The Slip

Trent Reznor returns with yet another digital record; The Slip is a free download that, unlike the sprawling loss-leader Ghosts I-IV, consists of fully realized songs. Pretty good ones, too.

Until recently, Nine Inch Nails founder Trent Reznor wasn't known for being prolific. But in the three years since 2005's With Teeth, he's doubled his output of the '90s, with Year Zero in 2007, a four-part instrumental collection called Ghosts I-IV earlier this year, and The Slip, originally available digitally in…

Check out our album review of Artist's The Slip on Rolling Stone.com.

Reznor immediately embraced that opportunity, releasing the instrumental double-album Ghosts I-IV without announcement in March 2008, then quickly following it two months later with The Slip, a full-fledged vocal album.

The Slip is likely to leave you with a mild case of buyer’s remorse.

Given that The Slip is the second major Nine Inch Nails online album release in as many months, it is starting to seem like Trent Reznor's logical...

Let's get this out of the way: Ghosts I-IV was a self-indulgent, aimless batch of typical Trent Reznor instrumentals packaged in a brilliant marketing...