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Track Listings
| 1. Head Like A Hole |
| 2. Terrible A Hole |
| 3. Down In It |
| 4. Sanctified |
| 5. Something I Can Never Have |
| 6. Kinda I Want To |
| 7. Sin |
| 8. That's What I Get |
| 9. The Only Time |
| 10. Ringfinger |
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Considered the breakthrough album that delivered a more palatable version of industrial music to the commercial audience, Pretty Hate Machine left its dingy mark on pop culture. The abrasive "sonarchy" of the album was first churned by despondent club-goers who roiled with the rhythms and aligned with the angst-ridden convictions. Since its release, the album's tempered deviations came to signify an aesthetic reverie for machine-driven martyrdom. Permeated by hissing engines and dissonant strains, the tracks cascade outside channels of modern complacency. Hits like "Head Like a Hole" and "Down in It" are recognized by the acidic beats, piercing riffs, and lyrical hostilities which snare the listener with disparaging rhapsody. Not for the light-headed, Pretty Hate Machine afflicts the inner sanctum and strikes a nerve. --Lucas Hilbert
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Listening to Pretty hate Machine again, several years after buying it, it's hard to believe that the album is now fourteen years old. But sure enough it is, and it only goes to show how ingenius Trent Reznor was and how he still influences the music market today. I have three Nine Inch Nails albums, The Downward Spiral, Further Down the Spiral and Pretty Hate Machine, and in my oppinion this is by far the best. The reason I say this is that whilst the other albums seem a bit of a mish mash recipe of hardcore industrial and ambient noise, every song on Pretty Hate Machine straddles the line between heavy synth and metal music, creating a beautiful hybrid that puts modern day bands such as Linkin Park to shame.
From start to finish, there is not a bad song on the album; even Reznor's mock rapping on 'Down in It' stays in perfect harmony with the music. The meaningful lyrical style holds true throughout the album, delivering stark emotional messages and social commentary, whilst also injecting subtle black humour. The standout tracks on the album are 'Head Like a Hole', 'Terrible Lie', 'Something I can Never Have' and 'That's What I Get'.
From start to finish, there is not a bad song on the album; even Reznor's mock rapping on 'Down in It' stays in perfect harmony with the music. The meaningful lyrical style holds true throughout the album, delivering stark emotional messages and social commentary, whilst also injecting subtle black humour. The standout tracks on the album are 'Head Like a Hole', 'Terrible Lie', 'Something I can Never Have' and 'That's What I Get'.
In short, Trent Reznor was and still is a genius and Pretty Hate Machine is a truly landmark album that sounds as fresh today as it did fourteen years ago. And bear in mind that this review is coming from a rap fan.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Nebula
Format:Audio CD
Released in 1989, this is the debut from Trent Reznor, the man called the "Gothic Reincarnation of Mozart".
It is a landmark album for industrial as it bought the genre out of being an underground music into what nearly became the mainstream.
Those unfamiliar with the genre branded "industrial", should kick them selves- it is a mix of synths and sampled beats to metal with its live instruments.
This album in particular leans toward the Techno side of industrial unlike the metalish "Broken"
In a sentence this album is a mix of subversive lyrics married with funky beats and washed with synth, then married to a guitar and bass, finally layering it with a paranoid and beautuful sound.
Soulful melodies combine together with the screching synths to make a sound that will instantly hook you. Buy now and use it to judge all NIN's and other industrialists albums. A fantastic album!
A recomended follow up purchase would be the sublime "Broken" by NIN
It is a landmark album for industrial as it bought the genre out of being an underground music into what nearly became the mainstream.
Those unfamiliar with the genre branded "industrial", should kick them selves- it is a mix of synths and sampled beats to metal with its live instruments.
This album in particular leans toward the Techno side of industrial unlike the metalish "Broken"
In a sentence this album is a mix of subversive lyrics married with funky beats and washed with synth, then married to a guitar and bass, finally layering it with a paranoid and beautuful sound.
Soulful melodies combine together with the screching synths to make a sound that will instantly hook you. Buy now and use it to judge all NIN's and other industrialists albums. A fantastic album!
A recomended follow up purchase would be the sublime "Broken" by NIN
(features the singles "Sin" and "Head Like A Hole")
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
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
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Classic NiN
Excellent early Nine Inch Nails. Nice dance groove on some of the tracks. Some of them stay with you long after you've finished listening to the cd.
Published 3 months ago by S. E. Thurlow
4.0 out of 5 stars
A favourable comparison to the Pet Shop Boys
For some reason I never really got into NIN, I don't know why. Listening to it now the electronic music would have put me off if I had listened to this any earlier. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Anoosh Falak Rafat
1.0 out of 5 stars
BUY 2010'S REISSUE/REMASTER INSTEAD!!
Trent Reznor remastered and reissued his debut album "Pretty Hate Machine" last year, now for some strange reason it's been reissued again. Read more
Published 22 months ago by nin/ja77
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Beginning
I didnt discover PHM until only 3 years ago and was supprised to find a very electronic sounding album more closer to Depeche Mode than what you would expect from NIN , I had owned... Read more
Published on 5 April 2010 by King Of Castleford
3.0 out of 5 stars
I Just Wish I'd Bought It In 1989
This is not a bad album. But I'm annoyed with myself for having not discovered it until 2010- because now it sounds horribly dated. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2010 by Marchespie
5.0 out of 5 stars
fantastic
dont delay buying this just because its 20 years old get it now. totally fantastic
Published on 20 Oct 2009 by jonathan Goodliff
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cutting Edge Creativity
It all makes sense now: I became aware of Trent Reznor's work via a certain Mr David Bowie or at least I thought that was the case until finally getting around to buying Pretty... Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2009 by P. J. Ashcroft
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellence of its time
thankfully 'A Customer' and 'Toybum' don't represent the great majority of NIN fans who think Pretty Hate Machine, 'Excellence of its time'. Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2008 by P. A. Ferguson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nine Inch Nails ~ Pretty Hate Machine ~
The Holy Grail of Industrial music. Personally I think this is the album that put Industrial on the map. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2008 by Mr. K. L. Rainford
5.0 out of 5 stars
amazing music
when i first heard about nine inch nails i thought they were a metal band and put off listening to them. Then i listened to this and realized i was completely wrong. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2008 by D. Bebb
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