The Slip | 
 enlarge | Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Label: The Null Corporation
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
Buy New: $15.96
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 86
Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 5 x 0.4
Model: HALO 27 CD-LE
UPC: 766929934627
EAN: 0766929934627
ASIN: B001B71NOI
Release Date: July 22, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Not in shrink wrap but brand new, unplayed and in mint condition.
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| Tracks:
| • | 999, 999 | | • | 1,000, 000 | | • | Letting You | | • | Discipline | | • | Echoplex | | • | Head Down | | • | Lights in the Sky | | • | Corona Radiata | | • | Four of Us Are Dying | | • | Demon Seed | | • | Slip |
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Album Description
Limited edition includes a bonus DVD. The Slip (also known as Halo 27) is the eighth major studio release by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. The album was produced by Trent Reznor alongside Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder.
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| Customer Reviews:
 GREAT!!!!!!!! August 20, 2008
Tom Smith
The Slip is a great album!! I've been a huge Nails fan for years and I like everything Trent makes. I like that he changes his style from album to album. My favorite is The Downward Spiral,but I'm a fan of all of his work. I didn't know The Slip was a free download. I bought mine from Amazon. Even if I did download the slip. I'm sure I would of bought it anyway for the dvd.
 Raw Slippage August 20, 2008
Tim Brough (Springfield, PA United States)
Trent Reznor bashed this album out as a "thank you" to his fans, and then gave it away as a download. While the sentiments are admirable, "The Slip" is a raw, unfocused collection of songs that feels like a step back from Year Zero's well sculpted plotline or the band cohesion that rocked With Teeth. "The Slip" is a bashing scream of distortion, an angry sounding record that wails away like a garage band in heat. It's bold and raucous. It's also mediocre.
That makes the songs "Distortion" and "1,000,000" effective as primal blasts, but the problem is that, as unrefined songs, much of "The Slip" sounds like demo material. Most of the songs here start off with a drum line and then a blaze of guitar. It makes you wonder how "The Slip" might have turned out if Reznor had given another year to let the songs gestate into other forms. While not a complete throwaway, "The Slip" is merely an average album from a man who has done better.
Thank You for Thanking Us! August 18, 2008
Stephen C. Wohlleb (wading river, new york USA)
When Discipline first popped up, it was a great shock and the song was amazing. The only strange thing is, well, it seemed like somewhat of a demo. The way he begins singing too early then stops and then the way the songs cuts out early. Hey, who am I to complain? After the insult that was Ghosts I-IV, I was very grateful.
Then he follows it up with a complete FREE album! Suddenly, I am no longer angry about the meager $5 I spent on Ghosts (not a bad price for 2 CD's, so I really had no right to complain EVER). At first, it was a rush- everyone trying to download at once. I don't remember if, at the time, we knew it was going to remain available forever. Whatever the case, I couldn't get it fast enough.
I did not listen to a single track until I had them all and in order. I found a nice beach to sit and listen and I was blown away! I loved Year Zero, and With Teeth was 75% awesome, but the Slip was/is brilliant. Even the instrumental stuff worked perfectly(he just released 36 instrumental songs, why any more?). More than that, my fear that this would just be a collection of odds and ends from the last few albums (like the missing Not So Pretty Now, Non-Entity, the Life You Didn't Lead, and Message to No One in Particular), some just re-named, was thankfully unfounded. This was an album of songs that fit together perfectly.
Now on to the whole point of my "review". As a collector, I needed the Slip in physical form. Sure, in the back of my mind I was hoping the rumours of an entire new disc or a few bonus tracks were true, but aside from the live in the studio stuff, I found nothing new (I'm sure there is some "secret code or trick" someone will find soon, but until then, I feel I am allowed to complain about the one SINGLE problem with the CD version of the Slip; Discipline has not been fixed! Maybe the early start on the vocals was intentional, after all, it sounds cool, but THE END!!! They did not fix the end. It just cuts off! That drives me crazy. Everything else about this CD is perfect- the mysterious artwork, the stickers (is there 1 for every song?), lyrics, the bonus disc. It's all great save that ONE nails-on-a-chalkboard aggrivation. And why Discipline out of all the songs? Why not Letting You (not that I dislike Letting You, but if I HAD to pick a "least favorite", then...)
Still, these years have taught me, NIN has GREAT re-sale value, so buy as many copies as you can because A LOT of people are going to be sitting back saying "why bother? I can get it for free.", but a few years from now, like all the other NIN stuff, people will be searching high and low. And even though I did end up buying my copy, I still want to say "THANK YOU" to Trent Reznor for doing something this amazing just to thank his fans.
Evolution of a man called "NIN" August 16, 2008
R. Orenday (san Dimas, CA USA)
I have to admit I like this album, was surprised to see how good it was.... seeing him in concert for the lights in the sky tour so im looking foward to see how these songs translate from album to live.
couple good songs but kinda weak overall August 15, 2008
Big T (Las Vegas)
Some good singles here, but the majority is kinda weak. Not bad mind you, but just not the caliber I'd expect from Trent. So-so album.
I liked YEARZEROREMIXED a lot better.
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