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The Slip | 
 enlarge | Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Label: The Null Corporation
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
Buy New: $14.53
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Rating:  103 reviews
Sales Rank: 5000
Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 5 x 0.4
Model: HALO 27 CD-LE
UPC: 766929934627
EAN: 0766929934627
ASIN: B001B71NOI
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | 999, 999 | | • | 1,000, 000 | | • | Letting You | | • | Discipline | | • | Echoplex | | • | Head Down | | • | Lights in the Sky | | • | Corona Radiata | | • | Four of Us Are Dying | | • | Demon Seed |
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Album Description
Limited edition includes a bonus DVD. The Slip (also known as Halo 27) is the eighth major studio release by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. The album was produced by Trent Reznor alongside Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 98 more reviews...
 Slipping into extinction June 9, 2009
L. Bazan (Brownsville, Tx USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
While I did enjoy NIN's earlier material, his new stuff just doesn't do it for me. It isn't that I want to hear The Downward Spiral 5 times over. It is the simple fact that his music just isn't good anymore. I have enjoyed seeing them live a few times and they are still an excellent band as far as a live show is concerned. Trent has seemed to have lost that spark of angst and cynicism that made albums like The Fragile, and Broken so addictive and visceral.I may be being a bit too harsh but,I have listened to NIN since Pretty Hate Machine and I think as a long time fan I deserve to voice my own opinion. If you like music with heavy loud guitars and great choruses then go pick up the new CKY (Carver City). It is excellent.
 It's free, but I still haven't burned it June 1, 2009
A TJ H F
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nine Inch Nails have been on a roll since 2005, releasing technically 4 (!) albums (although one of them's arguably an EP, Ghosts, that is), although they're on a farewell tour now. Everyone knows the story how Trent Reznor released this free basically out of nowhere. Of course I downloaded it as I soon as I found out, which was the day after it came out. All the critics jumped to praising this album, but if it wasn't free, do you really think they'd have the same opinion? I doubt it. br / br /Apparantely this whole album was done from scratch in about a month or two. That includes writing, recording and mixes. And it really shows. You shouldn't rush a record like this. The songs themselves don't stand out at all. Of course there's all the industrial noises and textures you'd expect, but the hooks aren't there. I wouldn't put any of these on a best of compilation. It starts with a forgettable intro track, then has 5 traditional, so to speak, songs with the aforementioned elements, a raw stripped down piano ballad that's not very good. After that you get a track 7 and a half minutes long of nothing but a single sound getting a little louder, until towards the end drums come in. This is what you'd find on Ghosts and really slows the momentum. Another by the numbers instrumental follows and it ends with another traditional song. I'd say the best song is "Echoplex". Another thing I have to point out is what bothers me when I listen to 21th century NIN. It's Trent Reznor's voice. I know he can't do anything about it, as people naturally get older, but his vocals just sound very ugly and unpleasant. br / br /This is the weakest NIN studio album yet. You can still as of June 2009 go download it for free, weather it's MP3 quality or even FLAC. As for physical copies, there were only 250,000 made. Whether they're sold out, I don't know. I've listened many times, looking for reasons to make a physical copy, but still haven't found any.
 NIN's weakest album May 17, 2009
Stephen B. Sumemrlin (Austin, Texas United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like probably most fans I downloaded the album for free from nin.com. Didn't really think too much about it as there weren't very many stand out songs on this album. But after my friend and I went to see NIN open for Jane's Addiction here in Austin and the fact that the dvd was limited to 250,000 copies I decided to cave in and buy it. These songs sound to generic and don't really go anywhere so they really don't have the NIN charm. Some of these songs in my opinion sound too noisy and some just plain boring. I have heard this album was written and recorded in 3 weeks and it really shows. The album sounds unfocused and rushed where as his other albums Trent really took his time trying to perfect his work. The only song I really like on here is 1,000,000 but even that one is not up to NIN standars. After the masterpiece that was Year Zero I really didn't think Trent could top himself again. I was even surprised when Year Zero was so great when I didn't think he had it in him to top his first 3 albums Pretty Hate Machine, Broken, and The Downward Spiral. This cd is really only worth owning for the dvd which contains rehearsal footage of them playing 5 songs on this album. The dvd is pretty cool but it's nothing I will watch very much since 1,000,000 is the only song I really like. The show we saw I thought was good until he played stuff from this which I was bored by. As for my friend, she thought most of the set was boring as she is not a NIN fan. She was there strictly for Jane's Addiction who were also very good.
 highly recomend May 6, 2009
Kane Gelaznik
i'm just starting to get into nine inch nails (i know i'm really late and i don't care). i started with downward spiral which i loved. then i downloaded this for free. this one is more "rocky" than downward spiral it sounds similar to year zero alot of great industrail drum machine jamz and some really cool ambiant tracks. most of the songs seem to have a really solid rock foundation with spacey dissonant synths parts floating in the distance, and it's a really great combo. i've been listening to it non-stop for three days now and haven't skipped a track. the song discipline is great, there's some cool "vocal fake outs" in it(listen to the song and you'll know what i mean). trent reznor is seriously a talented dude and i can't wait to see what he has in store for us next.
The Slip, Slips Into My Top 5! April 29, 2009
Cody (Michigan, U.S.A)
This C.D. is Great I first got the digital download from the nine inch nails website and thought well if I like the songs I will get the CD when it hits stores. Well when I got the download I was BLOWN AWAY Mr. Trent Reznor Has Done It again! So I got My Copy As soon as it came out in June!
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