspects of NIN's past. You get a taste of every one of his past works in this new album. If you haven't bought it yet, you should... it's only $9.99 at Best Buy this week and $11.99 for the dual disc version (CD one side DVD the other). Love is Not Enough, Only, Sunspots, Beside You in Time and Right Where it Belongs all jump out at me. On a side note, if you liked the album the "Vinyl" and the the 7" Promo have a song titled "Home" on it... it's worth "looking into" if you know what I mean.
I'm glad you bumped this thread - I was looking for an excuse to post in it. Dammit - I can't get it out of my head: Why do you get all the love in the world? .... ... Why do you get all the love in the world? Why do you get all the love in the world? .... ... Why do you get all the love in the world? .... ... ... ...Why do you get all the love in the world? Why do you get all the love in the world? AAAGGGH! -- droxford
