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Halo 16 - Things Falling Apart

Things Falling Apart (also known as Halo 16) by Nine Inch Nails, released on November 21, 2000, is described as a collection of "various manipulations of songs recorded from The Fragile sessions." An official website was set up for its release. A two-track promotional version of Into The Void was released in the US and was incorrectly labeled as Halo 16.

Track Listing

About the release

CD Release

"Slipping Away" - 6:11
"The Great Collapse" - 4:42
"The Wretched" (Version) - 5:52
"Starfuckers, Inc." (Version) - 5:11
"The Frail" (Version) - 2:47
"Starfuckers, Inc." (Version) - 6:06
"Where Is Everybody?" (Version) - 5:07
"Metal" - 7:05
"10 Miles High" (Version) - 5:11
"Starfuckers, Inc." (Version) - 5:09

Vinyl Release

     A1 "Slipping Away" – 6:11
     A2 "The Great Collapse" – 4:42
     B1 "The Wretched" (version) – 5:52
     B2 "Starfuckers, Inc." (version) – 5:11
     C1 "The Frail" (version) – 2:47
     C2 "Starfuckers, Inc." (version) – 6:06
     C3 "10 Miles High" (version) – 5:11
     D1 "Metal" – 7:05
     D2 "Where Is Everybody?" (version) – 5:07
     D3 "Starfuckers, Inc." (version) – 5:09

Artwork

In a February 2020 Reddit AMA session[1], Rob Sheridan elaborated on the process of creating the artwork and how it informed his creativity going forward:

The first album art I was ever tasked with making was for NIN's Things Falling Apart. It was a companion album to The Fragile, which David Carson did the art for. Carson was a design hero of mine, so of course playing in his style was exhilarating but also very intimidating for a very young, very new designer. A lot of Carson's imagery was accidental snapshots of every day things that he'd capture with disposable cameras and polaroids, and the out-of-focus nature of them turned simple things into abstract art (the red texture on the cover of The Fragile is an out-of-focus snapshot of the inside of a shell, for example). To start capturing some of my own for TFA, I experimented with a macro lens for the first time, and later bought one to make imagery with. It sounds like basic art school shit now because you can get a macro lens for your phone for like $30, but it was very expensive niche equipment back then. Through that lens, and taking what I'd learned from Carson, I started to see art and texture in everything I looked at. Needing new imagery for a project and just looking around wherever I am and finding tiny details in it has never steered me wrong ever since.

Album Credits

CD Release

All songs written by Trent Reznor except 4, 6, 8, 10
4, 6, 10 written by Trent Reznor and Charlie Clouser
8 written by Gary Numan

Manipulated by:

1, 2, 8 Trent Reznor and Alan Moulder
3, 9 Keith Hillebrandt
4 Adrian Sherwood for 140dB

additional production: Adrian Sherwood and Mark Stewart engineered by Alan Branch

5 Benelli

production: Joshua Eustis, Turk Dietrich violin: Steve Hakel cello: Marc Paradis

6 Dave Ogilvie
7 Danny Lohner featuring Telefon Tel Aviv

production: Danny Lohner, Joshua Eustis, Charles Cooper Joshua Eustis and Charles Cooper appear courtesy of Hefty Records (www.heftyrecords.com)

10 Charlie Clouser

Management: John A. Malm, Jr. for Conservative
Publicity: Susan Celia Swan for Nothing
International: Simon Baeyertz for Nothing
Design and photography: Rob Sheridan
Special thanks: Jeff Anderson and Steve Bottomley

Promotional Trailer Credits

Director: Bill Casanova
Assistant DP: Alex Vlacos
Producer: Chris Risner
Editor: Rob Sheridan
Format: 16mm
Broadcast version: 30 seconds
Full version (web only): 60 seconds

External Links

Discography

Previous release - "We're In This Together"

Halo number: 16

Next release - "And All That Could Have Been and Still"

