Further Down the Spiral

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Further Down the Spiral
Further Down the Spiral cover
Remix album by Nine Inch Nails
Released June 1, 1995
Recorded Unique Studios, New York City; 1994-1995
Genre Industrial rock
Length 63:56
60:20 (V2)
Label Nothing Records
Producer Rick Rubin, Danny Hyde, Trent Reznor, Chris Vrenna
Professional reviews
Nine Inch Nails chronology
The Downward Spiral
(1994)		 Further Down the Spiral
(1995)		 Closure
(1997)
Alternate cover
V2 edition
V2 edition

Further Down the Spiral (also known as Halo 10 and Halo 10 V2) is an EP by Nine Inch Nails released in 1995. Further Down the Spiral is the tenth official Nine Inch Nails release and is the companion remix disc to The Downward Spiral. There are two editions of this release, one denoted as Halo 10 (released in the US) the other as Halo 10 V2 (released in Japan and the UK), each containing a different set of tracks with much overlap between them.

It has become one of the most popular remix discs ever released by Nine Inch Nails and was certified gold, June 26th, 1996, for sales in excess of 500,000 copies in the US alone. It showed a more varied and experimental point of view to the original and boasted many high profile contributors/remixers including Aphex Twin, J. G. Thirlwell, Dave Navarro, and Coil.

This disc includes remixes of "Mr Self Destruct", "Piggy", "Hurt", "Eraser", and several extended songs. An interesting piece of trivia on one such song: when fast forwarding through "Erased, Over, Out" Reznor can be heard screaming "Erase Me" through the entire track. The 2003 Aphex Twin compilation 26 Mixes for Cash contains shortened versions of "At The Heart of It All" and "The Beauty Of Being Numb".

[edit] "At the Heart of it All"

"At the Heart of It All" is an Aphex Twin track that appears on Further Down the Spiral. Along with "The Beauty of Being Numb", it is not a remixed track from The Downward Spiral like the other tracks on Further, but was created directly for the album by Aphex Twin. "At the Heart of It All" is an instrumental piece that begins with a metallic industrial drum-type beat, and eventually is interpolated with a haunting horn section that rises and falls throughout the remainder of the song. Due to its nature and title, it is commonly believed that the piece is a tribute or homage to a Coil piece of the same name from their 1984 LP Scatology.[citation needed]

[edit] Track listing

Halo 10
# Title Length
1. "Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)" (remix by Rick Rubin, guitar by Dave Navarro) 4:02
2. "The Art of Self Destruction, Part One" (remix by Nine Inch Nails, Sean Beavan, Brian Pollack) 5:41
3. "Self Destruction, Part Two" (remix by J. G. Thirlwell) 5:37
4. "The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" (remix by John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Drew McDowall, Danny Hyde) 7:28
5. "Hurt (Quiet)" (remix by Trent Reznor) 5:08
6. "Eraser (Denial; Realization)" (remix by Balance, Christopherson, McDowall, Hyde) 6:33
7. "At the Heart of It All" (created by Aphex Twin) 7:14
8. "Eraser (Polite)" (remix by Balance, Christopherson, McDowall, Hyde) 1:15
9. "Self Destruction, Final" (remix by Thirlwell) 9:52
10. "The Beauty of Being Numb" (section a remixed by NIN, Beavan, Pollack, section b created by Aphex Twin) 5:06
11. "Erased, Over, Out" (remix by Balance, Christopherson, McDowall, Hyde) 6:00
Halo 10 V2
# Title Length
1. "Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)" (remix by Rubin, guitar by Navarro) 4:02
2. "The Art of Self Destruction, Part One" (remix by NIN, Beavan, Pollack) 5:41
3. "Self Destruction, Part Three" (remix by Thirlwell) 3:28
4. "Heresy (Version)" (remix by Charlie Clouser) 5:19
5. "The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" (remix by Balance, Christopherson, McDowall, Hyde) 7:28
6. "Hurt (Live)"   5:07
7. "At the Heart of It All" (created by Aphex Twin) 7:14
8. "Ruiner (Version)" (remix by Clouser) 5:35
9. "Eraser (Denial; Realization)" (remix by Balance, Christopherson, McDowall, Hyde) 6:33
10. "Self Destruction, Final" (remix by Thirlwell) 9:52
11. "Reptilian" (Japanese edition only, from "March of the Pigs" single) 8:39

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