The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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Mr. Self Destruct full track | 4:30 | 114,970 | ||
| 2 |
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Piggy full track | 4:25 | 160,411 | ||
| 3 |
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Heresy full track | 5:19 | 144,730 | ||
| 4 |
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March Of The Pigs full track | 2:58 | 189,387 | ||
| 5 |
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Closer full track | 4:16 | 300,271 | ||
| 6 |
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Ruiner full track | 5:35 | 138,305 | ||
| 7 |
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The Becoming full track | 5:32 | 138,844 | ||
| 8 |
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I Do Not Want This full track | 5:42 | 121,898 | ||
| 9 |
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Big Man With A Gun full track | 1:36 | 126,990 | ||
| 10 |
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A Warm Place full track | 3:22 | 141,903 | ||
| 11 |
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Eraser full track | 4:55 | 121,386 | ||
| 12 |
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Reptile full track | 6:52 | 121,058 | ||
| 13 |
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The Downward Spiral full track | 3:57 | 111,078 | ||
| 14 |
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Hurt full track | 6:14 | 258,040 |
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:
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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Shouts
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TheMonkeyIsGod wrote:
An experience everyone should have. I honestly believe that getting through this album took a lot of emotions, and that some people cannot handle it because they cannot deal with those emotions or ideas. Mr. Self Destruct is such a great opener too.
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nuwahrmahn wrote:
That's not a nice thing to say. :(
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skinnydrifter wrote:
The Baykuş cover of "
The Only Time" shits all over Nine Inch Nails' version. It's like the real gods of industrial, Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb, joined forces just to show you fuckwits how it's done. - http://www.last.fm/music/Bayku%C5%9F/_/The+Only+Time ♳
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-MatX- wrote:
It's hard to believe the awesomeness of this album. Probably the darkest thing I've ever heard.
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Zelda7 wrote:
Not hard to realize that it's NIN's best album. Terrific.
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ningamer wrote:
an album of chaotic and beautiful noise. it takes you into the deepest and darkest places of the human psyche...
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gahh45x94 wrote:
The album's name is kind of ironic.
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Deformografy wrote:
A mind(and a body) orgasm,an undeniably outstanding record.
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android9791 wrote:
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:
we love u for ur sickness inside...keep it up
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Zealant wrote:
Raw, harsh, powerful. I always skip Heresy, though.
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Maestro1911 wrote:
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:
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:
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:
A great fucking album of post industrial!
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s3lfdestruct wrote:
One of the best fucking albums ever! [2]
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IndefiniteCure wrote:
The First Album I ever heard from NIN. I was 5 years when I heard Closer [2]
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cesar00 wrote:
The First Album I ever heard from NIN. I was 5 years when I heard Closer
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suzanaarocks wrote:
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:
fucking good
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