And All That Could Have Been

Infobox Album
Name = And All That Could Have Been
Type = live
Artist = Nine Inch Nails


Background = darkturquoise
Released = January 22, 2002
Recorded = Fragility 2.0 tour; Nothing Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre = Industrial rock
Length = 73:52 ("Live" CD) 43:20 ("Still" CD) 105:53 (DVD)
Label = Nothing Records
Producer = Trent Reznor
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:sr7zefyk2gf3 "Live" CD]
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:32jvear54xd7 "Live"/"Still" CD set]
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aikbikxabb29 DVD]
*Rolling Stone Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nineinchnails/albums/album/123145/review/18752812/live__and_all_that_could_have_been CD]
Last album = "Things Falling Apart" (2000)
This album = "And All That Could Have Been" (2002)
Next album = "With Teeth" (2005)
Misc =Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate releases
Type = live


Lower caption = "Live" packaged separately Extra album cover 2


Lower caption = "Still" packaged separately

"And All That Could Have Been" (also known as "Halo 17") is a live album set and double DVD released by Nine Inch Nails in 2002. The live album contains music recorded during the "Fragility 2.0" US tour in 2000; a limited edition set added a second disc titled "Still" containing "deconstructed" versions of previous NIN songs and some new material. The double DVD set, sold separately, has video recordings of the songs performed on the CD, as well as additional song performances and footage from the "Fragility 2.0" tour.

Fragility

Trent Reznor said that work on this release would serve as a transition between the tour and the next album.cite news
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5931442/nin_doing_fragility_dvd
title = NIN Doing Fragility DVD
author = Christina Saraceno and Austin Scaggs
work = Rolling Stone
date = 2001-06-08
accessdate = 2008-02-01] He spent most of a yearcite news
url = http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8675364_ITM
title = Alt-rock trailblazer Trent Reznor asks: `Why am I doing this?'
author = Greg Kot
work = Chicago Tribune
date = 2002-01-23
accessdate = 2008-02-19] producing it in a manner similar to his studio production, [cite news
url = http://media.www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2002/02/11/ArtscdReviews/Nine-Inch.Nails.Album.Gives.Fans.Taste.Of.Old.New.Favorites-1726432.shtml
title = Nine Inch Nails album gives fans taste of old, new favorites
author = Sean McCarthy
work = Daily Nebraskan
date = 2002-02-11
accessdate = 2008-02-19] with the songs flowing into each other.cite news
url = http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2002/02/19/Entertainment/Sound.Bites-503665.shtml
title = Sound Bites
author = Matt Dentler
work = The Daily Texan
date = 2002-02-19
accessdate = 2008-02-19] The release was delayed from late 2001 [cite news
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5932541/nin_ready_live_cddvd
title = NIN Ready Live CD/DVD
author = Andrew Dansby
work = Rolling Stone
date = 2001-10-03
accessdate = 2008-02-19] to January 2002.cite news
url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/20/PK236823.DTL
title = Trent Reznor: Long and winding road for Nails' concert film
author = Aidin Vaziri
work = San Francisco Chronicle
date = 2002-01-20
accessdate = 2008-02-19]

Although Reznor said "I thought the show was really, really good when we were doing it" while producing the DVD, he later wrote that "I can't watch it at all. I was sick for most of that tour and I really don't think it was Nine Inch Nails at its best." [cite web
archivedate = 2007-05-14
archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070514173115/http://www.nin.com/access/7_21_04/index.php
url = http://www.nin.com/access/7_21_04/index.php
title = Access
author = Trent Reznor
publisher = nin.com
date = 2004-07-21
accessdate = 2008-02-01]

CD version

There are two retail versions of the CD set: a 'deluxe' limited edition, packaged in a gray cloth case that contains both the "Live" and "Still" CDs together in a fold-out digipak, and the standard edition that contains only the "Live" disc in a single digipak. The "Still" disc is also available separately, originally via mail order from the official Nine Inch Nails website. [cite news
url = http://media.www.bsudailynews.com/media/storage/paper849/news/2002/03/04/Features/Grading.Nine.Inch.Nails.A.Struggle-1298961.shtml
title = Grading Nine Inch Nails a struggle
author = Joseph Hampton
work = Ball State Daily News
date = 2006-01-04
accessdate = 2008-02-19]

