Sealed 2008 180gm Gatefold Original With Custom Hype Sticker On Shrink. “Mercilessly Tight And Efficient Where Year Zero Was Majestic And Sprawling, The Slip Is The Most User-Friendly Nine Inch Nails Album Ever. At Only Ten Tracks, There Is No Fat On Its Bones. It Does Not Offer A Slow Build, It Leaps Into Action With The Lacerating "1,000,000," Maintaining A Blistering Intensity For Half The Record Before Eventually Winding Its Way To Softer Moments For The Album's Conclusion. There Is No Learning Curve To The Slip, It Does Not Require Effort To Decode A Narrative, It Does Not Slowly Unfold Its Own Internal Logic, It Comes On With A Tightly Controlled Force That's Present Even In The Quietest Moments, As They Pulsate With Coiled Tension. The Slip Is So Easy To Digest Because Trent Reznor Is In Consolidation Mode, Relying On His Strengths Instead Of Punishingly Pushing Himself Forward. Such Obsession With Progress Weighed Down The Fragile And With Teeth, Turning Them Into Intricate Puzzle Boxes For Devotees, But Reznor Began To Break Free With The Quite Magnificent Year Zero, Whose Dense Narrative Likely Alienated Many Fans. Here On The Slip, He Retains The Sense Of Urgency That Flowed Through Year Zero, But As It's A Lean Album, It's Easier To Appreciate His Mastery Of Darkness And Light Or His Ability To Construct Throbbing Melodic Hooks Out Of Noise. Here, He's No Longer A Stylized, Self-Conscious Innovator, He's A Working Musician Enraptured By Making Music, And He's So Invigorated By Creation It's Hard Not To Get Sucked In As Well.” – S. T. Erlewine, AMG