Playlists

Over the years, Trent Reznor has compiled and posted many playlists to the internet. This page will collect them.

Pre-show music

• Live: With Teeth
• With Teeth: Summer Amphitheater Tour
• Performance 2007
• Lights In The Sky Tour
• Wave Goodbye Tour
• Tension 2013 Tour
• Cold And Black And Infinite Tour

Other Playlists

• The Definitive NIN - The Singles
• The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts
• The Definitive NIN - Quiet Tracks
• The Definitive NIN - Heavy Tracks
• Better Alone

Direct Effect: Music That Inspired Nine Inch Nails

Posted to Beats Music with the following caption: "Trent, can you create a playlist that most represents who you are as a listener?" Umm... Weeks pass and when I finally confront the task I realize I've misinterpreted the request - I've been making a list of music that played a vital role inspiring the idea, concept and music of Nine Inch Nails. So, this is THAT list - a certainly incomplete collection of tracks that represent a variety of vibes, feelings, trends and records that were exciting to me as NIN was coming together in my head.

1. A New Career In A New Town - David Bowie
2. Digital - Joy Division
3. You Know What You Are - Ministry
4. Computer Love - Kraftwerk
5. Song To The Siren (Remastered) - This Mortal Coil
6. Weary Blues From Waitin - Hank Williams
7. Little Rough Rhinestone - Soft Cell
8. Push - The Cure
9. Lose My Breath - My Bloody Valentine
10. One Of My Turns (2011 - Remaster) - Pink Floyd
11. Mushroom - Can
12. In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song) - David Lynch
13. The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac
14. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - Talking Heads
15. When You Were Mine - Prince
16. Just Like Honey - The Jesus And Mary Chain
17. Four Enclosed Walls - Public Image Ltd.
18. Up The Hill Backwards - David Bowie

Shameless Self-Promotion

Posted to Beats Music with the following caption: A self-curated list of tracks I've worked on. If I sat around listening to myself all day I'd play this.

1. Hand Covers Bruise - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
2. On The Wing - How To Destroy Angels
3. Echoplex - Nine Inch Nails
4. All Time Low - Nine Inch Nails
5. Break - Saul Williams
6. Keep It Together - How To Destroy Angels
7. Immigrant Song - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross w/ Karen O
8. Parasite - How To Destroy Angels
9. The Good Soldier - Nine Inch Nails
10. Ice Age - How To Destroy Angels
11. What If We Could? - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
12. Slipping Away - Nine Inch Nails
13. Copy Of A - Nine Inch Nails
14. Pieces Form The Whole - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
15. Is Your Love Strong Enough? - How To Destroy Angels
16. Soft Trees Break The Fall - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
17. BBB - How To Destroy Angels
18. Black History Month - Saul Williams
19. All The Love In The World - Nine Inch Nails
20. And The Sky Began To Scream - How To Destroy Angels
21. On We March - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
22. 2 Ghosts I - Nine Inch Nails
23. A Drowning - How To Destroy Angels
24. Me, I'm Not - Nine Inch Nails
25. 5 Ghosts I - Nine Inch Nails
26. Disappointed - Nine Inch Nails
27. The Believers - How To Destroy Angels
28. The Mark Has Been Made - Nine Inch Nails
29. 25 Ghosts III - Nine Inch Nails
30. Find My Way (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix) - Nine Inch Nails
31. The Space In Between - How To Destroy Angels
32. Closer (Precursor) - Nine Inch Nails
33. Too Late, All Gone - How To Destroy Angels
34. The Day The World Went Away - Nine Inch Nails
35. The Persistence Of Loss - Nine Inch Nails
36. 34 Ghosts IV - Nine Inch Nails

Growing Up In The 70s - Take 1

Posted to Beats Music with the following caption: Probably not how it really was, but all of these tracks bring back specific, authentic 70s memories.

1. Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman
2. Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band - Meco
3. Do You Love Me - Kiss
4. If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
5. Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson
6. Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
7. Rock & Roll P*ssy - Todd Rundgren
8. Jeepster - T. Rex
9. I'm Not In Love - 10cc
10. Space Intro. - Steve Miller Band
11. Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band
12. Roundabout - Yes
13. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Growing Up In The 70s - Take 2

Posted to Beats Music with the following caption: See Part 1's description. Note: being a kid living in rural Pennsylvania throughout the 70s I had never heard of Gang of Four or Joy Division during the actual 70s. These songs are included here to appear cooler than I actually was at the time. Since no one will likely read this description I feel safe admitting this here.

1. Life On Mars? - David Bowie
2. All Dead, All Dead - Queen
3. Never Going Back Again - Fleetwood Mac
4. Can We Still Be Friends? - Todd Rundgren
5. Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts
6. Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company
7. Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet
8. You're All I've Got Tonight - The Cars
9. Natural's Not In It - Gang Of Four
10. Disorder - Joy Division
11. Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy - Devo
12. Eat To The Beat - Blondie
13. Come On Get Happy - The Partridge Family
14. They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV

In Space, Alone In My Head

Posted to Beats Music with the following caption: Appropriate listening situations include late night driving or dreaming.

1. 2 Ghosts I - Nine Inch Nails
2. Subterraneans - David Bowie
3. Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie
4. Deep Blue Day - Brian Eno
5. Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone
6. Islands - The xx
7. Nine Million Rainy Days - The Jesus and Mary Chain
8. How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead
9. Ghosts - Japan
10. Corona Radiata - Nine Inch Nails

Here In My Car

Posted to Beats Music with the following caption: Made for my own use and updated semi-regularly. Felt like over-sharing. Some new, some not-so-new... no particular methodology here, just what strikes me.

1. Stimulation - Disclosure
2. Pursuit - Gesaffelstein
3. Long Live A$AP - A$AP Rocky
4. Propagation - Lower Dens
5. Confetti - Cold Cave
6. On Sight - Kanye West
7. I Appear Missing - Queens Of The Stone Age
8. Be Above It - Tame Impala
9. The Ledge - Fleetwood Mac
10. New Slaves (feat. Frank Ocean) - Kanye West
11. Devil's Pie - D'Angelo
12. Gronlandic Edit - of Montreal
13. Fall Back - Factory Floor
14. Untitled (How Does It Feel) - D'Angelo

(Real Men Wear) Parachute Pants

Posted to Beats Music with the following caption: Good shit from the 80's synth-pop explosion. Trust me on this, I was there.

1. Don't Go - Yaz
2. Vienna - Ultravox
3. Love Action (I Believe In Love) - The Human League
4. Let Me Go - Heaven 17
5. Seedy Films - Soft Cell
6. Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
7. Such A Shame - Talk Talk
8. The Hurting - Tears For Fears
9. Mexican Radio - Wall Of Voodoo
10. Are ‘Friends’ Electric? - Gary Numan and Tubeway Army
11. Change - Tears For Fears
12. One Of Our Submarines - Thomas Dolby
13. Reach The Beach - The Fixx
14. Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes
15. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
16. You Can Run - A Flock Of Seagulls
17. Don't Leave Me This Way - The Communards
18. Europa And The Pirate Twins - Thomas Dolby
19. The Things That Dreams Are Made Of - The Human League
20. (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang - Heaven 17
21. Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) (Single Version) - Icicle Works
22. The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex
23. The Metro - Berlin
24. The Flat Earth - Thomas Dolby
25. It's My Life - Talk Talk
26. Ghosts - Japan

External Links

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