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'''''Broken''''' (also known as '''''[[halo numbers|Halo 5]]''''') is an EP released on September 22nd 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. The EP was recorded in secret, in order to avoid interference from [[TVT Records]]. It was followed later that year by ''[[Fixed]],'' a companion EP of 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==
The release of ''Broken'' followed on from a major disagreement between Reznor and his record label at the time, [[TVT Records]], and the influence of the conflict is evident in multiple aspects of the record. After the credits in the packaging, a line reads "no thanks: you know who you fucking are" followed by "the slave thinks he is released from bondage only to find a stronger set of chains." This is most likely directed towards TVT Records' Steve Gottlieb, who refused to allow Reznor out of his contract, resulting in a legal battle between the two parties. A direct reference to Gottlieb appears in one of the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]] for "Gave Up", where the words "FUCK YOU STEVE" can be spotted on a computer screen. 
Trent Reznor has also stated that during the [[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]] the songs grew more aggressive when played by a live band compared to their studio counterparts. Violence on-stage also became a common feature at their shows as a result of the band venting pent-up frustration and anger on their instruments. Consequently, ''Broken'' sounds much more abrasive and harsher with the increased prominence of distorted guitars, amongst other things.
==Audio Texture==
On this EP, there are louder mixes and more distortion on every instrument, including a classic Mellotron MKIV (originally owned by John Lennon), which can be heard most noticeably on the track "Gave Up". Reznor said he wanted the album to be "an abrasive, hard-to-listen-to thing...I wanted to make a record that the first time you hear it you don't like it, but you might want to hear it again, but by the third time it's pretty cool. By the fifth time, you really like it and possibly by the tenth time you're not sick of it and now it all makes sense."''
In an interview with Keyboard Magazine in 1994[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=548], Reznor elaborated on the EP's unique guitar textures: <blockquote>"Broken, for example, had a lot of that super-thick chunk sound. Almost every guitar sound on that record was me playing through an old Zoom pedal, direct, and then going into Turbosynth. Then I used a couple of key ingredients to make it sound unlike any real sound in the world, and layered about four of them together. By then, it wasn't a guitar anymore. It's an awesome sound."</blockquote> In an interview with Alternative Press in 1993[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=546], Reznor discussed the writing and instrumentation for ''Broken'':
<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>
The slave thinks he is released from bondage only to find a stronger set of chains.<br>
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*Sleeve design and photography: [[Gary Talpas ]] for Black Sun<br>
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*©1992 Leaving Hope and ©1992 TT Music, Inc.
*7 written by A. Ant ©1980 CBS Records, Inc.
*8 written by T. Reznor/Pigface ©1991 Thumbless music, Leaving Hope and TVT Music, Inc.
 
== "Caution: Not for use with mono devices" ==
A warning about mono devices appears in the liner notes. Trent Reznor gave the following explanation for this warning:
== Press Sheet ==
 
 
An A4-sized press sheet included with the 12" vinyl promo includes the following passage from Reznor:<br>
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I'm not sure why<br>
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maybe I am what everbody everybody seems to think I am<br>
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nine inch nails is still not a real band with real people playing real instruments<br>
Trent Reznor, 1992<br>
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==Re-release Rumors==
The re-release of ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' (along with Trent's own words, shown below) started rumors that ''Broken''/''Fixed'' could eventually be re-released in high definition stereo and surround sound.
 
[[access#2004_12_03|2004/12/03]] [[nin.com/access|nin.com access]]:
 
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==External Links==
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