Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug

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Music Review: A Review (Version)
Rating: 5 Stars

So with that in mind, I think "The Perfect Drug" EP is great! All the mixes are different, running the range from dub to trance to industrial. Meat Beat Manifesto's version starts things off with Jack Dangers' quintessential blend of frenetic beats, and dub basslines. Even the bits from the original song sound more like random samples as opposed to a remix. My personal favorite is the "Plug" version. It's so ethereal and ambient, with amazing textures and sounds. It also seems to retain the most tracks from the original song, and the beats are just infectious. The NIN version is interesting because it bears little resemblance to the original song. It's not so much an interpretation as it is a completely new song with just a few bits from the original thrown in to tie it in. It's hard, it's fast, and it's industrial. The version by Spacetime Continuum is great for its trance-like feel, but it doesn't go as far as one might hope. The Orb version is perhaps the weirdest, with perhaps the most interesting synth sounds on the whole CD. The import edition of this CD has the original song as the last track.

I think the CD is a wonderful example of how electronic music translates across its own subgenres, and if anything shows off the talents of all who contributed. I choose not to look at it as a single or a remix CD, but rather a compilation of different electronic artists with a common theme, that theme being NIN's "The Perfect Drug." If people would try to look at it this way, I think there'd be less disappointment. But then again, so many people are justly blindly following the NIN-Army that they don't care, it has to be NIN or nothing (and yes, that is a bit of a pun). I like NIN, and I have most of the CD's, but to hate something because it doesn't sound like NIN is just plain arrogant. Give this CD a chance, it's actually really good.

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