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The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust! (view source)
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==Leaks==
Due to the distribution method chosen for the album, there were no leaks of the entire album prior to release. However, Trent Reznor and Saul Williams leaked a few songs before releasing it. Reznor leaked the songs "[[Break]]" and "[[Tr(n)igger]]" via [[Echoing the Sound]], later, a Sendspace link appeared on [[nin.com]] making the two tracks plus "[[Sunday Bloody Sunday]]" available as a downloadable zip file with lyrics to the songs. A few hours before the release, Saul Williams put "[[Scared Money]]" on his MySpace music player.
A promotional CDR with instrumentals of fourteen songs surfaced 3.5 years after the release.
==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 were not immediately released, with Reznor stating in an interview: "We do know the presale numbers, but we are keeping them a secret." Later, a follow-up revealing the statistics was posted on nin.com on January 3rd 2008 and on January 10th the option to download the album for free was removed, offering the following explanation: ''"We have removed the FREE option from our site as it was limited to the first 100,000 customers."''
On NIN's official [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=11794012 MySpace] and [http://www.youtube.com/ninofficial YouTube] pages, a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwCCqVPb0XQ mysterious clip] which originally featured on the album website was uploaded with Saul Williams, dressed as NiggyTardust, sitting on a chair. The video was probably uploaded for promotional purposes.
More recently, niggytardust.com, where the album was available for download, has been taken down and redirects to [http://saulwilliams.com/ saulwilliams.com]. The album's physical release date has been set for July 8th, 2008, and is being released on CD and vinyl, as well as via iTunes, and is to include bonus tracks.
==Trent Reznor on ''NiggyTardust''==
== Track listing ==
=====CD=====# "[[Black History Month]] " – 3:15# "[[Convict Colony]] " – 3:24# "[[Tr(n)igger]] " – 3:54# "[[Sunday Bloody Sunday]] " – 4:05# "[[Break]] " – 3:18# "[[NiggyTardust]] " – 3:40# "[[DNA]] " – 4:03# "[[WTF!]] " – 5:29# "[[Scared Money]] " – 3:49# "[[Raw]] " – 2:50# "[[Skin Of A Drum]] " – 3:56# "[[No One Ever Does]] " – 3:15# "[[Banged And Blown Through]] " – 3:43# "[[Raised To Be Lowered]] " – 5:23# "[[The Ritual]] " – 5:20# "Pedagogue Of Young Gods" (bonus track) - 3:18# "World On Wheels" (bonus track) - 1:27# "Can’t Hide Love" (bonus track) - 2:27# "[[Hyperpower!#Gunshots By Computer|Gunshots By Computer]]" (bonus track) - 1:44# "List Of Demands (Reparations)" (bonus track) - 3:18 =====12" Vinyl===== A1 "Black History Month" – 3:15<br> A2 "Convict Colony" – 3:24<br> A3 "Tr(n)igger" – 3:54<br> A4 "Sunday Bloody Sunday" – 4:05<br> A5 "Break" – 3:18<br> B1 "NiggyTardust" – 3:40<br> B2 "DNA" – 4:03<br> B3 "WTF!" – 5:29<br> B4 "Scared Money" – 3:49<br> B5 "Raw" – 2:50<br> C1 "Skin Of A Drum" – 3:56<br> C2 "No One Ever Does" – 3:15<br> C3 "Banged And Blown Through" – 3:43<br> C4 "Raised To Be Lowered" – 5:23<br> C5 "The Ritual" – 5:20<br> D1 "Pedagogue Of Young Gods" - 3:18<br> D2 "World On Wheels" - 1:27<br> D3 "Can’t Hide Love" - 2:27<br> D4 "Gunshots By Computer" - 1:44<br> D5 "List Of Demands (Reparations)" - 3:18
== Album Credits ==
[[Image:Saul bandpic.jpg|thumb|300px]]* Artwork by – Angelbert Metoyer* Backing Vocals – CX Kidtronik (tracks: 1, 6, 17, 18)*Design [Cover Art & Jewelry Design by ] – Melody Ehsani* Design [Graphics and Layout by ] – [[Rob Sheridan]]* Sonic TormentEngineer [Additional] – Alan Mason, [[Brett Bachemin]]*Layout – Kathleen Dragoon*Mastered By – Brian "Big Bass" Gardner*Mixed By – [[Alan Moulder]]*Music By – CX Kidtronik (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 14, 17, 18), Saul Williams(tracks: 2, 3, 9, 10, 20), Thavius Beck (tracks: 1, 7), Trent Reznor(tracks: 1, 2, 5 to 8, 10 to 16, 19)*Photography By [Gold Dusted Photo] – C.B. Smith*Producer – Trent Reznor*Programmed By [Additional] – CX Kidtronik]](tracks: 6, 7, 14), Saul Williams (tracks: 4, 7), Trent Reznor (tracks: 1, 3, [[Thavius Beck]]7)*Programmed By, Engineer – [[Atticus Ross]]*Vocals – Saul Williams*Words By – Saul Williams (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 17, 19, [[Alan Moulder]]20)
==Saul follow-up and facts==
== External Links ==
* [http://niggytardustsaulwilliams.com Album / Official website]
* [http://www.saulwilliams.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=002361 Saul's notes on each track]
* [http://www.myspace.com/saulwilliams Saul's MySpace]
* [http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9807934-7.html CNET article on distribution model]
* [http://benkharakh.com/saul_williams Saul discusses album's meaning and influences]
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