Only [Single, Enhanced, Import]

Nine Inch Nails | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Enhanced, Import
• Label: Universal Import
• ASIN: B000AAFH3K
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #196,935 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Only

2. The Hand That Feeds [DFA Remix]

3. Love Is Not Enough [Live]

Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't Get Enough Nails..., September 29, 2005

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A. Estes (Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Only (Audio CD)

If you're a Nine Inch Nails fanatic, you don't need a review to tell you whether or not this latest single is worth picking up, you just buy these things (which are numbered in "Halos") regardless of their content. However, even if you aren't a die-hard, and you just love Nine Inch Nails and their superb new album, "With Teeth," this single is definitely worth checking out.

Not only do you get the uncut album version of the second single, "Only," but an enhanced portion of the disc features the music video, which was directed by David Fincher ("Fight Club," "Se7en"). But what makes this single great, as is the case with all singles and imports, is the b-sides. The "DFA Remix" of "Bite The Hand That Bleeds" is interesting, to say the least. I didn't like it at first, but after a few listens, it started to grow on me. I love the original (I'm one of the few who actually likes this so-called "accessible" song) and this remix gives it a complete overhaul and a different feel. The live, rehearsal version of "Love Is Not Enough," however, is actually better than the album version (which was already one of the strongest points of "With Teeth). Yes, it's live, but with no audience to distort it, it clearly shows how skilled Trent's band is. The song sounds much richer and more organic than the usual Nine Inch Nails track. The guitar and drums are especially outstanding, and really give the song more emotional weight. It would be kind of cool to hear more versions like this.

Basically, if you can't get enough of "With Teeth," the "Only" single is a way to keep going with somewhat new material. It won't appeal to anyone who doesn't already enjoy Trent or this particular album, but it definitely warrants a lot more listens than the average Nine Inch Nails single -- of which, there are many.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Halo 18, September 2, 2005

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Matthew B (Grandville, MI USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Only (Audio CD)

I consider myself a 'hardcore' NIN collector and fan. I can also sympathize with the casual listener as well though, as most of my friends are. This is overall a decent Halo. The version of ONLY is straight off WT, but the DFA Mix of THTF is probably the best official remix I've heard yet. I really dig the live rehearsal version of Love is Not Enough as well. It sounds raw and quite powerful. Like most if not all singles from NIN, this could be passed over by the casual listener, though it's definitely one of the better ones as of late. 3 music tracks and the video for 'Only,' directed by David Fincher. Kinda cool. I'd definitely recommend it for the collector though, as it's as top-notch as anything contemporary NIN has to offer.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars there is no you there is ONLY me, November 6, 2005

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Christopher "CJM" (Cohoes, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Only (Audio CD)

I rather enjoy the new and improved sounds of Nine Inch Nails. This is the catchiest Nails song since....The Hand that Feeds. The beat is hard to erase. the words are easy to remember, the song is greatly admired. The use of in-studio real drums rather than the industrial drum machine beats as days of old. more calmer Nails than pre-Fragile material, a change indeed but nonetheless, masterpiece. The video is very interesting, in an office like setting, very non-ninesque.