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[[Image:Broken.jpg|framethumb|Halo 5 - Broken]]'''''Broken''''' (also known as '''''Halo 5''''') is an EP that was released in 1992<br />[http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww. ''Broken'' is the fifth official Nine Inch Nails releaseamazon. Although it is an EP, it is usually considered to be the band's second major release after ''com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dnine%2520inch%2520nails%2520broken%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 Find on Amazon] - [[Pretty Hate Machinehttp://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5574848848&toolid=10001&campid=5336384580&customid=&icep_uq=nine+inch+nails+broken&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg Find on eBay]]'' since it consists entirely of new material. It was followed later in 1992 by ''[[Fixed]]'', a companion EP of remixes of the songs on ''Broken''.

==Inspiration: Conflict with TVT Records==Released in autumn 1992 on the heels of a major disagreement between '''''Broken''''' (also known as '''''[[Trent Reznorhalo numbers|Halo 5]] and his label''''') is an EP released on September 22nd 1992. Although not technically so, ''Broken'' is usually considered [[TVT RecordsNine Inch Nails]], ''Broken'' was a second major departure from release after ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''since it consists entirely of new material. The EP was recorded in secret, in order to avoid interference from [[Trent ReznorTVT Records]] said . It was followed later that during the longyear by ''[[Fixed]], arduous tour for his debut album, the songs became more aggressive when played by '' a band, compared to the process companion EP of studio recording. The stage often turned violent as a result [[Remixes|remixes]] of everyone releasing pent-up frustration and anger the songs on their instruments. Thus, ''Broken.'' sounds a lot more abrasive with the increased prominence of distorted guitars.

The influence of Reznor==Track listing==''Broken''s conflict with his former label is available for download on [http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=pjokBXbLTmg&offerid=146261.6403017&type=2&subid=0 iTunes] and [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001O3UJ8K?ie=UTF8&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001O3UJ8K Amazon MP3].====CD====#"[[Pinion]]" – 1:02#"[[Wish (song)|Wish]]" – 3:46#"[[Last]]" – 4:44#"[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" – 1:56#"[[Happiness In Slavery (song)|Happiness In Slavery]]" – 5:21#"[[Gave Up]]" – 4:08# - &nbsp;&nbsp;97.&nbsp; Silence<ol start="98"><li>"[[Physical]]" – 5:29</li><li>"[[Suck]]" – 5:07</li></ol>*On digital versions and certain CD versions of ''Broken'' , "Physical" is track 7 and "Suck" is evident in track 8. ====12" Vinyl====&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A1&nbsp; "Pinion" - 1:02<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A2&nbsp; "Wish" - 3:46<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A3&nbsp; "Last" - 4:44<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A4&nbsp; "Help Me I Am In Hell" - 1:56<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A5&nbsp; "Happiness In Slavery" - 5:21<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A6&nbsp; "Gave Up" - 4:08=====Bonus 7"=====&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp; "Physical" - 5:29<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B&nbsp; "Suck" - 5:07*This was later reissued by Interscope with A1-A5 on the first side and A6 with "Physical" and "Suck" on the album's packagingB-side. After a long list Copies of credits, it saysthis version are the only ones still available, "no thanks: you know who you fucking and arepressed in and shipped from Brazil. That same track layout was also used on the cassette version. ===Bonus Tracks===<blockquote><p>" followed by The last two tracks were leftovers from a 12"the slave thinks he is that should have been released from bondage only when we did lollapalooza, but due to find a stronger set of chainsrecord labels.... ...so, i thought they were good enough to be released, but did not fit with 'broken', so, i wanted to give them away but keep them separate from the EP, so, i came up with the 3" These comments are more than likely directed towards TVT Records' Steve GottliebCD idea, but, who refused my record label informed me that it cost so much to let Reznor out manufacture that they could not break even EVER regardless of his contractsales, so, sparking legal battles between i compromised and allowed the two partiesfirst 250,000 to have the 3" CD, and the rest to have them on tracks 98-99 (so nobody would be ripped off)."</p> <p>—Reznor [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=327]</p></blockquote>

==Audio texture and themes==<blockquote>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 particularly on the track "Gave Up<p>". The lyrics are less of It was a departure; for way to distance them from the most other music because it wasn't part of the themes involve angstsame mind set. Unfortunately, control and dependency struggles. Reznor said he wanted the album to be risk involved is, with radio being as conservative as it is, I knew they would jump on "Physical" or "an ultra-fast chunk of deathSuck" for because they're a bit more digestible than the listenerother stuff, something that would "so I've tried to make your ears a little scratchythem as obscure as possible.".</p>

==Releases==*<p>—Reznor [[TVT Records]] http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/ [[Interscope Records]xart196.shtml] </ [[Atlantic Records]] 7 92213-2 - CDp>*[[TVT Records]] </ [[Interscope Records]] INTD-92213 - CD Re-releaseblockquote>

===Track listing=Broken Movie==#"Pinion" – 1:02''For more information, see [[Broken Movie]]'' #"[[Wish (song)Nine Inch Nails music videos|WishMusic videos]]were shot for each song with the exception of " – 3:46#Last,"Last" – 4:44#Physical"Help Me I Am In Helland " – 1:56#Suck."These videos were included on the second part of the ''[[Closure]]'' VHS set. [[Happiness in SlaveryPeter Christopherson]]" – 5:21#also compiled these videos along with an alternate version of "Gave Up" – 4:08#"Physical" – 5:29#"Suck" – 5:07into a very violent and extreme long-form video known as the ''Broken Movie''.

