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Prior to its release, the single ''[[The Day The World Went Away (halo)|The Day The World Went Away]]'' came out on July 20; following ''The Fragile,'' ''[[We're In This Together (halo)|We're In This Together]]'' was released in three parts on December 14. A collection featuring several [[Remixes|remixes ]] and new material from ''The Fragile'' was released as ''[[Things Falling Apart]]'' on November 21, 2000.

The [[Fragility 2.0]] tour was filmed and released as ''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'' on 2-disc DVD (both Dolby Digital and DTS versions) and VHS on January 22, 2002. It was also released as a live CD, eventually combined with a second disc of re-constructed material and new songs called ''[[Still]].'' ==10th anniversary Reissue==In a Question and Answer session with NIN fans, Reznor hinted at the reissue of The Fragile for early 2010, a statement repeated via the [http://twitter.com/nineinchnails/status/4157519090 official twitter account], calling it an "Ultimate reissue." [[Rob Sheridan]] has since mentioned that the project is delayed due to packaging decisions, and as yet there is no new reissue date. [[Alan Moulder]] is working on a 5.1 surround sound mix for the re-issue[http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/mv/msg/32698/502417/0/#msg_502417]. ==Track ListingList=====CD Release===

 ===12" Vinyl Release===

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A2&nbsp; "The Day the The World Went Away" – 5:01<br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B1&nbsp; "We're in In This Together" – 7:17<br>

====Differences to the To The CD versionVersion====Many of the tracks on the vinyl release differ from the their CD equivalent:

The tracklist track list for the double cassette releases of ''The Fragile'' follow the CD tracklisttrack list, save for the insertion of "[[+Appendage]]" onto the end of "Please" on US and EU copies. The first tape splits between "Just Like You Imagined" and "Even Deeper," while the second tape splits between either "Please (+ Appendage)" and "Starfuckers, Inc."(most US versions) or "Starfuckers, Inc." and "Complication" (non-US and also some US versions). ''The Fragile'' was the final NIN release to be officially issued on cassette. Subsequent albums have been issued on cassette in other countries, though they are of questionable authenticity.

==Instrumental Versions=====''The Fragile Instrumental''===[[Image:FragileInst.jpg|thumb|''The Fragile Instrumental'' Artwork]]''The Fragile Instrumental'' was made available on June 30th 2015 via Apple Music. It contained instrumentals of every track, with some also being alternate versions (see the [[Remixes#The_Fragile_Era|remixes]] page for details.) It also contained three previously unheard tracks:*"[[The March]]" (Instrumental)*"[[Hello, Everything Is Not OK]]" (Instrumental) (a demo of "10 Miles High")*"[[Can I Stay Here?]]" (Instrumental) It was released along with ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth Instrumental]]'', and is exclusive to the Apple Music platform. It is also notable that it contains the first non-cassette version of "+Appendage". "The Frail" and "Pilgrimage" were not included in the playlist posted on Apple Music, but are still available as tracks on the service. ===''[[The Fragile: Deviations 1]]''===On December 16, 2016 an expanded instrumental version of ''The Fragile'' on 180 gram vinyl was announced. Entitled ''The Fragile: Deviations 1'', it began shipping in June 2017 and contains over an hour of unreleased material. ==Sequencing=====For Different Formats===[[Trent Reznor]] on the different track sequencing for different formats: <blockquote><p>"Hello everybody. I've been doing a lot of European press lately and they've been mentioning the various configurations of 'the fragile' and wondering if there was a reason (other than to make the hard-core fan buy them all) to have some different tracks on them. <br><br>If you're curious, here's why. We agonized over the sequencing of the record and focused solely on the CD config. as the definitive one. After the decision was made to move to two CDs the problem then became removing tracks to get the right feel and flow. <br><br>Taking the new flesh' off the CD was a tough call because Alan and myself really like the track, but it destroyed the balance and it just didn't fit. <br><br>When we assembled the cassette, we now had four beginnings and endings to contend with instead of two of each (for the CD) follow? It worked out pretty well just dividing the songs up, but we wanted the A sides of the cassettes to be slightly longer than the B sides (so that when the tape flips over you are not in the middle of the first song on that side). We added the 'appendage' to 'please' to make that work. <br><br>For the vinyl, the decision to move to three discs was based on fidelity. (you can only fit so many minutes on a side of vinyl before it degrades the sound) <br><br>So now we are faced with SIX beginnings and endings. Simply splitting the sides up didn't work as well this time so we decided to include the other two tracks we had been considering ('10 miles high' and 'the new flesh') as well as use the full unedited versions of all the other songs on the record. The vinyl sequencing has actually grown on me lately as a viable alternate! -just thought you might want to know…"</p> <p>—Reznor [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xart180.shtml]</p></blockquote> ===Early Track Sequences===

