Ghosts I-IV [4 Discs]

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All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Roughly a year after Year Zero -- a year marked by lots of sniping with his record company first about their clueless promotion then devolving into a tirade about their general uselessness -- Trent Reznor broke free of Interscope/Universal and became a free agent, releasing music where and when he wanted. To celebrate his freedom he released the four-part Ghosts, a clearinghouse of 36 instrumentals all created during the years he crafted Year Zero. It should come as no great surprise that Ghosts then plays like a sketchbook, a place where Reznor jotted down sounds and textures that flitted across his mind and then either took them no further, or decided to spin ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Roughly a year after Year Zero -- a year marked by lots of sniping with his record company first about their clueless promotion then devolving into a tirade about their general uselessness -- Trent Reznor broke free of Interscope/Universal and became a free agent, releasing music where and when he wanted. To celebrate his freedom he released the four-part Ghosts, a clearinghouse of 36 instrumentals all created during the years he crafted Year Zero. It should come as no great surprise that Ghosts then plays like a sketchbook, a place where Reznor jotted down sounds and textures that flitted across his mind and then either took them no further, or decided to spin them into something entirely new for the full album. These aren't songs, they're seeds, and they (appropriately) aren't even graced with titles; they're all dubbed "Ghosts," parts one through 36, and if Reznor didn't spend enough time crafting them into proper songs, don't feel too bad if you don't spend enough time with Ghosts to sort through them, picking out which fragments are powered by a clenched electro beat and which are glassy ambient shards. Even fanatics might be hard-pressed to give Ghosts such a careful listen as it's simply not meant to be so closely observed. It's meant to be taken as surface, perhaps skimmed for samples, but generally to be used as mildly unsettling mood music -- a specialty of Reznor's, to be sure, but he's better and scarier when his ideas are more finely honed than they are here. [Ghosts was also released as a four-disc set.]
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/8/2008
  • Label: The Null Corporation
  • UPC: 766929908710
  • Catalog Number: 26
  • Sales rank: 13,541

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 1 Ghosts I (2:48)
  2. 2 2 Ghosts I (3:16)
  3. 3 3 Ghosts I (3:51)
  4. 4 4 Ghosts I (2:12)
  5. 5 5 Ghosts I (2:51)
  6. 6 6 Ghosts I (4:18)
  7. 7 7 Ghosts I (2:00)
  8. 8 8 Ghosts I (2:55)
  9. 9 9 Ghosts I (2:47)
  10. 10 10 Ghosts II (2:42)
  11. 11 11 Ghosts II (2:17)
  12. 12 12 Ghosts II (2:17)
  13. 13 13 Ghosts II (3:13)
  14. 14 14 Ghosts II (3:05)
  15. 15 15 Ghosts II (1:53)
  16. 16 16 Ghosts II (2:29)
  17. 17 17 Ghosts II (2:13)
  18. 18 18 Ghosts II (5:13)
Disc 2
  1. 1 19 Ghosts III (2:11)
  2. 2 20 Ghosts III (3:39)
  3. 3 21 Ghosts III (2:54)
  4. 4 22 Ghosts III (2:31)
  5. 5 23 Ghosts III (2:43)
  6. 6 24 Ghosts III (2:39)
  7. 7 25 Ghosts III (1:58)
  8. 8 26 Ghosts III (2:25)
  9. 9 27 Ghosts III (2:51)
  10. 10 28 Ghosts IV (5:22)
  11. 11 29 Ghosts IV (2:54)
  12. 12 30 Ghosts IV (2:58)
  13. 13 31 Ghosts IV (2:25)
  14. 14 32 Ghosts IV (4:25)
  15. 15 33 Ghosts IV (4:01)
  16. 16 34 Ghosts IV (5:52)
  17. 17 25 Ghosts IV (3:29)
  18. 18 36 Ghosts IV (2:19)
Disc 3
  1. 1 [DVD]
Disc 4
  1. 1 [Video]
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Nine Inch Nails Primary Artist
Adrian Belew Guitar, Marimbas, electronics, Guest Appearance
Trent Reznor Track Performer
Brian Viglione Drums, Guest Appearance
Alessandro Cortini Dulcimer, Bass, Guitar, electronics, Guest Appearance
Technical Credits
Adrian Belew Composer
Alan Moulder Producer, Engineer
Trent Reznor Composer, Producer, Art Direction
Atticus Ross Arranger, Composer, Programming, Producer
Rob Sheridan Art Direction
Brian Viglione Composer
Alessandro Cortini Composer
Tom Baker Mastering
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