This is (somehow I didn't believe it possible) the worst Nine Inch Nails remix album, yes, worse than Fixed. 2 songs worth listening to. Sigh.

There are some real imaginative reinterpretations of Year Zero on this album. The opening track, originally an instrumental piece, is transformed into a socio-political battle cry by Saul Williams. The tracks that follow vary in their musicality. Several just become mindless and repetitive, stretching the length of the original song, and just looping a bland groove over and over again, never developing into anything. But there are a few stand-out gems to be found, and the included DVD is worth the price alone, containing all the individual tracks of the original album, for you to remix on your own, in you DAW of your choice.

Preface: I have been a NIN fan since someone thought I'd appreciate an advance copy of "Pretty Hate Machine" WAAAAAAY back when. Also, unlike many I know, "Broken" is far and away my favorite album and "With Teeth" gets equal play as "Downward Spiral". I think that makes me a freak among freaks. I think all NIN albums are stellar compared to most of the junk out there. However, after I got sick from listening to "Fixed" way back when, I thought I'd skip the NIN secondary market altogether. I have kept true to that until now.
The truth be told, I wasn't going to purchase this disk either, in fact I was waiting for a surround sound version of "year zero" to come out (BTW "Downward Spiral" NEVER sounded as good as it does in 5.1 it is unnervingly good). But since it offered all the original songs in Garageband I figured there wasn't really a downside so I bought it.
I would like to highlight a song or two, but it just wouldn't be right. From start to finish, this album is amazing, I think Trent and Co. really outdid themselves. I honestly can't point to a weak track on there. After listening to Saul Williams on those tracks REALLY makes me want to check out NiggyTarDust a little more.

This remix album is TERRIBLE. Do NOT get it. I've never been more disappointed with a Nine Inch Nails related purchase in my life. I love every single album to death, except this one. Year Zero is one of my favourite albums of Trent's actually, second to Pretty Hate Machine, and this remix album just totally butchers the beauty of the original Year Zero...

Well, this is an alright collection of remixes, and Saul Williams is awesome, and if you really want to listen to it, then on vinyl is really the only way, but for the price...ehhh..

Honestly, I would not pay the price unless you really love the album or you are a collector as I am. Other than that, the cd will do you just fine and for a heck of a lot cheaper.

Again, Like Nine Inch Nails, and I will still loyaly buy their albums, but this Remix stuff is starting to tick me off. I picked it up thankfully at a good price, but again, no groundbreaking work here. In fact, I think the remixes absolutly destroy the songs of the year zero album. Casual fans, Just buy year zero, save some cash here.

This remixed album is better than the original one. If you like remixes, these are the best remixes done to NIN songs since "Further Down The Spiral". A really good album.

I have been a fan of Nine Inch Nails since the beginning. I own every single Halo and I never really got very excited about the remixed albums. I would buy them of course, to keep up with the collection of releases, but I would catch myself thinking, "its good, but its a remix album." So, when this came out it was no surprise to me that I wasn't jumping for joy. Then, I listened to it. This is, in my opinion, the best NIN remix album since Fixed. I never thought I would catch myself saying this, but there are some remixed tracks on this that I like better than the original. I know, crazy. Just give a whirl it is well worth it. Oh, and you are a fan of the "industrial dance" scene, there are a few tracks on that will blow your mind. Highly, highly, highly recommended.

One last thing, the "make your own mix" thing is totally cool. How often do you see an artist present their material in that way and allow the fan to make their own art from it and then get to share it?? HUGE F-ING PROPS to Trent Reznor!!

This is in no way better than the original, but I would not want to sell it short either because every one of these songs is trying to make a point and I do not intend to be arrogant enough to ignore that.

That having been said, some of these artists it really helps to be familiar with, such as Saul Williams and "The Knife," because I feel that the other reviewers who expressed strong distaste were most likely reacting to either one of those two or else "The Faint" who also turn in a very stylized rendition consistent with their context. Aside from that, the rest of the disc consists of versions that are very clear in their context and generally even fairly easy to imagine Reznor doing himself, to some degree.

Besides, if you hate it then that's the point, because he gives you the whole album on the DVD that you can plug into Garage Band (or other programs) and remix however you please. There is hardly room for complaint, unless you are the kind of person who has no use for this kind of thing...in that case steal the MP3s from somewhere online (obviously!).

