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
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.
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
- thingsfallingapart.com (archived at Portrait of Decay)
- Things Falling Apart at nincatalog.com
- Things Falling Apart at Amazon
- Things Falling Apart at eBay
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