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Nine Inch Nails Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (1 Mar 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Commercial Marketing
  • ASIN: B0000262Q8
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,418 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. Mr. Self Destruct 4:32£0.69
Listen  2. Piggy 4:23£0.69
Listen  3. Heresy 3:54£0.69
Listen  4. March Of The Pigs 2:58£0.69
Listen  5. Closer 6:13£0.89
Listen  6. Ruiner 4:57£0.69
Listen  7. The Becoming 5:33£0.69
Listen  8. I Do Not Want This 5:41£0.69
Listen  9. Big Man With A Gun 1:36£0.69
Listen10. A Warm Place 3:23£0.69
Listen11. Eraser 4:53£0.69
Listen12. Reptile 6:51£0.69
Listen13. The Downward Spiral 3:56£0.69
Listen14. Hurt 6:14£0.89


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It's easy to understand why Nine Inch Nails became the industrial band to break out of the techno ghetto and win a larger audience. Trent Reznor, who records the NIN albums almost entirely by himself (although he tours with a full band), tries very hard to pass himself off as an angry young man, but underneath the angst-ridden lyrics, pounding synths, and grating guitars is an irrepressible pop sensibility. On the second full-length NIN album, The Downward Spiral, Reznor builds his constructions of noise and gloom around warm, fuzzy melodies. On the album's first single, "March of the Pigs," for example, Reznor screams about swine lined up for slaughter amid guitars screeching in pain. Suddenly the guitars fall away to reveal the sensually throbbing rhythm track below; then that falls away to reveal a vocal-and-piano track that's as catchy as anything by Elton John. Because Reznor has a better handle on dynamics now, the melodic core is more obvious than ever. --Geoffrey Himes

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Downward Spiral has been one of my favourite albums for many years and 11 years on, it still sounds good. However this SACD version almost defies description, taking what is already a masterpiece to a higher level.

The anger, disillusionment and despair present in TDS is communicated with such force through this beatifully rendered and realised version of the album that, for the want of sounding twee, its more of an experience than an album of songs.

I can't recvomend this enough, if you like NIN then this is a must buy. Even if you only want to check out what the SACD format is capable of, this is an excellent demonstration (though I would imagine it makes pretty difficult listening if you're offended easily or don't like your music loud and distorted). Listening to the original stereo CD again just feels flat and unsatisfying compared to the experience that this SACD delivers.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is considered Nine Inch Nails' most controversial and disturbing work. They completely change their image that was first seen on "Pretty Hate Machine" to something much more darker and emotional. The result is a very successful and complex masterpiece that takes you to places you have never been in the music world. With each track you step in further and further into Reznor's mind. "The Downward Spiral" is an outstanding album and will always remain a classic.

The songs are much more complex and have more structure to them than the ones that appear on "Pretty Hate Machine" and "Broken." There are heavy songs, and there are soft songs. There are disturbing songs, and there are beautiful songs. You get to experience something different with each song.

The great thing about this album is, just like with any other NIN album, no two songs are the same. Each one has its own identity and feeling to it. Another plus is that there is not a single bad song on the entire album. My favourites are "mr. self destruct," "march of the pigs," "closer," "the becoming," "a warm place," "eraser," "I do not want this," "ruiner," and "hurt."

"The Downward Spiral" is an amazing album. Reznor knows how to make great music and continues to impress us even to this day. Be warned, however; this album isn't for everyone. It is indeed a very controversial and even sometimes offensive album. But if you love Nine Inch Nails, then this is a must-have. It is a CD I continue to listen to over and over again. It never ceases to amaze me. A classic to the very end.

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I still can't believe that it was ten years ago that this epic of an industrial masterpiece came out. To this day, it remains a very popular album that people can never get enough of. It's classic Nine Inch Nails that can never be duplicated, no matter how hard one tries. It's angry, depressing, violent, disturbing and beautiful. So, how do you celebrate the 10 year anniversary of this fine album? You re-release it... and use all of your powers to make it sound better than ever before.

That was accomplished with "The Downward Spiral: The Deluxe Edition." All of the songs are here, and they have each been remastered so you can listen to these classic songs in a whole new way. It was a little hard to notice at first, since I was listening to it through my headphones, but once I blasted this thing through my speakers, I could immediately hear--no,FEEL--the change and improvement. You hear little subtle things that you could never pick up on in the original, as there's always a lot going on with each and every one of these songs. It was like listening to the album for the very first time. I can't even begin to express how impressed I am with it in words.

To take full advantage of this album, it is true that you should have an SACD CD player and surround sound so you can hear it in 5.1, and it is AMAZING. You really feel like each song is a living and breathing thing waiting to suck you up without warning. However, if you don't have an SACD CD player, do not fret. This thing still sounds INCREDIBLE without it. If you have a great sound system and some high quality speakers, you will definitely hear the difference. Heck, you can even pop this thing into your discman, then put in the older version, and you will be able to note the difference as well.

Not only is this remastered to its highest quality, but you also get a bonus CD that offers 13 tracks of rare remixes, demos and songs that only appeared in soundtracks, such as "dead souls" (from "The Crow") and "burn" ("Natural Born Killers). The remixes are ones that you can find on various single releases, but it's nice to have them all on one CD. Not only that, but you get the demos of "ruiner," "liar (reptile demo)" and "heresy."

If you're a NIN fanatic like me, then you MUST pick this up immediately! You won't regret it. Still hang onto the original release (since you're a NIN fan!), but trust me, you will be listening to this Deluxe Version instead. Nine Inch Nails' "The Downward Spiral: The Deluxe Version" does NOT disappoint. Its new sound is simply unbelievable. What a way to celebrate ten great years. A re-release to remember. -Michael Crane

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Perfection Just got better
The Downward Spiral is the album that changed my view on music and life itself (now i have long hair a leather coat) words can't do it justice so I will talk about the deluxe... Read more
Published 4 months ago by The Meade
excellentservice
This CD was a last minute request for Christmas and I could not have face slogging round the shops to try and find it, so many thanks for such prompt service.
Published 5 months ago by hoodie
Great
It was a very good transition! the seller was speed and the cd was in perfect condition! satisfied a lot!
Published 7 months ago by Molosso
Difficult at first, amazing after a while.
17 years (really 17 years!!!?) later this is still a masterpiece. I never heard anything like it when it first came out and not much (even Trent's own work) has touched the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by doc
PIG LOVER
There are a lot of bands i hate,stand up My Chemical Romance,Foo Fighters,Greenday,Mumford and sons,blinkin Radiohead,Stereophonics. Read more
Published 13 months ago by mister joe
Not for a kids' birthday party
Only listened to this a few times as genuinly scared to listen to it-but I'll get there. Baroque, gothic, decaying and sounds like a fatal stampede in an attempt to escape hell.
Published 19 months ago by Malcolm Warrilow
Back to black
Released around the same time as Britpop was coming into the mainstream, The Downward Spiral wasn't seen as the classic it is now. How times change. Read more
Published 23 months ago by seun
NIN The Downward Spiral Deluxe Edition
The product arrived late by Royal Mail, which was a problem because I needed it for a uni project, however whether this is down to the distributors or post office is unknown. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by Mr. D. J. Rangel
A Nihilistic Journey into the heart of darkness
10 years ago a weekly metal magazine was doing the top 100 hundred metal albums ever, with brief reviews of each. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2009 by Withnail
THE BEST JUST GOT BETTER
In 1994 nine inch nails released The Downward Spiral and it would become the album that everything else nine inch nails did would be compared to. Read more
Published on 23 April 2009 by nin/ja77
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