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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Decent single, tremendous b-side., May 4, 2000
"The Day the World Went Away" isn't the best choice for a single off of the Fragile, at least not the first. Launching with the epic "We're in This Together" or The Fragile's most immediately moving song, "The Great Below", would have probably been better for sales. "World" is a song that doesn't grab you immediately, but will gain your appreciation over time. It's really more of a third or fourth single, as I've heard it rules the show when played live.As for the extra tracks: "Star*uckers" is a good example of the angry, caustic wit that Trent maintains on the Right disc of The Fragile. It also provides a fair example of the bass-heavy sounds that are common on Right. However, the real gem here is the quiet version of "World", which replaces the thick guitars of the original song with a beefed-up version of the underlying "nah nah nah" chants. Frankly, it's creepy as hell, and it's one of the best b-sides NIN has ever released. The verdict? A must-have for the devoted Haloists out there, and definitely worth a look for the potential fans who get deterred by Trent's more bombastic tracks. "World" and its Quiet mix might yet make converts.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
As Stated: Good Intro to The Fragile (Halo Fourteen)., March 30, 2005
A very VERY short EP! Contains only 3 tracks, and 2 are kind of repetative.
Tracklist is as followed:
1-The Day The World Went Away (SINGLE VERSION)
2-Starfu*kers, Inc. (SINGLE VERSION)
3-The Day The World Went Away (Quiet)
The tracks that I put "single version" by, are ones that people are saying are taken straight from The Fragile, but infact, AREN'T!
They sound alot like them yes, but there ARE noticeable differences between the TF and single EP versions.
Starfu*kers, Inc. (track 2) starts out louder than it does on TF and ends with a live sounding type of deal here on this EP, whereas it doesn't on TF. A very angry song indeed...def. showcases some of the angriest of disc 2 of The Fragile. But isn't the best song on it, I leave that to Please or maybe Where Is Everybody?
While TDTWWA (track 1) is slightly SHORTER than it is on TF. Yes, the one on The Fragile is LONGER (but I bet nobody will notice that). This song really does showcase (some of) the beauty of disc 1 of The Fragile, but still doesn't really capture the full essence of it. I leave that title to The Great Below and the self titled song, The Fragile.
Track 3, the QUIET version of TDTWWA, however, is absolutely beautiful! It takes all the "hardcore" annoyances out of the original, and turns the entire song into an acoustic working gone backwards. The nah nah nah's are at the begining of the song this time around, and carry on for like a minute or so. It gets kind of annoying (the begining), but the song slowly evolves into a beautiful masterpiece that will def. grow on you, if you're a fan of beautiful pieces by Trent.
Get this EP not only because it's cheap, but because track 3 is one of the best versions of a really bad NIN song, ever! I don't really like TDTWWA the original version all that much because some of it's just far too loud and annoying, but the Quiet version of the track really makes up for what the original lacks, and that's absolute beauty.
The best version though, being the music video version. Which is the live version, but without much of a live sound to it.
By the way, this EP is OUT OF PRINT and EXTREMELY RARE...so good luck finding it, if you want it. You can get yours (as I did) on eBay for about 5 bucks. A good buy for such a small price might I say, but not the best choice of songs.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Mostly good material, but little value added., May 26, 2005
"The Day the World Went Away" was the leadoff single from "The Fragile" and is of minimal value to all but collectors. Two of the tracks on this are taken straight from "The Fragile" (with small adjustments, one's slightly shorter, one has some pointless crowd noise dubbed in), with the third (a remix) also being available on part two of the "We're In This Together" singles.
But looking at the songs themselves-- "The Day The World Went Away" is fantastic-- bleak, moody, with a great loud-soft interplay, a superb almost lacadaisical and very matter-of-fact vocal from Reznor, and a fantastic wordless vocal at the end. The quiet mix is worthwhile, with a chant at the beginning and a delicate intro before moving the majority of the piece to a piano, in many ways it works better than the album mix, but its a bit overlong. I'm thinking if the intro was trimmed it would work much better, the subtle reprise of the chant works nicely at the end of the piece. "Starf***ers, Inc" is a rather popular song amongst fans, but I've always found it to be a bit dull-- the verses are nice enough, with a great beat, and there's some interesting guitar work on the piece, but the chorus is pure schlock and the lyrics are borderline embarassing.
Material aside, unless you're a completionist, you can skip this one.
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