"Live"

The "Live" disc is a "loud" [cite news
url = http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/archives/2002-02-01/ae07.htm
title = Reznor and co. shine with new live album
author = Ted Reinert
work = The Bowdoin Orient
date = 2002-02-01
accessdate = 2008-02-19] recording of performances from the "Fragility 2.0" tour. Without introduction, it begins immediately with "Terrible Lie".cite web
url = http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/n/nineinchnails-andallthatcould.shtml
title = Nine Inch Nails: And All That Could Have Been (review)
author = Andrew Gilstrap
publisher = PopMatters
date = 2002-01-22
accessdate = 2008-02-23] [cite news
url = http://www.nme.com/reviews/nine-inch-nails/6099
title = Writer finds 'sexy' way in to NIN review...
author = Stephen Dalton
work = NME
date = 2002-02-15
accessdate = 2008-02-21]

The songs are arranged differently from their studio versions. [cite news
url = http://media.www.bcheights.com/media/storage/paper144/news/2002/01/29/ArtsReview/Nin-Live.Album.A.Mixed.Bag-170986.shtml
title = NIN live album a mixed bag
author = David Buckley
work = The Heights
date = 2002-01-29
accessdate = 2008-02-19]

"Still"

"Still" contains subdued renditions of older songs and four new songs. [cite news
url = http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5920156/new_cds_nin_bad_religion
title = New CDs: NIN, Bad Religion
author = Anthony DeCurtis
work = Rolling Stone
date = 2002-01-22
accessdate = 2008-02-19] According to the NIN website, four of the songs were "recorded live in a deconstructed fashion." Instruments include piano, acoustic guitar, electric piano, or other 'real' instruments backed by computer-generated synth textures.

Reznor said that "Adrift and At Peace" is the conclusion of "La Mer" from "The Fragile". [cite web
archivedate = 2006-01-06
archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060106204543/http://www.nin.com/access/5_28_04/index.php
url = http://www.nin.com/access/5_28_04/index.php
title = Access
author = Trent Reznor
publisher = nin.com
date = 2004-05-28
accessdate = 2008-02-02] Some of the tracks of "Still" are evolutions of rejected themes that were originally written for Mark Romanek's "One Hour Photo". [cite web
archivedate = 2006-01-06
archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060106205140/http://www.nin.com/access/5_07_04/index.php
url = http://www.nin.com/access/5_07_04/index.php
title = Access
author = Trent Reznor
publisher = nin.com
date = 2004-05-07
accessdate = 2008-02-19] "Leaving Hope" is also the name under which Reznor has published music since the beginning of his songwriting career. [cite web
url = http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-4189470_ITM
title = The official UK singles chart: Tony Christies's sixth week at the top equals the longest run at number once since September 2003 as the latest Elvis re-issue debuts at two and Bodyrockers at three
publisher = Music Week
date = 2005-04-30
accessdate = 2008-02-19] Reznor later allowed "Leaving Hope" to be used in a public service announcement for Hurricane Katrina disaster relief. [cite news
url = http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=BBRD000020051214e1ch0000r
title = Helping the hungry
work = Billboard
date = 2005-12-17
accessdate = 2008-02-19
format = fee required]

Videos for the performances of "Something I Can Never Have" (with Jerome Dillon), "The Becoming" (with Dillon and Danny Lohner), and "Gone, Still" were published on the [http://www.nin.com/visuals/ official NIN website] .

The band also performed an intimate acoustic set at the Chicago Recording Company during the "Fragility 2.0" tour, which is available online and on bootleg CD, as "The CRC Sessions"; it includes arrangements of "Something I Can Never Have" and "The Day the World Went Away" that prefigure their "Still" recordings, as well as two versions of "Hurt" and full band performances of "The Fragile", "Even Deeper", and "The Big Come Down".

