Good companion to a great album
Luke | England | 10/16/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The UK and US versions of this release are very different. They only actually share 6 songs. The US version (10b, as it came out a week after the UK one) has a different version of Hurt, similar to the album version (Downward Spiral); two remixes of Eraser - one with strings and what sounds like pipes, and one that sounds like it's in reverse; another Aphex Twin track (no idea what it's a remix of!); and another remix of Mr. Self Destruct (Self Destruction pt2.
The UK version has two remixes by Charlie Clouser - Heresy and Ruiner which are both excellent; a different version of Mr Self Destruct (Self Destruction pt3); and a live version of Hurt, played with piano, not guitar.
Both are good, but I think the UK version just shades it for the Clouser stuff, and the Eraser remixes of the US version aren't terribly good.
By the way, if you want to get hold of the UK version, go to Amazon.co.uk where you can get it for about 8 GBP, plus 4 GBP shipping, which comes to about $20, rather than $21 plus postage on the US site."
Ruiner
01/24/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Yeah, this is very similar to the [cheaper] non-import, but the "Heresy" and "Ruiner" versions are unbelievable!I know other NIN fans would kill me, but I'm not that excited by the Live version of "Hurt". Besides, with the 2002 release of "All that Could Have Been" I now have 5 recordings of it..."