And All That Could Have Been

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And All that Could Have Been
Live album by Nine Inch Nails
Released	January 22, 2002
Recorded	Fragility 2.0 Tour; Nothing Studios, New Orleans
Genre	Rock
Length	73:52 (Live CD) 43:20 (Still CD) 105:53 (DVD)
Label	Nothing Records
Producer(s)	Trent Reznor
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Live CD All Music Guide Live/Still CD set All Music Guide DVD
Nine Inch Nails chronology
Things Falling Apart (2000)	And All that Could Have Been (2002)	With Teeth (2005)
Alternate releases
Live packaged separately
Still packaged separately
DVD

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. And All That Could Have Been is the seventeenth official Nine Inch Nails release. 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, also documented the Fragility 2.0 tour. Although not officially stated, it is possible that the title of this set is taken from a lyric in The Fragile song "The Great Below" ("All the world has closed her eyes / Tired faith all worn and thin / For all we could have done / And all that could have been").

Contents 1 CD Version 2 DVD Version 3 Personnel 4 Message 5 Track listing 5.1 CD version 5.2 DVD/VHS version 6 Easter Eggs 6.1 Disc 1 6.2 Disc 2 7 Releases 8 External links

[edit] 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. However, the Still disc is also available separately, originally via mail order from the official nin.com website.

Live contains performances from the Fragility 2.0 tour. Some of the lyrics in the songs featured on the album are different from the studio releases as Reznor is notorious for changing lyrics during live shows.

Still contains somber renditions of older songs and fresh material including a title track, "And All That Could Have Been", the debut of Reznor's lyrics after the single "Deep". All of the songs on Still were performed on piano, acoustic guitar, electric piano, or other 'real' instruments backed by computer-generated synth textures. Of note is the title "Leaving Hope", which is also the publisher name under which Reznor has copyrighted music since the beginning of his songwriting career. Reznor stated in 2005 on the official nin.com website that he was very depressed during the recording of the album, as was suspected by fans for years. "Adrift and at Peace" was La Mer's conclusion. "Gone, Still" and "The Persistence of Loss" were originally composed for the movie One Hour Photo, but rejected by director Mark Romanek (who notably directed videos for "Closer" and "The Perfect Drug"). The latter track is almost unique in the Nine Inch Nails catalogue ("Pilgrimage" aside), as it features a live horn section. Videos for three songs from Still ("Something I Can Never Have", "The Becoming", and "Gone, Still") were released on the official NIN website.

Reznor also performed an intimate acoustic set at the Chicago Recording Company during the Fragility 2.0 tour, which is available online and bootleg CDs, 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".

[edit] DVD Version

There are also 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. The DVD set is comprised of video footage from the 2000 Fragility 2.0 Tour. The band filmed the tour themselves using DV cameras and created the DVD themselves, editing it on a Mac using Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro. [1] This video was also released on one VHS tape.

[edit] Personnel

• Trent Reznor -- Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Bass Guitar, Prophet VS synthesizer
• Danny Lohner -- Bass Guitar, Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals
• Robin Finck -- Guitar, Synthesizer, E-bow, Vocals
• Charlie Clouser -- Synthesizer, Theremin, Vocoder, Vocals
• Jerome Dillon -- Drums, Samples

[edit] Message

The DVD edition includes a clear, plastic slip with a message from Trent Reznor written on it. It reads:

just a glimpse

just a little reminder

of a time and place we

used to live in

this dvd attempts to

document the

experience of

nine inch nails live,

as we were in the

summer of 2000

we filmed and recorded

most of the dates of

the north american

fragility 2.0 tour

with home video cameras

then assembled

mixed and edited this

ourselves with our

home computers

in my eyes

fragility 2.0

was a summation of

what we had

accomplished up to

that time so this dvd

serves as a reminder

of achievement

as well as

a departure point

this is almost what

it felt like being there

trent reznor

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD version

Disc 1: Live

1. "Terrible Lie" – 4:59
2. "Sin" – 4:15
3. "March of the Pigs" – 4:13
4. "Piggy" – 4:51
5. "The Frail" – 1:41
6. "The Wretched" – 5:24
7. "Gave Up" – 4:14
8. "The Great Below" – 5:07
9. "The Mark Has Been Made" – 3:45
10. "Wish" – 3:40
11. "Suck" – 4:13
12. "Closer" – 5:38
13. "Head Like a Hole" – 4:54
14. "The Day the World Went Away" – 6:29
15. "Starfuckers, Inc." – 5:30
16. "Hurt" – 4:59