===Bonus tracks=Inspiration==The release of ''Broken'' was originally packaged in followed on from a fold-out digipakmajor disagreement between Reznor and his record label at the time, TVT Records, containing and the influence of the conflict is evident in multiple aspects of the six tracks on record. After the credits in the packaging, a regular CD]and an additional three-inch mini CD with the two remaining songs (line reads "Physicalno thanks: you know who you fucking are" and followed by "Suckthe slave thinks he is released from bondage only to find a stronger set of chains."). After This is most likely directed towards TVT Records' Steve Gottlieb, who refused to allow Reznor discovered that some unscrupulous record store owners were removing out of his contract, resulting in a legal battle between the mini CD and selling it separately, ''Broken'' was re-released as two parties. A direct reference to Gottlieb appears in one CDof the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]] for "Gave Up", with where the bonus songs words "hiddenFUCK YOU STEVE" can be spotted on tracks 98 and 99, respectively, with tracks 7-97 each containing a second of silencecomputer screen.

"Physical" is 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 cover result of the Adam & the Ants song "Physical (You're So)"band venting pent-up frustration and anger on their instruments. Consequently, originally released on the ''Kings of the Wild FrontierBroken'' LPsounds much more abrasive and harsher with the increased prominence of distorted guitars, amongst other things. In 1995==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), Nine Inch Nails performed which can be heard most noticeably on the track "PhysicalGave Up" live with Adam Ant for two nights in a row. After Trent introduced Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni on Reznor said he wanted the second nightalbum to be "an abrasive, Adam Ant proclaimed hard-to-listen-to thing...I wanted to make a record that the audiencefirst time you hear it you don't like it, "Itbut you might want to hear it again, but by the third time it's nice to be on stage with pretty cool. By the best fucking band in fifth time, you really like it and possibly by the worldtenth time you're not sick of it and now it all makes sense."

"Suck" was written by PigfaceIn an interview with ''Keyboard Magazine'' in 1994[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=548], whose ever-changing lineup once included Reznor. The original version appeared a year earlier elaborated on Pigfacethe EP's ''Gub'' album.unique guitar textures:

===Personnel===*[[Martin Atkins]] - Drums*[[Trent Reznor]] - Keyboards<blockquote>"Broken, Programmingfor example, Producer*[[Chris Vrenna]] had a lot of that super- Drumsthick chunk sound. Almost every guitar sound on that record was me playing through an old Zoom pedal, direct, Programmingand then going into Turbosynth. Then I used a couple of key ingredients to make it sound unlike any real sound in the world, Beatsand layered about four of them together. By then, Artistit wasn't a guitar anymore. It's an awesome sound."</blockquote>

==Videos==The music video for "Gave Up" features a young Marilyn Manson playing guitar, appearing In an interview with ''sansAlternative Press'' makeup and eye contactsin 1993[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article. This was filmed before php?id=546], Reznor signed Manson to [[Nothing Records]].discussed the writing and instrumentation:

The controversial [[Broken (film)|Broken movie]] <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 made for 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 6 tracks (minus five or ten times you listen, or maybe never."Last").</blockquote>

