Things Falling Apart

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{{Infobox album

| name = Things Falling Apart

| type = remix

| artist = Nine Inch Nails

| cover = Nine Inch Nails - Things Falling Apart.png

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2000|11|21}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Post-industrial|industrial rock|electronica|glitch|experimental}}

| length = {{duration|m=53|s=22}}

| label = {{hlist|Nothing|Interscope}}

| producer = {{hlist|Trent Reznor|Joshua Eustis|Danny Lohner|Adrian Sherwood|Mark Stewart|Charles Cooper|Turk Dietrich}}

| prev_title = The Fragile

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = And All That Could Have Been

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Halo numbers

| type = studio

| prev_title = Halo 15

| prev_year = 1999

| title = Halo 16

| year = 2000

| next_title = Halo 17

| next_year = 2002

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Bregman |first=Adam |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/things-falling-apart-mw0000101953 |title=Things Falling Apart – Nine Inch Nails |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=January 5, 2017}}

| rev2 = Drowned in Sound

| rev2Score = 6/10{{cite web |last=Reed |first=Graham |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2483/reviews/347- |title=Nine Inch Nails – Things Falling Apart |publisher=Drowned in Sound |date=January 9, 2001 |access-date=December 5, 2016 |archive-date=January 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106104553/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2483/reviews/347- |url-status=dead }}

| rev3 = NME

| rev3Score = 10/10 (sarcastically){{cite web |last=Naylor |first=Tony |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/nine-inch-nails/3649 |title=Nine Inch Nails : Things Falling Apart |work=NME |date=December 8, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123195720/http://www.nme.com/reviews/nine-inch-nails/3649 |archive-date=November 23, 2010 |access-date=July 22, 2009}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4Score = 0.4/10{{cite web |last=Kearney |first=Ryan |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5798-things-falling-apart/ |title=Nine Inch Nails: Things Falling Apart |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 21, 2000 }}

| rev5 = Rolling Stone

| rev5Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Walters |first=Barry |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/things-falling-apart-20001207 |title=Nine Inch Nails: Things Falling Apart |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 7, 2000 |access-date=April 25, 2012}}

}}

Things Falling Apart is the second remix album by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released by Nothing Records and Interscope Records on November 21, 2000. It is the companion remix disc to the band's third studio album, The Fragile. The U.S. promotional CD single for "Into the Void" is also labeled as "Halo 16".{{cite AV media notes |title="Into the Void" |type=US promotional CD single |others=Nine Inch Nails |publisher=Nothing Records |year=1999 |id=INT5P-6754}} "10 Miles High" is the only song that was a B-side to a Nine Inch Nails single to be included on the album, though the version on this release differs from the album/B-side version. It was only released on the vinyl version of The Fragile, while appearing as a B-side to the band's 1999 single "We're in This Together".

Unlike The Fragile, which received mostly positive reviews, Things Falling Apart was critically panned by reviewers and even received a sarcastic rating of 10/10 from NME.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Track listing

All songs written by Trent Reznor, except where noted.

=CD=

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Manipulator(s)

| title1 = Slipping Away

| writer1 =

| extra1 = {{hlist|Reznor|Alan Moulder}}

| length1 = 6:11

| title2 = The Great Collapse

| writer2 =

| extra2 = {{hlist|Reznor|Moulder}}

| length2 = 4:42

| title3 = The Wretched

| note3 = version

| writer3 =

| extra3 = Keith Hillebrandt

| length3 = 5:52

| title4 = Starfuckers, Inc.

| note4 = version

| writer4 = {{hlist|Reznor|Charlie Clouser}}

| extra4 = Adrian Sherwood

| length4 = 5:11

| title5 = The Frail

| note5 = version

| writer5 =

| extra5 = Benelli

| length5 = 2:47

| title6 = Starfuckers, Inc.

| note6 = version

| writer6 = {{hlist|Reznor|Clouser}}

| extra6 = Dave Ogilvie

| length6 = 6:06

| title7 = Where Is Everybody?

| note7 = version

| writer7 =

| extra7 = {{hlist|Danny Lohner|Telefon Tel Aviv}}

| length7 = 5:07

| title8 = Metal

| writer8 = Gary Numan

| extra8 = {{hlist|Reznor|Moulder}}

| length8 = 7:05

| title9 = 10 Miles High

| note9 = version

| writer9 =

| extra9 = Hillebrandt

| length9 = 5:11

| title10 = Starfuckers, Inc.

| note10 = version

| writer10 = {{hlist|Reznor|Clouser}}

| extra10 = Clouser

| length10 = 5:09

| total_length = 53:22

}}

Notes

  • The digital release is identical to the CD version, except each track is cut off by one second, affecting the seamless flow between several tracks.

=12" vinyl=

{{Track listing

| headline = Side A

| extra_column = Manipulator(s)

| title1 = Slipping Away

| writer1 =

| extra1 = {{hlist|Reznor|Moulder}}

| length1 = 6:11

| title2 = The Great Collapse

| writer2 =

| extra2 = {{hlist|Reznor|Moulder}}

| length2 = 4:43

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side B

| extra_column = Manipulator(s)

| title1 = The Wretched

| note1 = version

| writer1 =

| extra1 = Hillebrandt

| length1 = 5:52

| title2 = Starfuckers, Inc.

| note2 = version

| writer2 = {{hlist|Reznor|Clouser}}

| extra2 = Sherwood

| length2 = 5:12

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side C

| extra_column = Manipulator(s)

| title1 = The Frail

| note1 = version

| writer1 =

| extra1 = Benelli

| length1 = 2:47

| title2 = Starfuckers, Inc.

| note2 = version

| writer2 = {{hlist|Reznor|Clouser}}

| extra2 = Ogilvie

| length2 = 6:06

| title3 = 10 Miles High

| note3 = version

| writer3 =

| extra3 = Hillebrandt

| length3 = 5:12

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side D

| extra_column = Manipulator(s)

| title1 = Metal

| writer1 = Numan

| extra1 = {{hlist|Reznor|Moulder}}

| length1 = 7:05

| title2 = Where Is Everybody?

| note2 = version

| writer2 =

| extra2 = {{hlist|Lohner|Telefon Tel Aviv}}

| length2 = 5:07

| title3 = Starfuckers, Inc.

| note3 = version

| writer3 = {{hlist|Reznor|Clouser}}

| extra3 = Clouser

| length3 = 5:09

}}

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2000)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=203}}

| 59

scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/118277/ranking/cd_album/ |script-title=ja:ナイン・インチ・ネイルズのCDアルバムランキング |trans-title=Nine Inch Nails CD album ranking |language=ja |publisher=Oricon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011201816/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/118277/ranking/cd_album/ |archive-date=October 11, 2013 |access-date=January 5, 2017}}

| 73

{{album chart|Scotland|85|date=2000-11-26|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2017}}
{{album chart|UK|98|artist=Nine Inch Nails|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2017}}
{{album chart|UKRock|6|date=20001126|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2017}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|67|artist=Nine Inch Nails|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2017}}

References

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