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The Fragile
Nine Inch Nails
Retail Price (not our price): $24.98
Release Date: 1999-09-21
Manufacturer: Nothing
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 2

Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...

Disc 1
1.		Somewhat Damaged		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
2.		The Day The World Went Away		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
3.		The Frail		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
4.		The Wretched		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
5.		We're In This Together		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
6.		The Fragile		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
7.		Just Like You Imagined		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
8.		Even Deeper		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
9.		Pilgrimage		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
10.		No, You Don't		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
11.		La Mer		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
12.		The Great Below		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
Disc 2
1.		The Way Out Is Through		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
2.		Into The Void		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
3.		Where Is Everybody?		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
4.		The Mark Has Been Made		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
5.		Please		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
6.		Starfuckers, Inc.		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
7.		Complication		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
8.		I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
9.		The Big Come Down		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
10.		Underneath It All		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
11.		Ripe (With Decay)		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com's Best of 1999
Trent Reznor took five years to record this monstrous double-CD set, wielding a perfectionist's touch in the production and the subtlety of a chainsaw in the musicianship. The result is uncompromising, full of hysterical noise and yet utterly accessible. Somehow, someway, this is one of the best pop records of the year. --Matthew Cooke

2) Amazon.com
The Fragile is even bleaker than 1994's The Downward Spiral as it lurches along with a perpetual scowl. A frenzied collection of buzz-saw pop, Trent Reznor's grim opus yo-yos through two CDs with scattershot intensity. Hushed one minute and explosive the next, spite and anger intermix with heartbreaking resignation, sometimes in the course of one song. Still, Reznor's dour and uncompromising approach is accessible and undeniably entertaining, even when he eschews vocals altogether. Unchanged are the obsessive lengths that he goes to for the sake of a dynamic thrill ride. The quiet tones that open the instrumental "Just Like You Imagined" suddenly erupt into a barrage of off-time rhythms and noodling keyboard riffs, all rising to a torrid conclusion. The sheer sonic invention on display here is astounding. Reznor's production approaches Brian Eno's in terms of dynamism, though it arises from a profoundly different sensibility. "Starfuckers Inc" uses chopped-up vocals for the verses and a shouting mob for its propulsive, Ministryesque chorus to mercilessly slam some of NIN's imitators (most pointedly, Marilyn Manson). And while there's nothing here as dance-floor-ready as Downward Spiral's "Closer," "Where Is Everybody" comes close, thanks to its slow, sweaty gyrations and Adrian Belew's slippery guitar figures. The Fragile's songs are ultimately simple explorations of deep disillusionment. However, once Reznor finishes twisting them out of shape, they're towering soundscapes of rage that are at once terrifying and beautiful. --Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) A hidden gem   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
The hardcore fans undoubtedly are aware of what this album has to offer, but it is without question the least popular of the major NIN releases. There is a substantial amount of instrumental numbers on each CD, perhaps slight overkill, but I can listen to the whole thing without skipping anything. This has "We're in This Together" which never achieved mainstream popularity, but is easily in the all-time top 10, IMO.If you've liked the other stuff, you simply must add "The Fragile" to your collection.

2) CONTINUATION OF "THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL"? NOT EXACTLY.............   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Many people think that this album picks up where TDS left off. Well, it doesn't. "The Fragile" takes you on a journey that kind of leaves you off where it begins. I think that the main character realizes that he has to stop looking for himself, and come to terms with the fact that he is who he is, and, like all of us, is a human being. ARTISTIC PERFECTION!!!!!

3) Not for the Light Listener   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is the greatest album ever produced... This albums entwines one into another magical world. Its eerie melodies, haunting lyrics, and beautiful interludes provoke me, deep into the core of my soul. This album is not for the light listener. Trent's tormented screams will bring you to your knees begging for more. "Somewhat Damaged" opens this musical masterpiece, starting with a steady, rhythmic beat, building up the to violent screams of master Trent. Welcome to the world of "The Fragile." With every song you're brought to even a deeper, darker level. "The Great Below" ends disc 1 beautifully. This song will capture you and carry you deep into a sapphire ocean. Pain and misery and now something beautiful and romantic when listening to "The Fragile."Disc 2 continues this journey, opening with "The Way Out is Through," a melodic piece leaving you to wonder what is to come. This disc then leads up to the album's most epic instrumentals, "Complication," which sends you spiraling into the unknown, finding yourself in a quieter place with "I'm Looking Forward to Joining You, Finally." The album then concludes with "Ripe (With Decay)," which beautifully concludes the album and leaves you wondering what you just experienced....This is "The Fragile."Listen with your eyes closed and your mind opened.

4) Excellent   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is one of my favorites NIN albums, if you like NIN you must buy this one!!!

5) Second Only to Jim Morrison   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Trent Reznor is one of the few artists (Jim Morrison and Maynard James Keenan being the others) who can get away with being so thoroughly depressing simply because he captures every emotion with such brilliance, simplicity and beauty. This album is as groundbreaking and as absolutely mind-blowing as it was when it was first released. His vocals perfectly complement his complex musical arrangements and as I listen to "Just Like You Imagined" while writing this, I still get goosebumps, and it's been 8 years.