The Downward Spiral positioned Trent Reznor as industrial's own Phil Spector, painting detailed, layered soundscapes from a wide tonal palette.
Although The Downward Spiral is splenetic and furious, everyone can identify with it on some level. We may not like to admit it, but the way in which we propelled this album into the upper echelons of popular culture speaks louder than our words.
The Downward Spiral is music the blade runner might throw down to: low-tech futurism that rocks.
Perfection. Listen to it if you have even a vauge interest in hard rock.
EDIT: OK, maybe I should elaborate. It album is dark, ugly, dirty, brutal and disgusting, like a pig playing in mud and relishing everything that is found in the dirt. But while it does house heavy, disgusting and brutal instrumentation, it's true perfection lies in the lyrics. The album is a concept album about someone taking their own life, what lead up to that moment and how it effects the people around the main ... read more
TRIGGER WARNING!!!
While I’m writing this, I’m honestly in one of the worst days of my entire life. I have been suicidal for almost a year, and it’s all currently built up to this. I have been the most suicidal today, but I won’t get to into it. I finally heard this album, after not wanting to for a while, but here I am. I was crying the entire way through this album, it was the most beautiful yet depressing album I’ve ever heard, INCREDIBLY hard hitting. Anyways, ... read more
Ive listened to this album a lot. Only now have I been paying attention to the lyrics.
As the name implies, this is a downward spiral. a concept album about a man losing it all to existence, a horror story thats tragically retold day after day. Nine Inch Nails allows us to step into this world for just a brief minute and experience that pain. Its brash, its violent, its tearing everything up. I feel life disintegrate from my two hands and get blown away by a brisk wind. The whole album has ... read more
1 | Mr. Self Destruct 4:29 | 96 |
2 | Piggy 4:24 | 93 |
3 | Heresy 3:54 | 94 |
4 | March of the Pigs 2:58 | 95 |
5 | Closer 6:13 | 98 |
6 | Ruiner 4:58 | 95 |
7 | The Becoming 5:31 | 93 |
8 | I Do Not Want This 5:41 | 91 |
9 | Big Man with a Gun 1:36 | 88 |
10 | A Warm Place 3:22 | 92 |
11 | Eraser 4:54 | 94 |
12 | Reptile 6:51 | 94 |
13 | The Downward Spiral 3:57 | 92 |
14 | Hurt 6:13 | 98 |
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