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In December 1993, Reznor was confronted by Patti Tate, who asked if he was exploiting Sharon Tate's death in the house.

Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral (1994, Vinyl) - Discogs Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral (1994, Vinyl) - Discogs

Disc one of the album's deluxe edition re-release is nearly identical to the original version; track anomalies such as sounds from previous tracks creeping up on start of tracks are fixed, and it includes a stereo and multi-channel SACD layer. Over the last few months he has disarmed packed rooms of rowdy concert goers, leaving them silent as they hold fast to every syllable sung. The immediate success of The Downward Spiral established Nine Inch Nails as a reputable force in the 1990s. Simultaneously, he began fleshing out the concept for The Downward Spiral, focusing on the life and death of a misanthropic man who rebels against humanity, and kills God before attempting suicide.Given the nature of the lyrics and the power of the music I was working with, I felt justified in attempting to make works that alluded to the apparently contradictory imagery of pain and healing. Retrospective reviews regard The Downward Spiral as one of the most important albums of the 1990s and Reznor's greatest work. The mixed media work 'Wound' was the first piece I tackled in this vein (no pun intended) and it became the cover of the album. Many music critics and audiences praised The Downward Spiral for its abrasive, eclectic nature and dark themes and commented on the concept of a destruction of a man.

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The Downward Spiral 's release date was delayed at various times to slow down Reznor's intended pace of the album's recording. The treatment of metal guitars in Broken is carried over to The Downward Spiral, which includes innovative techniques such as expanded song structures and unconventional time signatures.

It is a concept album in which the overarching plot follows the protagonist moving through his own "downward spiral", dealing with religion, dehumanization, violence, disease, society, drugs, sex, and finally suicide. Most fans seem to agree that "Closer" (noted for its "I want to fuck you like an animal" lyric) has meaning deeper than its surface lyrics (note the desperate dependency expressed by the final line, "you are the reason I stay alive. The narrator was not exactly modeled after Reznor's previous life, though he would later go through his own sort of "downward spiral" during the Fragility tour, battling issues such as drug abuse.

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The lead singles were accompanied by music videos, with the former shot twice and the latter being heavily censored. Also, while not a direct sample, the ascending synth melody from 5:13 to 5:20 seems to be a reference to "Laura Palmer's Theme" from the television show Twin Peaks. It reached number 2 in the Billboard Top 200 and produced four singles: "March of the Pigs", "Closer", "Piggy" (radio only), and "Hurt" (radio only). British producer and engineer Flood, known for engineering and producing U2 and Depeche Mode albums, was employed as co-producer on The Downward Spiral; it became his last collaboration with Nine Inch Nails due to creative differences.In this case, some songs were " The Beauty Of The Drug", which was a general out take, and " Just Do It", which was a track prompting the album's protagonist to kill himself. This despair is evident from the beginning, with the album opening with Mr Self Destruct, a song that displays Reznors trademark whisper / scream vocal dynamic throughout, before segueing into the bass-heavy piggy, with an almost chant like refrain of "nothing can stop me now / cause i don't care anymore". In 2003, the album was ranked number 200 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, [84] then was re-ranked 201 in a 2012 revised list. Additionally, Vrenna had compiled various movie samples on Digital Audio Tapes for Reznor to sample, which were gradually identified by fans in the decades following the album's release.



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