18 Ghosts II
"18 Ghosts II" is the eighteenth track on 2008's Ghosts I–IV. It uses a drum loop of the same rhythm as prominently used in "Now I'm Nothing," but it is not a sample. It is the last track on the Ghosts II portion of the album.
Contents
Song Credits
- Written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Appearances
Halos
- Ghosts I–IV
Versions
18 Ghosts II
This is the only known version. At 3:43 of this track, there is a loop that sounds very similar to a riff in Stefan Goodchild's remix of "The Warning" on Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D. It begins with a simple electronic drum beat, echoing synths and synthesizer layers. A distinct call-and-response echoing guitar riff plays during a middle section of the song. Entering a less percussive section, atmospheric pads and synth sound effects play. In this section, effected - possibly reversed - wordless vocals accompany the instruments.
Live
"18 Ghosts II" was played for the first, and so far only, time on October 29, 2008.
Differences in Artwork
While "18 Ghosts II" 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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