Things Falling Apart

Not to be confused with Things Fall Apart.

Things Falling Apart
Remix album by Nine Inch Nails
Released	November 21, 2000 (2000-11-21)
Genre	Post-industrial industrial rock electronica glitch experimental
Length	53:22
Label	Nothing Interscope
Producer	Trent Reznor Joshua Eustis Danny Lohner Adrian Sherwood Mark Stewart Charles Cooper Turk Dietrich
Nine Inch Nails chronology
The Fragile (1999) Things Falling Apart (2000) And All That Could Have Been (2002)
Halo numbers chronology
Halo 15 (1999) Halo 16 (2000) Halo 17 (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Drowned in Sound	6/10[2]
NME	10/10 (sarcastically)[3]
Pitchfork	0.4/10[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

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".^[6] "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.

Track listing

All songs written by Trent Reznor, except where noted.

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Manipulator(s)	Length
1.	"Slipping Away"		Reznor Alan Moulder	6:11
2.	"The Great Collapse"		Reznor Moulder	4:42
3.	"The Wretched" (version)		Keith Hillebrandt	5:52
4.	"Starfuckers, Inc." (version)	Reznor Charlie Clouser	Adrian Sherwood	5:11
5.	"The Frail" (version)		Benelli	2:47
6.	"Starfuckers, Inc." (version)	Reznor Clouser	Dave Ogilvie	6:06
7.	"Where Is Everybody?" (version)		Danny Lohner Telefon Tel Aviv	5:07
8.	"Metal"	Gary Numan	Reznor Moulder	7:05
9.	"10 Miles High" (version)		Hillebrandt	5:11
10.	"Starfuckers, Inc." (version)	Reznor Clouser	Clouser	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

Side A

No.	Title	Manipulator(s)	Length
1.	"Slipping Away"	Reznor Moulder	6:11
2.	"The Great Collapse"	Reznor Moulder	4:43

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Manipulator(s)	Length
1.	"The Wretched" (version)		Hillebrandt	5:52
2.	"Starfuckers, Inc." (version)	Reznor Clouser	Sherwood	5:12

Side C

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Manipulator(s)	Length
1.	"The Frail" (version)		Benelli	2:47
2.	"Starfuckers, Inc." (version)	Reznor Clouser	Ogilvie	6:06
3.	"10 Miles High" (version)		Hillebrandt	5:12

Side D

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Manipulator(s)	Length
1.	"Metal"	Numan	Reznor Moulder	7:05
2.	"Where Is Everybody?" (version)		Lohner Telefon Tel Aviv	5:07
3.	"Starfuckers, Inc." (version)	Reznor Clouser	Clouser	5:09

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	59
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8]	73
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9]	85
UK Albums (OCC)[10]	98
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[11]	6
US Billboard 200[12]	67

References

1. Bregman, Adam. "Things Falling Apart – Nine Inch Nails". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
2. Reed, Graham (January 9, 2001). "Nine Inch Nails – Things Falling Apart". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
3. Naylor, Tony (December 8, 2000). "Nine Inch Nails : Things Falling Apart". NME. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
4. Kearney, Ryan (November 21, 2000). "Nine Inch Nails: Things Falling Apart". Pitchfork.
5. Walters, Barry (December 7, 2000). "Nine Inch Nails: Things Falling Apart". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
6. "Into the Void" (US promotional CD single). Nine Inch Nails. Nothing Records. 1999. INT5P-6754.
7. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 203.
8. ナイン・インチ・ネイルズのCDアルバムランキング [Nine Inch Nails CD album ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on October 11, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
9. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
10. "Nine Inch Nails | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
11. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
12. "Nine Inch Nails Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

External links

• Things Falling Apart at Discogs (list of releases)
• Archive of thingsfallingapart.com