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rynne:
I can see where zekterellium is coming from, a bit.  My first reaction was that With Teeth was closer to Pretty Hate Machine than any other NIN album, in that it's more a collection of (relatively poppy) songs as opposed to a work with a larger theme or pseudo-theme.

That being said, I've always thought Trent's strong point was making tracks that are superficially noisy and ugly, but have a very accessible--if dark--song at the core.  And With Teeth seems like a celebration of that kind of work, so I'm pretty happy.

Empty Friend:
Two thumbs (and a fanboy boner) up. ;)

No, but seriously it's awesome.  And I don't think he's trying to recapture anything either, if anything when I first threw it in I thought he sounded like he had finally grown up past the "must destroy everything" stage.  Don't shoot me for saying this, but I was actually kind of reminded of the transition into more adult sounding music that Metallica went into from the Black Album to Load... except with about a 50 times better result in this case.

bainidhe_dub:
this thread made me go listen to the album through (just got several cd's from a friends on saturday, but been listening to (hed)p.e. nonstop)

i'm only up to Every Day Is Exactly The Same, but i like it pretty well so far, if it is a bit.. i don't want to say popish, but that's the word that comes to mind.
i warn you now, i'm very bad at describing music. it usually involve phrases like 'the blue and yellow up at the top.' but here goes.
i say popish because of the center sound of it all - it's sort of high and set apart from the rest, including the vocals. and the vocals sounds sort of glued on over the music.. but i like the bit, a guitar i suppose, i'm not good at distinguishing these things, that's off to the right of it all..
didn't i tell you? but i guess i'm trying to say that it's good but has a sort of processed, over-polished note that makes it sound more pop. like pre-faded jeans.. *stops talking*

Spencer:
First things first - It is simply impossible for me to grasp and comprehend the concept of thinking TDS is better then Pretty Hate Machine. Does Not Compute. Abort? Retry? Fail? I really cannot fathom how anyone could think PHM is the inferior album of the 2.

Secondly, as I commented about in the NIN thread from a few weeks ago, I really was excited by the few songs that (at the time) were leaked. But I havent gotten around to aquiring this album yet. Im really interested in the influence of Jeordie White on the overall sound of the band. He and Trent transformed Marilyn Manson into quite a resepctable group of musicians (just listen to the difference in musicianship between Portrait of an American Family and Antichrist Superstar).

Cpt.Fantastic:
I bought the album on Tuesday (first album I have bought on the week of release since....... Kaiser Chiefs' 'Employment') and all I can say is - AMAZING!

'The Hand That Feeds' and 'Every Day Is Exactly The Same' (is it called that?) are brilliant. It's knocked The Futureheads out of my Walkman, and it's gonna rock my iPod tonight.

9/10 - 'Brilliant'

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