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All My Love

Inspired by last night’s discovery of Boxee and revisiting the 1997 Nine Inch Nails live-and-more film Closure, I’ve been listening to NIN all morning and enjoying myself mightily.

One thing that has been true with them for the past few years though is the fact that since I got heavily back into them again in 2008, after the release of their free (and incredibly awesome) record The Slip, I have listened to significantly more to the reincarnated and suddenly-prolific 2005-08 era Nine Inch Nails than any of the classics from ‘89-99 (I say “suddenly prolific” because they put out 3 records and a 2-disc instrumentals record in this three year period after putting out just three records and an EP from the ten years of ‘89-99).

I can’t really say that any of the three records they put out from 2005-08 (With Teeth, Year Zero or The Slip) have a chance of standing the test of time the way that The Downward Spiral has, but I also can’t argue against the fact that all of them are significantly more playable for me as a nearly 30 adult in 2011 than their angry ‘94 forebear.

With Teeth, the first record of these career relaunch records though, is probably the least strong of the three, however it’s highlights tease with the most promise of all. “The Hand That Feeds”, “Every Day Is Exactly The Same”, and “Only” are great singles and “Beside You In Time” is almost industrial-Radiohead, but most tantalizing of all, is the opening track “All The Love In The World”, an amazing track unlike anything else in the entire NIN canon.

This song is so good and so different and such a flirt as the lead track on the first new NIN record in what was six years… and yet it’s really like nothing else on With Teeth or anything else Trent ever did.

Beginning with just vocals, a simple beat, it just builds over and above itself slowly until suddenly piano breaks in and you can start to feel it building toward … a rave? And then, BOOM: at 4:15, 4/5 of the way into the song, the buildup just explodes as joyous and loud and wonderful modern R&B track, complete with vocal canons and solo piano cooldown. Unbelievable.

Listen for yourself!

DOWNLOAD: Nine Inch Nails, “All The Love In The World”, from With Teeth

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