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Pretty Hate Machine
Rock · 1989 · 10 tracks

Pretty Hate Machine

Nine Inch Nails

Aggressive synth-pop meets industrial grime. A landmark debut of electronic angst, mechanical funk, and raw, basement-recorded vulnerability.

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It's the ultimate 'angry at my boss and the world' synth-pop record.

A high-tension blend of electronic coldness and raw, human desperation.

Pretty Hate Machine · vs · Nine Inch Nails
Intense+2.3σ

The vocals lean far further into intense than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Head Like a Hole
4:59
02
Terrible Lie
4:39
03
Down in It
3:46
04
Sanctified
5:48
05
Something I Can Never Have
5:55
06
Kinda I Want To
4:33
07
Sin
4:06
08
That’s What I Get
4:30
09
The Only Time
4:47
10
Ringfinger
5:41
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive transition from the mechanical verse into the shouting anthem of Head Like a Hole.
The desolate, haunting piano melody that anchors the nearly six-minute heartbreak of Something I Can Never Have.
The rhythmic, syncopated breathing and industrial clatter that opens the track Sanctified.
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