5つ星のうち5.0Another solid Nine Inch Nails album from the newer healthy Trent era
2014年12月18日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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Ah, yes, the free NIN album. i paid for it regardless, because i am a fan of Trent Reznor and NIN, because i prefer to have physical copies of my music and artwork collection, and i am a musician myself (meaning, i wish to compensate fellow artists). So i am entirely biased in my opinion of this release and this album. How could i give an objective review?
• If you like prior albums "With Teeth" and "Year Zero", there are tracks here you will like. While those albums are rather oppositional in style, this album seems to come from a collection of songs originally meant for those other two albums. That doesn't mean that this album is not coherent or cohesive. It IS. It's just stylistically reminiscent of those other two albums.
• Related to the point above: the lyric content continues to be in the more political and self-reflecting realm, unlike the first four NIN albums which were more about personal relationships and anger/misery. The sounds are less composite and artificial than what you'd find in "Year Zero", and more like a synth rock band sound found in "With Teeth", but still not really a band sound, and still heavy with synths. If 2014's "Hesitation Marks" was a bit too light for you, this is probably more like the NIN you expect, but you should therefore already own it. [shrug]
• The packaging was nice. i bought mine direct, not through Amazon, so i don't know what YOU will receive. Mine came with art stickers. Feel free to comment on my review to tell others if those don't come with the Amazon purchase.
Even though Slip is available as a free download - this CD/DVD edition is well worth the price. The DVD showcases the band prepping for their live show and seeing them in action, up close and personal is a real pleasure. Slip feels like the bands most tight/live sounding album and it is an intense listen. Slip sounds like a mix between the stripped down "With Teeth (2005)" and the gravity of the "Broken EP (1992)". Definitely, an under appreciated release at the time and it gets better with every listen.