pigeonpartytime

for "legal" reasons i cannot rank a nine inch nails album below 90. every nin album is perfection and obviously this is no exception.

The Night is where Morphine took a darker tone; muddier bass, deeper sax, more intricate percussion. Mark Sandman’s band never sounded better than with the nuclear creative freedom Mark pursued that both brought the group (members past and present) closer together yet also almost tore it all apart. His creative force was one to be reckoned with, all consuming of the project. Everything they had done had literally and metaphorically culminated in this album. The Night was the first to ... read more

i would love to know which warner music exec called up the folks at rhino/rykodisc asking for a remaster of this live bootleg-but-blessed-by-the-man-of-sand album like "hey guys how can we wring out a few extra dollars to line our pockets and appease shareholders?" and their answer was clearly lets put out this remaster but not even consider the sequencing for a millisecond while adding extra tracks for the streaming audience. now don't get me wrong i love the added tracks, ... read more

Much of Yes follows a mantra of capturing the essence of characters forged from frontman Mark Sandman’s mind, the record feels like a compilation of vignettes each bound by passion, hedonism, sensuality, lust: elements of a personification of fire. This theme is present all throughout the record, even in its artwork- a bold, burning fireplace with the silhouette of an owl statuette obscured by shadow; itself a nod to the band’s namesake Morpheus. Subtle imagery is core to the ... read more