It also has two additional tracks not available on the CD version, 10 Miles High and The New Flesh. The album on vinyl consists of three LPs each comes in a black sleeve with the word вЂNothingвЂ™ printed on it. The opening track, Somewhat Damaged, made the wrong sort of headlines when it was reported to be one of 13 songs used by the CIA at Guantanamo Bay played to detainees as a means of torture. While there was a hint of the industrial sound from previous albums, Reznor developed the overall sound to include layers of ambient noise, pushing the album more towards the art rock movement, as opposed to the industrial alt-rock of Nine Inch NailsвЂ™ previous works.

The Fragile is often compared to Pink FloydвЂ™s The Wall, given that it's a double album which explores isolation and depression among its prog-tinged trappings. In the buildup to the release of The Fragile, fans simply didnвЂ™t know what to expect вЂ“ and the fact that Nine Inch NailsвЂ™ vocalist Trent Reznor went on record saying it 'sounded ridiculous' didnвЂ™t help. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (Nothing/Interscope, 1999) On the albumвЂ™s 20th anniversary, a special boxset was released that includes a remix of the whole album, which some fans consider to be superior to the original mix. On its release, The Holy Bible was seen as a disappointment commercially, but praised by critics, and it has only grown in significance due to the events surrounding Richey Edwards. To promote The Holy Bible, the Manics appeared on Top Of The Pops and played Faster while dressed in military clothing and balaclavas the BBC reportedly received a record number of complaints вЂ“ around 25,000. The band moved away from their punk/hard-rock roots, and adopt more of a post-punk sound вЂ“ although single Faster still displays that pure punk sound. For the fans, itвЂ™s pretty much either a love or hate album, but one thing can't be argued against: it's an impeccably well-crafted album. Much of what he was feeling and experiencing was put into the albumвЂ™s lyrics, leading to a more ominous tone than the Manics' previous albums.

He was suffering from severe anorexia and depression during the record's creation, and would ultimately disappear months after it was released. The Manic Street PreachersвЂ™ third album, The Holy Bible, was the last to feature lyricist and guitarist Richey Edwards. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (Epic, 1994)

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