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CainRipley
While The Downward Spiral incorporates my suicidal thoughts and reflects on how my mind and soul has been rotten for years, ever since I was just a little kid, The Fragile also comforts that disturbed side of me. I'm not proud of saying that I unfortunately got used to being numb of my own melancholia, and that I've accepted being a pessimistic person, but this album feels like he is personally telling me, "Hey, everything is going to be fine. Keep on going on. Things will get better, I promise". It's such a intimate and personal work of art that I cannot help but to cry while listening to it - which is why I don't listen to it much as TDS. TDS is pure chaos, and exactly my type of music I want to listen to, and TF feels like a shock of reality to what I have to go through with my own self-loathing. I'm not saying that it's a bad thing though - it just feels so... chilling. Thank you Trent for making this and showing it to the whole world. Such a badass fucking guy.
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yumyan103
the. best. album. by NIN. The whole first disc gets me everytime. TDS is awesome but I don't feel Trent was as fucked up than he was recording TF. His grandma passed away, he almost committed suicide, and then would overdose on tour for this album. The Day the World Went Away is just.... wow.
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totalidiocy
don't even know what can be said honestly. probably the most important piece of media to me i have ever experienced
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Laura_zddsc
I always wondered what the fuck that album cover was. The first time I saw it I literally thought the image was bugged
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totalidiocy
i don't think anyone will ever understand how much this thing means to me and that makes me really sad
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AcidHorizon
I can still remember when I stumbled across this CD in 2003. I bought this and Pretty Hate Machine on a whim to impress this girl in my 8th grade class. It didn't work out with the girl but 20 years later and this album has stayed with me through thick and thin. Absolute masterpiece.
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PINKEGODEATH
hate tbis album . killed my entire family fucked my crops and called me ugly . 10/10 would listen again
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PINKEGODEATH
this album is literally so me it's unreal im not kidding when i say i kin this entire album and every track here i should be institutionalized i am not to be trusted when arpund this album i am so ill about it im going to throw up it means so much to me and so does nine inch nails music in general i love it so much
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PINKEGODEATH
this album has ripped my heart out spit on my soul and picked me up from a hole of deep infinite darkness and gave me the most meaningful warm hug of my life in my worst days i relate to this album on a ridiculous scale and its the best fucking thing ever. mr. torrent razor is a lyrical genius 11/10
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VikIsThicc
The first album I listened from front to back since I came back from the behavioral health unit due to my worsening depression. I listened to The Downward Spiral at what may as well be one of the darkest moments of my life and was comforted by the horrors presented. However, The Fragile presents a growth between its two interchangeable discs. It's a fleeting one, but one that's there and thriving to become more permanent. I feel similarly. It hurt every time there was a relapse in the tracklist. But that's what it's like to suffer with depression. You can cope with it better on some days than others, and the events in your life feel much more impactful when they shouldn't be. It's that small scope in the perspective that speeds the world up and slows us down as Trent put it. It's a work in progress; an infinite healing process. It's the effort and perseverance to get better, no matter for someone else or yourself, that matters the most. One of my favorite albums ever. Thank you, NIN.
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totalidiocy
me too, nin basically picked me up when i was ready to let myself fall and gave me what i needed to help myself. this album pulled me in. i genuinely don’t know if i would be alive without it and i love it forever. and i’m a girl and stuff now so that’s cool and i can say TRENT REZNOR TRANSED ME!!!!!!!!!
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VikIsThicc
I'm glad NIN gave you the solace you needed. We're twinning by the way :DD Congratulations on discovering yourself!
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Clark_Nova1
8.7 in my internet reality (https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22746-the-fragile-2017-definitive-edition-the-fragile-deviations-1/)
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nfopuhfxir
They change their reviews retrospectively, which is even more pathetic. If your going to give it a bad review, you better stand by it, you cowardly cunts!
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HuppumiesIsPest
Stop paying attention to reviewers. A reviewer is just some asshole with an opinion. They don't matter and their taste should mean absolutely fuck all to anyone else. They are not an authority on anything but their own preferences. They do not have some mystical knowledge on enjoying music you don't possess. Reviews serve barely any purpose and can never tell you whether or not you'll like something. It's completely irrelevant if some self-important twat, who feels their opinion is important enough to publish, didn't like this album as long as it sounds good to you.
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AcidHorizon
Well said, I couldn't agree more. It is absolutely ridiculous how Fontana (Or whatever his dumbass name is), Pitchfork, Sputnikmusic etc etc "Influence peoples taste".
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TheWatcher777
Well critics like Pitchfork are much worse than just a standard reviewer since their reviews are paid for and not even honest about what they're reviewing. Most of these critics don't even listen to the album when they review them! Mainstream critics are a complete and utter joke.
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todayistheday1
Remember buying this first day it came out and being a little disappointed. That didn't last long, though. One of my favorite albums now.
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