Year Zero Remixed

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Year Zero Remixed (also known as Halo 25) is the anglicized title of a Nine Inch Nails remix album, published in a leetspeak rendering as Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D (see cover art) and was released on November 20, 2007. It features remixed versions of tracks from the band's previous studio album Year Zero; these remixes were created by various producers and recording artists. The album was released on November 20, 2007 in the United States, and on November 26, 2007 in the UK. This album was the last Nine Inch Nails album to be released by Interscope Records; it fulfilled the band's contractual commitments to the company, leaving Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor to proceed as a "totally free agent, free of any recording contract with any label".

Versions

The album was released in three formats: digital download, CD/DVD-ROM combo, and high-quality triple vinyl.

The digital download and CD releases features the same track listing.

The bonus DVD-ROM included with the CD release contains multi-track files from the entire Year Zero album in GarageBand and Ableton Live formats, as well as a demo version of the Ableton Live software, and 44100 Hz WAV-format files of the album's individual track portions, for use in any non-linear music editing software such as Pro Tools or Digital Performer.

Five songs are exclusive to the vinyl pressing, including the Switch remix of "Capital G", which was previously released on the "Capital G" single, and two different mixes of "Vessel". The LP was pressed on double 180 Gram virgin vinyl at Nashville's historic United Record Pressing. The Saul Williams remix of "Survivalism" (previously featured on some editions of Halo 23, the "Survivalism" single) and the shortest of Bill Laswell's three remixes of "Vessel" are included on the CD/DVD and download releases but not the vinyl.

Track listing

CD/DVD and digital download

No.	Title	Remixer(s)	Length
1.	"Gunshots by Computer"	Saul Williams	1:43
2.	"The Great Destroyer"	Modwheelmood	4:19
3.	"My Violent Heart"	Pirate Robot Midget	2:34
4.	"The Beginning of the End"	Ladytron	4:20
5.	"Survivalism" a.k.a. "Survivalism_Tardusted"	Saul Williams	4:19
6.	"Capital G" a.k.a. "Capital G: Epworth Phones 666 Revolutions"	Epworth Phones	7:26
7.	"Vessel"	Bill Laswell	6:10
8.	"The Warning" a.k.a. "The Warning: Real World Remix"	Stefan Goodchild feat. Doudou N'Diaye Rose	3:43
9.	"Meet Your Master"	The Faint	3:35
10.	"God Given"	Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert	4:27
11.	"Me, I'm Not"	Olof Dreijer	14:00
12.	"Another Version of the Truth"	Kronos Quartet and Enrique Gonzalez Müller	4:25
13.	"In This Twilight"	Fennesz	4:37
14.	"Zero-Sum"	Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert	5:38

Vinyl

(Note: One of the discs is single-sided.)

Side A

No.	Title	Remixer(s)	Length
1.	"Gunshots by Computer" a.k.a. "Hyperpower! (Gunshots by Computer)"	Saul Williams	1:43
2.	"The Great Destroyer"	Modwheelmood	4:39
3.	"My Violent Heart"	Pirate Robot Midget	2:34
4.	"The Beginning of the End"	Ladytron	4:21
5.	"Capital G" a.k.a. "Capital G: Epworth Phones 666 Revolutions"	Epworth Phones	7:26

Side B

No.	Title	Remixer(s)	Length
1.	"The Warning" a.k.a. "The Warning: Real World Remix"	Stefan Goodchild feat. Doudou N'Diaye Rose	3:44
2.	"Meet Your Master"	The Faint	3:35
3.	"God Given"	Stephen Morris And Gillian Gilbert	4:28
4.	"Vessel [Mix 1]"	Bill Laswell	9:23

Side C

No.	Title	Remixer(s)	Length
1.	"Capital G"	Switch	5:00
2.	"Me, I'm Not"	Olof Dreijer	14:01

Side D

No.	Title	Remixer(s)	Length
1.	"The Good Soldier" a.k.a. "The Good Soldier: (Friend or Faux 001)"	Sam Fog of Interpol	8:05
2.	"Vessel [Mix 2]"	Bill Laswell	12:58

Side E

No.	Title	Remixer(s)	Length
1.	"Capital G"	Ladytron	5:04
2.	"Another Version of the Truth"	Kronos Quartet and Enrique Gonzalez Müller	4:25
3.	"In This Twilight"	Fennesz	4:37
4.	"Zero-Sum"	Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert	5:39

Critical reception

Year Zero Remixed received generally mixed reviews. Virgin Media's review described the album as "a real cornucopia of treats" and "Highly recommended." Pitchfork Media's review, however, criticized the album, writing that it "lacks cohesion and is predictably spotty." The Toronto Star, making note of the remix artists, stated "Year Zero Remixed enlists a commendably eclectic assortment of artists." Further commenting "the results are an intriguingly cerebral hodgepodge..." with the largest selling point being the bonus DVD-ROM disc. The Denver Post mused that "perhaps it's the best remix outing of Reznor's career."

External links

• Official Year Zero page at NIN.com
• Year Zero Remixed at the NinWiki
• Year Zero Remixed at MusicBrainz