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| album=''[[Ghosts I–IV]]''
 
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}}'''"36 Ghosts IV"''' is the thirty-sixth and final track on 2008's ''[[Ghosts I–IV]].''
 
}}'''"36 Ghosts IV"''' is the thirty-sixth and final track on 2008's ''[[Ghosts I–IV]].''
  
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==Versions==
 
==Versions==
 
===36 Ghosts IV===
 
===36 Ghosts IV===
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This is the only known version.
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This is the only known version. The song is a solo piano piece. It has a haunting melody, played on an out of tune piano. Background noise was picked up during its recording; what sounds like a chirping bird can be heard faintly through the duration of the song.
  
 
==Live==
 
==Live==
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"36 Ghosts IV" has never been played live.
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"36 Ghosts IV" [[NIN songs never played live|has never been played live]].
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==Analysis==
 
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===Theme===
 
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The song features a recurring sound similar to that of an insect-like creature, possibly that of a cockroach. Considering that the cockroach would be the last surviving creature of a nuclear apocalypse, the song fits well with the post-apocalyptic dystopia theme explored in ''[[Year Zero]]''
 
  
 
==Differences in Artwork==
 
==Differences in Artwork==
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While '''"36 Ghosts IV"''' is not the greatest example of this, it should be noted that the much artwork embedded into the files of the official download of ''[[Ghosts I–IV]]'' from nin.com are not just croppings of the photographs in the PDF.
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While '''"36 Ghosts IV"''' is not the greatest example of this, it should be noted that the much artwork embedded into the files of the official download of ''[[Ghosts I–IV]]'' from [[nin.com]] are not just croppings of the photographs in the PDF.
  
 
[[Image:Image-36GhostsIV.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Extracted from album art.]]
 
[[Image:Image-36GhostsIV.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Extracted from album art.]]

Latest revision as of 06:19, 29 January 2015

Album:Ghosts I–IV
Length:2:19
Tempo:64 BPM
Versions:36 Ghosts IV
Live:Unperformed

"36 Ghosts IV" is the thirty-sixth and final track on 2008's Ghosts I–IV.

Contents

  • 1 Song Credits
  • 2 Appearances
    • 2.1 Halos
  • 3 Versions
    • 3.1 36 Ghosts IV
  • 4 Live
  • 5 Differences in Artwork

Song Credits

  • Written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Appearances

Halos

  • Ghosts I–IV

Versions

36 Ghosts IV

This is the only known version. The song is a solo piano piece. It has a haunting melody, played on an out of tune piano. Background noise was picked up during its recording; what sounds like a chirping bird can be heard faintly through the duration of the song.

Live

"36 Ghosts IV" has never been played live.

Differences in Artwork

While "36 Ghosts IV" is not the greatest example of this, it should be noted that the much artwork embedded into the files of the official download of Ghosts I–IV from nin.com are not just croppings of the photographs in the PDF.

Extracted from album art.
Taken from the PDF.


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