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
The working title for the record was Bleedthrough, but Reznor had a change of mind and shifted the direction of the album towards the sound of With Teeth.
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.. 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)
- "All The Love In The World" – 5:14
- "You Know What You Are?" – 3:41
- "The Collector" – 3:07
- "The Hand That Feeds" – 3:31
- "Love Is Not Enough" – 3:41
- "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" – 4:54
- "With Teeth" – 5:37
- "Only" – 4:22
- "Getting Smaller" – 3:35
- "Sunspots" – 4:02
- "The Line Begins To Blur" – 3:44
- "Beside You In Time" – 5:24
- "Right Where It Belongs" – 5:04
(Japan Version Bonus Tracks 14, 15 & 16)
- "Home" - 3:14
- "Right Where It Belongs V2" - 5:04
- "The Hand That Feeds" (Ruff Mix) - 3:57
2x12" Vinyl
(disc A, side 1)
- "All The Love In The World"
- "You Know What You Are?"
- "The Collector"
- "The Hand That Feeds"
(disc A, side 2)
- "Love Is Not Enough"
- "Every Day Is Exactly The Same"
- "With Teeth"
(disc B, side 1)
- "Only"
- "Getting Smaller"
- "Sunspots"
- "Home"
(disc B, side 2)
- "The Line Begins To Blur"
- "Beside You In Time"
- "Right Where It Belongs"
"Home" is exclusive to the vinyl and various international releases.
The live-only, unreleased songs 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".
Poster
On a PDF file containing lyrics and credits posted to the NIN website, several songs were not featured on the album. All of these songs except for one contained lyrics in some form. These songs are:
It should be noted that a song with the title "The Warning" is on the Year Zero tracklisting.
Also, in a pre-release article [1] 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.
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