Ghosts I–IV is the seventh studio release by American industrial rock
act Nine Inch Nails, released on March 2, 2008. The team behind the
project included Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor (pictured),
studio-collaborators Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder, and instrumental
contributions from Alessandro Cortini, Adrian Belew, and Brian
Viglione. Reznor described the music of Ghosts as "a soundtrack for
daydreams", a sentiment echoed by many critics who compared it with the
work of Brian Eno and Robert Fripp. The songs are unnamed, and are
identified only by their track listing, position, and album art. The
album is the first independent release from Nine Inch Nails following
its announcement that it had severed its ties with Interscope Records.
Initially intended to be a five-track EP, the final release consists of
four nine-track instrumental EPs, totaling 36 tracks. The album was
released under a Creative Commons license, and in a variety of
differing packages at various price points, including a US$300
"Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition". Ghosts was initially released digitally
on the official Nine Inch Nails website without any prior advertisement
or promotion. Critical reception of the album has been generally
favorable, with its unorthodox release attracting positive comments
from many critics. Much coverage of Ghosts I–IV has compared it to the
digital-download releases of Radiohead's In Rainbows as well as Saul
Williams' The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!. The
album was nominated for two Grammy Awards, in the categories "Best Rock
Instrumental Performance" and "Best Box Set or Limited Edition
Package".
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1819:
British official Stamford Raffles signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein
Shah of Johor, establishing Singapore as a new trading post for the
British East India Company.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_of_modern_Singapore>
1840:
The British and the Māori signed the Treaty of Waitangi, considered as
the founding document of New Zealand.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi>
1862:
Union forces earned one of their first important victories in the
American Civil War at the Battle of Fort Henry in western Tennessee.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Henry>
1934:
In an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic, far
right leagues demonstrated on the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_February_1934_crisis>
1952:
Elizabeth II ascended to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and three other Commonwealth countries upon the
death of her father, George VI.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom>
1958:
British European Airways Flight 609, carrying the Manchester United
football club, a number of their fans and journalists covering the
team, crashed while attempting to take off from Munich-Riem Airport in
Munich, West Germany, killing eight players and 15 others.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_air_disaster>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lament (n):
1. An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.
2. A song expressing grief
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lament>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
One love,
One heart,
Let's get together
And feel alright.
--Bob Marley
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