NIN: The Greatest Hits

[BenAkenobi]

...or will it include just the "Interscope era"?

To be titled like Singles 92-07?

[ManOfAtom]

What about the HM songs? I mean the singles, not the 2 initially written for the GH. Will they include the songs released under a contract with Columbia? CBH, CoA, maybe Running... the main singles/hits of the new album. Will those songs be included in a GH or will it include just the "Interscope era"?

HM is coming out under Polydor in the UK, who as with Interscope are owned by Universal.
It's a great big mess of labels.

[PhoenixML]

I believe Nine Inch Nails has a fairly traditional "seven record deal" with Universal/Interscope. Counting The Fragile as two records, that means he still is on contract for one more record. His relationship with Universal is sour enough that during the creation of two songs for the long-in-the-works greatest hits album, he assembled a full length and chose to instead release that independently (on license to Columbia). Greatest hits is still probably in the cards, as that's about as good as Universal's going to get.

I thought Year Zero Remixed was his last record in the contract with Interscope. And somehow the Greatest Hits could be fulfilled after the contract.

[Kyle]

HM is a bit different in that its copyright null corporation with distributing rights by universal. What that means to the greatest hits I don't know tbh but it's not quite the same thing.

[frankie teardrop]

just speculation, but a lot of contracts come complete with a greatest hits addition: 7 albums + a greatest hits that doesn't count towards that total.

edit because captain obvious:
i highly, highly doubt any hesitation marks tracks will be on the GH. you will likely see two archival leftovers or brand new tracks. if columbia is in charge of HM, it would take a huge stretch of some rigid contracts to work out some agreement to include 'copy of a' or 'came back haunted' soon after the album comes out. you may see some slip/ghosts if trent chooses to put them on there as he owns the rights, but you likely won't see anything from HM until a more career-spanning GH happens if/when the name is completely retired.

think of it this way, there are two RHCP greatest hits collections, as well as two REMs, to cover the different labels and eras of the band. REM *did* release a career spanning GH once they broke up for good, but they were likely able to work out an agreement between IRS and warner brothers...

if they were smart, the GH would come out in a month or two, in time for the US tour, or perhaps early next year if the tour continues in the US. now's as good a time as ever, i guess.

[Collin]

I hope it looks something like this:

1. Now I'm Nothing (recorded 2013 version)
2. Terrible Lie
3. Head Like A Hole
4. Wish
5. Closer (shorter 4-min edit)
5. March Of The Pigs
6. Hurt (Quiet)
7. The Day The World Went Away
8. We're In This Together (Radio edit)
9. The Hand That Feeds
10. Only
12. Every Day Is Exactly The Same
13. Survivalism
14. Capital G
15. 1 Ghosts I (just to get a track from here on it)
16. 1,000,000
17. Discipline
18. Copy of A
19. Came Back Haunted (radio edit)

[OSLIN]

Nine Inch Nails Anthology (1989-2007)

Disc One (1989-1998)

01 Head Like a Hole
02 Terrible Lie
03 Down In It
04 Sin
05 Wish
06 March of the Pigs
07 Closer
08 Hurt
09 Burn
10 The Perfect Drug
11 *Bonus Track

Disc Two (1999-2007)

01 The Day the World Went Away
02 We're In This Together
03 Into the Void
04 Starfuckers, Inc.
05 Deep
06 The Hand That Feeds
07 Every Day is Exactly the Same
08 Only
09 Survivalism
10 Captial G
11 *Bonus Track

[PhoenixML]

^ you're missing Deep and Into The Void. Else it sounds perfect.

[OSLIN]

^ you're missing Deep and Into The Void. Else it sounds perfect.

Yeah, I should edit it to not include The Slip, considering that's not an Interscope release.

Much better

[tony.parente]

I just wanna say I hate when greatest hits albums arrange the tracks in chronological order.
Hope this thing doesn't do that, not that i'll listen to it unless it has something special on it.

[eversonpoe]

I just wanna say I hate when greatest hits albums arrange the tracks in chronological order.
Hope this thing doesn't do that, not that i'll listen to it unless it has something special on it.

i definitely prefer when they arrange them into a more flowing order, as if it's a great mixtape. chronological order tends to yield awful results in the flow department.

[OSLIN]

I just wanna say I hate when greatest hits albums arrange the tracks in chronological order.
Hope this thing doesn't do that, not that i'll listen to it unless it has something special on it.

I'm guessing it will be. Unless T Rez plays a part and delivers something unique. Which I could see because it has the NIN name on it. I mean what's the last we've heard of this.

[xfocalinx]

Out of curiosity, where was it stated that "everything" and "satellite" would be included in the GH track list?

[Fist Fuck]

Out of curiosity, where was it stated that "everything" and "satellite" would be included in the GH track list?

In this article here: http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...f-trent-reznor


Stupid question, but...is there a textbook definition of what a "greatest hits" record has to be like? Because I can't imagine Trent just putting the singles on a CD and sell it like that. I bet he'll try to find a loophole to make something cool with it. Even if there's gonna be a CD with all the singles or whatever, the cool part will probably be disc 2.

[RJK]

I read that to mean he didn't want to waste them on the greatest hits album and put them on the new record instead of the GH.

[thefragile_jake]

Nine Inch Nails Anthology (1989-2007)

Disc One (1989-1998)

01 Head Like a Hole
02 Terrible Lie
03 Down In It
04 Sin
05 Wish
06 March of the Pigs
07 Closer
08 Hurt
09 Burn
10 The Perfect Drug
11 *Bonus Track

Disc Two (1999-2007)

01 The Day the World Went Away
02 We're In This Together
03 Into the Void
04 Starfuckers, Inc.
05 Deep
06 The Hand That Feeds
07 Every Day is Exactly the Same
08 Only
09 Survivalism
10 Captial G
11 *Bonus Track

This is a pretty solid collection! I suppose I'm only just really excited to see this being released just on the collector side of things...I'd love to see what Trent will come up with design and package wise.

