The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral

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Tracklist

	Track	Duration	Listeners
1	Mr. Self Destruct full track	4:30	113,380
2	Piggy full track	4:25	157,373
3	Heresy full track	5:19	142,159
4	March Of The Pigs full track	2:58	185,443
5	Closer full track	4:16	294,057
6	Ruiner full track	5:35	136,005
7	The Becoming full track	5:32	136,695
8	I Do Not Want This full track	5:42	119,886
9	Big Man With A Gun full track	1:36	124,853
10	A Warm Place full track	3:22	140,711
11	Eraser full track	4:55	119,295
12	Reptile full track	6:52	118,868
13	The Downward Spiral full track	3:57	109,726
14	Hurt full track	6:14	253,063

About this album

The Downward Spiral (also known as Halo 8) is the third major release by American Industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails, released in 1994 on Reznor’s own Nothing Records (a vanity label of Interscope Records). “Halo 8” of the official Nine Inch Nails halo releases, it is a concept album detailing the destruction of an undisclosed man; from the beginning to his climatic suicide. The album was a major commercial success that secured Nine Inch Nails as a force in the 1990s music scene, in particular following the release of the single “Closer” and its controversial video.

To record the album, Reznor rented the house located at 10050 Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills, California where actress Sharon Tate was murdered by members of the Manson Family in 1969. Reznor built a studio space in the house which he named Le Pig, after the message that was scrawled on the front door with Tate’s blood by her murderers. Reznor told Entertainment Weekly that despite the notoriety attached to the house, he chose to record there because, “I looked at a lot of places, and this just happened to be the one I liked most.” Reznor moved out of the house in December 1993, after he said “there was too much history in that house for me to handle.” After the album’s recording, Trent Reznor consulted with the landlords and had the house demolished shortly after.

Reznor made a statement about working in the Tate house during a 1997 interview with Rolling Stone:

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Deformografy wrote:
Monday afternoon

A mind(and a body) orgasm,an undeniably outstanding record.

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android9791 wrote:
Friday evening

i knew all the words to Closer by the time i was 8. NIN was my favorite band when i was 10.

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sahand_Nobody wrote:
Friday afternoon

we love u for ur sickness inside...keep it up

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Zealant wrote:
Thursday evening

Raw, harsh, powerful. I always skip Heresy, though.

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Maestro1911 wrote:
last month

i saw nin in mpls in 96 and they are awesome! even after halo eight, the music is still good i dont care what anyone else says! LOVE U TRENT!

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shadowscollapse wrote:
last month

words can't really describe the intensity of this album. you just gotta put on some headphones, lay down and listen through it and go "whoa.." haha a masterpiece to say the least<3

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egg1111115 wrote:
last month

it really does help me finish my homework/projects in the wee hours of the morning...i think it scares me into working faster o_O so amazing though :)

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Zanrook wrote:
last month

A great fucking album of post industrial!

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s3lfdestruct wrote:
last month

One of the best fucking albums ever! [2]

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IndefiniteCure wrote:
last month

The First Album I ever heard from NIN. I was 5 years when I heard Closer [2]

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cesar00 wrote:
last month

The First Album I ever heard from NIN. I was 5 years when I heard Closer

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suzanaarocks wrote:
last month

I totally adore this album. I bought the standard version first because it wasn't expensive at all... then i had some extra money and i decided to buy the deluxe edition of TDS instead of buying tickets for a Dead Weather concert :P

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becuzofyou_kill wrote:
October 2009

fucking good

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XavierViolet9 wrote:
October 2009

One of the best fucking albums ever!

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Deardeadfriend wrote:
October 2009

I can't stand "Heresy" at all. But this album just amazes me.

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Bub_Clifton wrote:
October 2009

This album is a "headphones" album for sure.

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kne90 wrote:
October 2009

great album! nobody doing such lp's nowadays

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EddyZeppelin wrote:
October 2009

@mukeys: cool story bro. Anyways, I bought the album yesterday for only 6 euro. Already heard the whole thing before, but man, I still think it's excellent.

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E1ctstus wrote:
October 2009

Never gets back with the corresponding remixes.

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mukeys wrote:
October 2009

I have zero fucking respect for Nine Inch Nails. It's the most terrible music I've ever heard, and not because it's WEIRD, just because it's BAD. In case you didn't read my updated About Me section, I would furthermore like to state that Trent Reznor is a pretentious dick, and all his projects suck.

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