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Further Down the Spiral is a remix album by Nine Inch Nails, and was released on June 1, 1995. It is the tenth official Nine Inch Nails release and is the companion remix disc to The Downward Spiral. There are two editions of this release, one denoted as Halo 10 (released in the US) the other as Halo 10 V2 (released in Japan and the UK), each containing a different set of tracks with much overlap between them.
The album is among the best-selling remix albums of all time and was certified gold on June 26, 1996, for sales in excess of 500,000 copies in the US alone.[3] Further Down the Spiral showed a more varied and experimental point of view to the original and boasted many high profile contributors/remixers including Aphex Twin, J. G. Thirlwell, Dave Navarro, and Coil.
The disc includes remixes of "Mr. Self Destruct", "Piggy", "Hurt", "Eraser", and several extended songs. The 2003 Aphex Twin compilation 26 Mixes for Cash contains shortened versions of "At The Heart of It All" and "The Beauty of Being Numb".
When fast-forwarded on a regular CD player, "Erase me" can clearly be heard several times during "Erased, Over, Out".
[edit] "At the Heart of It All"
"At the Heart of It All" is an Aphex Twin track that appears on Further Down the Spiral. Along with "The Beauty of Being Numb", it is not a remixed track from The Downward Spiral like the other tracks on Further, but was created directly for the album by Aphex Twin. "At the Heart of It All" is an instrumental piece that begins with a metallic industrial drum-type beat, and eventually is interpolated with a haunting horn section that rises and falls throughout the remainder of the song. Due to its nature, title, and the obvious similarities between the respective musical motives, it is commonly believed that the piece is a tribute or homage to a Coil piece of the same name from their 1984 LP Scatology.
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| Remixer(s) |
| 1. |
"Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)" |
Rick Rubin, guitar by Dave Navarro |
4:02 |
| 2. |
"The Art of Self Destruction, Part One" |
Nine Inch Nails, Sean Beavan, Brian Pollack |
5:41 |
| 3. |
"Self Destruction, Part Two" |
J. G. Thirlwell |
5:37 |
| 4. |
"The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" |
John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Drew McDowall, Danny Hyde |
7:28 |
| 5. |
"Hurt (Quiet)" |
Trent Reznor |
5:08 |
| 6. |
"Eraser (Denial; Realization)" |
Balance, Christopherson, McDowall, Hyde |
6:33 |
| 7. |
"At the Heart of It All" (created by Aphex Twin) |
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7:14 |
| 8. |
"Eraser (Polite)" |
Balance, Christopherson, McDowall, Hyde |
1:15 |
| 9. |
"Self Destruction, Final" |
Thirlwell |
9:52 |
| 10. |
"The Beauty of Being Numb" |
section a remixed by NIN, Beavan, Pollack, section b created by Aphex Twin |
5:06 |
| 11. |
"Erased, Over, Out" |
Balance, Christopherson, McDowall, Hyde |
6:00 |
| Remixer(s) |
| 1. |
"Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)" |
Rubin, guitar by Navarro |
4:02 |
| 2. |
"The Art of Self Destruction, Part One" |
NIN, Beavan, Pollack |
5:41 |
| 3. |
"Self Destruction, Part Three" |
Thirlwell |
3:28 |
| 4. |
"Heresy (Version)" |
Charlie Clouser |
5:19 |
| 5. |
"The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" |
Balance, Christopherson, McDowall, Hyde |
7:28 |
| 6. |
"Hurt (Live)" |
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5:07 |
| 7. |
"At the Heart of It All" (created by Aphex Twin) |
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7:14 |
| 8. |
"Ruiner (Version)" |
Clouser |
5:35 |
| 9. |
"Eraser (Denial; Realization)" |
Balance, Christopherson, McDowall, Hyde |
6:33 |
| 10. |
"Self Destruction, Final" |
Thirlwell |
9:52 |
| 11. |
"Reptilian" (Japanese edition only, from "March of the Pigs" single) |
Dave Ogilvie |
8:39 |
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