If NIN goes four-deep on "Teeth"...

[halo19]

Since NIN has been able to pull off three top-10 (possibly top five as well) hits from one album, more impressive than ever, I believe the album could even go four deep.

After enough repeat listens, I'm thinking my favorite song on the album is "Sunspots". I think it'd be a pretty good release as well in comparison to the rest, even if it's mainly the bridge that would make it that.

"ATLITW" is excellent but is probably too slow/boring for most listeners. "YKWYA" is probably something that would do okay on radio, and one that would make sense for the hard rock stations to play. Although programmers may mistake the title for a Ministry ripoff .

"The Collector" is my least favorite song on the album and sounds kind of disjointed. "LINE" doesn't seem radio-friendly enough to be a big hit and is one of the lesser tracks IMO to begin with. "With Teeth" may rub listeners the wrong way in the chorus.

"Getting Smaller" seems straightforward enough to be a single, and the chorus has enough of a hook, even if it's an average track for the album. "TLBTB" isn't very radio friendly, it doesn't help that "BYIT" has that sort of panning in it, which would probably also rub listeners the wrong way.

"RWIB" is decent enough, but I think there's more single-worthy stuff, although not much.

My preference of the tracks after enough listening:
1. Sunspots
2. All the Love in the World
3. Right Where It Belongs
4. You Know What You Are?
5. The Hand That Feeds (now that I'm over loving anything that has NIN's name on it, although still an amazing live act)
6. The Line Begins to Blur
7. Every Day Is Exactly the Same
8. Beside You in Time
9. With Teeth
10. Getting Smaller
11. Only
12. Love Is Not Enough
13. The Collector

[friday]

Well, I've only heard "Getting Smaller" and "The Line Begins to Blur" definitively, but if I had to choose between those two, I'd probably take "Getting Smaller." Haven't heard either in a while, though.

[a Nick O!]

I chose "Right Where It Belongs" because it's an epic like "Hurt," and a live show regular that would be perfect for closing it all out and he's got nothing to lose at this point in the album's life. Hell, the video's already made: just do a live clip showing exactly what was on the screens during the shows. Regarding the implied condescension of the Bush images, it's not like MTV or VH1 would play it in the first place, being a fourth single from Nine Inch Nails.

I could also see "The Collector" and "Sunspots" working well with more commercial appeal in mind.