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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."

===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 releaseOriginally, the vinyl is not numbered. It will physical product was intended to be released in the US , Canada, and Canada on august 5thJapan as a numbered CD/DVD package limited to 250, 2008000 units, and with unnumbered editions to be released in the UK , Europe, and Australia with the same content as the North American and Europe on August 4thJapanese editions. It is not known at this time why the decision was made for the numbers produced to be reduced to 250, 2008000 overall.

On July 16, 2008, [[Trent Reznor]] posted two images of the physical product on nin.com. The post was entitled "The Beginning double gatefold vinyl release contains one 180-gram LP and the Enda 24-page booklet." The first image shows him holding two copies of Unlike the albumCD release, hiding his face behind them. The second image shows the backs of both CDsvinyl is not numbered. The one It was released in back reads 1/250the US and Canada on august 5th, 2008,000 and in the one in front reads 250UK and Europe on August 4th,000/250,0002008.

The Limited Edition CD physical product 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 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 stickers appear in the middleconsistent order, all travel straight downward from the top edge which allowed community to the bottom. Two more linesdub them 1st, in between the three middle 2nd and 3rd sticker packs 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 middlecreate The Slip Owners Database [http://theslip.apocalyptech.com].

*Engineered by [[Michael Tuller]], Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder

*Project coordination: [[Brett Bachemin]]

*Label: [[The Null Corporation]]

*Thank you: Bob Morelli, Alan Becker, Danny Buch and everyone at Red; Digidesign; Elena Dickstein and Preferred Travel; Jeffrey Ehrenberg and Vintage King; Jeffrey Jorton Horton and Native Instruments; Paul J. Cox Studio Systems; Phillip Scholes and SSL; Rockit Cargo; Roger Cordell and Big City Music; Ross Garfield and Drum Doctors; Shawn Cleary and Analogue Haven; Shivaun O’Brien and Sound City Studios; Sudjam; Topspin Media Inc.; West L.A. Music

*[["Letting You]]", [["Head Down]]", and [["Discipline]] " mixed by Blumpy*[["1,000,000]] " and [["Echoplex]] " mixed by Ken Andrews at Red Swan Studios

On May 5th, nin.com was updated with the title [[Halo numbers|Halo 27]] and a link to [[theslip.nin.com]] with the message:[http://ninblogs.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/halo-27/] "<blockquote>(thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - this one’s on me)"</blockquote>

"<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."<br/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." [[Multitracks]] for the songs were then posted for download from [[remix.nin.com]]</blockquote>

In a [[nin.com]] update on June 26th, 2008, it was reported that since the album's release on May 5th, 2008, over 1,400,000 people had downloaded ''The Slip'' from theslip.nin.com. That number represents individual people, and excludes multiple downloads from the same order. ==Artwork==Of the artwork, Rob Sheridan went on to state: "For Nine Inch Nails' album, we created logos representing each song, and embedded them in the MP3s to give each song its own visual identity when played digitally. Each logo played upon the meaning or title of the song, sometimes overtly, sometimes very abstractly. A scribbled red line crossed into most of the images, struggling to find harmony with the shapes, but ultimately failing." The cover of the booklet 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). ==Multitracks==The [[Multitracks|multitracks]] for the single "Discipline" were made available on [[remix.nin.com]] at the same time it was released as a free download. Multitracks for the remaining songs on ''The Slip'' were made available on May 5, 2008 as a free download from remix.nin.com. ==Touring==''For more information, see [[Lights In The Sky Tour]]'' The album (as well as ''Ghosts I-IV'', which was released the same year) was supported by a tour that visited North and South America. This tour was notable for having the most ambitious production of any NIN tour up to that point, using groundbreaking lighting and video technology. The middle portion of the set, referred to as the "Ghosts" portion, utilized some of that album's unorthodox (for NIN) instrumentation such as marimba, banjo and small percussion.

== Relation to Year Zero Live==Like ''[[Ghosts I-IV]]'', the release of All songs from ''The Slip'' came as a surprise to most fanshave been played live except "The Four Of Us Are Dying" and "Demon Seed", who were expecting though the next release to be a "''Year Zero 2''". Trent Reznor latter has indicated in interviews since the release that a ''[[Year Zero]]'' sequels was still in the worksbeen rehearsed.

It remains unclear what portions, if any== Relation to ''Year Zero'' ==Like ''Ghosts I–IV'', the release of ''The Slip'' should came as a surprise to most fans, who were expecting the next release to be considered as canon a continuation of ''[[Year Zero]]''. Reznor has indicated in interviews since the release that a ''Year Zero storyline'' sequel was still in the works.  Aside from from [[Art Is Resistance]] logo in the artwork for "Letting You", there are no clear , direct references to characters or events in ''Year Zero''. Many of Some tracks do share similar themes, such as abuse of power ("Letting You"), an avatar of destruction ("Demon Seed"), submission to authority ("Head Down"), imprisonment ("Echoplex") and the appearance of entities in the sky ("Lights In The Sky"). Other songs, however, like "1,000,000" and "Discipline", seem completely unrelated and feature more "traditional" NIN themes of personal turmoil. It remains unclear which portions, if any, of ''The Slip'' should be considered canon in the ''Year Zero'' storyline.

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