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Note that whilst "Anomaly" has been confirmed to be the working title of "[[The Way Out Is Through]]", the final titles for "Rotation" and "Stained" have not been revealed; "[[Underneath It All]]" may be the final title for the latter, based on its prominent lyrical use of the word. ===Bob Ezrin on Album Sequencing===Bob Ezrin posted on [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?p=1966685&sid=9660ab52e8096b0e71a1bf91d0198514#1966685 ETS] about his experience working on ''The Fragile''. <blockquote><p>"Trent was anything but brain addled at the time we were completing the Fragile. He was brilliant and feverishly recording and mixing in 3 rooms at the same time to complete the project on time for its scheduled release. What he had realized was that he'd created a work that was much longer than was practical to release and that wasn't quite hanging together the way he had hoped when he created its individual parts. Remember, there are thousands of bits of music and lyric that went into this record and they were recorded asynchronously. So he called me for help. Luckily, I had just come off another project and was able to head to New Orleans immediately—supposedly for a few days.</p> <p>My job was to take all of this work and reorganize it to more practically and effectively tell the story that originally generated all these bits. Sort of like editing a film. Trent had "shot" more than he needed and it wasn't hanging together the way he wanted. But he was also tied to the other studios recording and mixing while this was going on so he needed someone he trusted to come in and take over the "editing" process and help his "film" hang together better.</p> <p>And it was a totally thrilling process. We had SO much stuff and so much to say but we needed to tighten it up and review the pacing etc. So we were literally working round the clock for what turned out to be weeks until we finally nailed it and I was able to go home.</p> <p>I loved working with him - and his whole team in fact - on this project. It just increased my respect for him as an artist and a man."</p><p>— Bob Ezrin</p></blockquote> 

The album was supported by a tour that visited North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. The chaos of earlier tours was beginning to subside and the shows were somewhat more focused on production and good performance. During the North American portion of the tour, three tall rectangular screens were lowered mid-set for showing pieces of film. Despite the fact that [[Trent Reznor]] was in the throes of addiction during this tour, it was well-received by fans and critics alike.The [[Fragility 2.0]] tour was filmed and released as ''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'' on 2-disc DVD (both Dolby Digital and DTS versions) and VHS in 2002. It was also released as a live CD, at one point combined with a second disc of re-constructed material and new songs called ''[[Still]].''

==Trent Reznor on ''The Fragile''Concept and Interpretations==

On ==="From Machine To Man: An Interpretation of The Fragile"===This is a lengthy interpretation of the different track sequencing for different formatsalbum's story written in 2000. Read it at:* http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/otherinterpretation.shtml

