Description
On his 2007 full-length studio follow-up to WITH TEETH, Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor steps away from the relatively straight-ahead rock aesthetic of that record, opting instead for an intentionally abrasive sound lined with sharp shards of noise and static. Tied together by an enigmatic, X-FILES-like concept involving an apocalyptic scenario, YEAR ZERO is marked by tell-tale tracks such as "Survivalism," a fierce number that harkens back to THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL, and "In This Twilight," a bleak, distortion-filled song.
Reportedly influenced by the Bomb Squad's spare, hard-hitting production on vintage Public Enemy releases (a point driven home by the stark, stuttering "My Violent Heart"), ZERO also reveals that Reznor picked up a few experimental tricks from tour-mates TV on the Radio, as best exemplified by the guitar squalls of the aforementioned "Survivalism." Less personal and more cinematic than preceding outings, YEAR ZERO is arguably NIN's least-accessible album, and proves that Reznor hasn't abandoned his SPIRAL-era post as a sonic agitator who has infiltrated the mainstream.
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Product Details
- Artist
- Nine Inch Nails
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Label / Studio
- UMGD/INTERSCOPE
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Number of Discs
- 1
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Hyperpower!
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Beginning of the End, The
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Survivalism
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Good Soldier, The
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Vessel
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Me, I'm Not
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Capital G
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My Violent Heart
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Warning, The
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God Given
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Meet Your Master
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Greater Good, The
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Great Destroyer, The
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Another Version of the Truth
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In This Twilight
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Zero Sum
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