Ghosts I-IV
by Nine Inch Nails
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. NOW Magazine
    60
    At 36 tracks, Ghosts is as impressively ambitious as it is uneven and stunted.
  2. Sputnikmusic
    60
    This album is surely a success, its just there is a lot of things that a great album like 'My Life in the Bush of The Ghosts' (which Ghosts sincerely seems indebted to) have that are missing here.
  3. Village Voice
    60
    It's basically a minimalist record that coasts on one's predilection for NINoise.
  5. Pitchfork
    50
    Even if every one of these tracks stands as a formal experiment unto itself, after an hour or two these half-formed ideas begin to bleed indistinctly into each other, evolving into puddles of vaguely ominous aural mush.
  6. AllMusic
    50
    It's meant to be taken as surface, perhaps skimmed for samples, but generally to be used as mildly unsettling mood music--a specialty of Reznor's, to be sure, but he's better and scarier when his ideas are more finely honed than they are here.
  7. Blender
    50
    The album could easily have come from Boards of Canada or any number of downcast groups--if it were shorter. [May 2008, p.78]
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User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 88 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 78 out of 88
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 88
  3. Negative: 4 out of 88
  1. BobS.
    Apr 16, 2008
    10
    Ghosts is Amazing! Trent is the most vital artist in the music industry today. The man is a f*cking genius!
  2. JimmyR.
    Apr 24, 2008
    10
    This is really different, and that is a good thing.
  3. BradleyH.
    Apr 14, 2008
    10
    I never write reviews and I look at the site daily. I have to state that who ever these music critics are and their opinions and critiques of I never write reviews and I look at the site daily. I have to state that who ever these music critics are and their opinions and critiques of artist work never reflects the true nature of the album being review. Trent Reznor makes art. These critics are writers and perhaps want-to-be musicians. We should all listen to each other when deciding to purchase a record. Who are these critics anyway, what are there qualifications and why do we even care about their opinions. Music is art. Trent Reznor stands alone.… Full Review »
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