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Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
edited April 2010 in Other Music
What do you people think of this album?
I always read negative comments about it.
I must admit it is one NIN album that I didn't like immediately, I think the more I listen the more it grows on me, having said that I am giving it more listens.
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  • doujodoujo Posts: 285
    I love NIN and this is my favorite album by them. Absolutely perfect album. I wish Trent and Co. would tour and play it front to back. That would be so awesome.
  • ajgolf23ajgolf23 Posts: 55
    I think the Fragile is very underrated.
    Drop, drop, dropping it down...oh, so gently...

  • jack_bass_playerjack_bass_player Posts: 1,126
    the fragile is one of the best albums of all time
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  • PorchsitterPorchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,078
    The Fragile has been my favorite NIN album since the day it was released. I think the album had a lot to live up to in a lot of fans eyes coming off (albeit 5 years later) TDS, and this is one of the reasons it seems to get a bad rap. I loved it and still love it.
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  • EdLawEdLaw Posts: 194
    The Fragile is immense. The left side is maybe the best disc NIN have ever made, and the right side ain't bad either.
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  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    this is probably my most favorite album of the past 20 years. i can listen to it on repeat, non-stop for an eternity. it's a freakin' masterpiece and never gets the love that it deserves (except from me, of course).
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Probably my favourite NIN record, the opeing six songs on the first (left) disc are incredible.
  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,981
    the first time i listened to this cd was when i was talking an art class last summer. i listened to the entire thing through, every single day for three weeks. for some reason, the fragile and oil painting was one of the coolest experiences ever. it really helped my creative juices. i suggest everyone tries it.
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  • jondu003jondu003 Posts: 86
    If I was only allowed to listen to one album for the rest of my life, it would be The Fragile. Truly amazing album!
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  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    It's probably the best double album released in the 90's.
  • Grandmas JamGrandmas Jam Posts: 1,860
    I am not a huge NIN fan, but this album is gold. Trent Reznor is really a great writer
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I think this is his most complex album.
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  • PJRock75PJRock75 Posts: 869
    I leterally listen to this album everyday, seriously. My ipod for the gym only has NIN on it and I find myself listening to theFragile more than most albums on it. My car cd player has the left disc in it right now....blah, blah, blah, I LOVE IT!!
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I must admit it is one NIN album that I didn't like immediately, I think the more I listen the more it grows on me, having said that I am giving it more listens.

    It is very complex, and you really do have to listen to it a lot of times to process it. I STILL hear new things when I play it. That intro and buildup in Somewhat Damaged is one of the best things ever.
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  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    I really like it, but it suffers a bit from "double album syndrome" in that some of it sounds undeveloped. However, if you add up all of the great songs you have one hell of a good record.
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    And it tends to get dissed but I liked Starfuckers for the comic relief.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    The left cd has really got me hooked, such great art, listening to it now.
    Still need more time with the right disc.

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    "La Mer" segueing into "Into the Void" is one of the best live moments ever.
  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    tcaporale wrote:
    "La Mer" segueing into "Into the Void" is one of the best live moments ever.

    yeah, that is really cool
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  • skippybrewskippybrew Posts: 283
    Geez, I'm not seeing any of these "negative comments" the OP mentioned.. I have to admit I never quite got this album, and I like NIN. It always just seemed a little too epic (in the actual sense of the word, not the trendy bastardization). It seems too spread out. Too much atmosphere and not enough music.

    I don't know, guess I'll have to give it another shot. Maybe it'll click.
  • EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,944
    Fantastic album. The opening song is so intense. Can't believe it's been 10+ years since I bought it!
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  • Sludge FactorySludge Factory Posts: 976
    I didn't get to listen to this song when it first came out but I did pick it up a couple years ago and was hooked from the start. To this day it is one of the best records in my collection...it is simply phenomenal in my opinion and it's a crime that it didn't do better.
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Everything Trent does is awesome and true art.
    I haven't given Ghosts a listen, any good?
    I know it is just instrumentals.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Left disc or Right disc?
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  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Everything Trent does is awesome and true art.
    I haven't given Ghosts a listen, any good?
    I know it is just instrumentals.
    Some of it is good; it's a hard album to really take in and enjoy, though. My favorite is "13 Ghosts II," it's a very simple piano melody but it works excellently.

    I much prefer the Left Side to the Right Side of The Fragile.
  • mavimavi Posts: 941
    This is an album of substance and imagery, it amazes me how you can listen to song after song and feel like a movie is being played to you. Such a stunning work with layers and layers of sounds! After 10 years there's always new stuff to discover.

    And it's not my favorite NIN album!
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  • 12 weeks of immortality12 weeks of immortality Posts: 67
    rhcpjam1029 wrote:
    the first time i listened to this cd was when i was talking an art class last summer. i listened to the entire thing through, every single day for three weeks. for some reason, the fragile and oil painting was one of the coolest experiences ever. it really helped my creative juices. i suggest everyone tries it.


    cool!
    I've done that to! The painting turned out great but really dark off course :D
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