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+[[Image:Tfa cover.jpg|thumb|Halo 16 - ''Things Falling Apart'']]
-'''''Things Falling Apart''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 16]]'''''), released  2000/11/21, is described as a collection of "various manipulations of songs recorded from ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' sessions." [[Thingsfallingapart.com|An official website]] was set up for its release.
+'''''Things Falling Apart''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 16]]''''') by [[Nine Inch Nails]], released on November 21, 2000, is described as a collection of "various manipulations of songs recorded from ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' sessions." [[Thingsfallingapart.com|An official website]] was set up for its release.
-A two-track promotional version of ''[[Into The Void (halo)|Into The Void]]'' was released in the US and incorrectly labeled as [[Halo numbers|Halo 16]].
+A two-track promotional version of ''[[Into The Void (halo)|Into The Void]]'' was released in the US and was incorrectly labeled as [[Halo numbers|Halo 16]].
 ==Track Listing==
 [[Image:About tfa.jpg|thumb|About the release]]
@@ Line 19: / Line 20: @@
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A1&nbsp; "Slipping Away" – 6:11<br>
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A2&nbsp; "The Great Collapse" – 4:42<br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B1&nbsp; "The Wretched (version)" – 5:52 <br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B1&nbsp; "The Wretched" (version) – 5:52 <br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B2&nbsp; "Starfuckers, Inc. (version)" – 5:11 <br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B2&nbsp; "Starfuckers, Inc." (version) – 5:11 <br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C1&nbsp; "The Frail (version)" – 2:47 <br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C1&nbsp; "The Frail" (version) – 2:47 <br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C2&nbsp; "Starfuckers, Inc. (version)" – 6:06<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C2&nbsp; "Starfuckers, Inc." (version) – 6:06<br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C3&nbsp; "10 Miles High (version)" – 5:11 <br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C3&nbsp; "10 Miles High" (version) – 5:11 <br>
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D1&nbsp; "Metal" – 7:05 <br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D2&nbsp; "Where Is Everybody? (version)" – 5:07<br>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D2&nbsp; "Where Is Everybody?" (version) – 5:07<br>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D3&nbsp; "Starfuckers, Inc. (version)" – 5:09
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D3&nbsp; "Starfuckers, Inc." (version) – 5:09
+==Artwork==
+In a February 2020 Reddit AMA session[https://www.patreon.com/posts/rob-sheridan-ama-34278427], [[Rob Sheridan]] elaborated on the process of creating the artwork and how it informed his creativity going forward:
+<blockquote>The first album art I was ever tasked with making was for NIN's ''Things Falling Apart.'' It was a companion album to ''The Fragile,'' which David Carson did the art for. Carson was a design hero of mine, so of course playing in his style was exhilarating but also very intimidating for a very young, very new designer. A lot of Carson's imagery was accidental snapshots of every day things that he'd capture with disposable cameras and polaroids, and the out-of-focus nature of them turned simple things into abstract art (the red texture on the cover of The Fragile is an out-of-focus snapshot of the inside of a shell, for example). To start capturing some of my own for TFA, I experimented with a macro lens for the first time, and later bought one to make imagery with. It sounds like basic art school shit now because you can get a macro lens for your phone for like $30, but it was very expensive niche equipment back then. Through that lens, and taking what I'd learned from Carson, I started to see art and texture in everything I looked at. Needing new imagery for a project and just looking around wherever I am and finding tiny details in it has never steered me wrong ever since.</blockquote>
 ==Album Credits==
@@ Line 33: / Line 39: @@
 *4, 6, 10 written by Trent Reznor and [[Charlie Clouser]]
 *8 written by [[Gary Numan]]<br>
-<br>
 Manipulated by:
 *1, 2, 8 Trent Reznor and [[Alan Moulder]]
@@ Line 45: / Line 51: @@
 cello: Marc Paradis
 *6 [[Dave Ogilvie]]
-*7 [[Danny Lohner]] featuring [[Telefon Tel Aviv]]
+*7 [[Danny Lohner]] featuring Telefon Tel Aviv
 production: Danny Lohner, Joshua Eustis, Charles Cooper
 Joshua Eustis and Charles Cooper appear courtesy of Hefty Records (www.heftyrecords.com)
 *10 Charlie Clouser<br>
-<br>
 *Management: [[John A. Malm, Jr.]] for Conservative
-*Publicity: Susan Celia Swan for Nothing
+*Publicity: Susan Celia Swan for [[Nothing Records|Nothing]]
 *International: Simon Baeyertz for Nothing
-*Design and photography: [[Rob Sheridan]]
+*Design and photography: Rob Sheridan
 *Special thanks: Jeff Anderson and Steve Bottomley
-==Television Commercial Credits==
+==Promotional Trailer Credits==
 * Director: Bill Casanova
 * Assistant DP: Alex Vlacos
@@ Line 62: / Line 68: @@
 * Editor: Rob Sheridan
 * Format: 16mm
-* Duration: 30 seconds
+* Broadcast version: 30 seconds
+* Full version (web only): 60 seconds
-==External links==
+==External Links==
-*[http://www.nin.com Official Nine Inch Nails site]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwGvwt8fZqE ''Things Falling Apart'' TV spot]
-*[http://nin.ru/tfa/ nin.ru/tfa]
+*[http://nincatalog.com/things-falling-apart/ ''Things Falling Apart'' at nincatalog.com]
-*[http://www.nincatalog.com/index.asp?halo=16 Halo 16 at nincatalog.com]
-*[http://www.nincollector.com/archive/releases/halo_16/halo16.htm Halo 16 at nincollector.com]
-*[http://www.discogs.com/release/3526 discogs.com: ''Things Falling Apart'' (US CD)]
-*[http://www.discogs.com/release/66180 discogs.com: ''Things Falling Apart'' (US 2x12")]
-*[http://www.rob-sheridan.com/video/tfa.html TV Commercial]
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