Infobox Album
Name = And All That Could Have Been
Type = video
Artist = Nine Inch Nails


Released = January 22, 2002
Recorded =
Genre = Industrial rock
Length =
Label = Nothing Records
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Closure" (1997)
This album = "And All That Could Have Been" (2002)
Next album = "Beside You in Time" (2007)

DVD

The DVD version, produced by Trent Reznor and directed by Rob Sheridan, comprises video footage from the 2000 Fragility 2.0 tour. Sheridan and other members of the band's crew filmed the tour using consumer DV cameras, and the DVD was then put together internally at Reznor's New Orleans studio, where Sheridan and Reznor edited it on a Mac using Final Cut Pro and compiled it with DVD Studio Pro. [cite web
archivedate = 2001-12-27
archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20011227151409/http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/12/nindvd/
url = http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2001/12/nindvd/
title = Hot News - NIN DVD
author = Stephanie Jorgl
publisher = Apple Inc.
month = December | year = 2001
accessdate = 2008-02-01]

Although Reznor originally hired a filming company, he changed his mind based on cost and his experience from "The Downward Spiral" tour, wanting to capture the shows from a more realistic point of view. This decision allowed the crew to review the shots each night on the tour bus so they could tell what to focus on during the next show. As a result, the video is dark and smoky rather than polished, the cameras are sometimes shaky and there are no sweeping crane shots.

There are two different versions of the DVD set: one with a 5.1 Dolby Digital surround soundtrack and the other with a 5.1 DTS surround soundtrack. The DTS version does not allow on-the-fly alternate angle switching. Other than this, both sets are identical. This video was also released on one VHS tape.

The menus were designed to appear uniquely upon each viewing.cite news
url = http://www.macworld.com/article/1384/2002/02/reznor.html
title = Pro File: Nailing a New Look
author = Mathew Honan
work = Macworld
date = 2002-02-01
accessdate = 2008-02-01] The DVD package includes a clear, plastic slip with a message from Reznor.

Video artist Bill Viola created the multi-screen magnified imagery for "La Mer", "The Great Below", and "The Mark Has Been Made". [cite web
url = http://dt.parsons.edu/thesis_archive/m2003/Raveh_Ruth/Ruth_raveh.pdf
title = De-tail
author = Ruth Raveh
publisher = Parsons The New School for Design
year = 2003
accessdate = 2008-02-20
format=PDF]

Bonus features and easter eggs

The DVD version has a number of bonus features and hidden easter eggs. In disc 1, there are alternate stationary camera angles for "La Mer", "The Great Below" and "The Mark Has Been Made". A stationary angle version for "Gave Up" is found by hitting ENTER at 26:58, or from the supplemental content menu on the DTS version.

Disc 2 includes a photo gallery and an audio commentary by Bill Viola discussing his video effects for "La Mer", "The Great Below" and "The Mark Has Been Made". [cite news
url = http://media.www.nineronline.com/media/storage/paper971/news/2002/02/06/TheDailyExtra/A.Tour.Souvenir.From.Nine.Inch.Nails-2003222.shtml
title = A tour souvenir from Nine Inch Nails
author = Ben Wener
work = The Orange County Register
date = 2002-02-06
accessdate = 2008-02-20] The NinetyNine commercial (0:30) can be viewed by highlight "Main Menu" in the supplemental content menu, then pressing LEFT, UP, then ENTER. A performance of "Reptile" (6:24) can be found by pressing UP then ENTER during "Suck" at 1:06. A performance of "The Day the World Went Away" (6:36) featuring clips from a scrapped music video can be viewed by pressing LEFT, RIGHT, DOWN, UP, ENTER at 16:10.If ENTER is pressed at 24:15 during "Starfuckers, Inc.", then a video plays in which Marilyn Manson appears on stage to sing the end of that song, followed by a performance of "The Beautiful People" by Nine Inch Nails and Manson at the Madison Square Garden.

