With Teeth (halo)

Halo 19 - With Teeth

With Teeth (also known as Halo 19 or [WITH_TEETH]) is the fifth full-length studio album by Nine Inch Nails, released in 2005. It spawned three singles ("The Hand That Feeds," "Only," and "Every Day Is Exactly The Same"), four tour legs, and much celebration for Trent Reznor's sobriety.

History

Initial album art

Bleedthrough

The initial concept of the album was an exploration of “loss and possible discovery of self, along with alternate layers of reality and perception set inside a nightmare you can't seem to wake up from; with lots of feedback”. Around this time mysterious quotes and binary codes appeared on the NIN website, including a passage from the book The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin, containing the phrase "bleed-through". The working title for ‘’With Teeth’’ was “Bleedthrough”, referencing the phenomenon of audio bleed-through. In a question posted in the Access section of nin.com Reznor announced that the working title “Bleedthrough” had been dropped. Reznor stated that the name was changed because "it was supposed to be about different layers of reality seeping into the next, but I think some people were thinking about blood or a tampon commercial". "'Bleedthrough' is no more," Reznor wrote in a message posted on nin.com, "as the songs and concepts matured, the focus and theme of the album shifted somewhat--leaving me feeling that title was inappropriate. Or you could just say I changed my mind. Yes, the new album has a title and track list, and no I'm not telling you what it is yet".

With Teeth

Reznor commented on the change of direction for the album, stating that "About five or six songs into writing it, the songs started to sound good on their own and they didn't need this framework to work together,” and that With Teeth consists of "a collection of songs that are friends with each other, but don't have to rely on each other to make sense", however, the album's narrative arc describes "a difficult journey that begins with a nightmare and ends with acceptance of a new reality.”[1]

In an interview in February 2004 Reznor stated that the new material was “more song-oriented (than The Fragile). It's much more lean. It's going to be twelve good punches in the face -- no fillers, no instrumentals, just straight to the point…It's a complicated concept record, but reduced to just simple songs. It's not epic in its scope. It's minimal and a bit brutal." The album's new, and ultimately final title is a reference to a Broadside Electric album of the same name

According to a statement on nin.com, Reznor stated that producer Rick Rubin was Reznor's "mentor" and "source of inspiration" throughout the planning and writing process of the album. Reznor was also heavily inspired by the use of more analog electronic effects and instruments, specifically tape delay and modular synthesizers, stating that "computers, among other things, are ruining music these days. I hate the Pro Tooled sound of perfection and everything being 'fixed.' This record is most definitely 'un-fixed."

Themes

With Teeth, unlike most Nine Inch Nails albums, does not have a unified concept and deals with a variety of themes. Reznor wrote the album after overcoming undisclosed addictions and settling legal issues with his former manager, John A. Malm, Jr.:

"A lot of this was [about] my relationship with myself, the world at large, and where I might fit into that...Also [it's about] my relationship to a disease that's going to kill me if I don't deal with it, and I came very close to that. Hopefully disguised enough that it's not a terribly boring record about recovery and addiction and that nonsense."

Reznor seemingly gained a new awareness of world issues, and showed this by speaking out against the US Government, as well as becoming a spokesperson for PETA. Some songs seem to deal with addiction ("With Teeth," "Sunspots"), while others have a more political intent ("The Hand That Feeds," "Right Where It Belongs").

Track listing

CD

(US Version)

1. "All The Love In The World" – 5:14
2. "You Know What You Are?" – 3:41
3. "The Collector" – 3:07
4. "The Hand That Feeds" – 3:31
5. "Love Is Not Enough" – 3:41
6. "Every Day Is Exactly The Same" – 4:54
7. "With Teeth" – 5:37
8. "Only" – 4:22
9. "Getting Smaller" – 3:35
10. "Sunspots" – 4:02
11. "The Line Begins To Blur" – 3:44
12. "Beside You In Time" – 5:24
13. "Right Where It Belongs" – 5:04

(Non-US Versions Bonus Track 14)

1. "Home" - 3:14

(Japan Version Bonus Tracks 15 & 16)

1. "Right Where It Belongs V2" - 5:04
2. "The Hand That Feeds" (Ruff Mix) - 3:57

Tour edition & Dualdisc

CD SIDE includes:

• With Teeth CD audio

DVD SIDE includes:

• Entire album in 5.1 surround sound
• Entire album in high resolution stereo and 5.1 surround on DVD-Audio players
• Entire album in Dolby Digital Stereo and 5.1 surround on standard DVD players
• Music video: "The Hand That Feeds"
• Image slide show during DVD-Audio playback
• Body Of Work section with selected audio and video clips from NIN’s catalog

2x12" Vinyl

(disc A, side 1)

1. "All The Love In The World"
2. "You Know What You Are?"
3. "The Collector"
4. "The Hand That Feeds"

(disc A, side 2)

1. "Love Is Not Enough"
2. "Every Day Is Exactly The Same"
3. "With Teeth"

(disc B, side 1)

1. "Only"
2. "Getting Smaller"
3. "Sunspots"
4. "Home"

(disc B, side 2)

1. "The Line Begins To Blur"
2. "Beside You In Time"
3. "Right Where It Belongs"

"Home" is exclusive on every non-american releases.

