And All That Could Have Been - Definition and Overview

And All That Could Have Been (also known as halo 17) is a double album / double DVD set by Nine Inch Nails released in 2002.

CD Version

There are two versions of the CD set. There is a limited edition set, packaged in a gray cloth case, that contains both the Live and Still CDs together. Live and Still were also sold separately. Still, however, was only available to order through the Nine Inch Nails official site (http://www.nin.com) (currently unavailable).

Live contains live tracks from the Fragility 2.0 Tour.

Still contains alternate renditions of older NIN songs, as well as new material, all performed on piano, electric piano, and other electroacoustic instruments, and backed by computer-generated synth textures. Also notable is the inclusion of a song entitled "Leaving Hope", which is the publisher name Reznor has copywritten his music under since the beginning of his career. Reznor has stated that he was very depressed during the recording of the album, but due to the melancholy nature of the album, this was suspected by fans for quite some time.

DVD Version

There are also two different versions of the DVD set. One was released with a 5.1 Dolby Digital surround soundtrack and the other was released with a 5.1 DTS surround soundtrack. Other than this, both sets are identical. The set is comprised of video footage from the 2002 Fragility 2.0 Tour. The band filmed the tour themselves using digital cameras and they created the DVD themselves, editing it on an iMac. This video was also released on one VHS tape.

The DVD version has several easter eggs [1] (http://www.dvdtalk.com/eggs/read.php?ID=119)

Message

The DVD edition includes a plastic slip with a small message written by Trent Reznor, it reads (using original formatting (aside from all-caps)):

just a glimpse

just a little reminder

of a time and place we

used to live in

this dvd attempts to

document the

experience of

nine inch nails live,

as we were in the

summer of 2000

we filmed and recorded

most of the dates of

the north american

fragility 2.0 tour

with home video cameras

then assembled

mixed and edited this

ourselves with our

home computers

in my eyes

fragility 2.0

was a summation of

what we had

accomplished up to

that time so this dvd

serves as a reminder

of achievement

as well as

a departure point

this is almost what

it felt like being there

trent reznor

Track Listing

CD version

(disc 1: live)

1. "Terrible Lie (live)" - 4:59
2. "Sin (live)" - 4:15
3. "March of the Pigs (live)" - 4:13
4. "Piggy (live)" - 4:51
5. "The Frail (live)" - 1:41
6. "The Wretched (live)" - 5:24
7. "Gave Up (live)" - 4:14
8. "The Great Below (live)" - 5:07
9. "The Mark Has Been Made (live)" - 3:45
10. "Wish (live)" - 3:40
11. "Suck (live)" - 4:13
12. "Closer (live)" - 5:38
13. "Head Like a Hole (live)" - 4:54
14. "The Day the World Went Away (live)" - 6:29
15. "Starfuckers, Inc. (live)" - 5:30
16. "Hurt (live)" - 4:59

(disc 2: still)

1. "Something I Can Never Have" - 6:39
2. "Adrift and At Peace" - 2:52
3. "The Fragile" - 5:12
4. "The Becoming" - 4:30
5. "Gone, Still" - 2:36
6. "The Day the World Went Away" - 5:17
7. "And All That Could Have Been" - 6:14
8. "The Persistence of Loss" - 4:03
9. "Leaving Hope" - 5:57

DVD version

(disc 1)

1. "Terrible Lie (live)" - 5:07
2. "Sin (live)" - 4:15
3. "March of the Pigs (live)" - 4:07
4. "Piggy (live)" - 4:57
5. "The Frail (live)" - 1:45
6. "The Wretched (live)" - 5:33
7. "Gave Up (live)" - 4:25
8. "La Mer (live)" - 4:46
9. "The Great Below (live)" - 5:07
10. "The Mark Has Been Made (live)" - 3:45
11. "Wish (live)" - 3:41
12. "Complication (live)" - 1:59

(disc 2)

1. "Suck (live)" - 4:10
2. "Closer (live)" - 6:08
3. "Head Like a Hole (live)" - 5:51
4. "Just Like You Imagined (live)" - 3:52
5. "Starfuckers, Inc. (live)" - 5:42
6. "Hurt (live)" - 4:31

(disc 2 Easter Eggs)

1. "Reptile (live)" - 6:24
2. "Starfuckers, Inc. / The Beautiful People (live with Marilyn Manson)" - 6:24
3. "The Day the World Went Away (live)" - 6:36

External Links

• Halo 17 Lyrics (http://www.rexer.com/nin/halo17.html)