Downward Spiral On Vinyl Plays Fast
The downward spiral is the second studio album by american industrial rock band nine inch nails released on march 8 1994 by nothing records and interscope records in the united states and by island records in europe.
Downward spiral on vinyl plays fast. The official nine inch nails website. Heavyweight vinyl pressing suggests the importance of the musical content. The definitive vinyl edition of the downward spiral meticulously prepared by trent reznor and nin art director john crawford. This week marks 10 years since the release of the academy award winning score for the social network in celebration of the anniversary trent and atticus have created a newly remixed version of the soundtrack in dolby atmos 3d audio providing an immersive listening experience.
If you are new to nin i hope you look elsewhere. The downward spiral features elements of. And the concept here as it was in tds is a downward spiral of life until its conclusion. This is nin at their greatest though not most polished as hurt plays out this record.
Very disappointed but music is subjective to the listener. It is a concept album detailing the destruction of a man from the beginning of his downward spiral to his death by suicide. This is not my idea of nin. Remastered 2017 audio on 180 gram vinyl remastered artwork anmore s.
To put it another way it s an album reznor created out of indifference and apathy toward his own art. Theres the audiophile master of hesitation marks obviously. I have a nm original downward spiral and i paid about 8 00 for it a couple years ago. Imo you can find a better deal or better spend that money somewhere else.
As far as cd s the remastered cd from 2004 isn t bad at all. I was trying to think of which albums trent has released in hi res high def. Against the 49ers it happened on the first play of the game. I d definitely recommend the original vinyl pressing over the reissue back in black version.
Comparing the two the reissue has less mid range sounds a bit muffled compared to the original us vinyl which is a promo version. Downward spiral and with teeth both had dvda releases with hi res stereo and 5 1 mixes tds also got a sacd release and the slip had a 24 96 digital download option when it was released. Against the colts it unfolded with the ball in their. It s something that sweeps us away to the tune of the ever silent indifference of the whole world.
Recent new and re releases of vinyl incorporate special features which play up the attractions of buying vinyl. Maybe i am getting a little long in the tooth but to me these albums are no more than noise that usually invoke anxiety while i listen. Drifted more towards the industrial side of rock.