Album

Pretty Hate Machine

Nine Inch Nails

1989 · Electronic, Rock

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Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails

Pretty Hate Machine is an Electronic album by Nine Inch Nails, originally released in 1989. On Gatefold: 166 pressings tracked, owned by 160 collectors.

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After Trent Reznor came storming out of the darkness with this explosive 1989 debut, industrial music would never be the same. Nine Inch Nails' mastermind moans and growls over a brilliantly messy clatter of synths, guitars, drum machines, and samples, unleashing his rage and dread through the crunchy rock grind of "Head Like a Hole" and the punchy synth-pop of "Terrible Lie." He then scrapes rock bottom with haunting piano dirge "Something I Can Never Have" before seeking catharsis in the sticky, funked-up "The Only Time."

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Head Like A Hole4:59
  2. A2Terrible Lie4:38
  3. A3Down In It3:46
  4. A4Sanctified5:48
  5. A5Something I Can Never Have5:54

Side B

  1. B1Kinda I Want To4:33
  2. B2Sin4:06
  3. B3That's What I Get4:30
  4. B4The Only Time4:47
  5. B5Ringfinger5:42

Sound DNA

  • Electronic
  • Industrial
  • synthetic
  • anxious
  • club

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Some copies included a black and white hype sticker which reads “Raw, uncalculated, seductive” SPIN
Includes lyric sheet with credits. Lyric sheet has a slight typo where it misses to list the track 10 header for "Ringfinger".
Back cover has the TVT logo at the bottom right.
Some copies appear brown translucent when held up to a light, indicating this was pressed on high quality Quiex II vinyl.
Mastered at Masterdisk, NYC.
Studios: The Right Track (Cleveland), Blackwing (London), Unique (New York), Synchro Sound (Boston), Roundhouse (London).
Thank you: Bart Koster (The Right Track), Mike Shea, Michael S. Toorock, Roz Earls, Seb Shelton, Bryan Grant, Larry Bole, Alison Fryer, Michelle de Frasia, Gerry Gerrard, Martin Horne, Sioux Zimmerman, Paul Conelly, Ron Musarra, Steve Woolard, Mark Jowett and all at Nettwek, Howie Klein, Preston Sullivan/Carlysle, Kevin Donoghue/Native, Frederic Walheer/Sub Rosa.
Special Thanks: All at TVT Records.
Kicking Ass way beyond the call of duty: John A. Malm, Jr.
Ideas and sounds (with all due respect): Clive Barker, Jane's Addiction, Prince, Public Enemy, This Mortal Coil, Success (Screaming Trees U.K.), various unknown others.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • FloodPROGRAMMED BY SYNTHESIZER
  • Tim NiemiPROGRAMMED BY SYNTHESIZER
  • Trent ReznorARRANGED BY, PROGRAMMED BY, PERFORMER ARRANGED BY, PROGRAMMED BY, PERFORMER , WRITTEN-BY ARRANGED BY, PROGRAMMED BY, WRITTEN-BY, PERFORMER
  • Richard PatrickGUITAR

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