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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 that during the long, arduous tour for his debut album, the songs became more aggressive when played by a band, compared to the process of studio recording. The stage often turned violent as a result of everyone releasing pent-up frustration and anger on their instruments. Thus, ''Broken'' sounds a lot more abrasive with the increased prominence of distorted guitars.

The influence It was followed later that year by ''[[Fixed]],'' a companion EP of [[Remixes|remixes]] of Reznorthe songs on ''Broken.'s conflict with his former label ' The typeface used on ''Broken'' is evident in the album(and ''Fixed''s packaging. After a long list of credits, it says, "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." These comments are more than likely directed towards TVT Records' Steve GottliebAkzidenz-Grotesk Black, who refused which was also used to let Reznor out of his contract, sparking legal battles between create the two parties[[Nothing Records]] logo.

==Audio texture 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 themes[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 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 B-side. Copies of this EPversion are the only ones still available, there and are louder mixes pressed in and more distortion shipped from Brazil. That same track layout was also used on every instrumentthe cassette version. ==Bonus Tracks==<blockquote><p>"The last two tracks were leftovers from a 12" that should have been released when we did lollapalooza, including a classic Mellotron MKIV (originally owned by John Lennon)but due to record labels.... ...so, which can i thought they were good enough to be heard most particularly on 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 track 3"Gave Up". The lyrics are less CD idea, but, my record label informed me that it cost so much to manufacture that they could not break even EVER regardless of a departure; for sales, so, i compromised and allowed the most part first 250,000 to have the themes involve angst3" CD, control and dependency struggles. Reznor said he wanted the album rest to have them on tracks 98-99 (so nobody would be ripped off)."an ultra-fast chunk </p> <p>—Reznor [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=327]</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>"It was a way to distance them from the other music because it wasn't part of death" for the listenersame mind set. Unfortunately, the risk involved is, with radio being as conservative as it is, something that I knew they would jump on "Physical" or "Suck" because they're a bit more digestible than the other stuff, 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 "Last," "Physical" and " – 3:46#Suck."These videos were included on the second part of the ''[[LastClosure]]'' VHS set. [[Peter Christopherson]]also compiled these videos along with an alternate version of " – 4Gave 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:44#you know who you fucking are"Help Me I Am In Hellfollowed by " – 1:56#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 [[Happiness in SlaveryNine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]]" – 5:21#for "Gave Up" – 4:08#"Physical, where the words " – 5:29#FUCK YOU STEVE"Suck" – 5:07can 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.===Bonus tracks=Audio Texture==''Broken'' was On this EP, there are louder mixes and more distortion on every instrument, including a classic Mellotron MKIV (originally packaged in a fold-out digipakowned by John Lennon), containing the six tracks which can be heard most noticeably on a regular CD]and an additional three-inch mini CD with the two remaining songs (track "PhysicalGave Up" and . Reznor said he wanted the album to be "Suck")an abrasive, hard-to-listen-to thing... After Reznor discovered I wanted to make a record that some unscrupulous record store owners were removing the mini CD and selling first time you hear it you don't like it, but you might want to hear it separatelyagain, but by the third time it's pretty cool. By the fifth time, you really like it and possibly by the tenth time you'Broken'' was re-released as one CD, with the bonus songs "hidden" on tracks 98 not sick of it and 99, respectively, with tracks 7-97 each containing a second of silencenow it all makes sense."

"Physical" is a cover of the Adam & the Ants song "Physical (YouIn an interview with 're So)", originally released on the 'Keyboard Magazine'Kings of the Wild Frontier'' LPin 1994[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article. In 1995php?id=548], Nine Inch Nails performed "Physical" live with Adam Ant for two nights in a row. After Trent introduced Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni Reznor elaborated on the second night, Adam Ant proclaimed to the audience, "ItEP's nice to be on stage with the best fucking band in the world."unique guitar textures:

<blockquote>"Suck" Broken, for example, had a lot of that super-thick chunk sound. Almost every guitar sound on that record was written by Pigfaceme playing through an old Zoom pedal, whose ever-changing lineup once included Reznordirect, 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. The original version appeared By then, it wasn't a year earlier on Pigfaceguitar anymore. It's ''Gub'' albuman awesome sound."</blockquote>

In an interview with ''Alternative Press'' in 1993[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id===Personnel===*[[Martin Atkins546]] - Drums*[[Trent , Reznor]] - Keyboards, Programming, Producer*[[Chris Vrenna]] - Drums, Programming, Beats, Artistdiscussed the writing and instrumentation:

