Still [Limited Collector's Edition]

Nine Inch Nails | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Collector's Edition
• Label: Nothing Records
• ASIN: B000P7Y40A
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,308 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Halo Seventeen CD 2 Standalone release of second disc from And All That Could Have Been box set. Released in VERY LIMITED EDITION for a short time on the NIN website, this is a digipak with a 10 page booklet, consisting abstract images from live shows and liner notes. -- - -- From the liner notes: nine inch nails.still AND A:: THAT COULD HAVE BEEN concept and production: TRENT REZNOR executive production: JOHN A. MALM, JR. FOR NOTHING RECORDS, INC. mastering: precision mastering: TOM BAKER All artists who worked along with Trent Reznor are listed simply under "performance" Dave Ogilvie is lised as Dave 'Rave' Ogilvie

Customer Reviews

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Still" an absolute masterpiece, July 16, 2007

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J. Nelson (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Still (Audio CD)

What can be said about an album like "Still"? I can say first and foremost that it is my favorite Nine Inch Nails album in existence. I can also say that this departure from the typical NIN sound of old reveals a new side of Trent Reznor's musical genius and gives a more three-dimensional appearance to his music. It shows us that Reznor can take his avid fans and listeners to different emotional extremes, wowing audiences with softer, more mellow music just as well as he could with his typical grinding, industrial sound.

"Still" is definitely for the diehard NIN fan who can accept music from all sides. If you're expecting a sound from this album resembling that of "Pretty Hate Machine" or "The Downward Spiral," then you probably won't enjoy this album as much as you could, and therefore, is not the purchase for you. The album is composed of nine tracks: five "deconstructed" versions of past tracks, and four tracks previously unreleased.

Here is the track list and a brief description of each:

1. Something I Can Never Have - From "Pretty Hate Machine." Reduced to a still beautiful piano/vocal arrangement with an amount of raw emotion almost matching that of the original.

2. Adrift and At Peace - Just as suggested by the title, this is a lighter piece. Almost entirely piano, the positive force of this piece brings me out of even the deepest emotional grind.

3. The Fragile - An excellent track, laid out exactly like the original version from the album of the same name. A Rhodes/vocal arrangement this time, but again, still contains the same power of the original.

4. The Becoming - From "The Downward Spiral." Reznor has replaced hard-hitting industrial electronic drums and multi-layered background screaming with an acoustic guitar, real drums, and a piano. Reznor's screams in the second chorus still remain.

5. Gone, Still - Very chilling piece. Lots of lower end sound under arranged piano.

6. The Day The World Went Away - From "The Fragile." My 3rd favorite song on the album. The first part of the song has been reduced to a piano-vocal arrangement, with the anthemic ending using the same piano in replacement of Reznor and the drunken chorus.

7. And All That Could Have Been - Absolutely epic. My 1st favorite song on the album. The watery beginning and high-passed vocals chill to the bone as a volume swell takes you into the gripping first chorus. The journey continues from there.

8. The Persistence of Loss - Definitely a pensive piece. A piano bass line underlies a plucky piano melody with the occasional chime from the live horn section.

9. Leaving Hope - My 2nd favorite song on the album. A very emotional piece that mixes the serenity and peace of piano with a light, emotional but still gritty sound calling back to NIN's "Spiral" days.

I certainly had a lot to say about this album, so it's my opinion among those of others. I just felt like giving my perspective on this album in order to persuade the right people to purchase it.

And if you're the right person, you should. It's definitely worth it.

41 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Used Price is wrong, April 26, 2007

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P. Krause "Quint0321" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Still (Audio CD)

Still is a companion piece to the live CD release of And All That Could Have Been. The CD is excellent and worthy of inclusion in your NIN library. Sorry Amazon, but if you, the faithful consumer reader, are a NIN fan and you want this fine piece of music, go to the NIN official website where it's still on sale for $10 plus shipping and handling. It's a shame the non-Amazon vendor on this site is trying to rip off NIN fans by charging $49+ for the CD. I realize Amazon editors may not post this comment, but there should be some ability by Amazon to stop the vendors they promote from charging these ridiculous prices.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album - Buy it From NIN.com, Though, April 28, 2009

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D. Hurkman "DJGamer" (Ames, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Still (Audio CD)

On of the reviewers said that its sale has been discontinued online. This is not true, it is available under Specialty Items in the Merch section of the site for only $9.99 plus shipping and handling. It's ridiculous that venders here are jacking up the price because it's supposedly "rare". Now if it were one of the original prints from the initial release along with AATCHB and there were PROOF of some sort that this is the case-then I suppose it would be worth the extra money for collector's value. As it stands, I don't recommend purchasing it here unless it's equal to or less than $9.99.
The album itself is great-in addition to excellent "reduced" and more acoustic-sounding versions of "Something I Can Never Have", "The Becoming", "The Day The Whole World Went Away" and "The Fragile", you get original instrumentals "Adrift and at Peace", "Gone Still", "The Persistence of Loss" and "Leaving Hope". The highlight I must say, however, is the completely original track "And All That Could Have Been", a song I'm really really hoping that NIN will play for the very first time during their summer American tour. It's just a wonderful song and I can't really find the words right now to describe it so I'll just say it's awesome and worth the price of the entire CD (the $9.99 + shipping price, anyway). That's not to say the other eight songs pale in comparison, however-I just find AATCHB to be the highlight because it's an original song and it has lyrical elements in it and of course it's just a pretty good song.