Audio CD review:
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

Band: Nine Inch Nails Title: The Downward Spiral Rating: Release Date: 23 November, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Mr. Self Destruct 2: Piggy 3: Heresy 4: March Of The Pigs 5: Closer 6: Ruiner 7: The Becoming 8: I Do Not Want This 9: Big Man With A Gun 10: A Warm Place 11: Eraser 12: Reptile 13: The Downward Spiral 14: Hurt

Customer Reviews I must be missing something here, Trent's "Pretty Hate Machine" is far better than this noisy junk I guess, compared to other albums of that time, when we're stuck "clutching at straws" to find a landmark album, this album just happened to arrive when radio had mostly just regrettable crap. I don't understand what makes this album referred to as a "masterpiece". Jeez, the nineties sucked! I will say though, that I would rather refer to "Pretty Hate Machine" as a masterpiece album for Nine Inch Nails. "Broken" (and "Fixed") are both easily forgettable. On this album, I like "Mr. Self Destruct". It's an easy song to get stuck in your head, plus the EP of "Further Down the Spiral" has a couple of good remixes of that song. "Piggy. Pig, pig, pig. . . " "Nothing can stop me now. " What does that mean? Is Trent into bopping animals or something? The song doesn't seem to make any sense that I can figure out. "Heresy" is a song I could do without. I'm not the most religious guy out there. However I do believe in God. But I don't practice any religion. Since there are so many different interpretations of what God is, how can anyone see the authenticity of any one religion? "March of the Pigs" mentions pigs again. Again, what's the reference here? "Closer" is my favorite track here. However, I hope Trent's not talking about his warped love for pigs. The rest of this album just seems to mix up hard noise and then depressing melancholy moods backed up by strange instrumental passages. Most of the instrumentation on this album is strange. He doesn't play many ordinary instruments, and his more electronic sounds are obscure to me, and I usually enjoy variations of IDM and industrial instrumentals. I bought this album when it came out back in 1994. I hated it back then and gave it away. I decided to buy it again to see if I've missed something. But no, it's the same album I was uncomfortable with as before. I like "Further Down the Spiral" better than this album. If "Further Down the Spiral" had "Closer" on it, that would be a fantastic album. So, I guess I'll just keep both. . Big time! I am so happy that trent remastered this album and included a couple videos as well. I love this album. The music sounds verry fresh and doesn't drop in sound when I play the new master in my zune. If you love this album, than you should get it in it's digitally remastered format. . . the first edition sounds too low. The best album ever! I love it so much, that it never gets old, never gets boaring, and always sounds fresh and original. his is the best album ever made IMO. Anybody who writes less than a five star rating is either deaf, umb, or dead. Not in a cool undead way either. . . just old and dead. . You can see a complete list of all Nine Inch Nails discography, or go back to the Nine Inch Nails tabs