Nine Inch Nails giving away 9 new songs online

Full 36-track album available for $5, or on standard CDs for $10 in April

	Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is following in the footsteps of Radiohead. On Sunday, he released nine new songs on the Web for free download.
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updated 1:53 p.m. ET March 4, 2008

NEW YORK - Industrial-rock band Nine Inch Nails has wasted no time releasing its first album since becoming a free agent last October.

The Trent Reznor-led combo started selling an instrumental album, “Ghosts I-IV,” on its Web site, http://www.nin.com, Sunday. Fans can receive the first nine songs from the 36-track project for free, or can pay $5 for the entire digital album.

There are several other ordering options, each of which comes with immediate access to the album in digital form.

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The standard double-CD set is retailing for $10, and will reach stores on April 8. A $70 deluxe edition and a $300 autographed version will ship May 1.

After Nine Inch Nails’ contract with Interscope expired, the label released a remix album, “Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D.” The band’s last studio release, “Year Zero,” debuted at No. 2 on the U.S. album charts last April.

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