It helps if you adopt a "just-for-fun" attitude before you set up expectations. People expect too much from Reznor...let grandpa take a nap already!

Great album to start with, great remixes to add to it... I hope for more, Trent takes gambles, and succeeds.

I would say that overall this cd is good. The first six songs aren't what I'd consider quality (except for 2). It isn't till you get to 7 and beyond that the cd catches its pace and really becomes a great addition the NIN cd collection that I'm sure you've started already like so many of us have. The first song annoys me that it is even on this at all. It isn't Trent so why is it considered NIN? Shouldn't this be on Saul's cd or something? He didn't even really cover it he mostly just sampled it right? Anyhow, so I thought about giving this a 4 star rating based on the music, the only thing that made me give the 5th star was the companion cd that lets you remix on your own. Granted, you can get this stuff online but any artist giving their listeners the tools to create their own remixes is worth the 5th star.

I'll note that 7 till the end makes this cd worth buying. (9 happens to be my favorite with a close second being the string quartet remix of "Another Version of the Truth")

There are 2 huge values to this product:

1) As far as remixes go (and there are plenty of free user-made remixes of this album out there which aren't bad) I typically find remixes to feel like an afterthought and not as good as the originals. But this collection of updated versions are as good as the originals, and I've listened to them all at least 20 times so far. At least.

2) If you make music you'll love the fact that there's a second disc with all of the songs from the original album split out by high-quality source tracks and usable in Garageband, Ableton Live, etc. No one else has done this and it's pretty admirable -- one more example of Trent Reznor treating his fans with respect and providing them with what they really want.

Thanks Trent!

"Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D" ("Year Zero Remixed") isn't the standard, disjointed NIN remix album. "Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D" stands on its own as an album and work of art. These aren't simply reinterpretations--what we have here is an expansion and refinement of the "Year Zero" concept. There are fewer "funk" beats and more soundscapes. Is it a sin to say that it's more fun than the original "Year Zero" release?

The decision to release it with a DVD of sound files for every track was a breakthrough for a major record company. It will be interesting to see where the future takes Reznor and his online army of remixers. If you'd like to see what people have actually done with the files, search online for the "Limitless Potential Open Source Remixes," a collection of the best of over 200 remixes.

probably the best remixed NIN album ever! some of the song sound totally different from the original and a lot have some good beats to groove to... another amazing addition to the NIN collection.

This kind of material is very great!!! I've never seen a band that put their multitrack audio files from their last record into a DVD...

I don't usually like remix albums. When a band releases a remix album, many times its a quick cash in attempt, with little changes made to the original songs that don't really add much weight. When it comes to Nine Inch Nails though, most of the time the remixes become something else entirely, and not only add weight to the original tracks they are based upon, but become something new. "Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D" remixes NIN's "Year Zero", which saw Trent Reznor and co. not only return to form with a bombastic and politically charged outing, but the best thing to bear the NIN logo in years. "Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D" ends up being the best remix release to come from Nine Inch Nails as well, as various artists have been brought into the fold to lend their mixing talents and personal touches to "Survivalism", "Capital G", "The Great Destroyer", and the like. The end result is a loud, semi-rhythmic blast that in some cases transforms the tracks all together (check out the epic take on "Me, I'm Not"), and in that respect alone, "Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D" is a success. No matter what, it can't top "Year Zero" obviously, and I'm sorry to say that this remix album doesn't quite top say "Further Down the Spiral", but as it stands, "Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D" is another essential pick up for NIN fans/Halo collectors.

this album is pretty good, i think, though i got it as a gift- it did arrive in time and undamaged, which is really all i needed.

