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'''''[[Image:Broken''''' (also known as '''''.jpg|thumb|Halo 5- ''Broken''') 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 (album)|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 and themesTrack listing=====CD===On this EP, there are louder mixes and more distortion on every instrument, including a classic Mellotron MKIV #"[[Pinion]]" – 1:02#"[[Wish (song)|Wish]]" – 3:46#"[[Last]]" – 4:44#"[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" – 1:56#"[[Happiness In Slavery (originally owned by John Lennonsong), which can be heard most particularly on the track |Happiness In Slavery]]" – 5:21#"[[Gave Up]]"– 4:08# - &nbsp;&nbsp;97. The lyrics are less &nbsp; Silence<ol start="98"><li>"[[Physical]]" – 5:29</li><li>"[[Suck]]" – 5:07</li></ol>*On digital versions and certain CD versions of a departure; for the most part the themes involve angst''Broken'', control and dependency struggles. Reznor said he wanted the album to be "an ultra-fast chunk of deathPhysical" for the listener, something that would is track 7 and "make your ears a little scratchySuck"is track 8.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

==Releases=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>*[[TVT Records]] / [[Interscope Records]] / [[Atlantic Records]] &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 92213"====&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp; "Physical" -2 5:29<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B&nbsp; "Suck" - CD5:07*[[TVT Records]] / [[This was later reissued by Interscope Records]] INTD-92213 with A1- CD ReA5 on the first side and A6 with "Physical" and "Suck" on the B-releaseside. 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.

===Track listingBonus Tracks==<blockquote><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> <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 the same mind set. Unfortunately, the risk involved is, with radio being as conservative as it is, I knew they would jump on "Physical" or "Suck"Pinionbecause they're a bit more digestible than the other stuff, so I've tried to make them as obscure as possible." – 1</p> <p>—Reznor [http:02//www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xart196.shtml]</p></blockquote> ==Broken Movie==''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" – 3:46#and "LastSuck." – 4:44#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 "Help Me I Am In HellGave Up" – 1:56into 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 [[Happiness in SlaveryTrent 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 " – 5no thanks:21#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" – 4:08, where the words "FUCK YOU STEVE" can be spotted on a computer screen. 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 "PhysicalGave Up" – 5:29#. Reznor said he wanted the album to be "Suckan 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." – 5 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:07

===Bonus tracks===''<blockquote>"Broken'' was originally packaged in a fold-out digipak, containing the six tracks on for example, had a regular CD]and an additional threelot of that super-inch mini CD with the two remaining songs ("Physical" and "Suck")thick chunk sound. After Reznor discovered Almost every guitar sound on that some unscrupulous record store owners were removing the mini CD was me playing through an old Zoom pedal, direct, and selling then going into Turbosynth. Then I used a couple of key ingredients to make it separately, ''Broken'' was re-released as one CDsound unlike any real sound in the world, with the bonus songs "hidden" on tracks 98 and 99layered about four of them together. By then, respectively, with tracks 7-97 each containing it wasn't a second of silenceguitar anymore. It's an awesome sound."</blockquote>

"Physical" is a cover of the Adam & the Ants song "Physical (You're So)", originally released on the In an interview with ''Kings of the Wild FrontierAlternative Press'' LPin 1993[http://www.theninhotline. In 1995, Nine Inch Nails performed "Physical" live with Adam Ant for two nights in a rownet/archives/articles/manager/display_article. After Trent introduced Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni on the second nightphp?id=546], Adam Ant proclaimed to Reznor discussed the audience, "It's nice to be on stage with the best fucking band in the world."writing and instrumentation:

<blockquote>"Suck" 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 written by Pigfacegonna make it totally stripped down to guitar, whose everbass and drums but as I started it I realized I could easily fall into another trap. What might sound interesting to me -changing lineup once included Reznorbecause I'm not used to it - may sound like a garage band to the world. The original version appeared a year earlier on PigfaceSo 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'Gubs over analyzed - every song has 20 different melodies that you won'' albumt hear the first five or ten times you listen, or maybe never."</blockquote>

