Just can't get into this album.
I have been a NIN fan since he came out. I just can't seem to love this album as much as the rest. It's got great sounds and the lyrics are good too.. just doesn't strike a cord with me. The concert was fantastic though! Don't miss it.

For a loud album, it sure is quiet....
(This is a review of the product itself, not the music..)

Great album, not the strongest of Reznor's, but one of his most outright heavy efforts since "Broken" and a welcome follow up to Year Zero. Be warned, however, that the copy I received has a distinct warp on one edge of the vinyl. Although I should have learned my lesson after getting 5 warped copies of "With Teeth" from Amazon earlier this year I still clicked "buy" and took my chances. Due to returning what feels like too many warped LPs I just gave up on returning this one and am instead dealing with the frantic jumping of my sub-woofers from the first track on each side. It certainly doesn't help that this record has such a low volume in comparison to nearly everything else I own so it must be CRANKED to a ridiculous degree to get as wonderfully loud as the CD or digital download versions. I should feel like a sucker for buying a "free" album in the first place... this is the only NIN vinyl I regret purchasing. Music is great, packaging is gorgeous, sound transfer to vinyl is just "alright" (even at 180 Grams), and the product is borderline defective. Question to Amazon: "How are you storing these?!?!" Stick with the FLAC lossless available from nin.com. It's free and sounds superior to this usually mind blowing format. There is quite a bit of surface noise on the disc as well, likely due to having to turn it up so much. A few pops on first spin as well. I have decent equipment, so this is rather annoying.
This may not be news to you, prospoective buyer, but some digital recordings just don't translate well to vinyl. Bjork's "Vespertine" has hissing on the vocal "S" sounds, fuzzy hi-hats and distorted chimes. No good. Another recent Nine Inch Nails release, "Y34rz3r0r3m1x3d" translated wonderfully, having gorgeous range and depth with rich lows and crisp highs.
"The Slip" is more or less in the middle of those two examples in the way of transfer quality. Tolerable but not great.
If you're a hardcore collector then I suppose there is no swaying you. For a casual nin/vinyl enthusiast, I wouldn't recommend this music on this format merely on the grounds it just doesn't pound the same way the other formats do. Hope that helps someone out there.

To Disco
This CD was free on the Web Site but I did purchase anyway. I think it is a little disco sounding compared to his old work. His age is showing.

A good release
This album is quite pleasing: good rhythm, nice feelings while listening to that "good old NIN style" (common, we all like when Trent's shouting, we like that indus sound, which means good old saturated guitar, good percussions &cool atmosphere on the electro part to me) and also a good following to the Ghosts previous album.

Of course, I'm one of those people that think that the more "venomous" aspects of NIN's years were what gave the best sound & feelings, anyway I still find it to be good music in general, although I would personally "put down" a bit the electronic / "noise" parts for more "metalesque" parts.

Anyway, to sum up the whole picture, I would say that this album is quite refreshing & for those of you that are undecided to buy or not this one, just download it for free & legally from the official web site, then honor the authors for their work.

NIN - The Slip
After parting ways with their record label, Interscope Records, Nine Inch Nails have redefined and reestablished themselves as a vital force in the industrial music movement. "The Slip" is reminiscent of "Broken," their second LP, as far as feeling and emotion toward the record industry and the worlds around us are concerned. It's a vital, vengeful, heavy, loud, and brutally savage depiction of the music industry as a whole, and the way music, as an art form, is promoted, distributed, and depicted these days. Originally offered as a free download on their official site as a "thank you" to their fans' unrelenting loyalty, the album is offered in multiple downloadable formats including lyrics, original artwork, desktop wallpapers, icons and more, "The Slip" quickly became leaked to the world. Still offered as a free download, a limited edition CD of only 250,000 copies soon followed, along with a vinyl format released worldwide. "The Slip" was followed by a world tour that is quite simply one of the most intense performances of their career; visually, emotionally, and musically. With the return of long-time guitarist Robin Finck, the live interpretation of songs both new and old is represented with solid conviction. Dazzling lighting effects, a set list containing songs that span decades, overwhelming visuals, and a tenacity impossible to duplicate make this one of the best live shows of 2008. Do not pass up the opportunity to add "The Slip" to your growing Nine Inch Nails collection, or if you're new to the world of Nine Inch Nails, this album is a must have and is just as vital and important as such classics as "Pretty Hate Machine," "Broken," "The Downward Spiral," and "The Fragile."