I had the pleasure of first listening to this NIN remix work on a decent stereo at a rather high volume, and first off I must say, this is a damn clubby record. Seriously, you could play most of these mixes in almost any dance club and it would get people moving. Now, while alot of the previous discs have had the serious hard beats that define NIN and the industrial genre, remix works in the past have been more likely to feature artists like Coil, Foetus, Meat Beat Manisfesto or the Orb.
Now on this one disc you have a all star line up of remixers such a Ladytron, Saul Williams, members of New Order, Interpol, the Knife and the Faint, you know you have a special kind of disc on your hands. Now when the artist they are remixing is Nine Inch Nails, you have something you really need to take the time to listen to. The entire album is full of the wonderful crazy hard beep, robot blips and strange sounds that will keep a careful listener on their toes, or perhaps dancing by themselves in the dark.
Although, in full disclosure I should warn those reading my review that i'm also a serious fan of not just remix discs, but also just about every artist that he has remixing. So if you are a fan of one or more of any of these artists, or just a regular NIN fan, it is a must have work.

The songs start out great, but it slows down way too much at the end. I have found better remixes searching online, but it is still a good album.

Just when you think you have heard enough crappy forced remixes from your favorite artists, along comes Mr. Reznor with a CD full of catchy and renovated tunes that I am assuming he hand picked. Although, Trent does not seem to play a large role in the creation of said remixes, I would like to believe that what Trent says is good, is actually good. And true to character, he delivers a remix to each track on Year Zero. Most of the tracks are from friends/colleagues of NIN, and in a new twist, there are several tracks that were created by fans with help from the remix site, and also from the master files of their songs that NIN released within the last few monthes. Only Trent could have revolutionized the remix album like he has with this one. I would recommend this album to anyone who likes NIN/Year Zero and/or anyone with ears. The bonus/combo version of this album comes with a bonus second data disk that has the entire Year Zero catalog available with their master/source files for your own pleasure. In case you don't know much about computers or electronic music, included within the second disk are not only the master files, but also any software that one would need to play with the songs and put your own spin on a NIN track as well as instructions. A demo version of Ableton software is on the bonus data dvd, which is, I believe, what Trent used for the most part upon creation of the original Year Zero. So buy this album, enjoy the remixes, and if you are feeling saucy, remix them yourself and post it on the remixe site that NIN put up.

I wish I wasn't in Iraq so I could have just downloaded this album. It's just another typical NIN remix album. Thought it's not totally butchered like some of the others.

This is a fabulous album, we rediscover the song with a new lighting! just amazing

This is the best remix album ever put out by Nine Inch Nails. There a few songs that I like better than the originals. The first five tracks are exceptionally strong, and Saul Williams is great in Gunshots By Computer.

Everything went fantastic with the transaction. I purchased the CD during the Christmas season, so shipping was a little longer than it would normally be, but everything arrived in perfect condition! Thanks!

Trent Reznor is a musical genius. Out of 25 or so cd's, have not heard a bad song yet. The remixes are fantastic. Keep rockin Trent!

"Year Zero" was Trent Reznor's requiem for our modern, decaying society, now his Orwellian journey gets the remix treatment. "Year Zero Remixed" is an impressive take of the original material, with stellar efforts by notable figures like Bill Laswell and Saul Williams. The remix album is tricky territory, especially when tracks are chopped-up for the sake of club play. But here the artists really do put in a stellar effort with surprisingly artistic, fresh results. Saul Williams kicks things off with "Gunshots By Computer," where he rhymes about society's decline and the need for resistance as German crowds chant in the background. Modwheelmood's "The Great Destroyer" is turned into a lush, hypnotic dark crawl and Ladytron's "The Beginning Of The End" is a futuristic march with great techno appeal. Williams returns with a "Survivalism" remix that turns the song into a dark crawl, a hushed recital of a bleak future. Bill Laswell's "Vessel" is rich in texture and the Kronos Quartet give us a creepy, dramatic "Another Version Of The Truth." "In This Twilight" is a haunting piece, and the remix here captures it well with a floaty, spacey feel. Some of the weaker material includs "Capital G" and "Meet Your Master" which do come across as standard remixes with beats and re-loops. "Year Zero Remixed" nonetheless is still a great addition to the NIN catalogue, of course the original album should be listened to first, and it flows in a superior style, but this is a refreshing take on the material where you discover more about the songs and find things, elements, in the sound, rhythm and lyrics you probably didn't notice before. Reznor has also been a great pioneer in making material available for fans to play around with, so if you don't like the remixes offered, pop in the extra data disc that comes with this set and make your own take on the material. "Year Zero Remixed" is a must for NIN fans, but the casual listener will find a lot to appreciate in here.

