Rumor: NIN Releasing Remastered Versions of Older Albums, Limited Edition of Year Zero? UPDATE: DEBUNKED!
The funniest thing happened. I was looking around the NIN forums when I found a post titled (and I quote): “OMG Special Limited Edition Year Zero and Others!!!” My OCD kicked in when I read the “Limited Edition” because I am OCD to getting every Limited Edition thing I can get my hands on. Apparently, Best Buy kinda f’ed up. In the post, there was a link to this page, a page showing all the upcoming NIN releases. It shows a Limited Edition of Trent’s Concept Album “Year Zero” and SHM (Super High Material which means even BETTER quality then remastered CDs) versions of “Pretty Hate Machine”, “The Downward Spiral” and “The Fragile”. Trent has always said that he has been interested in re-releasing the older albums in a remastered format, but the thing that screams “FAKE” to me is how they say “The Downward Spiral” is being re-released. This would be the FIFTH (counting the first time) this album would be released (Original, Duel-Disc, Deluxe Double Disk Edition, LP Record, and this). I mean, I know it is their most successful album, but FIVE TIMES? I either think this is Best Buy slipping up and posting info a BIT too early (Year Zero LE “release date”: 11/19/2008, Album remasters “release date”: 12/3/2008) or Best Buy being a-holes (again) and just teasing the NIN fans around the world with fake albums. These are available for Pre-Order, so if you want to grab your copy of these “mystery albums”, go right ahead. But I am NOT spending $60 on a remastered version of “The Fragile”, no matter how much I love that album. Keep in mind, none of this has been confirmed by NIN or NIN’s representatives, so for the moment, we have to say this is a RUMOR.
Update: The SHM versions of the disk have been announced as releases of the disks in Japan. Nothing special. No new news about the LE of Year Zero though.
