Description:It's easy to understand why Nine Inch Nails became the industrial band to break out of the techno ghetto and win a larger audience. Trent Reznor, who records the NIN albums almost entirely by himself (although he tours with a full band), tries very hard to pass himself off as an angry young man, but underneath the angst-ridden lyrics,It's easy to understand why Nine Inch Nails became the industrial band to break out of the techno ghetto and win a larger audience. Trent Reznor, who records the NIN albums almost entirely by himself (although he tours with a full band), tries very hard to pass himself off as an angry young man, but underneath the angst-ridden lyrics, pounding synths, and grating guitars is an irrepressible pop sensibility. On the second full-length NIN album, The Downward Spiral, Reznor builds his constructions of noise and gloom around warm, fuzzy melodies. On the album's first single, "March of the Pigs," for example, Reznor screams about swine lined up for slaughter amid guitars screeching in pain. Suddenly the guitars fall away to reveal the sensually throbbing rhythm track below; then that falls away to reveal a vocal-and-piano track that's as catchy as anything by Elton John. Because Reznor has a better handle on dynamics now, the melodic core is more obvious than ever. --Geoffrey Himes... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Universal / Island Release date : 1 March 1994 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0731452212627 UPC: 731452212627
"2nd studio album
1. mr. self destruct
2. piggy
3. heresy
4. march of the pigs
5. closer (to god)
6. ruiner
7. the becoming
8. i do not want this
9. big man with a gun
10. a warm place
11. eraser
12. reptile
13. the downward spiral
14. hurt"
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Nine Inch Nails: Complete Discography
