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THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.
"Hurt" was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.
Recorded at Le Pig, Beverly Hills, California; The Record Plant A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California.
Engineers: Sean Beavan, Chris Vrenna, Alan Moulder.
Personnel: Trent Reznor (vocals, guitar, drums, electronics); Danny Lohner, Adrian Belew (guitar); Flood (synthesizer, drums, hi-hat); Chris Vrenna (drums, programming, sampler); Stephen Perkins (drums); Andy Kubiszewski (drums).
Audio Mixers: Alan Moulder; Sean Beavan; Bill Kennedy.
Recording information: A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA; Le Pig, Beverly Hills, CA; Record Plant.
Photographer: David Buckland.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Flood; Tommy Lee.
Arranger: Trent Reznor.
Nine Inch Nails: Trent Reznor (vocals, various instruments).
Additional personnel: Danny Lohner, Adrian Belew (guitar); Flood (synthesizer, programming); Andy Kubiszewski, Chris Vrenna, Stephen Perkins (drums).
Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.54) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's." Rolling Stone (3/24/94, p.92) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Nine Inch Nails achieve a new kind of loud on THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL: accessible hard rock moves overlaid with a scrim of electronic racket...THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL is music the Blade Runner might throw down to: low-tech futurism that rocks...." Spin (9/99, p.124) - Ranked #11 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s." Spin (12/94, p.76) - Rankded #4 in Spin's list of the `20 Best Albums Of '94' - "...transfixes you with the heaviest metal, the most trance-inducing rave, and the silliest synth-pop you're ever likely to hear in songs this hummable..." Q (7/01, p.90) - Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time". Q (12/99, p.171) - Included in Q Magazine's Best Gothic Albums Of All Time - "...the migraine masterpiece that catapulted [Reznor] to #2 in the Billboard charts....it's a day at the dentist's: all screeching and pulsing, but sexy with it..." Alternative Press (7/95, p.82) - Ranked #24 in AP's list of the `Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...This recording, coming some five years after Reznor's full-length debut, [is] a stark expose of the darkest regions of the soul: those places where our personal demons reign, and God feels unwelcome..." Vibe (12/99, p.158) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century Musician (5/94, p.72) - "...beneath all that bad attitude and aural aggro lies music of extraordinary insight, intelligence, and, yes, beauty....An astonishing piece of work...." Village Voice (3/94, p.5) - Ranked #2 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll. Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #9 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll. Kerrang (Magazine) (p.53) - "Displaying breathtaking invention and variety, it's a deeply textured work..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.54) - Ranked #98 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "More than a celebration of nihilism,...SPIRAL was an anguished cry for something to believe in." Mojo (Publisher) (p.117) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Reznor's industrial-blues masterpiece still drips with vileness." New York Times (Publisher) (1/5/95, p.C15) - Included on Jon Pareles' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "Trent Reznor orchestrates the terrors of adolescence...with creepy-crawly sounds and a clandestine sense of melody."
Hey Pigs... ..Yeah You. THIS IS THE BEST ALBUM I THINK I'VE EVER HEARD!! This is a masterpiece. I'd consider it 'art' rather than music. From beginning to end, this album thrashes and grinds its way to 4x Platinum!! even the softer tracks, 'Hurt,' 'A Warm Place,' and 'The Downward Spiral' are CRAZY. I can't name best tracks, cause theyre all so amazing. But I'll tell you this... "Mr. Self-Destruct" "March of the Pigs "Closer" "Big Man With A Gun" and "Hurt" are songs that nearly everyone would love if they heard them (Johnny Cash did a cover of Hurt and Trent uses lots of continuing rythyms and rauchy lyrics, so even rap lovers would enjoy some tracks). ROCK ON TRENT!! Also buy "Pretty Hate Machine," "With Teeth," and "Year Zero." DS, Nirvana's Nevermind, and Green Day's Dookie top the best albums of the 90's. BUY THEM ALL!!
~~thx 4 r34d1ng th1$ r3v13w Submitted by The immortal Ocelot (Harrisburg, PA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 1 found this helpful.
ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME!!! I swear to God this is one of the greatest albums of all time, ever, period! I have two favorite albums in the world and they are NIN's the Downward Spiral and Tool's Aenima. This album is at once heavy (like in Heresy) and soft (Hurt). It can get you pumped (Big Man With a Gun) and then calm you down with the next track (A Warm Place). This album is full of rage and sorrow and Trent Reznor really expresses his feelings intimately to the listener through his music. If you are ever completely depressed, when you put this album in atleast you feel as if you're not the only person in the world who's ever felt so low. NIN is completely beautiful, rocks hard and is intelligent music people can really relate to, and this is probably the best album, followed by the Fragile and Pretty Hate Machine. If you are interested in NIN at all you should definately buy this album! If you are in any way dissapointed in it, there is definately something wrong with you. Submitted by Augusta (Prue, OK, U.S.A) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 1 found this helpful.
Best Industrial Metal album of all time My introduction to NIN is quite a amusing one. I was watching the movie 'The Fan' with Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes, and I noticed their was some really cool music in the background. It happened to be the remix 'closer to god', since hearing that I was hooked.
This album is a masterpiece, taking you through every emotion possible like a rollercoaster ride through the tunnel of terror. Reznor can go from a jackhammer song like 'Heresy' to a ambient little number like 'a warm place', which funnily enough is used on the intro for David Bowie's best video's dvd.
If u want NIN's best Industrial metal then 'Broken' and 'Downward Spiral'and 'closer' remix r what u need.
But the whole NIN catalogue should be looked at, not a dull moment will be had.
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Hey Pig.. Pig A Pig.. Pig... Pig NIN is a class on his own. Trent is amazingly talented. The track - Hurt gets deep down into each and everyone's inner self. Listen and you know why!
All halos is a must to have!! It's not a Terrible Lie!!! Submitted by Stanley (Singapore) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
An Album Like NONE Other.... Trent creates a Concept and classic album that still in 2007 is just as thought provoking when it debuted at #1. Trent views his own life as the "Thrid person" on this record, from his rejection of God "Heresy", Society "March Of The Pigs", Trents begging of death to find him "Eraser" and finally his own suicide "The Downward Spiral". If You actually listen closely every time a track plays You will hear something new Trent added to the atmosphere of the song. Musical Genius in every way. From what I heard from "Year Zero" it's gonna be great, but nothing can touch the Spiral.... Submitted by Bigg Mike (Florida) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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