The Fragile

Rock · 1999 · 23 tracks

The Fragile

Nine Inch Nails

A sprawling, double-disc epic of decaying textures and oceanic depth. Dense layers of broken strings and industrial noise mask a fragile, melodic heart.

It's a 100-minute dive into a beautiful, broken machine that somehow makes sadness feel cinematic.

A sprawling, cinematic descent into isolation that finds a strange, cold beauty in the process of falling apart.

The Fragile · vs · Nine Inch Nails

Layered Dense+1.6σ

The production is pushed notably harder into layered dense than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 23 Tracks

01

Somewhat Damaged

4:32

02

The Day the World Went Away

4:34

03

The Frail

1:54

04

The Wretched

5:26

05

We’re in This Together

7:16

06

The Fragile

4:35

07

Just Like You Imagined

3:50

08

Even Deeper

5:48

09

Pilgrimage

3:32

10

No, You Don’t

3:36

11

La Mer

4:38

12

The Great Below

5:17

13

The Way Out Is Through

4:19

14

Into the Void

4:51

15

Where Is Everybody?

5:42

16

The Mark Has Been Made

5:17

17

Please

3:33

18

Starfuckers, Inc.

5:02

19

Complication

2:33

20

I’m Looking Forward to Joining You, Finally

4:15

21

The Big Come Down

4:15

22

Underneath It All

2:48

23

Ripe (With Decay)

6:34

Moments Worth Waiting For

The relentless, mechanical build of the acoustic guitar loop in Somewhat Damaged that eventually explodes into a wall of distorted noise.

The transition from the delicate, lonely piano melody of La Mer into the crushing, oceanic bass depths of The Great Below.

The sheer rhythmic density of Just Like You Imagined where Mike Garson's frantic piano dances over a jagged, odd-time signature beat.

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