Ghosts I-IV (Import) (CD)

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• Release Date: April 8, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Null Corporation
• UPC: 766929908628
• WAPI (Tower ID): 111975636
• Average Customer Review:    (1 customer review)
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Rolling Stone (p.64) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Reznor's own hyperdetailed language defines the set: heaving synthesizers, doleful piano, alien-insect noises..."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.48) - "The moods encapsulated here draw from an impressively wide palette....[With] bona fide classics, as stirring and evocative as anything released under the Nine Inch Nails banner."

Nine Inch Nails: Trent Reznor.

Personnel: Alessandro Cortini, Adrian Belew, Atticus Ross, Brian Viglione.

Released independently for online download without any advance notice in March 2008, GHOSTS I-IV is a 36-track instrumental album that reveals Nine Inch Nails at its most experimental and intriguing. Always adept at musical moods and textures, NIN mastermind Trent Reznor has been known to let his angst-ridden vocals and lyrics overshadow his songs, but on this generous collection, which follows YEAR ZERO by less than 12 months, his compositions are allowed to breathe on their own, and the results are disarmingly diverse--though, naturally, never exceedingly sunny.

Working closely with co-producer/songwriter Atticus Ross and frequently calling upon guitarists Adrian Belew (King Crimson) and Alessandro Cortini, Reznor treats GHOSTS as a score to some dark imaginary David Lynch-like film (in fact, the two auteurs collaborated on LOST HIGHWAY). While some tracks trade in Reznor's signature moody techno sound ("3 Ghosts I"), others mix acoustic-guitar strumming with bursts of industrial noise (the subsequent "4 Ghosts I"). Elsewhere, Reznor employs dulcimer ("22 Ghosts III") and marimba ("30 Ghosts IV"), letting an unusually organic aesthetic creep in. Challenging but never inaccessible, GHOSTS I-IV is the work of a mature artist operating in a compelling creative zone.

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV

Trent Reznor’s self released Ghosts I-IV, comes to us on a bed of innovative noise wrapped up in that traditional arrogant sound that NIN have always brought to the table.

Ghosts I-IV, Reznor’s wave good bye to Universal, feels like it is brought to us by an excited boy showing off his music collection. Reznor’s creative talents far exceed those of the artist’s who share his genre; however we may not need to hear every single talent on every song of every album. When listening carefully to the platform he sets up on the release, one can’t help but notice that Ghosts feels like Trent is paying homage to himself.

A collector’s item in his career, this record, as per usual, crashes the boundaries that Reznor has always attacked from a musical standpoint. Incredible layering and wonderful examples of non-commercial sampling make this NIN effort as memorable if not more memorable than past albums. King Crimson guitarist Adrien Belew joins the effort to create a dark sided guitar murmur suited for the soundtrack to the end of the world, and Eno’s head jams include “Another Green World” and “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts”.

The album provides exactly what most may expect from a NIN album, however it could have done without the, look what I can do, mentality. Trent Reznor’s talents need to be brought to the table with ease and a quality that screams humble ingenuity. Otherwise he can name the next album, “look mom no hands”!

Favorite Songs: “Another Green World”, “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts”.

Danny LIT - Tower Pulse – 04/14/2008

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