If "7" (or "6" on some versions) is pressed at 11:19 on Disc 2, [cite news
url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-51364042.html
title = DVD review: Nine Inch Nails releases "And All That Could Have Been"
author = Peter Koven
work = McGill Tribune
date = 2002-03-12
accessdate = 2008-02-20
format = fee required] the "Beneath The Surface" menu appears,cite news
url = http://media.www.unogateway.com/media/storage/paper968/news/2002/02/05/ArtsLeisure/Fragility.2.0.Bruises.Heal.Dvd.Is.Forever-2545105.shtml
title = Fragility 2.0: Bruises heal, DVD is forever
author = Mike Machian
work = The Gateway
date = 2002-02-05
accessdate = 2008-02-19] which allows access to the aforementioned easter eggs as well as promo spots for "The Fragile" (0:30) and its remix album "Things Falling Apart" (1:02).

Personnel

*Trent Reznor – Vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, Prophet VS synthesizer
*Danny Lohner – Bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, backup vocals
*Robin Finck – Guitar, synthesizer, E-bow, backup vocals
*Charlie Clouser – Synthesizer, theremin, vocoder, backup vocals
*Jerome Dillon – Drums, samples

Track listing

CD versiontracklist
headline = Disc one ("Live", "Halo 17a")
title1 = Terrible Lie
length1 = 4:59
title2 = Sin
length2 = 4:15
title3 = March of the Pigs
length3 = 4:13
title4 = Piggy
length4 = 4:51
title5 = The Frail
length5 = 1:41
title6 = The Wretched
length6 = 5:24
title7 = Gave Up
length7 = 4:14
title8 = The Great Below
length8 = 5:07
title9 = The Mark Has Been Made
length9 = 3:45
title10 = Wish
length10 = 3:40
title11 = Suck
length11 = 4:13
title12 = Closer
length12 = 5:38
title13 = Head Like a Hole
length13 = 4:54
title14 = The Day the World Went Away
length14 = 6:29
title15 = Starfuckers, Inc.
length15 = 5:30
title16 = Hurt
length16 = 4:59

tracklist
headline = Disc Two ("Still", "Halo 17b")
title1 = Something I Can Never Have
length1 = 6:39
title2 = Adrift and at Peace
length2 = 2:52
title3 = The Fragile
length3 = 5:12
title4 = The Becoming
length4 = 4:30
title5 = Gone, Still
length5 = 2:36
title6 = The Day the World Went Away
length6 = 5:17
title7 = And All That Could Have Been
length7 = 6:14
title8 = The Persistence of Loss
length8 = 4:03
title9 = Leaving Hope
length9 = 5:57

DVD/VHS versiontracklist
title1 = Terrible Lie
length1 = 5:07
title2 = Sin
length2 = 4:15
title3 = March of the Pigs
length3 = 4:07
title4 = Piggy
length4 = 4:57
title5 = The Frail
length5 = 1:45
title6 = The Wretched
length6 = 5:33
title7 = Gave Up
length7 = 4:25
title8 = La Mer
length8 = 4:46
title9 = The Great Below
length9 = 5:07
title10 = The Mark Has Been Made
length10 = 3:45
title11 = Wish
length11 = 3:41
title12 = Complication
length12 = 1:59
title13 = Suck
length13 = 4:10
title14 = Closer
length14 = 6:08
title15 = Head Like a Hole
length15 = 5:51
title16 = Just Like You Imagined
length16 = 3:52
title17 = Starfuckers, Inc.
length17 = 5:42
title18 = Hurt
length18 = 4:31

Also contains an unlisted mix of "The New Flesh" and "Pinion" that serves as an introduction before "Terrible Lie". The DVD version comes on two discs, splitting the concert between "Complication" and "Suck".

References

External links

* [http://www.ninwiki.com/And_All_That_Could_Have_Been_(halo) "And All That Could Have Been" (halo)] at the Nine Inch Nails Wiki
* [http://www.nincollector.com/archive/releases/halo_17/halo17.htm "And All That Could Have Been"] at NIN Collector
* [http://www.wellnowwhat.net/nin/halo17.html "Halo 17" lyrics]
*imdb title|0287594
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/181979 discogs.com: "And All that Could Have Been" (Limited Edition) (US 2xCD)]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/59710 discogs.com: "And All that Could Have Been" ("Live") (US CD)]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/202979 discogs.com: "And All that Could Have Been" (US 2xDVD)]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/249756 discogs.com: "And All that Could Have Been" (EU VHS)]