seed 4: The Definitive NIN-Quiet Tracks Sep 05 '09 (Updated Sep 07 '09)    Write an essay on this topic. Tweet Popular Products in Music Jersey Boys [Original Broadway Cast Recording] by Original Broadway Cast From $8 Mai by Eri Sugai From $4 The Bottom Line Definitive NIN-Quiet Tracks is a Brilliant Compilation of NIN's Experimental, Quieter Cuts (4.5 out of 5) The third part of the Definitive NIN series and the fourth release from the "seeds" promo discography. Definitive NIN-Quiet Tracks is a compilation of material by Nine Inch Nails chronicling the band's softer yet experimental tracks. Featuring instrumental pieces, remixes, ballads, and slower tracks. It's a record released through torrent sites and in MP3 192kps bit rates that showcases nineteen tracks from its original 2006 release plus eight more from the 2009 official NIN website iPhone application and listening site. The result is a sprawling yet exotic collection of some of NIN's most experimental material yet. From The Downward Spiral is the instrumental track A Warm Place with its ethereal, swooning layers of synthesizers, dissonant melodies, and stark arrangements making it one of NIN's finest instrumentals. From Pretty Hate Machine is the original version of Something I Can Never Have, a haunting ballad with eerie piano melodies, chugging beats, and Reznor's somber vocals with its melancholic lyrics of despair. The instrumental Help Me I Am In Hell is a soothing, guitar-driven track with a driving guitar track dominating with a haunting background of soft electronic wind sounds. A remix of Closer known as (Percursor) is a seven-minute track with soft, throbbing beats and distorted vocals that warble throughout the entire track. Even Deeper from The Fragile featuring Dr. Dre's soothing mix and Danny Lohner's throbbing drum and bass arrangements with Reznor's reflecting lyrics as it is a superb album track. Another track from The Fragile is La Mer featuring Denise Milfort singing in French with a soothing piano performance, jazz-style drumming from Bill Rieflin, and droning noises near the coda. From Still is a moody, piano-driven instrumental track Adrift And At Piece with somber, windy electronic arrangements. The shoegaze-driven Beside You In Time with driving guitars, slow clap-tracks, and Reznor's haunting lyrics that intensifies with fast-playing drums and charging guitars. The remix of The Day The World Went Away is the (Quiet) version from the single of the same name with its "na-na-na-na" chorus and a somber piano arrangement with Reznor's calm, despaired vocals. The title track to The Downward Spiral starts off quietly with melodic guitar plucks that later go into a washy tone to add momentum to the track with pounding drums and a wailing scream for its second half. The Way Out Is Through starts off as an atmospheric, moody track that features a steady drum fill that builds up into something heavy with thrashing guitars and screaming vocals. The Fragile from Still is a stripped-down, piano-driven version, stark drum fills, driving guitars, and a slow rhythm. The instrumental The Mark Has Been Made is a slow, guitar-twang driven track with wobbly bass lines, hammering drum fills, and growling guitars. The Great Below is a somber ballad with melodic guitar arpeggios by Adrian Belew, driving synthesizer melodies, swooning piano melodies, and Reznor's evocative lyrics. And All That Could Have Been from Still with its washy guitars, swooning pianos, and despaired lyrics is one of the most underrated NIN songs as it plays to Reznor's strength as a vocalist and songwriter. The instrumental Ripe (With Decay) is filled with twangy, spurting guitar plucks and soft, throbbing beats with soothing synthesizers that is supported by Mike Garson's flourishing piano to add a dark tone for the entire track. The Persistence Of Loss from Still is a mid-tempo, string-quintet driven with soothing strings and plucks to add melancholia to the track. From the international editions of With Teeth is a piano-driven version of Right Where It Belongs that has Reznor singing about the troubled state of the world that in some ways, superior to the original studio version. The closing track of the 2006 version is Gone, Still, a somber instrumental filled with melancholic piano flourishes, slow acoustic guitar tracks, and swooning backgrounds of wind for the track. Added from the 2009 official NIN website iPhone application and from the website's listen section are eight tracks of material. First is the instrumental piece Another Version Of The Truth from Year Zero with its sounds of fuzzy electronics and somber piano as it presents itself as a dark, haunting track. The next five tracks come from Ghosts I-IV with the first two tracks are the first two tracks from Ghosts I starting with a melancholic piano piece that segues into a slower piano piece with a droning bass line. 5 Ghosts I is led by a chugging sound of windy beats and a sturdy bass line that is followed by a melodic piano flourish. Two tracks from Ghosts IV is 28 Ghosts IV that is supported by a soft, thumping bass line and a plucking banjo track with swirling, ethereal synthesizers. 34 Ghosts IV is led by a slow, bouncy bass line and a sturdy banjo track that is supported by a heavy, eerie piano track that is followed by sounds of dense, tingling synthesizer melodies. The last two tracks from The Slip is the somber piano ballad Lights In The Sky as Reznor sings melancholic lyrics with dabbles of imagery as it's a haunting yet ethereal ballad. The last track is the instrumental The Four Of Us Are Dying that is supported by sputtering beats, soothing synthesizers, wobbly bass lines, and warbling guitars that wail through the entire track as it's a fitting instrumental to close the entire collection.   While it's the most interesting collection of the Definitive NIN series, it's a collection that's not entirely perfect due to some sequencing choices. Yet, it's a brilliant collection that exemplifies the experimental, quieter world of NIN. Audiences new to NIN who went through the singles and album cuts will definitely enjoy what NIN can do when they go into more experimental feel. This collection is definitely essential among hardcore NIN fans. For anyone interested in the experimental, quieter world of NIN, Definitive NIN-Quiet Tracks is the collection to get. NIN Reviews: Pretty Hate Machine/Broken Era (1989-1992): halo 1 - halo 2 - halo 3 - halo 4 - halo 5 - halo 6 The Downward Spiral Era (1994-1997): halo 7 - halo 8 - halo 8 DE - halo 9 - halo 10 - halo 11 - halo 12 The Fragile Era (1999-2002): halo 13 - halo 14 - halo 15.1 - halo 15.2 - halo 15.3 - halo 16 - halo 17 DE - halo 17 DVD With Teeth/Year Zero Era: halo 18 - halo 19 - halo 20 - halo 21 - halo 22 - halo 23 - halo 24 - halo 25 Ghosts I-IV/The Slip Era (2008): halo 26 - halo 27 Soundtracks/Miscellaneous: The Crow - Natural Born Killers - Lost Highway - Nine Inch Nails: Self-Destruct - Tomb Raider - The Limitless Potential - Strobe Light - Metal Machine Music: Nine Inch Nails & the Industrial Uprise - Definitive NIN-Heavy Tracks Promos: seed 1 - seed 2 - seed 3 - seed 5 - seed 6 Live Shows: NIN/Bauhaus/TV on the Radio-6/7/06 Atlanta, GA Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater - NIN/Deerhunter-8/13/08 Duluth, GA Gwinnett Arena - NIN/Jane's Addiction/Street Sweeper Social Club-5/10/09 Atlanta, GA Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater Bootlegs: (Purest Feeling) - When the Whip Comes Down - (Live Hate w/ David Bowie) - (Quake OST) - (CRC Sessions) - Where Darkness Doubles, Where Light Pours In - (Bridge School Concerts) NIN20: (Pt. 1) - (Pt. 2) - (Pt. 3) - (Pt. 4) - (Pt. 5)

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