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[[Image:Broken.jpg|thumb|Halo 5 - ''Broken''<br />]] '''''Broken''''' (also known as '''''[[http://wwwhalo numbers|Halo 5]]''''') is an EP released on September 22nd 1992.amazonAlthough not technically so, ''Broken'' is usually considered [[Nine Inch Nails]]' second major release after ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' since it consists entirely of new material.com/gp/redirectThe EP was recorded in secret, in order to avoid interference from [[TVT Records]].html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww It was followed later that year by ''[[Fixed]],'' a companion EP of [[Remixes|remixes]] of the songs on ''Broken.amazon.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 '' The typeface used on Amazon] ''Broken'' (and ''Fixed'') is Akzidenz- Grotesk Black, which was also used to create the [http://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][Nothing Records]]logo.

''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].====CD=Digital===

#"[[Last]]" – 4:44

#"[[Gave Up]]" – 4:08# - &nbsp;&nbsp;97.&nbsp; Silence<ol start="98"><li>"[[Physical]]" – 5:29</li><li>#"[[Suck]]" – 5:07</li></ol>

===CD===On most CD copies of ''Broken'', tracks 7 through 97 consist of silence and "Physical" and "Suck" are tracks 98 and 99. The initial pressing of the CD contained "Physical" and "Suck" on a second 3" mini CD in a separate sleeve. On certain CD versions, "Physical" is track 7 and "Suck" is track 8. ===12" Vinyl====

=====Bonus 7"=====

Prior to the 2017 Definitive Edition, there was no commercial vinyl released in the US. There was only a promo that did not include "Pinion" and "Help Me I Am In Hell". There is also a promo 12" from the UK with the bonus tracks on side B, and a 12" from Brazil with "Gave Up" and the bonus tracks on side B. ===Bonus TracksCassette==="Physical" The cassette versions typically had all of the main tracks on side A and "Suck" the bonus tracks on side B, though they were originally meant to feature sometimes not listed on the cassette or the insert. ==Bonus Tracks==<blockquote><p>The last two tracks were leftovers from a 12" single set to coincide with NIN's [[Lollapalooza Tour]] shows, that was unable to be should have been released when we did lollapalooza, but due to record label difficultieslabels.... ... Reznor felt that the tracks so, i thought they were worthy of being good enough to be released regardless however, and thus recorded but did not fit with 'broken', so, i wanted to give them away but keep them for separate from the EP. The first 250,000 copies included a so, i came up with the 3" CD with the bonus tracks "Physical" and "Suck" in a small card sleeve inside the digipak. Due idea, but, my record label informed me that it cost so much to the far higher production cost manufacture that they could not break even EVER regardless of making an EP 2 discssales, so, Reznor had i compromised and allowed the format changed and first 250,000 to have the EP was re-released as a single 3" CD, with and the bonus rest to have them on tracks occupying track numbers 98 and -99(so nobody would be ripped off). Tracks 7 through 97 all contain 1–3 seconds of dead air, leaving a gap of 1</p> <p>—Reznor [http:31–4:33 between "Gave Up" and "Physical"//www.theninhotline. For the vinyl release, the main tracks were released as a 12", with the bonus tracks on a 7" contained inside the album sleevenet/archives/articles/manager/display_article. Reznor has explained why the tracks were released as they were: ''"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" because they're a bit more digestible than the other stuff, so I've tried to make them as obscure as possible.</p> <p>—Reznor [http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xart196.shtml]</p></blockquote> ==Broken Movie==''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 [[Trent 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. 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/xart196manager/display_article.php?id=546], Reznor discussed the writing and instrumentation: <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> ==Live==All of these songs have been played live over the years. Some tracks were played as early as 1991 on the [[Lollapalooza Tour]], though "Last" wasn't played until [[Performance 2007]] tour.shtmlThe EP was played live and sequentially in full (including "Physical" and "Suck") on the first date of the [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]].

*Writing, performance and production: [[Trent Reznor]]

<br>*Studios: Hell (New Orleans), Royal Recorders (Lake Geneva), South Beach Studios (Miami Beach), Village Recorder (Los Angeles), A&M (Los Angeles), [[Le Pig |Pig]] (Beverly Hills)

*MerchendiseMerchandise: Paul Steels, Jerry Long

<br>*Sleeve design and photography: [[Gary Talpas ]] for Black Sun<br><br>

"''<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're 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'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, it kind of destroys the groove!) So, basically, that's what that means.''"[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=327]</blockquote> 

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 everbody 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/blockquote> A similar Letter-sized press sheet was released in the US, with the EP's lyrics included along with the message. ==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."</divblockquote> 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 digital download card and a booklet containing photos and an essay about the album, written by Jason Pettigrew. It also retains the original vinyl's format of having the two bonus tracks on a separate 7" record.

*[http://www.nincatalog.com/index.asp?halo=5 broken/ ''Broken'' at nincatalog.com]*[http://www.nincollector.com/archive/releases/halo_05/halo05.htm ''Broken'' at nincollector.com]