==Press sheetAlbum Credits==*Writing, performance and production: [[Trent Reznor]]*(2,3 and 6) Production: [[Flood]], Trent Reznor<br><br>Caution: Not for use with mono devices<br><br>*Management: [[John A. Malm, Jr.]] for Conservative*Assistants: [[Brian Liesegang]], [[Sean Beavan]], [[Chris Vrenna]]*Additional engineers, etc. along the way: Paul Kendall, the Bill Kennedy, [[Leo Herrera]], John (Genghis) Aguto, Mike Baumgartner, Martin Brumbach, Trevor Bum-Cleaver Sadler*Extra real drums on 2 and 6: [[Martin Atkins]], Chris Vrenna*Barks and roars: Maise<br><br>The press sheet released sound on this recording was influenced by my live band in 1991 featuring: [[Richard Patrick]], [[Jeff Ward]], [[James Woolley]]<br><br>*Studios: Hell (New Orleans), Royal Recorders (Lake Geneva), South Beach Studios (Miami Beach), Village Recorder (Los Angeles), A&M (Los Angeles), Pig (Beverly Hills)*Mastering: Tom Baker at Futuredisc*Merchendise: Paul Steels, Jerry Long*Legal: Michael S. Toorock*Booking: Gerry Gerrard for Intertalent*Publicity: Sioux Zimmerman<br><br>*Thank you: Jimmy Iovine, Ross Earls, Island UK, Eric Greenspan, Rick Rubin, Joe McEwen, Seymour Stein, Susie Tallman, Mark O''Broken'' had Shea, Ian Copeland, A&M Studios and Kevin Westenberg, Sheira Rees-Davies*No thanks: You know who you fucking are<br><br>The slave thinks he is released from bondage only to find a note from stronger set of chains.<br><br>*Sleeve design and photography: [[Gary Talpas]] for Black Sun<br><br>*©1992 Leaving Hope and ©1992 TT Music, Inc.*7 written by A. Ant ©1980 CBS Records, Inc.*8 written by T. Reznor on it/Pigface ©1991 Thumbless music, Leaving Hope and TVT Music, Inc. The note reads as follows, with the original formatting preserved:

<div align=center>Broken was secretly recorded from March to August 1992 = "Caution: Not for use with mono devices" ==A warning about mono devices appears in a variety of locationswithout the permission ofliner notes. Trent Reznor gave the record labelto ensure it could fester without Divine Interventionnow They just leave me alone and let me do what I wantfollowing explanation for this warning:

Broken was <blockquote>"Regarding the warning for 'mono' devices... Without getting too far in detail, a hard scientific property of sound is its 'phase'. When recording music in stereo, you're supposed to makeBroken is an ugly record made during an ugly time be aware of its phase. If not, certain parts of the sound will disappear when it's played in my lifeBroken marks mono. So, we discovered that by messing around with the phase three , we could make elements of nine inch nails: the becomingI am starting to realize what this is all aboutand I music stand out rather oddly. (remember Q-sound? -it's based on the same type of principle) So...certain songs on 'broken' we mixed out of phase (because we felt like it) BUT... The songs don't sound right on mono devices (like some radios or TVs). Has anyone heard 'happiness in slavery' on the radio? I heard it on KROQ in LA and the snare drum was gone through most of the song. (and yes, itkind of destroys the groove!) So, basically, that's what that means."[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=327]</blockquote>

== Press Sheet ==An A4-sized press sheet included with the 12" vinyl promo includes the following passage from Reznor:<br><div align="center" style="clear:right"><div style="float: right; display: inline;">[[Image:Broken uk12promo presssheet lq.jpg|thumb|press sheet|none]]</div>Broken was secretly recorded from march to august 1992 in a variety of locations<br>without the permission of<br>the record label<br>to ensure it could fester without Divine intervention<br>now They just leave me alone and let me do what I want<br><br>"Broken was a hard recording to make<br>Broken is an ugly record made during an ugly time in my life<br>Broken marks phase three of nine inch nails: the becoming<br>I am starting to realize what this is all about<br>and I don't like it<br><br>Flood started starting out producing but I ended up<br>I'm not sure why<br><br>maybe I am what everybody seems to think I am<br><br>nine inch nails is still not a real band with real people playing real instruments<br>there will be no touring for Broken<br><br>I am starting work on my new full-length recording - The Downward Spiral - which I<br>hope will be finished the beginning of 1993<br><br>some will come along for the ride, some won't<br>Trent Reznor, 1992<br></div>

some will come along for ===Definitive 2017 Edition Vinyl===A vinyl reissue was annouced in December 2016 and began shipping in August 2017, with further vinyl reissues of the ride, some won'tother major NIN releases to follow.[http://www.nin.com/nine-inch-nails-records-reissued-vinyl/]

<blockquote>"Trent Reznorand NIN art director John Crawford set out to make the “definitive editions” of all the main NIN releases on vinyl. Reznor: 'We want to present the catalog as it was intended to be, with no compromises. That means a careful remastering of the audio from the original sources, a careful and painstaking recreation of the artwork, pristine materials, 1992some surprises and an insane attention to detail that you probably won’t notice… but it matters to us. No extra bullshit and gimmicks – the “real” records in their truest form available at a reasonable price.'"</divblockquote>

==Charts and awards==* The record reached #7 on B side of the Billboard 200. The track "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]", which includes vinyl is an etching with a cryptic message circling around the lyric "fist fuck"surface in a spiral fashion, won a Grammy Awardreducing in size as it goes. Reznor later joked that his epitaph should read: It begins with lines from "REZNOR: Died. Said 'fist fuck' and won a Grammy.Last"* 1992 ("Happiness in Slaverythis isn't meant to last this is for right now" Modern Rock Tracks No. 13* 1993 "Wish" Modern Rock Tracks No) before descending into a rant, with some lines deliberately scratched out. 25

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