released on CD, DVD, and VHS in 2002 as And All That Could Have Been .
In 2002, Johnny Cash covered the Nine Inch Nails’ ” Hurt ” for his album, American IV: The Man Comes Around , to critical acclaim. After seeing the music video, which later won a Grammy, Reznor himself became a fan of the rendition:
Daft Punk’s second album, Discovery , was released on 12 March 2001. They said it was an attempt to reconnect with the playful, open-minded attitude associated with the discovery phase of childhood. The album reached No. 2 in the UK, and its lead single, ” One More Time “, was…
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In March 2001, Depeche Mode held a press conference at the Valentino Hotel in Hamburg to announce the Exciter Tour.
The follow-up to Come Clean was an internet-only compilation titled Open Day at the Hate Fest which was released in 2001. Also in the same year, Curve issued Gift , their fourth studio album. Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine also played guitar on the songs “Want More Need Less”…
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Daft Punk partnered with the Japanese manga artist Leiji Matsumoto to create Interstella 5555 , a feature-length animation set to Discovery . The first four episodes were shown on Toonami in 2001, and the finished film was released on DVD in 2003. That December, Daft Punk released Daft Club ,…
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In 2001, Depeche Mode released Exciter , produced by Mark Bell (of techno group LFO ). Bell introduced a minimalist, digital sound to much of the album, influenced by IDM and glitch . ” Dream On “, ” I Feel Loved “, ” Freelove ” and ” Goodnight Lovers ”…
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In 2001 Q named The Downward Spiral as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time
Reznor followed The Fragile with another remix album, Things Falling Apart , released in November 2000 to poor reviews
R.E.M. recorded the majority of their twelfth album Reveal (2001) in Canada and Ireland from May to October 2000. Reveal shared the “lugubrious pace” of Up , and featured drumming by Joey Waronker, as well as contributions by Scott McCaughey (a co-founder of the band the Minus 5 with Buck),…
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