31 Ghosts IV

Album:Ghosts I–IV

Length:2:26

Tempo:61 BPM

Versions:31 Ghosts IV

Live:Lights In The Sky Tour
NIN 2014 Japan Tour

"31 Ghosts IV" is the thirty-first track on 2008's Ghosts I–IV.

Song Credits

• Written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• Additional guitar: Adrian Belew

Appearances

Halos

• Ghosts I–IV

Seeds

• The Definitive NIN - Heavy Tracks

Versions

31 Ghosts IV

This is the only known version. Aggressive drums and guitar riff start the song. A distorted synthesizer plays, and drones fade in underneath, leading to a heavy guitar riff reminiscent of The Fragile-era songs. The riff ends, and synth noise plays in its place. The guitar riff re-enters, followed by layers of noise that build up and end abruptly, leaving a quiet drone that ends the song.

Live

This song made its live debut at the dress rehearsal show of the Lights In The Sky Tour. It then become a staple of the tour, but was uniquely played as part of the main set rather than the Ghosts mini-set.

It was played as a one-off in Japan on February 26, 2014 - the only time a song from Ghosts I-IV has been played live outside of the Lights in the Sky Tour.

Differences in Artwork

It should be noted that much of the artwork embedded in the files of the official download of Ghosts I–IV from nin.com are not just cropped versions of the photographs in the PDF. In this case, the two photographs are completely different.

Extracted from album art.

Taken from the PDF.

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