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'''''Pretty Hate Machine''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 2]]''''') is the first studio album by [[Nine Inch Nails]], released on October 20, 1989 by [[TVT Records]] and was a huge success. The first single off of the album, ''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]'', was released on September 27, 1989. It received radio airplay for the aforementioned single as well as subsequent singles ''[[Head Like A Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]]'' and ''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]''.

It received radio airplay for the aforementioned == Track Listing ======CD====#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" – 4:59#"[[Terrible Lie]]" – 4:38#"[[Down In in It (song)|Down In It]]" as well as subsequent singles – 3:46#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A HoleSanctified]]" – 5:48#"[[Something I Can Never Have]]" – 5:54#"[[Kinda I Want To]]" and – 4:33#"[[Sin (song)|Sin]]"– 4:06#"[[That's What I Get]]" – 4:30#"[[The Only Time]]" – 4:47#"[[Ringfinger]]" – 5:40*The 2010 remastered edition adds "[[Get Down, Make Love]]," originally a B-side on ''Sin'', on the end. ====12" Vinyl====&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A1&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" – 4:59<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A2&nbsp; "Terrible Lie" – 4:38<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A3&nbsp; "Down In It" – 3:46<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A4&nbsp; "Sanctified" – 5:48<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A5&nbsp; "Something I Can Never Have" – 5:54<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B1&nbsp; "Kinda I Want To" – 4:33<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B2&nbsp; "Sin" – 4:06<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B3&nbsp; "That's What I Get" – 4:30<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B4&nbsp; "The Only Time" – 4:47<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B5&nbsp; "Ringfinger" – 5:40*The 2010 remastered edition is split across three sides: side 1 has A1 through A4, side 2 has A5 through B3, and side 3 has B4 & B5 along with "Get Down, Make Love" on the end.

Working nights at Right Track Studio as a handyman and toilet cleaner, [[Trent Reznor]] used studio "down time" to record and develop his own music. Playing most of the keyboards, drum machines, guitars, and samplers himself, he recorded a demo, unofficially titled ''[[Purest Feeling (album)|Purest Feeling]]''. Teaming up with manager [[John A. Malm, Jr.]] they sent the demo to various record labels. Reznor received serious offers from many of them. He signed a deal with TVT Records who, until then, were known mainly for releasing novelty and television jingle records.

Teaming up ''Pretty Hate Machine'' was recorded in various studios around the world with manager John A. Malm, Jr. they sent the demo to various record labels. Reznor received serious offers from many collaborating with some of them. He signed a deal with his most idolized producers - [[Flood]], Keith LeBlanc, [[TVT RecordsAdrian Sherwood]] who, until thenand John Fryer. After the album was finished, TVT Records were known mainly for releasing novelty not happy about the direction the album had taken from the original demos. This would lead to friction between Reznor and television jingle recordsthe label.John Fryer elaborated:

<blockquote>"We were trying to make the hardest record we could make. It was very strange because we made it, we thought it sounded brilliant, we had it on the big speakers just blowing us away. Then someone from the record company came in — and because the demos were more synthy and not as industrial as the album, he listened to it and his mouth dropped open and he said 'You'Pretty Hate Machineve ruined this record.'But of course it' s gone on to be a classic. It was recorded done in various studios around the world with Reznor collaborating with some 20 days. I think it was a good thing that we made records so quickly back then because there's a lot of his most idolized producers - Flood, Keith LeBlancenergy in there and mistakes are left in, so it sounds human and it's not blanded out over time."[[Adrian Sherwoodhttp://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan06/articles/johnfryer.htm]], and John Fryer.</blockquote>

==Subsequent Touring==

The album also gained popularity through word-of-mouth and developed an underground following. Reznor quickly hired a band for touring with [[Skinny Puppy]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] and [[Peter Murphy]], including guitarist and future Filter/Army of Anyone frontman [[Richard Patrick]]. Nine Inch Nails' live set was notorious for louder, more aggressive versions of the studio songs, and also for destroying their instruments at the end of sets. Reznor preferred using the heel of his boots to strip the keys from keyboards.