[xfocalinx]

In this article here: http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...f-trent-reznor

Thank you!

[Space Suicide]

Greatest Hits compilations usually include one or two new songs. So that would be wicked if that was the case with this one.

Hesitation Marks comes out this year so I don't see why that'd be worthwhile to do.

[PhoenixML]

In this article here: http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...f-trent-reznor


Stupid question, but...is there a textbook definition of what a "greatest hits" record has to be like? Because I can't imagine Trent just putting the singles on a CD and sell it like that. I bet he'll try to find a loophole to make something cool with it. Even if there's gonna be a CD with all the singles or whatever, the cool part will probably be disc 2.

A "Greatest Hits" has singles that have been "popular". Most of the times, it's missing some singles that didn't chart very well.

A "Single Collection" will contain all the singles. Not a very popular one.

A "Best of" is a selection of songs that the artist(s) or the label feel are relevant.

An "Essential Collection" is neither. The band sucks. Or the label is making money off the band.

[[Shep]]

I can see Trent fobbing interscope off with the Definitive singles that we've had for years (artwork included).

[Fist Fuck]

A "Greatest Hits" has singles that have been "popular". Most of the times, it's missing some singles that didn't chart very well.

A "Single Collection" will contain all the singles. Not a very popular one.

A "Best of" is a selection of songs that the artist(s) or the label feel are relevant.

An "Essential Collection" is neither. The band sucks. Or the label is making money off the band.

Thanks. A best of would make so much more sense than a greatest hits record then, but okay.

[MrSlfDstruct]

A legit recording of Now I'm Nothing would convince me to buy this regardless of anything else.

I wouldn't be surprised if this came out as a run of the mill greatest hits release sans Halo designation, along with a Twitter remark from Trent that it's bullshit, as he's been saying for years.

I know he's said he's under contract for the GH, but has he said the contract requires him to provide any new material?

[[Shep]]

has he said the contract requires him to provide any new material?

Yeah he's mentioned he owes two new singles.

[sheepdean]

Not understanding all the hope for a Ghosts track on this thing. It would (probably) be the only instrumental on the record and would throw the flow of the tracklisting out of whack, especially if it's at the end of the record.

34 Ghosts got grammy-nominated, and if the album is meant to show the best of NIN, that's kind of an obvious one

[gorast]

34 is the only Ghosts track that makes any kind of sense for a Greatest Hits record, really. It's nice and long, has distinct sections, and of course, there's the Grammy nod as Sheepdean mentioned.

[PhoenixML]

Not understanding all the hope for a Ghosts track on this thing. It would (probably) be the only instrumental on the record and would throw the flow of the tracklisting out of whack, especially if it's at the end of the record.

Exactly, except...
The Slip, Welcome Oblivion, The Downward Spiral, The Fragile, Year Zero

[OSLIN]

The Best of Nine Inch Nails (1989-2009)

Disc One (1989-1993)

01 Now I'm Nothing (Live)
02 Pinion (Live)
03 Terrible Lie (Live)
04 Wish (Live)
05 Down In It
06 Sanctified (version '13)
07 Gave Up (Fixed)
08 Sin
09 Head Like a Hole
10 Happiness in Slavery
11 Help Me I Am In Hell
12 Suck
13 Something I Can Never Have (Still)

Disc 2 (1994-2002)

01 Somewhat Damaged (Live)
02 Reptile
03 Starfuckers, Inc.
04 March of the Pigs (Live)
05 The Wretched
06 Into the Void
07 Closer to God
08 Burn
09 The Perfect Drug
10 We're In This Together
11 And All That Could Have Been
12 Hurt (Quiet)
13 The Day the World Went Away (Still)

Disc 3 (2003-2009)

01 Everyday Is Exactly the Same
02 Survivalism
03 The Hand That Feeds
04 1,000,000 (Live)
05 Capital G (Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D)
06 Only
07 Echoplex
08 Me, I'm Not
09 34 Ghosts IV
10 Zero-Sum
11 Right Where It Belongs (v2)
12 *Bonus Track
13 *Bonus Track

* Featuring two brand spanking new NIN songs, guaranteed to tantalize your tailbone

[sheepdean]

Okay, but those are albums with tracklists designed to compliment Trent's instrumental fetishes. A Greatest Hits album is just that: the hits. The singles. Occasionally a heralded fan favorite that is too popular to ignore for completion's sake.

34 Ghosts is none of those things. It's just one instrumental out of a set of 36 that got earmarked for a Grammy nomination.

Well, it depends if it's a "Greatest Hits" or "best of". Best ofs will have the weird tracks, the b sides and instrumentals.

[Kyle]

Don't get me wrong; I understand its inclusion from a statistical standpoint.

I just think it would stand out like a sore thumb in comparison to the rest of the tracks. It was never officially released as a single, was it? Wasn’t it just recognized as a Grammy-worthy instrumental? If it had not been nominated, I don’t think people would care about it nearly as much.

If Trent is involved with this, it will be more than a typical collection of singles and I don't think it would be out of place at all.

[ambergris]

I tried to make a b-sides/rare songs collection, but I gave up because the line is pretty fluid with NIN. And there's the NIN/Trent Reznor difference as well. And do I include original songs from the remix albums, or the half-remix/half-new songs like 10 Miles High? What about some of the soundtrack work, what about the new songs on Still? In fact, the problems begin already at the beginning, with Purest Feeling and Maybe Just Once, are they NIN?