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[[Image:Broken (alternate cover).jpg|thumb|Alternate Cover]]
'''''Broken''''' (also known as '''''[[halo numbers|Halo 5]]''''') is an EP released on September 22, 1992. Although not technically so, ''Broken'' is usually considered [[Nine Inch Nails]]' second major release after ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' since it consists entirely of new material. It was followed later that year by ''[[Fixed]],'' , a companion EP of [[Remixes|remixes]] of the songs on ''Broken.''.
==Track listing==
''For more information, see [[Broken Movie]]''
[[Nine Inch Nails music videos|Music videos]] were shot for each song with the exception of "Last"," "Physical", and "Suck." These videos were included on the second part of the ''[[Closure]]'' VHS set. [[Peter Christopherson]] also compiled these videos along with an alternate version of "Gave Up" into a very violent and extreme long-form video known as the ''Broken Movie''.
==Inspiration==
<blockquote>I tried doing an album that I actually just wrote on guitar rather than my tried-and-true method of a drum machine and keyboards. So with the exception of "Happiness in Slavery" all songs were written on guitar. I was gonna make it totally stripped down to guitar, bass and drums but as I started it I realized I could easily fall into another trap. What might sound interesting to me - because I'm not used to it - may sound like a garage band to the world. So we just took the three instruments and sampled 'em, fucked with 'em, processed them. It's kind of overboard, we did go crazy. It's kind of dense, too dense. It's over analyzed - every song has 20 different melodies that you won't hear the first five or ten times you listen, or maybe never.</blockquote>
==LiveRepresentation==
All of these songs have been played live over the years. Some tracks were played as early as 1991 on the [[Lollapalooza Tour]], though "Last" wasn't played until [[Performance 2007]] tour. The EP was played live and sequentially in full (including "Physical" and "Suck") on the first date of the [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]].