Nine Inch Nails - Broken (1992)

After the success of Pretty Hate Machine in 1989 and doing Lollapalooza in 1991, Nine Inch Nails recorded an EP in 1992 entitled Broken. At the time, Trent Reznor was having a difficult time with the labels power over the music so he created his own label. The sound quality was hands down improved with the release of Broken. While the first album seemed to be electronic, this one utilized heavy guitars as the primary as this is the heavy metal NIN record for short. Trent Reznor sounds angry throughout the album. The weird thing about Broken is that there are 92 one second tracks. There are really 99 tracks but only 8 songs. I think that's the Nine Inch Nails way of being different and doing whatever they want especially Trent Reznor and problems with TVT. This is the heavy metal Nine Inch Nails and it kicks ass. Nothing like Pretty Hate Machine more like Ministry. Songs to check out "Wish", "Gave Up" and "Physical".

1. "Pinion" 1:02
2. "Wish" 3:46
3. "Last" 4:44
4. "Help Me I Am in Hell" 1:56
5. "Happiness in Slavery" 5:21
6. "Gave Up" 4:08
98. "Physical" 5:30
99. "Suck" 5:08