Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts I-IV (2008)

Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN) is an industrial rock act, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction. NIN’s music straddles a wide range of genres, while retaining a characteristic sound using electronic instruments and processing.

Ghosts I–IV (also known as Halo 26) is the seventh studio album by Nine Inch Nails.  It contains 36 instrumental tracks and was recorded in ten weeks of autumn 2007 and is the first Nine Inch Nails album released without a record label contract.

According to the official Nine Inch Nails website, Ghosts I–IV arose from an experiment: “The rules were as follows: 10 weeks, no clear agenda, no overthinking, everything driven by impulse. Whatever happens during that time gets released as… something.” Reznor explained that “I’ve been considering and wanting to make this kind of record for years, but by its very nature it wouldn’t have made sense until this point”.

Tracklist:

All songs written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, except where noted.

Ghosts I

1. “1 Ghosts I” 
2. “2 Ghosts I” 
3. “3 Ghosts I” 
4. “4 Ghosts I”  (Alessandro Cortini, Reznor, Ross)
5. “5 Ghosts I” 
6. “6 Ghosts I” 
7. “7 Ghosts I”
8. “8 Ghosts I”
9. “9 Ghosts I”

Ghosts II

1. “10 Ghosts II” 
2. “11 Ghosts II”  (Reznor, Ross, Cortini)
3. “12 Ghosts II” 
4. “13 Ghosts II” 
5. “14 Ghosts II”
6. “15 Ghosts II” 
7. “16 Ghosts II” 
8. “17 Ghosts II”  (Cortini, Reznor, Ross)
9. “18 Ghosts II”

Ghosts III

1. “19 Ghosts III” (Reznor, Ross, Cortini, Brian Viglione)
2. “20 Ghosts III”
3. “21 Ghosts III” 
4. “22 Ghosts III” (Reznor, Ross, Cortini, Viglione)
5. “23 Ghosts III” 
6. “24 Ghosts III” 
7. “25 Ghosts III” (Reznor, Ross, Adrian Belew)
8. “26 Ghosts III”
9. “27 Ghosts III” (Reznor, Ross, Belew)

Ghosts IV

1. “28 Ghosts IV” 
2. “29 Ghosts IV” (Reznor, Ross, Cortini)
3. “30 Ghosts IV” 
4. “31 Ghosts IV” 
5. “32 Ghosts IV”
6. “33 Ghosts IV” (Reznor, Ross, Cortini)
7. “34 Ghosts IV” 
8. “35 Ghosts IV” 
9. “36 Ghosts IV” 

cheers & GB…