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Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral



8.6 | 422 votes |
Release date: 8 March 1994
Style: Industrial metal, Industrial rock

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526 have it
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1 trades it


Disc I
01. Mr. Self Destruct
02. Piggy
03. Heresy
04. March Of The Pigs
05. Closer
06. Ruiner
07. The Becoming
08. I Do Not Want This
09. Big Man With A Gun
10. A Warm Place
11. Eraser
12. Reptile
13. The Downward Spiral
14. Hurt

Disc II [bonus]
01. Burn
02. Closer (Precursor)
03. Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)
04. A Violet Fluid
05. Dead Souls
06. Hurt (Quiet)
07. Closer To God
08. All The Pigs, All Lined Up
09. Memorabilia
10. The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)
11. Ruiner [demo]
12. Liar [Reptile Demo version]
13. Heresy [demo]

Top 20 albums of 1994: 10

Additional info
Released in 2004 with a second bonus disc with 13 tracks consisting of digitally remastered remixes, b-sides, demos, and non-album tracks. The album was also released on a DVD-Audio disc at the same time of the dual disc version. It contained music videos for the tracks "Closer", 'March Of The Pigs" and "Hurt" as well as an image gallery.

Guest review by
Uirapuru
Rating:
9.3
What an experience! Nine Inch Nails, still in the early days of an promising career, but already pretty established in the musical scene with the very well received Pretty Hate Machine strike this time with one of the best concept albums ever released. An album that cannot be judged by analysing each track individually (although the high number of Singles released may disagree with that statement), since by doing that you may miss all the beauty of the detailed downfall of humanity.

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published 13.04.2010 | Comments (13)

Guest review by
nonZero
Rating:
10
Throughout the 16 years I've been listening to metal now, I've listened to over 1,800 albums. The Downward Spiral is the one that has stood out the most and has kept me coming back, discovering something new each time.

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published 10.12.2021 | Comments (1)

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12.03.2010 - 07:13
Rating: 10
Uirapuru
Liver Failure
Oh man I love this album. The Fragile is a little better musically, but the use of the concept makes this album special in many ways.
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27.09.2011 - 20:38
Rating: 8
Regolith

The machine sound effects mixed with the drum beat on 'Reptile' are amazing. Good stuff. 'Piggy' is a lot of fun.
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18.10.2018 - 16:56
Rating: 10
nonZero

I've listened to over 1,800 albums now and consider metal to be my primary passion in life.

Of all these albums, this is my favourite.

A masterpiece of the art from the overall concept to its jaw-dropping production, this album stands as one of the greatest pieces of music I've ever had the privilege of listening to and will hold a special place in my collection for many years to come.

This album concept analysis is worth reading http://www.4degreez.com/nailz/ninterpretations/downspiral.html
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27.11.2023 - 17:34
Rating: 9
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
I've been listening to this album every day recently, and with each listen I love it more
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