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Halo 16 - Things Falling Apart

Things Falling Apart (also known as Halo 16) by Nine Inch Nails, released on November 21, 2000, is described as a collection of "various manipulations of songs recorded from The Fragile sessions." An official website was set up for its release. A two-track promotional version of Into The Void was released in the US and was incorrectly labeled as Halo 16.

Track Listing

About the release

CD Release

"Slipping Away" - 6:11
"The Great Collapse" - 4:42
"The Wretched" (Version) - 5:52
"Starfuckers, Inc." (Version) - 5:11
"The Frail" (Version) - 2:47
"Starfuckers, Inc." (Version) - 6:06
"Where Is Everybody?" (Version) - 5:07
"Metal" - 7:05
"10 Miles High" (Version) - 5:11
"Starfuckers, Inc." (Version) - 5:09

Vinyl Release

     A1 "Slipping Away" – 6:11
     A2 "The Great Collapse" – 4:42
     B1 "The Wretched" (version) – 5:52
     B2 "Starfuckers, Inc." (version) – 5:11
     C1 "The Frail" (version) – 2:47
     C2 "Starfuckers, Inc." (version) – 6:06
     C3 "10 Miles High" (version) – 5:11
     D1 "Metal" – 7:05
     D2 "Where Is Everybody?" (version) – 5:07
     D3 "Starfuckers, Inc." (version) – 5:09

Artwork

In a February 2020 Reddit AMA session[1], Rob Sheridan elaborated on the process of creating the artwork and how it informed his creativity going forward:

The first album art I was ever tasked with making was for NIN's Things Falling Apart. It was a companion album to The Fragile, which David Carson did the art for. Carson was a design hero of mine, so of course playing in his style was exhilarating but also very intimidating for a very young, very new designer. A lot of Carson's imagery was accidental snapshots of every day things that he'd capture with disposable cameras and polaroids, and the out-of-focus nature of them turned simple things into abstract art (the red texture on the cover of The Fragile is an out-of-focus snapshot of the inside of a shell, for example). To start capturing some of my own for TFA, I experimented with a macro lens for the first time, and later bought one to make imagery with. It sounds like basic art school shit now because you can get a macro lens for your phone for like $30, but it was very expensive niche equipment back then. Through that lens, and taking what I'd learned from Carson, I started to see art and texture in everything I looked at. Needing new imagery for a project and just looking around wherever I am and finding tiny details in it has never steered me wrong ever since.

The typeface used on Things Falling Apart is Index-Book, designed by Josh Darden & Timothy Glaser.

Album Credits

CD Release

All songs written by Trent Reznor except 4, 6, 8, 10
4, 6, 10 written by Trent Reznor and Charlie Clouser
8 written by Gary Numan

Manipulated by:

1, 2, 8 Trent Reznor and Alan Moulder
3, 9 Keith Hillebrandt
4 Adrian Sherwood for 140dB

additional production: Adrian Sherwood and Mark Stewart engineered by Alan Branch

5 Benelli

production: Joshua Eustis, Turk Dietrich violin: Steve Hakel cello: Marc Paradis

6 Dave Ogilvie
7 Danny Lohner featuring Telefon Tel Aviv

production: Danny Lohner, Joshua Eustis, Charles Cooper Joshua Eustis and Charles Cooper appear courtesy of Hefty Records (www.heftyrecords.com)

10 Charlie Clouser

Management: John A. Malm, Jr. for Conservative
Publicity: Susan Celia Swan for Nothing
International: Simon Baeyertz for Nothing
Design and photography: Rob Sheridan
Special thanks: Jeff Anderson and Steve Bottomley

Promotional Trailer Credits

Director: Bill Casanova
Assistant DP: Alex Vlacos
Producer: Chris Risner
Editor: Rob Sheridan
Format: 16mm
Broadcast version: 30 seconds
Full version (web only): 60 seconds

External Links

Discography

Previous release - "We're In This Together"

Halo number: 16

Next release - "And All That Could Have Been and Still"

