This cd takes the worst parts of The Fragile and the worst parts of Pretty Hate Machine and combines them to create a mediocre concept album. Now I'm no Nine Inch Nails basher, but this cd doesn't have much going for it. The concept is alright, but the music doesn't stand out or provide enough oomph to make the cd enjoyable. The Fragile was filled with tracks that had no lyrics and no real concept, but they were broken up with great tracks like We're In This Together Now and Starf***er. This cd takes that idea, with an entirely different concept, and doesn't deliver on anything memorable both musically or lyrically. NIN's last two albums, With Teeth and Year Zero, show Trent Reznor treading water. It seems as if he has become a parody of himself. This cd isn't horrible, but it is not even close to being as good as The Downward Spiral or The Fragile.