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

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (1989)

This is a good success story when Trent Reznor worked at a studio and recorded music on his spare time. He did everything and sent demo's eventually led him to get on a label. I'm not even a huge fan of industrial rock music but it's easy to tell that this is a) very creative and b)super catchy. I always thought the bad thing about NIN was that there was never a consistent lineup. Trent Renzor pretty much did this whole album together by himself and you can totally tell that the guitars are not the main focus as synthesizers were the primary. This album in particular was important in getting industrial rock a mass following for the band itself and the many industrial bands would later peak in nineties. Songs to check out "Head Like a Hole", "Down in It" and "Sin".

1. "Head Like a Hole" 4:59
2. "Terrible Lie" 4:38
3. "Down in It" 3:46
4. "Sanctified" 5:48
5. "Something I Can Never Have" 5:54
6. "Kinda I Want To" 4:33
7. "Sin" 4:06
8. "That's What I Get" 4:30
9. "The Only Time" 4:47
10. "Ringfinger" 5:40