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When we did Not the Actual Events, we were really seduced by the violence of it. The kind of throwing Hesitation Marks out the window and being unafraid to explore approaches we have in the past with the kind of, you know, punch in the face feel to it. And I think that the length of a five-song EP felt like the right length for that, you know? And to repeat that isn't as exciting anymore. It's like we did that. So now as we expand the lyrical viewpoint of this three song trilogy, the music that was interesting to us this time around kind of surprised us. And "Less Than" is not entirely representative of where the rest of the EP goes. So this collection of five songs feels like brothers. [3]

Critical reception

Add Violence
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EP by
Nine Inch Nails
ReleasedJuly 19, 2017 (2017-07-19)
Genre Industrial rock
Length27:14
Label
Producer
Nine Inch Nails chronology
The Fragile: Deviations 1
(2016)		Add Violence
(2017)		 Bad Witch
(2018)
Halo numbers chronology
Halo 30
(2016)		Halo 31
(2017)		 Halo 32
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.1/10 [4]
Metacritic 77/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The A.V. Club B− [7]
Consequence of Sound B [8]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [1]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin 7/10 [12]
Sputnikmusic3.2/5 [13]

Critical reception for the EP was generally positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the EP received an average score of 77, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5] Gavin Miller from Drowned in Sound gave the EP a score of 8 out of 10, writing that "it's a little light on substance, but what we do get is a really fascinating insight into where Reznor is at with NIN at the moment". [1] Kory Grow of Rolling Stone also gave the EP a positive review, saying that it "contains all the aggression, abjection and self-loathing that solidified Reznor's position as alt-rock's Original Angster but with the measured restraint of a man his age". [11]

Track listing

All tracks written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. [14]

No.TitleLength
1."Less Than"3:30
2."The Lovers"4:10
3."This Isn't the Place"4:44
4."Not Anymore"3:08
5."The Background World"11:44
Total length:27:14

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [14]

Nine Inch Nails
Additional musicians
Technical

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] 44
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [16] 67
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [17] 15
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [18] 4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [19] 74
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 36
US Billboard 200 [21] 17
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [22] 1
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [23] 6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [24] 5

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
WorldwideJuly 19, 2017
 [25]
July 21, 2017 [25]
September 1, 2017 CD [25]
November 17, 2017 Vinyl [25]

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