This is by far one of the best NIN remix albums available. I honestly didn't expect much when I purchased it, however I was delightfully surprised by the quality of the work. I wouldn't go to say that this remix album is better than the original Year Zero, but its definitely up in those rankings. For every NIN fan, this is something worth listening to.

So I just picked this up tonight. I might have bought the mp3s online but I'm getting into the producing/remixing thing, and the ability to get NiN in a multi-track format sounded awesome to me. If you're into this type of thing, and honestly, it probably helps if you're fairly new to the remix scene, loading up a year zero track in Ableton Live and seeing 10-15 tracks and how a pro really lays them out...great stuff. I wish more bands did this.

Halo 25 Audio is a great disc as well...I'm just listening to it the first time through as I read this. What's really interesting to me is there is a good mixture of remix styles. I'm not new to remix discs - my collection of singles is pretty huge. There is a very masterful selection of styles here - some tracks more hip-hop, some more deep progressive house, some breaks (it's really fun listening to a nine inch nails track, thinking "ya know, that sounds a little break-like....holy cr@p that was a full break! In a NiN track!") and even a little experimental thrown in.

What comes to mind is Trent's selection of tracks on the Lost Highway soundtrack. For a mix disc, it's pretty eclectic. (ok, there's no telephone stomp remix, and I dream of Jeanie is missing, too)

Allow me to wax for a moment - From the beginning I've associated NiN's sounds with Industrial music. Some of the purists (snobs? elitists?) will argue this. What is being shown here is the continuing variation of Trent's sound, being intreperted in a variety of styles that fall well outside "industrial," but still being very current and really great.

Now realize you have the original tracks in multitrack format, and as you listen to these remixes you can recognize the pitch bends, tracks being sampled, new loops being laid down...it's really a great experience. I think of Sasha using Live (OK I'm an Ableton fan) at a show, and being able to have the same sources to understand what he's doing, and how.

Alas, it may take a while to reproduce the results of Sasha or Trent.

The album title...really not sure what Trent's thinking there...that removes alot of creditability in alot of people's eyes, unfortunately.

Not bad remixes, a must have for the true fan. Look for "The Limitless Potential" torrent which are not as tame as these more official remixes.

The one thing that was consistant in Year Zero was a single producer / artist overseeing the entire album. So when you get the same album essentially put together by committee, it's not surprising to get mixed results, pun intended. "Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D" fortunetely hits more than it misses. Saul William's rap on Gunshots By Computer gives what was HYPERACTIVE more power closer to Rage Against The Machine. Some tracks become more driving than the original like Pirate Robot Midget's version of Violent Heart and The Faint's Meet Your Master. The new version of Capital G by Epworth Phones while dancable is a bit long and is pretty skimpy on the use of lyrics which gets tiresome after a while, but nowhere as long or uninteresting as the 12+ minutes of Me I'm Not. You have to give credit for Kronos Quartet for taking Another Version Of The Truth from NIN's typical industrial electronica into a moody chamber string piece, even if it does get some electronica tweeking. The most noticable things about the CD is the vocals are generally clearer. Most people will appreciate it though some NIN diehards may grumble that it takes some of the mystery away. The album is not for everyone, but for those willing to take a less traveled road, Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D will be fairly satisfying.

It's worth mentioning that the accompanying disc is NOT A DVD. It's a data disc containing the entire original album to be played on programs like Mac's Garageband that allows you to make your own mixes. The songs are laid out as individual track like a producer would find on a mixing board so you can play with the songs as much as you like, then share them including on the NIN site. Unfortunetely it requires a lot of extra RAM to work properly as it frequently crashed when I played it. This could be fun but only for the real diehard DJ's or producers to be. Otherwise, it's pretty much a waste. You're better off buying the singe disc version or downloading it from Amazon, which at $9 is a pretty good deal.

I have been a Nine Inch Nails fan since 1992 when I first heard about them. I am also very open-minded about music. I have liked everything they have put out for the most part - but this...this is absolutely terrible. I saw it in the store, didn't know it had come out, bought it on impulse because it had NIN's name on it so I was excited and I grieve for the $14 I spent on it. I wish I had my money back, and my time I spent listening to this (only once, believe me). I mean I have no words. It's not Nine Inch Nails that I can even blame completely for this because this is just remixes done TO NIN songs BY other people. I mean I am straight up embarrassed about this. By the time you read this, with any luck, this CD of mine will be resting in a landfill, never to enter my ears again.

