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The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust! (view source)
Revision as of 16:22, 20 November 2007
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==Release==
The album was released at 1am Eastern Time on November 1st 2007, with the abilty to preorder. People are given the option to either "directly support the artists involved in the creation of this music" by making a $5 donation or to download the album for free. If you choose to pay for the record, you are able to download in 192kbps MP3, 320kbps MP3 or FLAC lossless audio. If you download for free you recieve the album in 192Kbps MP3 format. All versions include a PDF with artwork and lyrics, and "all files are 100% DRM free, and can be played on any device. MP3s are encoded with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAME LAME v3.97] and love". The choice of distribution method garnered much attention and praise from the online community and was reported on by many websites. The number of downloads have not been released so it is unknown how many people downloaded or paid money for it, though Reznor said the following [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071104/music_nm/reznor_dc;_ylt=Ah61sxYfjTC2yg7q1jy.z5xxFb8C in an interivew]: "We do know the presale numbers, but we are keeping them a secret."
On NIN's official MySpace and YouTube pages, a mysterious clip was uploaded with a black man (probably Saul Williams dressed as NiggyTardust) sitting on a chair. The video was probably uploaded for promotional purposes, There also is a "player" on niggytardust.com's "Spread The Word", which is copied on Saul Williams' MySpace page, but is not available at the moment.
==Trent Reznor on ''Niggy Tardust''==
Reznor wrote the following regarding the album on nin.com: