The Fragile
Studio album by Nine Inch NailsWikipedia
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Search complete. 13 mentions across 7 episodes found for "The Fragile".
Oct 22, 2026
Chris O'ConnorHOST
I'm thinking that it's one of these things where rock critics can get so self-focused and so aggressive about what's in front of them right now that they miss when the future is in front of them.
Chris O'ConnorHOST
Hell, I did this in 1999 when Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile was my number one album.
Chris O'ConnorHOST
Oops.
Chris O'ConnorHOST
But anyway, let's have a little fun with this 92 Pass and Top Pull real quick.
Steven SantanaHOST
Hmm.
Ben VerschoorHOST
Um, like the slip he gave away and then, yeah, like The Social Network score, that was him and Atticus Ross' first film score and I thought it was like the best thing he'd done since The Fragile in like 1999.
Steven SantanaHOST
Mm-hmm.
Ben VerschoorHOST
And it's-
DuncanHOST
... unsettling in the background.
DuncanHOST
Um, it's a technique which early Nine Inch Nails, specifically through The Downward Spiral into The Fragile, really locked into as something that was very unsettling, and it's very present here.
DaveHOST
Mm.
DuncanHOST
And I think it's, it's the one thing that I, I, I wasn't like ...
Alex WardGUEST
I'll start with the sound.
Alex WardGUEST
We're going to say Nine Inch Nails, specifically the broken and the fragile records.
Austin WardGUEST
And then for the screen, we're going to, I mean, this is an absolute no-brainer, 007 Goldeneye Nintendo 64.
Austin WardGUEST
For
Brian ColburnHOST
Well, the fact that you both appreciate it makes me feel a little better about it.
Brian ColburnHOST
But anyway, where were we? Nine Inch Nails.
Brian ColburnHOST
I have to start because you said specifically Broken and The Fragile.
Brian ColburnHOST
Anytime I talk Nine Inch Nails with someone, I like to start with their entry into the band.
Chris HellstromHOST
But I went to your place, and I listened to Nine Inch Nails track.
Chris HellstromHOST
off of the Fragile, one of the instrumental pieces.
Chris HellstromHOST
And I remember this vividly.
Chris HellstromHOST
And it has a really low cello in the song, just like these droney kind of things.
Tim WeisbergHOST
In 1993, Nirvana's third and final album, In Utero, debuted at the top of the Billboard 200.
Tim WeisbergHOST
The broadly acclaimed album, which also topped the charts in Australia and the UK, featured such enduring tracks as "Heart-Shaped Box," "Pennyroyal Tea," "Rape Me," and "All Apologies." In 1999, Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails earned their first number one album when The Fragile debuted at the top spot, easily outpacing all other competitors in a market crowded with new releases.
Tim WeisbergHOST
The double album included the band's highest charting U.S. hit, "The Day the World Went Away," which peaked at number seventeen on the singles chart.
Tim WeisbergHOST
In 2000, Dennis DeYoung of Styx, unable to tour because of debilitating fatigue, sued the band for touring without him.
MarkHOST
I think that is almost always the case with double albums.
MarkHOST
Like, I was re-listening to some Nine Inch Nails albums, and The Fragile is still, like, a banger album.
MilesHOST
Mm-hmm.
MarkHOST
But there's one or two songs where I'm like, "Eh, we didn't need this one."