The released, non-album tracks from this era are "Non-Entity" and "Not So Pretty Now".

All With Teeth era songs have been played live except "All The Love In The World" and "Sunspots", both of which have been played at soundchecks and rehearsals for the With Teeth Tour.

Poster

On a PDF file containing lyrics and credits posted to the With Teeth site, several songs were not featured on the album. All of these songs except for one contained lyrics in some form. These songs are:

• "Message To No One"
• "The Warning"
• "The Life You Didn't Lead"

It should be noted that a song with the title "The Warning" is on the Year Zero tracklisting.

Also, in a pre-release article [2] for With Teeth, a song named "My Dead Friend" was mentioned. Whether this is an earlier name for a song that does appear or simply didn't make the cut is so far unknown.

The poster was made physically available to members of The Spiral as part of the welcome package.

Album Credits

• Writing, arrangement, and performance: Trent Reznor
• Production: Trent Reznor and Alan Moulder
• Programming and additional production: Atticus Ross
• Engineering: Alan Moulder, Leo Herrera, Trent Reznor, James Brown, and Rich Costey
• 5.1 Surround mix: James Brown and Trent Reznor
• Sound design: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• Mastering: Tom Baker at Precision Mastering
• Surround mastering: Adam Ayan for Gateway Mastering
• Additional drum programming: Jerome Dillon
  

• Design: Rob Sheridan
  

• Project Coordination: Leo Herrera
• Studios: Nothing Studios (New Orleans), The Village Recorder, Sound City Studios, and Grandmaster Recording Studios (Los Angeles)
• Assistance: Brett Bachemin, Dustin Mosley, Pete Martinez, Andrew Alekel, Chad Essig, Neal Ferrazzani, Jason Wormer, and Andy Brohard
• Drum technicians: Jeremy Berman, Gerch for Drum Fetish
  

• Management: Rebel Waltz, Inc.
• Booking: Marc Geiger for WMA, Emma Banks for Helter Skelter
• Legal: Ross Rosen, David Altschul, Zia Modabber
• Business management: Bill Harper, Irwin Rennert, Michael Walsh
• Styling: April Napier
• Hair: Eric Gabriel
• Grooming: Cory Bardo
  

• DVD-A menus and imagery: Rob Sheridan
• Additional DVD-A art design by The DZN Group
• DVD-A Authoring: Paul Angelli, DVD Labs
• Audio asset coordination: Michael Etchart
• Executive producers for DVD-Audio: Coutney Holt, Paul Bishow
• Supervising producer: Jim Belcher
• Producer for DVD-Audio: Kamran V
• "The Hand That Feeds" video directed by Rob Sheridan
  

All songs written by Trent Reznor ©2005 Leaving Hope Music/TVT Music (ASCAP) Administered by Leaving Hope Music, Inc. Dave Grohl appears courtesy Roswell Records

Thank you: Rick Rubin, Jim Guerinot, Mark Geiger, Jimmy Iovine, Jackie McPherson, David Cohen, Steve Berman, Mark Williams, Dennis Dennehy, David Saslow, Courtney Holt, Candace Berry, Martin Kierszenbaum, Angelica Czekalski, Wendy Diplock, Kathy Angstadt, Kamran V, Jeff Anderson, Shaynee Lee-Gordy, Lindsay Chase, Keith Hillebrandt, Brenda Romano, Robbie Lloyd, Melissa Taylor, Gretchen Anderson, Christina Meloche, Sidney Miltz, Kim Kennedy, Jamie Myers, Doug Idleman, Tim Lightfoot, Gino Ascani, Mark Stephen, Susan Swan, Dave “Rave” Ogilvie, Danny Lohner, Charlie Clouser, Claudia Sarne, Don Passman, Eric Ferman, Larry Tull, Ian Astbury, Maynard James Keenan, Jason Pettigrew, Jen Foster, Jim and Bebe Rose, Kevin Llewllyn, Lindsay Dakota, Myriam Santos-Kayda, Nancy Berry, Pete Thorne, Ralf Dietel, Richard Devine, Rupert Parkes, Alien Tom, Simon B, Steph Jorgl, Ted Revely, Tiffany Andrews, Tamar Levine, Michael Angelos, Walker Rollins

Support: Chandra Lynn @ DigiDesign, Andrew Grad @ West LA Music, Dave Casey @ Apogee, Mike Harris @ Harris Audio Systems, Guitar Center, Roger Cordell @ Big City Music, Bela Canhoto @ Native Instruments, Chris Goodwin @ Eastwest, Tim Godwin @ Line 6, Priscilla Larey @ Larvey Engineering, Orange County Drums, Billy Siegle @ Fender, Truetone Music, Steve "Coco" Brandon, Paul J. Cox, Ross Reeck

Nine Inch Nails Live With Teeth: Alessandro Cortini, Jerome Dillon, Aaron North, Trent Reznor, and Jeordie White

External Links

• With Teeth online content
• Teaser trailers for the album:

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3

• With Teeth at nincatalog.com
• With Teeth at nincollector.com

Discography

Previous release - "The Hand That Feeds" Halo number: 19 Next release - "Only"