I was once a hardcore NIN fan, and then I had to wait years for some new songs. Then one day, a friend of mine showed me the day the whole world went away single. I had not known about it, I do not listen to the radio, and no longer watch MTV. I was pretty saisfied with it. So I thought The Fragile would be really good. I was wrong. A lot of the songs are boring and repetitive in a Ministry-like way. I did in enjoy a few of the songs, but overall, its quite a disappointment. Pretty Hate Machine gives you beautiful electronic music. Broken gives you some really loud guitar filled songs. And The Downward Spiral is just amazing. The Fragile gives you nothing. I feel Trent Reznor has lost it. And I noticed he had some help from Dr. Dre on The Fragile, too. It is sad his good talents will be wasted with Dr. Dre. But, all good things come to an end. It was nice listening to you Trent, now go sellout and enjoy yourself.

Wake me up when it's over. This is the most boring album I own. There are too many interludes and any interesting musical idea is dragged on six minutes too long. This album makes mid-seventies King Crimson albums sound focused. The only similarity between this and The Wall is that there are two cds. Pink Floyd kept things moving, conveyed its ideas and had GOOD SONGS. I don't need to go track by track because each one sounds like the last one. Glut of content does not make a good album. Trent is creatively dead. This cd gets one star for ambition, zero for performance.

I am a devout NIN fan and it pains me to say this album was a disappointment beyond belief. I had to force myself to listen to this twice(with a 4 year gap in between). It seems Trent has been treated for his maniac-depressive behavior so apparent on his other albums. With the exception of Starfu**ers inc (where he obviously missed his lithium for the day)the album was a total waste of creative flow. The songs lacked any type of energy and seemed to be incoherent mumbled sounds. Come on Trent! Please do better next time.

This is the worst CD purchase i've ever made. I tried unsuccessfully to convince myself that i liked it - the fragile is essentially really bad high school poetry played to a repetitive techno backbeat. I'm sure this tediously long album will show up in used CD bins for years to come.This is 30 Bucks and 4.6 hours of my life i will never get back (yeah, i listened to it twice just to make sure it wasn't my imagination... it really was horrible). Thank you Trent.

I wish Trent Reznor death b/c he sucks so much. He lost all talent. Whats up with this instrumental stuff. 8 minutes of music 2HOURS of CRAP!! Go get an Enya cd if you wann hear crap This cd makes an good drink coaster and frisbee. I gave mine away for 75cents to get a drink it sucked so bad. If you like this then you suck just as much as trent reznor does. Go spend you money on something more worthwhile. Worst cd ive ever heard in my life. id give it -5 stars if i could. No joke it sucks that bad.

This is by far the worst CD purchase I've ever made. I tried unsuccessfully to convince myself it wasn't as bad as I imagined - but alas it was true, after releasing 15+ number of "halos", nine inch nails have become redundant.In any case, I'm sure this album will find its way to used CD bins for years to come. I will never see the 30 dollars and 4.6 hours of my life I have invested into this album again. That's the real tragedy here folks.