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Pretty Hate Machine |  | Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Label: Island Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 3650
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 49 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 766487402040
EAN: 0042284835824
ASIN: B000025WXZ
Release Date: September 24, 1991
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Head Like A Hole | | • | Terrible A Hole | | • | Down In It | | • | Sanctified | | • | Something I Can Never Have | | • | Kinda I Want To | | • | Sin | | • | That's What I Get | | • | The Only Time | | • | Ringfinger |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Considered the breakthrough album that delivered a more palatable version of industrial music to the commercial audience, iPretty Hate Machine/i 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, iPretty Hate Machine/i afflicts the inner sanctum and strikes a nerve. i--Lucas Hilbert /i
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 29
 Light Years Ahead October 22, 2003
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
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.brFrom 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'.pIn 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.
Pretty Great Machine! December 29, 2005
Nebula (England)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Released in 1989, this is the debut from Trent Reznor, the man called the "Gothic Reincarnation of Mozart".brIt is a landmark album for industrial as it bought the genre out of being an underground music into what nearly became the mainstream.brThose 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.brThis album in particular leans toward the Techno side of industrial unlike the metalish "Broken"brIn 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.brSoulful 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#x27;s and other industrialists albums. A fantastic album!brA recomended follow up purchase would be the sublime "Broken" by NINp(features the singles "Sin" and "Head Like A Hole")
PHM one of the best cds of the last 10 years January 28, 2000
phmds@aol.com (New Haven, Connecticut)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
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
Pretty "Hate" July 19, 2005
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Woe. Pain. Anger. Rejection. And some very catchy industrial beats. br brTrent Reznor has become legendary for the sound he perfected in "Pretty Hate Machine," his exceptional debut album. Wrapped in catchy industrial beats and sizzling basslines, he exposes all the rage and pain from being betrayed. Like a bad breakup, it's raw and rough and painful, but there's a strange catharsis once it's over. br brIt opens on a high note with the ear-blowing "Head Like A Hole," which alternates between dark techno and explosive hard-rock. "Bow down before the one you serve/you're gonna get what you deserve... Head like a hole, black as your soul/I'd rather DIE than give you control!" Reznor snarls. And he sounds like he means it, too. br brThat mix of rage and bitterness permeate the songs that follow. Not every song is a rockin' ragefest: "Something I Can Never Have" is a sweeping, haunted ballad with Reznor lamenting that "I'm starting to scare myself." It's one of the most powerful songs on a hard-hitting record, and shows Reznor's anguished vocals at their best. br brBut the majority are harder, angrier songs with Reznor's rough industrial-pop, raw singing and sparse electronic beats. The second half does drag a bit, but is pulled back up by the explosive "Sin" ("You give me the reason/you give me control/I gave you my purity/and my purity you stole!") and hauntingly out-there "Ringfinger." br br"Pretty Hate Machine" could, in a sense, be seen as a concept album -- a mapping of the painful emotions in a breakup. Okay, painful breakups are not a big deal in the musical world -- every cheesy popstar does them. The difference is, Trent Reznor does them with passion, genuine anger, and explosive music that mirrors the betrayed feelings. br brReznor gets much flack for his angsty songwriting and accompanying vocal style. But it has to be admitted that even when the songwriting is sub-par -- the rather whiny, it's-God's-fault "Terrible Lie" -- Reznor's rough vocals bring them to life in all their painful glory. br brThis is also Nine Inch Nails' most minimalist album -- no soundscapes, just the guitars and electronics. The instrumentation matches the theme of inverted love -- Reznor throws in some poppy industrial beats, which manage to be darkly catchy and gritty at the same time. Underlying all of this is some smoldering, twisted guitar and drum machines. br brExplosive rage, betrayal, confusion and pain lie at the heart of "Pretty Hate Machine," an unforgettable debut that Reznor has yet to equal in pure emotion.
Simply Beautiful November 21, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I won't rate myself as a NIN fan. I wouldn't rate myself as a fan of any band in particular, since i listen to so many different kinds of music. However PHM is one of the most exquisite pieces of work I have had the privilege to listen to in my life. It made me buy downward spiral, and it surprised me that it was so different an album than PHM but still an excellent piece of work. So, as a music fan i would rate NIN and PHM alike with a 5 out of 5. Simply because truth never hurt more than the way NIN state it. In its simplest, and most beautifuly sad form. Thank god for albums like that. By the way, after listening to Something I can never have, i wondered how did i ever come to like "everything I do" by Bryan Adams. Personal thanks to NIN for making such music for us to listen.
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