And All That Could Have Been
The biggest difference between a kick-ass studio album and a kick-ass live album? Intensity.
Live: And All That Could Have Been
, recorded on Nine Inch Nails' 2000 "Fragility 2.0" U.S. tour, provides that trait in abundance. It helps that Trent Reznor has a band, instead of just a battery of keyboards, to help him work through 16 tracks of the raging yet surprisingly listenable musical vitriol that made him a star. The live musicians, who allow him some freedom to play with tempo, help kick "Closer" up a notch and lend some atmospheric weight to a slow version of "The Frail." The band rips into older material with gusto; Reznor sounds just as pissed off performing "Head Like a Hole" as he did in 1989. The CD closes with "Hurt," which might seem like an odd choice, but somehow, after everything that's come before, it's like the denouement of a tragedy. While a CD can only capture a piece of NIN's onstage energy, their first live album is an intense, sometimes overwhelming recording, further vindication of NIN's continuing popularity and influence.
--Genevieve Williams
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E225C763-7130-4E3D-BB2D-88CB01B2BFB6 |
| upc: |
0606949318529 |
| tracklisting: |
Terrible Lie
Sin
March Of The Pigs
Piggy
The Frail
The Wretched
Gave Up
The Great Below
The Mark Has Been Made
Wish
Suck
Closer
Head Like A Hole
The Day The World Went Away
Starfuckers, Inc.
Hurt |
| title: |
And All That Could Have Been |
| purchase date: |
22-02-2006 |
| publisher: |
Nothing |
| published: |
22-01-2002 |
| price: |
$13.98 |
| net Rating: |
4.5 |
| last lookup time: |
162169728 |
| genre: |
Alternative Metal
Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
Alt Industrial |
| fullTitle: |
And All That Could Have Been |
| currentValue: |
$5.95 |
| created: |
162169728 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
Audio CD
Explicit Lyrics
Live |
| asin: |
B00005RZV4 |
| artist: |
Nine Inch Nails
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