The Downward Spiral

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Annotation

Also known as halo eight.

Annotation last modified on 2007-10-12 07:40 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Mr Self Destruct producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Trent Reznor mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) guitar [texture generating guitars]: Adrian Belew performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) recording of: Mr. Self Destruct lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc. part of: The Beauty of Being Numb	3.95	4:30
2	Piggy producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Trent Reznor mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) recording of: Piggy lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	3.85	4:24
3	Heresy producer: Trent Reznor mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) recording of: Heresy lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	4.15	3:54
4	March of the Pigs producer: Trent Reznor mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) recording of: March of the Pigs lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	4.2	2:58
5	Closer hi-hat [special hi-hat] programming: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Trent Reznor mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) part of: Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 111) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 270) recording of: Closer (Nine Inch Nails) lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Arlovol Music, Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	4.35	6:13
6	Ruiner producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Trent Reznor mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) recording of: Ruiner lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	4.15	4:58
7	The Becoming producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Trent Reznor mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) guitar [ring mod guitar]: Adrian Belew synthesizer [ARP 2600]: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) recording of: The Becoming lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	3.7	5:31
8	I Do Not Want This producer: Trent Reznor mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) drums (drum set) [drum performance]: Stephen Perkins (American drummer) drums (drum set) [drum treatments]: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Trent Reznor performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) recording of: I Do Not Want This lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	3.35	5:41
9	Big Man With a Gun other instruments [steakhouse] programming: Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe drummer) producer: Trent Reznor mixer: Sean Beavan and Bill Kennedy (recording engineer) additional guitar: Danny Lohner performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) recording of: Big Man With a Gun lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	3.25	1:36
10	Dead Souls assistant engineer: Chris Vrenna (member of Tweaker) engineer and producer: Trent Reznor performer: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1994), WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1994) and Interscope Records (in 2004) recorded at: Le Pig in Beverly Hills, California, United States cover recording of: Dead Souls lyricist: Ian Curtis composer: Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner publisher: Fractured Music (publisher) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)	4.6	4:53
11	A Warm Place producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Trent Reznor mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) recording of: A Warm Place composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	4	3:22
12	Eraser producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Trent Reznor mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) recording of: Eraser lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	3.7	4:53
13	Reptile producer: Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Trent Reznor mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) recording of: Reptile lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	3.9	6:52
14	The Downward Spiral producer: Trent Reznor mixer: Alan Moulder (producer and engineer) drums (drum set) [drums]: Andy Kubiszewski (American musician and producer) performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) recording of: The Downward Spiral lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	3.6	3:56
15	Hurt producer and mixer: Trent Reznor drums (drum set) [drums]: Chris Vrenna (member of Tweaker) performer: Trent Reznor arranger: Trent Reznor phonographic copyright (℗) by: Interscope Records (in 1994, in 2004) and TVT (copyright holder, no releases here please) (in 1994) part of: Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 167) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 227) recording of: Hurt lyricist and composer: Trent Reznor publisher: Leaving Hope Music Inc. and TVT Music, Inc.	4.4	6:14

Credits

Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/4672193 [info]
ASIN:	JP: B000065175 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nine-inch-nails/the-downward-spiral-7/ [info]

Release group

artist & repertoire support:	John Malm, Jr.

remixes:	Further Down the Spiral
associated singles/EPs:	Closer Hurt March of the Pigs Piggy
included in:	The Downward Spiral / With Teeth

part of:

Halo (Nine Inch Nails catalog) (number: 8) (order: 8)
Grammy Award: Best Alternative Music Album nominees (number: 1995) (order: 24)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 122) (order: 122)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 122) (order: 122)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 200) (order: 200)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 201) (order: 201)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/3719 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Nine-inch-nails/The-downward-spiral [info]
other databases:	http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/N/Nine_Inch_Nails/Discography/Downward_Spiral,_The/ [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nine_inch_nails/the_downward_spiral/ [info] https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/nine-inch-nails/the-downward-spiral [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/40368/ [info] https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/album/The_Downward_Spiral/14544 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000110711 [info]
standalone website:	http://tds.nin.com/ [info]
Wikidata:	Q784933 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 4988029067449
Format:: CD
Length:: 1:09:55

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Slim Jewel Case
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Release events

Japan
1994-04-25

Release group rating

3.25 (see all ratings)

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