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It is worth noting that since the Apple Music release of ''The Fragile Instrumental'', as well as ''Deviations 1'', the title has lost its parentheses and is printed as "Ripe With Decay". It is unclear if this was intentional or an oversight.
[[Image:Ripe_synth_screen_sm.JPG|thumb|Screenshot showing synthesizer tweaks a [https://www.native-instruments.com/en/reaktor-community/reaktor-user-library/entry/show/405/ Reaktor patch] used in "Ripe".]]
===Song Credits===
*Violin: [[Steve Duda]]
*Piano: [[Mike Garson]]
===Ripe (With Decay)===
This version is on the original CD and audio cassette releases of ''The Fragile''. The song mutates from a very beautiful piano improvisation by [[Mike Garson]] above a methodical, slinking guitar riff in 6/8, gradually descending into chaos with several instruments playing wildly and disharmoniously before all the sounds stop at once. The opening riff returns, this time with insect loops and a deep bass pad, crossfading with "Decay"; this movement initially builds on the "Ripe" riff with horns, bleating synth and piano, then slows down to a cadence of the bass pad surrounded by crickets. The second part of "Decay" begins in 4/4 with a new bass guitar riff, gradually joined by distant drum loops, strange acoustic and electric guitars, and Reznor's wordless, harmonized vocals, which cut off layer by layer.
===Ripe (With Decay) (Alt)===