Things Falling Apart

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Things Falling Apart
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Remix album by
ReleasedNovember 21, 2000 (2000-11-21)
Genre
Length53:22
Label
Producer
Nine Inch Nails chronology
The Fragile
(1999)
Things Falling Apart
(2000)
And All That Could Have Been
(2002)
Halo numbers chronology
Halo 15
(1999)
Halo 16
(2000)
Halo 17
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [2]
NME 10/10 (sarcastically) [3]
Pitchfork 0.4/10 [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Things Falling Apart is the second remix album by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released by Nothing Records and Interscope Records on November 21, 2000. It is the companion remix disc to the band's third studio album, The Fragile . The U.S. promotional CD single for "Into the Void" is also labeled as "Halo 16". [6] "10 Miles High" is the only song that was a B-side to a Nine Inch Nails single to be included on the album, though the version on this release differs from the album/B-side version. It was only released on the vinyl version of The Fragile, while appearing as a B-side to the band's 1999 single "We're in This Together".

Contents

Unlike The Fragile, which received mostly positive reviews, Things Falling Apart was critically panned by reviewers and even received a sarcastic rating of 10/10 from NME .

Track listing

All songs written by Trent Reznor, except where noted.

CD

No.TitleWriter(s)Manipulator(s)Length
1."Slipping Away" 
6:11
2."The Great Collapse" 
  • Reznor
  • Moulder
4:42
3."The Wretched" (version) Keith Hillebrandt5:52
4."Starfuckers, Inc." (version) Adrian Sherwood 5:11
5."The Frail" (version)  Benelli 2:47
6."Starfuckers, Inc." (version)
  • Reznor
  • Clouser
Dave Ogilvie 6:06
7."Where Is Everybody?" (version) 5:07
8."Metal" Gary Numan
  • Reznor
  • Moulder
7:05
9."10 Miles High" (version) Hillebrandt5:11
10."Starfuckers, Inc." (version)
  • Reznor
  • Clouser
Clouser5:09
Total length:53:22

Notes

12" vinyl

Side A
No.TitleManipulator(s)Length
1."Slipping Away"
  • Reznor
  • Moulder
6:11
2."The Great Collapse"
  • Reznor
  • Moulder
4:43
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Manipulator(s)Length
1."The Wretched" (version) Hillebrandt5:52
2."Starfuckers, Inc." (version)
  • Reznor
  • Clouser
Sherwood5:12
Side C
No.TitleWriter(s)Manipulator(s)Length
1."The Frail" (version) Benelli2:47
2."Starfuckers, Inc." (version)
  • Reznor
  • Clouser
Ogilvie6:06
3."10 Miles High" (version) Hillebrandt5:12
Side D
No.TitleWriter(s)Manipulator(s)Length
1."Metal"Numan
  • Reznor
  • Moulder
7:05
2."Where Is Everybody?" (version) 
  • Lohner
  • Telefon Tel Aviv
5:07
3."Starfuckers, Inc." (version)
  • Reznor
  • Clouser
Clouser5:09

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 59
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [8] 73
Scottish Albums (OCC) [9] 85
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 98
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [11] 6
US Billboard 200 [12] 67

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