Blogcritics Comments on Nine Inch Nails Announces New Album Download, Ghosts I-IV, A Forward-Looking Dare

Comment by Jock on Nine Inch Nails Announces New Album Download, Ghosts I-IV, A Forward-Looking Dare

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 07:42:36 EDT

Been a fan since the beginning, and this is a great piece of work. Listened to most of it (just downloaded the $5 version from the website) and so far I like what I hear. There are small smatterings of older sounds like Ghost 34 that reminds me of La mer etc.. It honestly sounds like he has created a beautifully ambient album than encompasses some of his older work. Hopefully "the shape of things to come" to quote Chris Cornell ;)

Comment by Josh Hathaway on Nine Inch Nails Announces New Album Download, Ghosts I-IV, A Forward-Looking Dare

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:20:08 EDT

I've now listened to it enough times that I almost wish I'd gotten that $75 version. Man, there is some really good stuff here. I will admit, it wasn't what I expected at first. I was thinking it would be instrumental NIN music. It really isn't. This is something very different, very ambient and I like that. I wish there was some of the harder edged stuff as part of the album but judged strictly on what's here instead of what's not, it's excellent. Saleski, you totally need to get this. It reminds me very much of the U2/Eno Passengers set, which I quite like.

Comment by Mark Sahm on Nine Inch Nails Announces New Album Download, Ghosts I-IV, A Forward-Looking Dare

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:55:40 EDT

Josh, I'm shocked to hear that you bought this stellar album. This might just negate your Guster obsession. Maybe.

Comment by Mark Saleski on Nine Inch Nails Announces New Album Download, Ghosts I-IV, A Forward-Looking Dare

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:19:12 EDT

too atmospheric? hmmmmm....i might have to get this.

Comment by Tom Johnson on Nine Inch Nails Announces New Album Download, Ghosts I-IV, A Forward-Looking Dare

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:03:31 EDT

Cool - glad to hear it. I'm a little afraid it may be too atmospheric for many mainstream listeners hoping for the next "I Wanna Fuck You Like An Animal." He's a fan of Eno, Bowie, etc., so shades of their instrumental stuff definitely creep in all over the place. I'm trying not to overdo listening to it so the full package is still a "surprise" of some kind, but I was thrilled to hear Adrian Belew all over the second half of this. (He's also peppered throughout the first half.) It's hard not to keep going back to hear more, but I'd like to have some reason to anticipate the actual CDs.

Comment by Josh Hathaway on Nine Inch Nails Announces New Album Download, Ghosts I-IV, A Forward-Looking Dare

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:30:39 EDT

There is part of me that wanted to pull the trigger on the deluxe just because of how damn cool that package is (Blu-Ray audio?!), but I stuck with the $10 option. I'm listening to it now. The third song of Ghosts I reminds me a lot of a song from U2/Eno's Passengers. I like this so far.

Comment by Tom Johnson on Nine Inch Nails Announces New Album Download, Ghosts I-IV, A Forward-Looking Dare

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:19:47 EDT

That is pretty steep, but I think I read that it was going to be an upgraded shipping, not mail or ground UPS. I sure hope so - that's a pretty steep price for crappy slow shipping. But feel better - I paid $14.99 for shipping on the deluxe!

Comment by Josh Hathaway on Nine Inch Nails Announces New Album Download, Ghosts I-IV, A Forward-Looking Dare

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:02:50 EDT

$6.99 for shipping and handling is a bit steep but this is still a very good value package. $16.99 gets me downloads in a format of my choosing and two discs delivered to my mailbox. Not bad.

Comment by Josh Hathaway on Nine Inch Nails Announces New Album Download, Ghosts I-IV, A Forward-Looking Dare

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:59:41 EDT

I've never been a NIN fan but that had a lot to do with the vocal/lyrical bent. Anyway, an instrumental album from Mr. Reznor has me intrigued. The $75 package sounds amazing but I'm not sure I'm that committed so I'm going to go the $10 route. I'll get to hear it all now and then I'll have the CDs when they go physical. THIS is how you do digital distribution, no question about it.

Comment by Mark Sahm on Nine Inch Nails Announces New Album Download, Ghosts I-IV, A Forward-Looking Dare

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:18:22 EST

Tom, thanks for the tip! The NIN site was down, so I just downloaded from Amazon. 36 NIN instrumentals for $5 is a hard deal to turn away.