==Videos==The music video for <blockquote>"Gave Up" features I tried doing an album that I actually just wrote on guitar rather than my tried-and-true method of a young Marilyn Manson playing 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, appearing 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 'sansem, processed them. It's kind of overboard, we did go crazy. It' makeup and eye contactss kind of dense, too dense. This was filmed before Reznor signed Manson to [[Nothing Records]]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 controversial ==Album Credits==*Writing, performance and production: [[Broken Trent Reznor]]*(film2,3 and 6)|Broken movieProduction: [[Flood]], Trent Reznor<br><br>Caution: Not for use with mono devices<br><br>*Management: [[John A. Malm, Jr.]] was made for Conservative*Assistants: [[Brian Liesegang]], [[Sean Beavan]], [[Chris Vrenna]]*Additional engineers, etc. along the way: Paul Kendall, the first Bill Kennedy, [[Leo Herrera]], John (Genghis) Aguto, Mike Baumgartner, Martin Brumbach, Trevor Bum-Cleaver Sadler*Extra real drums on 2 and 6 tracks : [[Martin Atkins]], Chris Vrenna*Barks and roars: Maise<br><br>The sound on this recording was influenced by my live band in 1991 featuring: [[Richard Patrick]], [[Jeff Ward]], [[James Woolley]]<br><br>*Studios: Hell (minus "Last"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'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 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/Pigface ©1991 Thumbless music, Leaving Hope and TVT Music, Inc.

==Press sheet"Caution: Not for use with mono devices" ==The press sheet released for ''Broken'' had a note from Reznor on itA warning about mono devices appears in the liner notes. The note reads as follows, with Trent Reznor gave the original formatting preservedfollowing explanation for this warning:

<div align=centerblockquote>Broken was secretly recorded from March "Regarding the warning for 'mono' devices... Without getting too far in detail, a scientific property of sound is its 'phase'. When recording music in stereo, you're supposed to August 1992 be aware of its phase. If not, certain parts of the sound will disappear when it's played in a variety mono. So, we discovered that by messing around with the phase, we could make elements of locationswithout the permission 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 ofphase (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 record labelto ensure radio? I heard it could fester without Divine Interventionnow They just leave me alone on KROQ in LA and the snare drum was gone through most of the song. (and let me do yes, it kind of destroys the groove!) So, basically, that's what I wantthat 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 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>

Flood ==Re-releases==The re-release of ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' (along with Trent's own words, shown below) started out producing but I ended upIrumors that ''Broken''/''Fixed''m not sure whycould eventually be re-released in high definition stereo and surround sound.

I am starting work on my new full-length recording – The Downward Spiral – which I===Definitive 2017 Edition Vinyl===hope will be finished A vinyl reissue was annouced in December 2016 and began shipping in August 2017, with further vinyl reissues of the beginning of 1993other major NIN releases to follow.[http://www.nin.com/nine-inch-nails-records-reissued-vinyl/]

some will come along for <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 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 rideartwork, pristine materials, some wonsurprises 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.'t"</blockquote>

Trent ReznorThe B side of the vinyl is an etching with a cryptic message circling around the surface in a spiral fashion, 1992</div>reducing in size as it goes. It begins with lines from "Last" ("this isn't meant to last this is for right now") before descending into a rant, with some lines deliberately scratched out.

==Charts and awards=2018 Live Performance===* The record reached #7 EP was played live and sequentially in full (including "Physical" and "Suck") on the Billboard 200. The track "first date of the [[Wish (song)|WishCold And Black And Infinite Tour]]", which includes the lyric "fist fuck", won a Grammy Award. Reznor later joked that his epitaph should read: "REZNOR: Died. Said 'fist fuck' and won a Grammy."* 1992 "Happiness in Slavery" Modern Rock Tracks No. 13* 1993 "Wish" Modern Rock Tracks No. 25

==External linksLinks==*[http://ninnincatalog.com/halobroken/05/index''Broken'' at nincatalog.html Nine Inch Nails' official sitecom]*[http://www.nincollector.com/archive/releases/halo_05/halo05.htm ''Halo 5Broken'' at NINCollectornincollector.com]*[http://www.wellnowwhatamazon.netcom/ningp/halo05redirect.html ''Halo 5'' Lyrics]*[?ie=UTF8&location=http://www%3A%2F%2Fwww.discogsamazon.com/release/4400 %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 ''Broken'' (US CD)] at Discogs.com*[http://www.discogs.com/release/116577 ''Broken'' (US Cassette)Amazon] at Discogs.com*[http://www.discogsrover.com/release/104391 ''Broken'' (UK CD)] at Discogsebay.com*[http:/rover/www.discogs.com1/release711-53200-19255-0/128574 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 ''Broken'' (UK LP)] at Discogs.com*[http://www.discogs.com/release/322092 ''Broken'' (BR LP)eBay] at Discogs.com

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