Disc 2: Still

1. "Something I Can Never Have" – 6:39
2. "Adrift and At Peace" – 2:52
3. "The Fragile" – 5:12
4. "The Becoming" – 4:30
5. "Gone, Still" – 2:36
6. "The Day the World Went Away" – 5:17
7. "And All that Could Have Been" – 6:14
8. "The Persistence of Loss" – 4:03
9. "Leaving Hope" – 5:57

[edit] DVD/VHS version

1. "Terrible Lie" – 5:07
2. "Sin" – 4:15
3. "March of the Pigs" – 4:07
4. "Piggy" – 4:57
5. "The Frail" – 1:45
6. "The Wretched" – 5:33
7. "Gave Up" – 4:25
8. "La Mer" – 4:46
9. "The Great Below" – 5:07
10. "The Mark Has Been Made" – 3:45
11. "Wish" – 3:41
12. "Complication" – 1:59
13. "Suck" – 4:10
14. "Closer" – 6:08
15. "Head Like a Hole" – 5:51
16. "Just Like You Imagined" – 3:52
17. "Starfuckers, Inc." – 5:42
18. "Hurt" – 4:31

There is also unlisted intro before "Terrible Lie" - a mix of instrumental studio version of "The New Flesh" and live recording of "Pinion". The DVD version is split into two discs: songs 1-12 on disc 1 and songs 13-18 on disc 2.

DVD version has a number of bonus features and hidden materials:

Disc 1

Stationary camera angles for "La Mer", "The Great Below" and "The Mark Has Been Made", as well as a hidden alternate angle for "Gave Up" (see below).

Disc 2

The second disc includes a photo gallery an audio commentary by director-artist Bill Viola discussing his video effects for the songs "La Mer", "The Great Below" and "The Mark Has Been Made", as well as several hidden materials (see below).

[edit] Easter Eggs

And All That Could Have Been has some secret videos and features hidden on the discs. They can be accessed via the DVD remote control:

[edit] Disc 1

"Gave Up" Hidden Angle:

During "Gave Up", at 26:58 hit ENTER on your remote, and it will jump to a single angle performance of "Gave Up" from a straight on vantage point in the crowd.

(NOTE: This easter egg does not work on the DTS version of And All That Could Have Been, because the stationary angles are only accessible from a "supplemental content" menu. The stationary angle of "Gave Up" can be found there.)

[edit] Disc 2

NinetyNine Commercial: (duration: 0:30)

In the "supplemental content" menu, highlight "Main Menu", then press LEFT, UP, then ENTER.

Reptile: (duration: 6:24)

During "Suck", at 1:06 press UP, then ENTER.

The Day the World Went Away Video: (duration: 6:36)

In between "Head Like A Hole" and "Just Like You Imagined", press quickly LEFT, RIGHT, DOWN, UP and then press ENTER.

"Marilyn Manson With Nine Inch Nails At Madison Square Garden": (duration: 6:24)

During "Starfuckers, Inc.", at 24:15 hit ENTER, and it will jump to a video where Marilyn Manson finishes out the song, and then Manson and Reznor perform The Beautiful People (from the Madison Square Garden show).

"Beneath The Surface" Menu:

During "Head Like A Hole" on Disc 2, at 11:19, press "7" ("6" on some versions) and then ENTER to access a secret menu, called "Beneath The Surface". It contains the aforementioned live performances of "Reptile", "The Day the World Went Away", the "Starfuckers, Inc./The Beautiful People" video with Marilyn Manson, the aforementioned "NinetyNine" commercial, as well as promo spots for the album The Fragile (0:30) and the remix album Things Falling Apart (1:02).

[edit] Releases

• Nothing Records / Interscope Records 0694931862 - Double CD
• Nothing Records / Interscope Records 0694931852 - Live CD
• Nothing Records / Interscope Records 0694931842 - Still CD
• Nothing Records / Interscope Records 4400609659 - Dolby Digital DVD
• Nothing Records / Interscope Records 4400609829 - DTS DVD

[edit] External links

• nin.com
• Halo 17 Lyrics
• Halo 17 at NINCollector.com
• And All that Could Have Been -- Info at IMDB
• discogs.com: And All that Could Have Been (Limited Edition) (US 2xCD)
• discogs.com: And All that Could Have Been (Live) (US CD)
• discogs.com: And All that Could Have Been (US 2xDVD)
• discogs.com: And All that Could Have Been (EU VHS)