Name: Pretty Hate Machine
Brand: Nine Inch Nails

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

B001576701

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2012-11-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

602527749921

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

B001576702

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2018-04-11

602527746999

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Nine Inch Nails

Genre US

Industrial

Label US

The Bicycle Music Company

Nine Inch Nails' <i>Pretty Hate Machine</i>. Available here on LP and CD.

although nine inch nails mastermind trent reznor became the poster boy for industrial rock in the early 1990s, his '89 debut, 'pretty hate machine', actually has a stronger foothold in '80s synth-pop. the guitar-heavy opener, 'head like a hole,' is the most aggressive track on the album and proved to be the signature song for reznor's initial breakthrough, but much of the disc sounds like depeche mode in a particularly bad mood. all of the tracks on 'pretty hate machine' are based on synthesizer lines and programmed beats, with other elements - such as the distinctive bass on 'sanctified' and sampled explosions on 'that's what i get' - filling out the sound. despite reznor's morose lyrics, a number of hate machine's finest moments are energetic dance tunes, particularly 'down in it' and the surging 'sin.' oddly enough, reznor's fiercer - and seemingly less accessible - subsequent work (the 'broken' ep and 'the downward spiral') led directly to his mainstream success, but 'pretty hate machine' reveals where the nine inch nails aesthetic started out.

Pretty Hate Machine

Music US