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[[Image:The_slip.jpg|thumb|200px|Halo 27: ''The Slip''<br />[http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dnine%2520inch%2520nails%2520the%2520slip%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 Find on Amazon] - [http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5574848848&toolid=10001&campid=5336384580&customid=&icep_uq=nine+inch+nails+the+slip&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg Find on eBay]]]'''''The Slip''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 27]]''''') is the eighth and latest studio album from [[Nine Inch Nails]]. It was released as a free download on May 5, 2008, a CD/DVD package on July 22, 2008 and contains the previously released Web-only singles "[[Discipline]]" and "[[Echoplex]]a vinyl on August 4th, 2008."
The album is available for download in a variety of formats, including MP3, lossless FLAC and high-quality WAV files. When playing the MP3 files in an MP3 player a different piece of artwork is displayed for each song, [[The_Photography_of_Ghosts_I%E2%80%93IV|as was the case with]] ''[[Ghosts I–IV]]''.
While [[Trent Reznor]] is known for laboring over his music for years at a time, ''The Slip'' was written and recorded in just three weeks.[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/arts/music/08pare.html?pagewanted=all] The album was originally intended to be an EP, but quickly grew to album length.[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/sftw/article1497804.ece]
==Track Listing==
====CD/DVD====
=====CD=====
#"[[999,999]]" - 1:25
#"[[1,000,000]]" - 3:56
#"[[Letting You]]" - 3:49
#"[[Discipline]]" - 4:19
#"[[Echoplex]]" - 4:45
#"[[Head Down]]" - 4:55
#"[[Lights In The Sky (song)|Lights In The Sky]]" - 3:29
#"[[Corona Radiata]]" - 7:33
#"[[The Four Of Us Are Dying]]" - 4:37
#"[[Demon Seed]]" - 4:59
=====DVD=====
#"1,000,000" (Live Rehearsal) - 4:12
#"Letting You" (Live Rehearsal) - 3:57
#"Discipline" (Live Rehearsal) - 4:12
#"Echoplex" (Live Rehearsal) - 4:51
#"Head Down" (Live Rehearsal) - 4:04
====12" Vinyl====
A1 "999,999" - 1:25<br>
A2 "1,000,000" - 3:56<br>
A3 "Letting You" - 3:49<br>
A4 "Discipline" - 4:19<br>
A5 "Echoplex" - 4:45<br>
B1 "Head Down" - 4:55<br>
B2 "Lights In The Sky" - 3:29<br>
B3 "Corona Radiata" - 7:33<br>
B4 "The Four Of Us Are Dying" - 4:37<br>
B5 "Demon Seed" - 4:59
==Formats==
The FLAC, M4A and WAVE formats are distributed via torrents through tracker.nin.com. All formats include a PDF file with artwork and credits, all songs include individual track art and lyrics embedded. All files are 100% DRM-free.
===Physical productProduct===''The Slip'' will be is available as a physical product in CD and vinyl formats. The 6 panel digipak will be is limited to 250,000 pieces worldwide, each individually numbered, and will include includes a DVD of NIN performing five live tracks from ''The Slip'' at rehearsals, a 24-page booklet, and an exclusive sticker pack. The CD is to be It was released on July 22, 2008 in the US and Canada, and released on July 21, 2008 in the UK and Europe.
Originally, the physical product was intended to be released on July 22, 2008 in the US, Canada, and Japan as a numbered, CD/DVD package, limited to 250,000 units with the UK, Europe, and Australian unnumbered editions to be released on July 21, 2008, with the same content as the North American and Japanese editions. It is not known at this time why the decision was made for the numbers produced to be reduced.
The double gatefold vinyl release contains one 180-gram LP and a 24-page booklet. Unlike the CD release, the vinyl is not numbered. It will be was released in the US and Canada on august 5th, 2008, and in the UK and Europe on August 4th, 2008.
On July 16, 2008, [[Trent Reznor]] posted two images of the physical product on nin.com. The post was entitled "The Beginning and the End"." The first image shows him holding two copies of the album, hiding his face behind them. The second image shows the backs of both CDs. The one in back reads 1/250,000 and the one in front reads 250,000/250,000.
The Limited Edition CD also comes with three 4" x 4"stickers and , each depict representing one of the 10 9 illustrations for the to album songs(printed in booklet or individually embedded in distributed media files), aside from Demon Seed which does not appear to have had its artwork released as a sticker. It also seems with the difference that none of the stickers have the red lines. The stickers appear in consistent order, which allowed community to dub them 1st, 2nd and 3rd sticker packs and create The Slip Owners Database [http://theslip.apocalyptech.com].
The cover of the insert is a new piece of artwork that depicts several light gray lines on a dark background (the same color as the one for 1,000,000). Five lines, two on the ends and three in the middle, all travel straight downward from the top edge to the bottom. Two more lines, in between the three middle and two outside, on each side, start straight downward, then slant inward, then travel straight downward parallel to the other lines before they would intersect the ones in the middle. These lines combined form the usual NIN logo (second "N" being backwards).
All of this was clarified as rumor and error when the official release information was posted on July 21, 2008 at [http://theslip.nin.com/physical/ theslip.nin.com/physical]
==Album Credits==
*Mixed by Alan Moulder
*Programmed by Atticus Ross
*Engineered by [[Michael Tuller]], Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder
*Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California
*Hair: Cori Bardo
*Project coordination: [[Brett Bachemin]]
*Assistance: Alynn Dotson
*Management: Rebel Waltz
*Directed and edited by Rob Sheridan
*[["Letting You]]", [["Head Down]]", and [["Discipline]] " mixed by Blumpy*[["1,000,000]] " and [["Echoplex]] " mixed by Ken Andrews at Red Swan Studios
*Production Manager: Mark Demarais
The album site requires a password to be submitted where the link to the download page can be sent to. The site itself states:
<blockquote>as a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are giving away the new nine inch nails album '''one hundred percent free''', exclusively via nin.com.</blockquote>
<blockquote>we encourage you to [http://remix.nin.com/ remix] it, share it with your friends, post it on your blog, play it on your [[podcasts|podcast]], give it to strangers, etc.</blockquote>
According to a [[Multitrackshttp://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/20818072/nin_release_free_album_online Rolling Stone article]] for , the album was finished May 4th and sent to Sudjam, the songs were then posted for download from [[remix.company that manages nin.com]], at 9:30 p.m. for a midnight release.
== Relation to ''Year Zero '' ==Like ''[[Ghosts I–IV]]'', the release of ''The Slip'' came as a surprise to most fans, who were expecting the next release to be a "continuation of ''[[Year Zero 2]]''". Trent Reznor has indicated in interviews since the release that a ''[[Year Zero]]'' sequel was still in the works.
==Miscellanea==
==External Links==
*[http://theslip.nin.com theslip.nin.com]
*[http://wwwportraitofdecay.net/theslip.nin.com theslip.ilikenin.com] archived at Portrait of Decay*[http://nincatalog.com/artistthe-slip/Nine+Inch+Nails Streaming audio ''The Slip'' at iLikenincatalog.com]*[http://theslip.ninapocalyptech.comUn-official The Slip owners database]*[http:/physical/ theslipdl.nin.com/physicalkml/slip_dls.kml Google Earth KML file]to show worldwide download stats*[http://www.nincatalogamazon.com/indexgp/redirect.asphtml?haloie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dnine%2520inch%2520nails%2520the%2520slip%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=27 thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 ''The Slip'' at nincatalogAmazon] *[http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5574848848&toolid=10001&campid=5336384580&customid=&icep_uq=nine+inch+nails+the+slip&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg ''The Slip'' at eBay]
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