Trent Reznor - CRC Sessions, Chicago
This wasn't even on my original, or amended list. This album was added today, after downloading and listening to it ad nauseum. Now, I'm not even close to being a Nine Inch Nails fan; trust me, I don't dig the vibe. But here's the thing, something about this album really clicks. Whether its the airy piano work, the soft string accompanyment of the guitars and electric bass, or the fact that Reznor was made for the non-stadium environment, but this album really soars above others. Frankly, it should be higher on the list, but, it rightly deserves its place given that it was discovered today and totally deserved to be in this spot over what was originally slated to be here.
The tracks are so deceptivley layered and intense, they evolve gracefully, without exerting too much effort. The real clincher, the opening track, a sulky somber ballad-type of song called "Something I Can Never Have". Whatever the ingredients, it seems like this type of composition, which doesn't exactly produce much commercial success or recognizable fame, is precisley what inspires intrigue into an artists career; that he would have the courage to try something that's completley prohibitory to his original sound (Reznor is typically surrouned by his electronica ensemble). Not here. And it works. And I like it, oh I like it so...
This wasn't even on my original, or amended list. This album was added today, after downloading and listening to it ad nauseum. Now, I'm not even close to being a Nine Inch Nails fan; trust me, I don't dig the vibe. But here's the thing, something about this album really clicks. Whether its the airy piano work, the soft string accompanyment of the guitars and electric bass, or the fact that Reznor was made for the non-stadium environment, but this album really soars above others. Frankly, it should be higher on the list, but, it rightly deserves its place given that it was discovered today and totally deserved to be in this spot over what was originally slated to be here.
The tracks are so deceptivley layered and intense, they evolve gracefully, without exerting too much effort. The real clincher, the opening track, a sulky somber ballad-type of song called "Something I Can Never Have". Whatever the ingredients, it seems like this type of composition, which doesn't exactly produce much commercial success or recognizable fame, is precisley what inspires intrigue into an artists career; that he would have the courage to try something that's completley prohibitory to his original sound (Reznor is typically surrouned by his electronica ensemble). Not here. And it works. And I like it, oh I like it so...
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