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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|remixes]] of the songs on ''Broken.''The typeface used on ''Broken'' (and ''Fixed'') is Akzidenz-Grotesk Black, which was also used to create the [[Nothing Records]] logo.
==Track listing==
''Broken'' 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].
#"[[Pinion]]" – 1:02
#"[[Wish (song)|Wish]]" – 3:46
*On digital versions and certain CD versions of ''Broken'', "Physical" is track 7 and "Suck" is track 8.
A1 "Pinion" - 1:02<br>
A2 "Wish" - 3:46<br>
A5 "Happiness In Slavery" - 5:21<br>
A6 "Gave Up" - 4:08
A "Physical" - 5:29<br>
B "Suck" - 5:07
*This was later reissued by Interscope with A1-A5 on the first side and A6 with "Physical" and "Suck" on the B-side. Copies of this version are the only ones still available, and are pressed in and shipped from Brazil. That same track layout was also used on the cassette version.
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<p>"The last two tracks were leftovers from a 12" that should have been released when we did lollapalooza, but due to record 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" CD idea, but, my record label informed me that it cost so much to manufacture that they could not break even EVER regardless of sales, so, i compromised and allowed the first 250,000 to have the 3" CD, and the rest to have them on tracks 98-99 (so nobody would be ripped off)."</p>
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===Definitive 2017 EditionVinyl===A vinyl reissue was annouced in December 2016and began shipping in August 2017, with further vinyl reissues of the other major NIN releases to follow.[http://www.nin.com/nine-inch-nails-records-reissued-vinyl/]
<blockquote>"Trent Reznor and NIN art director John Crawford set out to make the “definitive editions” of all the main NIN releases on vinyl. Reznor: “We '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, some 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.”'"<br/blockquote> The first three Definitive Editions B side of the vinyl is an etching with a cryptic message circling around the surface in a spiral fashion, reducing in size as it goes. It begins with lines from "Last" ("this isn''Broken'','' The Downward Spiral'' and ''The Fragile'') are available t meant to last this is for preorder right now in the NIN store (shipping spring ’17")before descending into a rant, with the rest to follow in ’17some lines deliberately scratched out.</blockquote>
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