Since After the album was released, a recording known as ''Purest Feeling'' surfaced. This bootleg album contains the original demo recordings of most of the tracks found on ''Pretty Hate Machine'', as well as a couple that were not used ("[[Purest Feeling (song)|Purest Feeling]]" and "[[Maybe Just Once]]").

The entire album was covered by a string quartet in 2005 as ''The String Quartet Tribute to [[Nine Inch Nails]]' Pretty Hate Machine'', arranged by Eric Gorfain. [http://www.amazon.com/String-Quartet-Tribute-Pretty-Machine/dp/B0007ZSH5S] It was later re-arranged using retro computers and game consoles by Inverse Phase and released as ''[[Pretty Eight Machine]]''. [http://inversephase.bandcamp.com/album/pretty-eight-machine]

''Pretty Hate Machine'' went out of print through [[TVT Records]], but was reissued by [[Rykodisc Records]] on November 22, 2005 with slight changes in the packaging. Prudential owned TVT's Nine Inch Nails recordings, but Rykodisc leased the rights. Reznor had expressed an interest in creating a "deluxe edition" with surround sound remastering and new/rare remixes, similar to the re-release of ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''. Rykodisc liked the idea, but not enough to pay Reznor to do so.

In April 2010, ''[[TVT Records#Bicycle Music|Bicycle Music]]'' bought the entirety of TVT's catalogue, including ''Pretty Hate Machine''. They confirmed that they would be reissuing the album once more, and there was speculation that they would be willing to release the deluxe edition proposed by TVT in 2005.

The co-publishing rights to Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails catalog include the songs from all album releases from ''Pretty Hate Machine '' through ''Year Zero''. As well, in acquiring the master recording rights to NIN’s groundbreaking debut, ''Pretty Hate Machine'', Bicycle will be responsible for re-releasing this album which has been out of print and unavailable through digital distribution outlets for several years. “It goes without saying how important these works are to the entire landscape of Alternative Rock. Our team sees incredible creative and business opportunities with this catalog and we look forward to working with our new partners and artists," said Steve Salm, Partner at Bicycle.

== Track Listing ======CD====[[Image:halo2-back.jpg|thumb|200px|Back of CD tray liner, including tracklist.]]#"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" – 4:59#"[[Terrible Lie]]" – 4:38#"[[Down in It (song)|Down In It]]" – 3:46#"[[Sanctified]]" – 5:48#"[[Something I Can Never Have]]" – 5:54#"[[Kinda I Want To]]" – 4:33#"[[Sin (song)|Sin]]" – 4:06#"[[That's What I Get]]" – 4:30#"[[The Only Time]]" – 4:47#"[[Ringfinger]]" – 5:40*The 2010 remastered edition adds "[[Get Down, Make Love]]," originally a B-side on ''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]'', on the end. ====12" Vinyl====&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A1&nbsp; "Head Like A Hole" – 4:59<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A2&nbsp; "Terrible Lie" – 4:38<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A3&nbsp; "Down In It" – 3:46<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A4&nbsp; "Sanctified" – 5:48<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A5&nbsp; "Something I Can Never Have" – 5:54<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B1&nbsp; "Kinda I Want To" – 4:33<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B2&nbsp; "Sin" – 4:06<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B3&nbsp; "That's What I Get" – 4:30<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B4&nbsp; "The Only Time" – 4:47<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B5&nbsp; "Ringfinger" – 5:40*The 2010 remastered edition is split across three sides: side 1 has A1 through A4, side 2 has A5 through B3, and side 3 has B4 & B5 along with "Get Down, Make Love" on the end. ==Cover ArtArtwork==Reznor stated in one of his posts on the Prodigy internet service in the early 90s that: <blockquote>"The the cover of PHM is a photo of the blades of some sort of turbine stretched vertically so they would look somewhat like bones or a rib cage."[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=327]</blockquote>

In an interview with [http://sleevage.com/nin-pretty-hate-machine/ Sleevage.com], [[Rob Sheridan ]] described the long process he went through to update the artwork for the re-issue:

"When we began the ''Pretty Hate Machine '' remaster project, Trent discussed with me the idea of tweaking the original artwork a bit to reflect that this was a different version of the album, updated from its original release. We talked about maybe just changing the color scheme a bit – Trent was keen on losing the distinctly 80′s hot pink color, for one. It seemed like a fairly straightforward project, as I certainly didn’t want to try and radically alter an album cover I’d been looking at since I was a teenager, and that some fans had known very well for more than two decades.