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-== About ==
+[[Image:Tfa cover.jpg|thumb|Halo 16 - ''Things Falling Apart'']]
-'''''Things Falling Apart''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 16]]'''''), released in 2000, is described as a collection of "various manipulations of songs recorded from ''[[The Fragile]]'' sessions".
+'''''Things Falling Apart''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 16]]''''') by [[Nine Inch Nails]], released on November 21, 2000, is described as a collection of "various manipulations of songs recorded from ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' sessions." [[Thingsfallingapart.com|An official website]] was set up for its release.
+A two-track promotional version of ''[[Into The Void (halo)|Into The Void]]'' was released in the US and was incorrectly labeled as [[Halo numbers|Halo 16]].
-A two-track promotional version of ''[[Into The Void (halo)|Into The Void]]'' was released in the US and incorrectly labeled as ([[Halo numbers|Halo 16]]).
+==Track Listing==
+[[Image:About tfa.jpg|thumb|About the release]]
+===CD Release===
+#"[[Into The Void (song)#Slipping Away|Slipping Away]]" - 6:11
+#"[[The Great Collapse]]" - 4:42
+#"[[The Wretched#The Wretched (Version)|The Wretched]]" (Version) - 5:52
+#"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)#Starfuckers, Inc. (Version)—Adrian Sherwood|Starfuckers, Inc.]]" (Version) - 5:11
+#"[[The Frail#The Frail (Version)|The Frail]]" (Version) - 2:47
+#"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)#Starfuckers, Inc. (Version)—Dave "Rave" Ogilvie|Starfuckers, Inc.]]" (Version) - 6:06
+#"[[Where Is Everybody?#Where Is Everybody? (Version)|Where Is Everybody?]]" (Version) - 5:07
+#"[[Metal]]" - 7:05
+#"[[10 Miles High#10 Miles High (Version)|10 Miles High]]" (Version) - 5:11
+#"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)#Starfuckers, Inc. (Version)—Charlie Clouser|Starfuckers, Inc.]]" (Version) - 5:09
-== Track Listing ==
+===Vinyl Release===
-# "[[Slipping Away]]"
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A1&nbsp; "Slipping Away" – 6:11<br>
-# "[[The Great Collapse]]"
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A2&nbsp; "The Great Collapse" – 4:42<br>
-# "[[The Wretched]]" (Version)
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B1&nbsp; "The Wretched" (version) – 5:52 <br>
-# "[[Starfuckers, Inc.|Starf***ers, Inc.]]" (Version)
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B2&nbsp; "Starfuckers, Inc." (version) – 5:11 <br>
-# "[[The Frail]]" (Version)
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C1&nbsp; "The Frail" (version) – 2:47 <br>
-# "[[Starfuckers, Inc.|Starf***ers, Inc.]]" (Version)
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C2&nbsp; "Starfuckers, Inc." (version) – 6:06<br>
-# "[[Where Is Everybody?]]" (Version)
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C3&nbsp; "10 Miles High" (version) – 5:11 <br>
-# "[[Metal]]"
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D1&nbsp; "Metal" – 7:05 <br>
-# "[[10 Miles High]]" (Version)
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D2&nbsp; "Where Is Everybody?" (version) – 5:07<br>
-#  "[[Starfuckers, Inc.|Starf***ers, Inc.]]" (Version)
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D3&nbsp; "Starfuckers, Inc." (version) – 5:09
+==Artwork==
+In a February 2020 Reddit AMA session[https://www.patreon.com/posts/rob-sheridan-ama-34278427], [[Rob Sheridan]] elaborated on the process of creating the artwork and how it informed his creativity going forward:
+<blockquote>The first album art I was ever tasked with making was for NIN's ''Things Falling Apart.'' It was a companion album to ''The Fragile,'' which David Carson did the art for. Carson was a design hero of mine, so of course playing in his style was exhilarating but also very intimidating for a very young, very new designer. A lot of Carson's imagery was accidental snapshots of every day things that he'd capture with disposable cameras and polaroids, and the out-of-focus nature of them turned simple things into abstract art (the red texture on the cover of The Fragile is an out-of-focus snapshot of the inside of a shell, for example). To start capturing some of my own for TFA, I experimented with a macro lens for the first time, and later bought one to make imagery with. It sounds like basic art school shit now because you can get a macro lens for your phone for like $30, but it was very expensive niche equipment back then. Through that lens, and taking what I'd learned from Carson, I started to see art and texture in everything I looked at. Needing new imagery for a project and just looking around wherever I am and finding tiny details in it has never steered me wrong ever since.</blockquote>
+The typeface used on ''Things Falling Apart'' is Index-Book, designed by Josh Darden & Timothy Glaser.
+==Album Credits==
+'''CD Release'''
+*All songs written by [[Trent Reznor]] except 4, 6, 8, 10
+*4, 6, 10 written by Trent Reznor and [[Charlie Clouser]]
+*8 written by [[Gary Numan]]<br>
+Manipulated by:
+*1, 2, 8 Trent Reznor and [[Alan Moulder]]
+*3, 9 [[Keith Hillebrandt]]
+*4 [[Adrian Sherwood]] for 140dB
+additional production: Adrian Sherwood and Mark Stewart
+engineered by Alan Branch
+*5 Benelli
+production: [[Joshua Eustis]], Turk Dietrich
+violin: Steve Hakel
+cello: Marc Paradis
+*6 [[Dave Ogilvie]]
+*7 [[Danny Lohner]] featuring Telefon Tel Aviv
+production: Danny Lohner, Joshua Eustis, Charles Cooper
+Joshua Eustis and Charles Cooper appear courtesy of Hefty Records (www.heftyrecords.com)
+*10 Charlie Clouser<br>
+*Management: [[John A. Malm, Jr.]] for Conservative
+*Publicity: Susan Celia Swan for [[Nothing Records|Nothing]]
+*International: Simon Baeyertz for Nothing
+*Design and photography: Rob Sheridan
+*Special thanks: Jeff Anderson and Steve Bottomley
+==Promotional Trailer Credits==
+* Director: Bill Casanova
+* Assistant DP: Alex Vlacos
+* Producer: Chris Risner
+* Editor: Rob Sheridan
+* Format: 16mm
+* Broadcast version: 30 seconds
+* Full version (web only): 60 seconds
+==External Links==
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwGvwt8fZqE ''Things Falling Apart'' TV spot]
+*[http://nincatalog.com/things-falling-apart/ ''Things Falling Apart'' at nincatalog.com]
+*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dnine%2520inch%2520nails%2520things%2520falling%2520apart%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 ''Things Falling Apart'' at Amazon]
+*[http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5574848848&toolid=10001&campid=5336384580&customid=&icep_uq=nine+inch+nails+things+falling+apart&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg ''Things Falling Apart'' at eBay]
+{{Halo
+|number=16
+|before=[[We're In This Together (halo)|We're In This Together]]
+|after=[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]] and [[Still]]}}
+[[Category:NIN Discography]]