Luckily, Amazon seems to have a sample of the tracks you can listen to for this album so I suggest you do that before you buy it. Please. And the samples you hear - if you're wondering if the non-sampled parts of the songs get better - the answer is no.

The actual CD here is pretty cool, I guess. Some of them (Capital G and Meet Your Master) are quite good, others aren't quite as good. Generally speaking, I'm not big on remix albums.

The real reason I bought this was for the included DVD. In one of the gutsiest moves ever made by a major-label recording artist, Trent released the multi-track versions of every song on Year Zero, in order to allow his fans to remix their favorites. As far as convenience goes, these are great. The multitrack songs are prepared for use with GarageBand, Logic Pro (the software I use), and Ableton Live. If you happen to use a different software, the individual .wav files of each individual track of each song are included. So basically, no matter which software you use, this is for you. I just got this in the mail today, so I haven't actually been able to remix anything yet, but I have been toying around with several of the songs. It's quite impressive just to see what actually goes into Trent's songs, to dissect each individual piece and hear it for what it is.

My mind is just boggling right now at the limitless options this CD gives. I can't wait to hear some of the new fan-made remixes that will doubtlessly be flooding the internet in the next few weeks, and to add my own to the pool. I know it'll never happen, but it would be great to see some other artists doing similar things. Once again, Trent proves that even after almost twenty years, he is still very much on the cutting edge of the music industry.

I was afraid to buy this remix album, as I am with most any remix album. Usually it seems at though things are just thrown together, and the original song is just playing in the background behind another mix of sounds...and often sounds very "trashy" and cheap...not so with this album. Its a brilliant remix, and I am having a hard time not saying that its better than the original. I wont just yet, but it brings a new sound to all of the songs that you love from Year Zero, and perhaps a sound that will make you like songs that you didnt like the first go round. Its done brillantly, this remix doesnt dissapoint....of course none of the NIN remix albums has. Pick this one up, and discover Year Zero all over again.

Leave it to Trent Reznor to innovate and push boundaries even in his remix EPs. While the listening portion of the tediously titled Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D is largely hit or miss, the bonus DVD-ROM containing source files allowing fans to create their own remixes of all of Year Zero's 16 tracks is a groundbreaking display of forward thinking by one of alt rock's most enduring icons. In fact, the multimedia disc alone is sufficient to justify a purchase.

Unfortunately, much of the actual remix album falls short. While past album reiterations, Further Down The Spiral (1995) and Things Falling Apart (2000) each had consistent themes and sounds, Remixed is often awkward sounding and seems haphazardly thrown together. Arguably the biggest misdirection Remixed takes is spreading composition duties to a different party for each track. Unlike previous EPs, which were remixed by a small handful of musicians and producers, every song on the album was redone by a different individual, seemingly oblivious to the fact that their mix would be a part of something bigger. Case in point: Remixed flows about as well as a rusty faucet.

But despite its piecemeal nature and the fact that none of the tracks therein were reworked by Trent Reznor himself, Remixed contains some true gems (including but not limited to Ladytron's take on The Beginning of the End, The Faint's rendition of Meet Your Master and a string quartet version of Another Version of the Truth). Unfortunately just as much of the album is bogged down by utter garbage (see the discommodious, rhythm challenged Epworth Phones remix of Capital G, and the overly long, self-indulgent pointlessness of Olof Dreijer's Me, I'm Not remix). It's this dichotomy that divides the EP between excellence and excrement, and prevents it from being anything other than slightly above average. Ultimately, it's the bonus disc that makes Remix worth owning.

This remix album might actually be better than Year Zero itself. I'd count that as a good thing, considering how many remix albums are absolutely un-listen-to-able (Bloc Party's Silent Alarm Remixed, Death From Above 1979's Romance Bloody Romance, and--of course--NIN's Fixed come to mind).

It's like a bunch of guys got together and said, "Well Trent, that album you did was a good start, but how bout this..."

With the exception of Saul Williams's little pinko rant in the first track, every track is indeed "of substance," as Trent promised.