<blockquote>==Recurring themes and styles==<p>* The piano and bassline of "La Mer" is reused for "Into The Void"Hello everybody. IThe piano motif is also played at the end of "We've been doing re In This Together" at a lot slower tempo.* The piano in "The Frail" is repeated in the guitar solo of European press lately and they've been mentioning "The Fragile".* The descending wah guitar melody played during the various configurations intro of "We'the fragile' and wondering if there was a reason (other than re In This Together" is similar to make the hard-core fan buy them all) to have some different tracks on themwah guitar that occurs roughly halfway into "Complication".  If you're curious, here's why. We agonized over * The three note motif used in the sequencing first part of "The Great Below" is briefly quoted in the record ending of "We're In This Together" two semitones down and focused solely on the CD configat a slower tempo. as the definitive one. After the decision was made This melody may also be used to move to two CDs end the problem then became removing tracks to get the right feel guitar solo, and flow.  Taking the new flesh' off the CD was may be played on a tough call because Alan and myself really like background synth at the track, but it destroyed end of the balance and it just didn't fitfirst verse of "The Wretched".  When we assembled the cassette, we now had four beginnings * "The Great Below" climax melody and endings to contend with instead of two of each (bassline are reused for a quiet bridge in the CD) follow? It worked out pretty well just dividing the songs up, but we wanted the A sides of the cassettes to be slightly longer than the B sides leftover/outtake "[[And All That Could Have Been (so that when the tape flips over you are not in the middle of the first song on that side)|And All That Could Have Been]]". We added the * A sampler keyboard pad created from Reznor'appendage' to 'please' to make that works voice is used for "The Frail" and leftover/outtake "[[Leaving Hope]]". * Rapidly ascending, very chromatic guitar riffs are prominently featured in "Somewhat Damaged", "The Day The World Went Away", and "The Wretched".For the vinyl* Mike Garson's piano improvisations are prominently featured on "Just Like You Imagined", "The Way Out is Through", the decision and "Ripe (With Decay)".* The lyric "underneath it all" from "The Way Out is Through" is repeated in and used to move to three discs was based on fidelitytitle "Underneath It All". (* The lyrics "now you can only fit so many minutes on a side of vinyl before know/this is what it degrades feels like" are the sound) refrain for both "The Wretched" and leftover/outtake "[[The Great Collapse]]". So * The lyric "[[Nothing Can Stop Me Now|nothing can stop me now we are faced with SIX beginnings ]]" appears in "La Mer" and endings. Simply splitting the sides up didn"We't work as well this time so we decided to include re In This Together", albeit translated into French Creole on the other two tracks we had been considering ('10 miles high' former and 'the new flesh') as well as use the full unedited versions altered to "none of all the other songs them can stop us now" on the recordlatter. The vinyl sequencing has actually grown on me lately as a viable alternate! -just thought you might want to know…same phrase was previously used in "[[Piggy]]", "[[Ruiner]]" and "[[Big Man With A Gun]]" and would recur later in "</p> <p>—Reznor [http://www[Sunspots]]".theninhotline* The lyrics of "The Great Below" and "Underneath It All" are similarly composed, and both use the refrain "I can still feel you".net/archives/articles/xart180* The lyric "could have been" is prominently used in "The Wretched", "The Great Below" and "And All That Could Have Been".shtml]</p></blockquote>* The mid-song verse of both "I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally" and "No, You Don't" use the same lyrical meter.

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==Cover ArtArtwork==

Several other designs for the album cover were also created, and images of this concept art were posted on nin.com. ==Bob Ezrin on Album Sequencing==Bob Ezrin posted on [http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?p=1966685&sid=9660ab52e8096b0e71a1bf91d0198514#1966685 ETS] about his experience working on Many images that were used in the booklet for ''The Fragile''. <blockquote><p>"Trent was anything but brain addled at , as well as the time we were completing the Fragile. He was brilliant and feverishly recording and mixing artwork for its associated singles, can be found in 3 rooms at the same time to complete the project on time for its scheduled release. What he had realized was that he'd created a work that was much longer than was practical to release and that wasn't quite hanging together the way he had hoped when he created its individual partsFotografiks'' book. Remember, there are thousands of bits of music and lyric that went into this record and they were recorded asynchronously. So he called me The cover art for help. Luckily, I had just come off another project and was able to head to New Orleans immediately—supposedly for a few days.</p> <p>My job was to take all of this work and reorganize it to more practically ''The Fragile Instrumental'' used an uncropped and effectively tell the story that originally generated all these bits. Sort unpixelated version of like editing a film. Trent had "shot" more than he needed and it wasn't hanging together the way he wanted. But he was also tied to the other studios recording and mixing while this was going on so he needed someone he trusted to come in and take over the "editing" process and help his "film" hang together better.</p> <p>And it was a totally thrilling process. We had SO much stuff and so much to say but we needed to tighten it up and review the pacing etc. So we were literally working round the clock for what turned out to be weeks until we finally nailed it and I was able to go home.</p> <p>I loved working with him - and his whole team in fact - on this project. It just increased my respect for him as an artist and a manaforementioned waterfall photo."</p><p>— Bob Ezrin</p></blockquote>

*Production: Trent Reznor, [[Alan Moulder]]

*Programming: [[Keith Hillebrandt]], [[Charlie Clouser]], Trent Reznor, Paul Decarli, Steve Duda, Clinton Bradley

*Additional engineering: [[Leo Herrera]]. [[, Dave “Rave” Ogilvie]]

*Nine Inch Nails Live: Charlie Clouser, [[Jerome Dillon]], [[Robin Finck]], [[Danny Lohner]], Trent Reznor<br>

*[http://wwwnineinchnails.tumblr.com/post/51818928436/software-screenshots-from-the-recording-of-the ''The Fragile'' software screenshots from nin.com]*[http://nineinchnails.tumblr.com/post/51370793367/the-fragile-production-journals-published-on-the ''The Fragile'' production journals from nin.com]*[http://nincatalog.com/index.asp?halo=14 the-fragile/ ''The Fragile'' at nincatalog.com]