The Downward Spiral

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Nine Inch Nails

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This is one of the best re-issues to date. The 5.1 and advanced surround mixes are A+, which is what one would expect from Trent Reznor. Im assuming you know how good The Downward Spiral is , so i wont go into to that, suffice to say, it rates as one fo the best albums of the 90's and one of my personal favorites, this album got me through many a breakup and hard time. Ive never heard NIN sound so good, i do have the concert dvd so i knew beforehand how good this medium can sound in surround, but in album form its breathtaking. Sounds revolve around me and im hearing things ive never heard before, it makes me wish more albums were mixed in 5.1 The clarity of the sound is as such you can hear him draw breath before some verses and the difference between this and a regular cd is that with a cd you always sort of know that its a cd playing...with this if you close your eyes its like the band itself if playing in front of you. Industrial/electronic music like this is perfect for surround because of all the layers of sound and this , i promise you will not dissapoint. It blows most of the trash on today out of the water.'The extras are the best ive encountered of all the dvd's i have... in the discography , there is one or two songs (in cd quality) you can listen to from each album! Considering the amount of albums,singles and remix projects NIN has , this is quite a bonus, also you get concert footage from both his previous dvd's. To top it off there are 3 vidoes on this...closer (in stereo and surround), march of the pigs and hurt. Considering i paid less for this than most dvd's out now, it has to be the best value for money musicwise i got all year....very highly recommended...enjoy!

A have nothing against A music fan from Tampa, FL United States, but you have to get the right soundtrack in your review. Dead Souls was covered for the original Crow soundtrack, not Lost Highway. You should get every soundtrack that Trent does work on, by the way!

Whether or not the story and the theme throughout this disc are true to written form (and not interpretational form), the extra track throws the feel of the disc off. Whoever "threw" this track on this disc should be hurt. I guess that there is a convenience factor about having your favorites all on one disc, but if you love NIN, you won't let the fact that they don't have the Xtra track on the orignial pressing get you down. Leave the rest of the tracks to do that! :) One kick ass album, though.