I then carefully recreated the title font from the original cover, and the black frames it sat in. The font, a stretched-out version of Helvetica, looked dated to me, but I wanted to be respectful of the original design and not mess with it too much. When Trent saw what I’d done though, he wanted to try a new approach to the title text, as he felt the font was just too dated and could use a more modern look for this remaster. So I went back to the original album and looked at the font that had been used for the credits and lyrics, which turned out to be a slight variation of a font Gary Talpas later used in ''The Downward Spiral''. Putting the PHM title in that font was way too similar to The Downward Spiral, but when I put it in caps it created an odd mix of vintage NIN and modern NIN – perfect for a 2010 remaster of a 1989 album. Trent liked this approach much better, and we settled on the way we wanted the title set on the album cover. The image sitting behind it – my recreated artwork – still felt a bit flat, though.

The original CD cover was oriented sideways, which had never felt right to me, as the vinyl cover had a distinct vertical orientation of the full image (something I preserved in the new vinyl edition). I’d always wondered if it was a byproduct of the way the insert needed to sit in the jewel case. Either way, I wanted to bring the vertical orientation over to the CD this time around, but I also wanted to preserve the way the whole image folded out from the cover in the original CD insert. We certainly didn’t want to put this in a jewel case, so to accomplish the vertical fold-out, I came up with a unique L-shaped digipak package, where a panel folds down from the cover to reveal a vertical extension of the artwork. I also decided to put the black frame and the title text on a transparent O-card that slides over the digipak (very similar to what we did on ''The Downward Spiral '' Deluxe Edition) – so when you slide the O-card off, the image underneath is bare. It turns the black “frame” around the image into an actual frame, adding a new layer of depth to the art.

I thought it was going to be a simple job, but the fact that we didn’t have the source art made it actually quite a project. Between my various failed experiments at recreating the art photographically, the meticulous way I ended up doing it by hand, and the amount of finessing it took to find the right presentation, it was actually quite a bit of work, and we had a pretty abrupt deadline for it. All things considered I’m pleased with the way it turned out."

*Exclusive representation: [[John A. Malm, Jr.]] for J Artist Management

*Drone guitar at the end of "Sanctified":" [[Richard Patrick]]*Additional synth programming: [[Flood]], [[Tim Niemi]]

*Mastering: [[Tony Dawsey]] at Masterdisk, NYC

*Portrait photography: [[Jeffrey Silverthorne]]*Thank you: Bart Koster (The Right Track), Mike Shea, Michael S. Toorock, Roz Earls, Seb Shelton, Bryan Grant, Larry Bole, Alison Fryer, Michelle de Frasia, Gerry Gerard, Martin Horne, Sioux Zimmerman, Paul Conelly, [[Ron Musarra]], Steve Woolard, Mark Jowett and all at Nettwek, Howie Klein, Preston Sullivan/Carlyle, Kevin Donoghue/Native, Frederic Wahleer/Sub Rosa

*[[Bicycle]] B0015099-02 - CD

==External Links ==*[http://www.bicyclemusic.com/downloads/TGH_Press%20Release_v4.pdf Bicycle Music press release confirming their purchase of ''Pretty Hate Machine'']*[http://bicyclemusic.com/downloads/PHM%20Press%20Release.pdf Reissue press release]*[http://sleevage.com/nin-pretty-hate-machine/ Interview with Rob Sheridan about the cover redesign]*[http://phm.nin.com/ Official remaster website]