===Personnel=Album Credits==*Writing, performance and production: Trent Reznor*(2,3 and 6) Production: [[Martin AtkinsFlood]] - , Trent Reznor<br><br>Caution: Not for use with mono devices<br><br>*Management: [[DrumsJohn A. Malm, Jr.]]for Conservative*Assistants: [[Brian Liesegang]], [[Trent ReznorSean Beavan]] - , [[Keyboard instrument|KeyboardsChris Vrenna]]*Additional engineers, Programmingetc. along the way: Paul Kendall, the Bill Kennedy, [[Record producer|ProducerLeo 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 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'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: [[DrumsGary Talpas]]for Black Sun<br><br>*©1992 Leaving Hope and ©1992 TT Music, ProgrammingInc.*7 written by A. Ant ©1980 CBS Records, Inc.*8 written by T. Reznor/Pigface ©1991 Thumbless music, BeatsLeaving Hope and TVT Music, ArtistInc.

==VideosLive==The music video for All of these songs have been played live over the years. Some tracks were played as early as 1991 on the [[Lollapalooza Tour]], though "Gave UpLast" features a young Marilyn Manson playing guitar, appearing wasn''sans'' makeup and eye contactst played until [[Performance 2007]] tour. This The EP was filmed before Reznor signed Manson to played live and sequentially in full (including "Physical" and "Suck") on the first date of the [[Nothing RecordsCold And Black And Infinite Tour]].

The controversial [[Broken (film)|Broken movie]] was made == "Caution: Not for use with mono devices" ==A warning about mono devices appears in the first 6 tracks (minus "Last")liner notes. Trent Reznor gave the following explanation for this warning:

==Press sheet==The press sheet released <blockquote>"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'Brokenre supposed to be aware of its phase. If not, certain parts of the sound will disappear when it's played in mono. So, we discovered that by messing around with the phase, we could make elements of the music stand out rather oddly. (remember Q-sound? -it' had a note from Reznor 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 note reads as followssongs 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, with it kind of destroys the original formatting preservedgroove!) 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|UK press sheet|none]][[Image:Broken us presssheet lq.jpg|thumb|US press sheet|none]]</div>Broken was secretly recorded from March march to August august 1992 in a variety of locations<br>

to ensure it could fester without Divine Interventionintervention<br>now They just leave me alone and let me do what I want<br><pbr>"Broken was a hard recording to make<br>

and I don't like it<br><pbr>Flood started starting out producing but I ended up<br>I'm not sure why<br><pbr>maybe I am what everybody seems to think I am♠am<br><pbr>

there will be no touring for Broken<br><pbr>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><pbr>some will come along for the ride, some won't<pbr>Trent Reznor, 1992<br></div> ==Re-releases==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]]: [[Image:Questions10.gif]] ===Definitive 2017 Edition Vinyl===A vinyl reissue was announced in December 2016 and 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 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.'"</blockquote> The 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't meant to last this is for right now") before descending into a rant, with some lines deliberately scratched out. This edition of the vinyl comes with a booklet containing photos and an essay about the album. It also retains the original vinyl's format of having the two bonus tracks on a separate 7" record.

==Charts and awardsExternal Links==* The record reached #7 on the Billboard 200. The track "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]", which includes the lyric "fist fuck", won a Grammy Award. Reznor later joked that his epitaph should readhttp: "REZNOR: Died//nincatalog. Said com/broken/ 'fist fuck' and won a GrammyBroken'' at nincatalog." {{Fact|date=February 2007}}com]* 1992 "Happiness in Slavery" Modern Rock Tracks No[http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww. 13amazon.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 ''Broken'' at Amazon] * 1993 "Wish" Modern Rock Tracks No[http://rover. 25ebay.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 ''Broken'' at eBay]

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