NINE INCH NAILS

NINE INCH NAILS
GHOSTS I-IV (2008)
320 KBPS

For an artist who has been hailed by some and berated by others for exposing industrial music to the mainstream, credit must be given to Trent Reznor for his ability to mesh experimental sounds and styles with commercial accessibility. This extends to the promotional aspect as Year Zero made extensive use of viral marketing and an alternate reality game. Now with Ghosts, Reznor takes things even further; now released from his longtime label Interscope Records, Reznor takes his "free agent" status to new lengths, releasing Ghosts under a Creative Commons license that would allow fans and listeners access to the multitrack files for remixing and sampling. The album is also being released in a number of different formats, beginning as a digital release, and soon to include CD, vinyl, and deluxe editions (most of which have already sold out within hours of the pre-order release). It is just this sort of marketing campaign that is not only keeping Nine Inch Nails alive as an exciting and creative force, but also provides a lesson for many of those bands looking to make an impact in modern music, whether they be in the mainstream or the underground. All in all, Ghosts I-IV may not be the musical masterpiece many consider The Downward Spiral to be, but it does prove that Nine Inch Nails have hardly run the wellspring of experimentation dry.

CD1
1. 1 Ghosts I
2. 2 Ghosts I
3. 3 Ghosts I
4. 4 Ghosts I
5. 5 Ghosts I
6. 6 Ghosts I
7. 7 Ghosts I
8. 8 Ghosts I
9. 9 Ghosts I
10. 10 Ghosts II
11. 11 Ghosts II
12. 12 Ghosts II
13. 13 Ghosts II
14. 14 Ghosts II
15. 15 Ghosts II
16. 16 Ghosts II
17. 17 Ghosts II
18. 18 Ghosts II

CD2
1. 19 Ghosts III
2. 20 Ghosts III
3. 21 Ghosts III
4. 22 Ghosts III
5. 23 Ghosts III
6. 24 Ghosts III
7. 25 Ghosts III
8. 26 Ghosts III
9. 27 Ghosts III
10. 28 Ghosts IV
11. 29 Ghosts IV
12. 30 Ghosts IV
13. 31 Ghosts IV
14. 32 Ghosts IV
15. 33 Ghosts IV
16. 34 Ghosts IV
17. 35 Ghosts IV
18. 36 Ghosts IV