Joshua's Top 10 Non-Metal Albums of 2008
#3 out of 10
Year: 2008
Genre: Electro Glitch Rock
Label: Null Corporation
TRT: 43:47
Trent Reznor has come a long way since the days when he would force fans to wait 5 or more years between records. With
Year Zero released a mere two years after
With Teeth, following that a year later with
Ghosts I-IV. And then scarcely two months after the digital release of
Ghosts, Reznor springs another full length album,
The Slip.
There’s a rumor circulating the internet that
The Slip is a closer view at the “
Great Destroyer” of
Year Zero. While I can certainly see the similarities, and with a little creativity connect the dots between the two, I would tend to think the stories are related in content and context, but not actually one and the same.
With this release, Reznor combines the raw energy of
Pretty Hate Machine with the polished intensity of
Year Zero, rounding it out with the commercial appeal of
With Teeth. While I wouldn’t say this is anywhere close to his “strongest” album, it has a strange addictive quality to it. Whatever issues I may have with the pacing and flow (towards the end of the album), I just can’t stop listening to it. And the higher the volume, the better the experience.
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Letting You04
Discipline05
Echoplex06
Head Down07
Lights in the Sky08
Corona Radiata09
The Four of Us Are Dying10
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