Pretty Hate Machine

Not my favorite from Nine Inch Nails, but certainly still a great addition to their discography and a very good starting point for this band. Obviously Head Like A Hole is great but it was really the deep cuts on here that I found myself most intrigued by, and they were some of my favorites on the record. I'm still yet to really make heads or tails on Reznor's vocals, but honestly as far as debut albums go this is about as good as it gets. It shows Nine Inch Nails' love for including more electronic elements to their very industrial and loud sound, their very dark and sometimes pretty disgusting lyrics, and their ability to create a rather tense atmosphere by having certain songs build without ever leading to any ultimate explosion and other songs eventually reaching that breaking point of sorts. Just a really great album all around.

favorite tracks - Kinda I Want To, Down In It, Sin, The Only Time, That's What I Get
least favorites - Ringfinger, Sanctified