- First album where Trent has collaborated on songs. Danny, Charlie, and Keith Hildebrant have co-wrote several songs with Trent. This is also the first NIN album where Trent has had backing vocals by people other than himself.
- First time Trent has dedicated a song to someone! "I'm Looking Forward to Joining You, Finally," is followed by the words, "for clara" in the liner notes. My guess is that Clara is his beloved grandmother, who died a few years ago. I highly doubt that Clara is a lover or a girlfriend, because the lyrics of the song are dark and seem to hint at death and loss.
- The kinda-sorta intro to "Please" (The low, 30 second long thing containing the lyrics, "I'm getting closer.... All the time.") is actually part of either The New Flesh, a song previously only available on the vinyl edition of the Fragile. But now it's available on the three part We're In This Together import single! Ahahha yay!
- There are some questionable names listed in the "Thank You Very Much" section. Who knows what they are.... If you have any ideas about who or what these people are, please tell me!! The names are listed as: (Stuff that's been found out has been filled in)
daisy may - I have a sneaking suspision that this is Trent's dog. (Notice how the names are alphabetized by last name. Daisy May is listed in the D's.)
tomato - Apparently there is a British director by the name of Tomato. (Thanks to LOURDESPLANT)
aqua marine - ???
clavia - Makers of digital instruments. (Thanks to Kev M)
id software - Creators of Quake, which Trent composed the music for. (Thanks to Brian.)
k-paul's - A very yummy restaurant in New Orleans! (Thanks to Mala the fish.)
musician's friend, new orleans - Musician's Friend is a dealer in instruments. (Thanks to Brian.)
nola - Could be Trent's fave restaurant in the French Quarter, or could just be an abbreviation for New Orleans, LA. (Thanks to Brandy)
opcode - Computer studio program. (Thanks to Brian)
pedalman - A distortion pedal company. (Thanks to Johnny)
solid state logic - The world's largest manufacturer of professional analogue and digital audio consoles for music, broadcast, post production and film. (Thanks to Kev M)
sound chek, new orleans - Another mysterious N.O. related name. And "check" is spelled wrong.
waves - This might be referring to the ocean. But don't ask me! Heh. Johnny agrees: "I used to be an avid traveller
to California to surf. The waves are very addicting."
werlein's music - A large music store chain selling very expensive stuff. (Thanks to Kev M)
Also, in the listing of all the other album stuff, it says, "Being there provided by Jerry Meltzer." Looks like Trent had a supportive buddy during this.... (Or something.)
For those of you that know about the T&T Conspiracy, try these on for size:
- The Fragile has the same package design as To Venus and Back, Tori's latest album.
- Both are double CDs, and released on the same day.
- The word "Starfucker" originated in Tori's song "Professional Widow" off of her 1996 album Boys For Pele.
- Both Trent and Tori made 2 singles known before the releases of their albums. Trent had TDTWWA and WITT; Tori had Bliss and A Thousand Oceans.
- Both Trent and Tori both OFFICIALY released only ONE of each of their two known singles. (As of 9.21.99)
For those of you who DON'T know about the T&T conspiracy, try these 2 awesome pages (They are from the same site) ....
The Trent and Tori Conspiracy List
Direct quotes from both Trent and Tori regarding each other
As you may know, Trent and Tori were good friends during the Downward Spiral period, when Trent was very depressed. (Some people like to think that they had a fling going, but it hasn't been proven.) Tori would often come and stay with him in the Sharon Tate house. Once, she tried to cook him a chicken dinner (She is quoted as saying, "He's so anorexic sometimes.") but after 6 hours in the oven, the chicken was still raw and bloody. Trent and Tori figured that evil spirits in the house were fiddling with the oven. Many other events between Trent and Tori have been discussed by the two of them in their own interviews. Many of these events are very comical and interesting. I'm not sure if they are still friends now, but at one point I'm pretty sure they were pretty tight together. Make sure you visit the links above to get the whole story!