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Pretty Hate Machine by: Nine Inch Nails

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Rating: - Anyone who likes NIN needs this!

Simply put,this is a great album. From start to finish, every track is important to the whole.Trent Reznor is able to transition from loud agression (Head Like a Hole),to quiet introspection (something i can never have) with ease. He even gets a little funky with songs like "the only time". Yes, this is different from The Fragile & Downward Spiral. And, yes, synths are used-but remember, it was the 80's! But most importantly,yes, this album is necessary for anyone who even slightly thinks of themself as a NIN fan.

Rating: - PHM one of the best cds of the last 10 years

For anyone who is "into" Nine Inch Nails, you must start at the beginning with "Pretty Hate Machine", granted its not as heavy as "Broken", "Spiral" or "The Fragile", but its kicks major ass. It has alot more synths then guitars(but still rocks), these songs were written about a good relationship gone bad as described by Trent Reznor. Once you hear "Terrible Lie"(still a concert favorite)"Sin", and "Thats What I get" you feel the anger, passion, and decay. "Something I Can Never Have" pretty much could be used to describe millions of people including myself, while "Down In It" is basically saying should I end it? PHM also contains the hit "Head Like A Hole" as well as choice tracks like "Sanctified", "The Only Time", and "Kinda I Want to", how could you not by this cd? If you're a fan of NIN you alredy have this, if you would like to get inside the mind of Trent Reznor just a little bit, pick it up, you won't be disappointed...this disc contains the very beginnings of a masterpiece called NINE INCH NAILS

Rating: - Grows on you

I bought this album after i had been really "into" The Fragile and The Downward Spiral, upon 1st listen i declared this album to be pop-crap and "how could this be the same band/man that wrote The Fragile, Broken and Downward Spiral albums". Oh how wrong could i be, i listend to it more and then declared it to have a "few" good songs. Fast Forward 4 months, i totally love this album, evrything about it, the lyrics, the sometimes cheesy synths, trents vocals. This album is definetly reccomended for anyone who has been let down in a relationship as this sums up alot of those feelings, songs like "something i can never have" really stike a chord in me. Great album from the genius that is Trent Reznor. (Personal Fave song is Sin)

Rating: - The start of something special

NIN's first release broke onto the scene in the last 1980's and brought with it an excitement for 'industrial' music that hard never really before been witnessed.

Alonside Ministry, NIN became a defining force in the genre. Whilst Ministry had the drilling looped guitars of Al Jorgenson, NIN's Trent Reznor favoured the more subversive in-though-the back-door approach of techno beats overlayed with more traditional reock instrumentation.

Opening track, 'Head like a hole' sets the pace well although, for me, the standout track here is 'Something I can never have', a haunting ballad featuring Reznor's tortured lyrics alongside spare piano.

On the strenght of this album alone, NIN secured a support slot with Guns and Roses and Skid Row, two of the biggest bands of the time. The tour took in Wembley Stadium, a gog I was fortunate to witness, and it was apparent NIN were here to stay.

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