《The Fragile》

	演唱歌手	Nine Inch Nails
	发行时间	1999-09-21
	发行公司	Nothing/Interscope
	语言总类	英语
As the double-disc The Fragile unfurls, all of Nine Inch Nails' trademarks — gargantuan, processed guitars, ominous electro rhythms, near- ambient keyboards, Trent Reznor's shredded vocals and tortured words — are unveiled, all sounding pretty much how they did on The Downward Spiral. Upon closer inspection, there are new frills, yet these aren't apparent without digging — and what's on the surface isn't necessarily inviting, either. There is nothing as rhythmic or catchy as "Closer," nothing as jarring as the piano chorus of "March of the Pigs," no ballad as naked as "Hurt." When Reznor does try for something immediate and visceral, he sounds recycled. Fortunately, The Fragile lives up to its title once the first disc is over. There are some detours into noisy bluster (some, like the Ma...