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Prior to its release, the single ''[[The Day The World Went Away (halo)|The Day The World Went Away]]'' came out on July 20; following ''The Fragile,'' ''[[We're In This Together (halo)|We're In This Together]]'' was released in three parts on December 14. A collection featuring several [[Remixes|remixes]] and new material from ''The Fragile'' was released as ''[[Things Falling Apart]]'' on November 21, 2000.
==Track List==
====Left====
#"[[Somewhat Damaged]]" - 4:31
#"[[The Day The World Went Away (song)|The Day The World Went Away]]" - 4:33
#"[[The Frail]]" - 1:54
==Sequencing==
===For Different Formats===
[[Trent Reznor ]] on the different track sequencing for different formats:
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==Proposed Reissue==
In a question and answer session with NIN fans, Reznor hinted at the reissue of ''The Fragile'' for early 2010, a statement repeated via the [http://twitter.com/nineinchnails/status/4157519090 official twitter account], calling it an "ultimate reissue." [[Rob Sheridan]] has since mentioned that the project is delayed due to packaging decisions, and as yet there is no new release date. [[Alan Moulder ]] has completed a 5.1 surround sound mix for the reissue.[http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/mv/msg/32698/502417/0/#msg_502417] In a nin.com post about the 2020 Dolby Atmos version of ''[[The Social Network Soundtrack]]'', Reznor hinted at a possible Dolby Atmos version of ''The Fragile'' in the future.
In a February 2014 interview with New Zealand's ''News 3'', Reznor gave the following update:
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<p>I wanted this album to sound like there was something inherently flawed in the situation, like someone struggling to put the pieces together. Downward Spiral was about peeling off layers and arriving at a naked, ugly end. This album starts at the end, then attempts to create order from chaos, but never reaches the goal. It’s probably a bleaker album because it arrives back where it starts—[with] the same emotion”emotion. The album begins “Somewhat Damaged” "Somewhat Damaged" and ends “Ripe "Ripe [With Decay]".</p>
<p>—Reznor [http://www.ransomfellowship.org/articles_music/Music_Reznor.html]</p>
* The mid-song verse of both "I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally" and "No, You Don't" use the same lyrical meter.
==Composition and inspiration==In one interview, Alan Moulder stated that the album started out with 173 different pieces or musical ideas, and the cover of [[Gary Numan]]'s "[[Metal]]" had been completed when the album sessions began.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CrXjiTnwN8] He also stated in a different interview that 120 songs were recorded[https://www.soundonsound.com/people/alan-moulder-recording-nine-inch-nails-smashing-pumpkins], so it is likely that some of the 173 pieces were merely seeds of inspiration that were never developed into anything usable. During a podcast with [[Skinny Puppy]]'s cEvin Key, [[Danny Lohner]] revealed that Reznor was inspired by Tom Waits' ''Bone Machine'' when making ''The Fragile'', and that "Somewhat Damaged" was written and originally demoed around the time of "[[The Perfect Drug (song)|The Perfect Drug]]".[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8AJHQGtnsI] ''Bone Machine'''s use of Harry Partch-style found object percussion influenced the unique percussion on certain parts of the album. Reznor stated in an interview with ''Guitar World'' that My Bloody Valentine and their album ''Loveless'' (also produced by Moulder) were influences during the recording. He also revealed that the majority of the guitar sounds on the album were played on a Parker Fly guitar, utilizing its piezo pickup.[http://www.nin-pages.de/2000_Guitar_World_Juni_englisch.htm] This guitar sound was also likely used on "The Perfect Drug" and later showed up on some tracks from ''With Teeth''. ===Alan Moulder on Songwriting===
Alan Moulder wrote for the Fragility Tour program about the songwriting process.