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[[Image:PHMvinyl2010.jpg|thumb|2010 Remaster vinyl artwork]]
'''''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 "Down In It" single as well as subsequent singles ''[[Head Like A Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]]'' and ''[[Sin (halo)|Sin]]''. The former also serves as a companion [[Remixes|remix]] album of sorts to ''Pretty Hate Machine''.
== Track Listing ==
==Recording==
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.
<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>
==Touring==
''For more information, see [[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]]''<br><br>
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. Taking inspiration from the photographer who did NIN's early press shots, the band would douse themselves in cornstarch before taking the stage.[http://www.nin-pages.de/artwork_phm.htm] This practice would continue through the [[Fragility]] tour.
==Purest Feeling==
==Tributes==
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]
==Rykodisc Re-ReleaseReleases=====Rykodisc===''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.
==Bicycle Music Re-Release=2010 Remaster===
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.
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* When the actual vinyl discs were cut, an additional low-filter (hipass), desser and hyper-elliptical filter were put in place.
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===''Halo I-IV''===
[[Image:HaloI-IV.jpg|thumb|''Halo I-IV'' Box Set]]
''Halo I-IV'' is a limited edition vinyl box set released by Concord/Bicycle Music for Record Store Day in November 2015. It contains the original version of ''Pretty Hate Machine'' on 180 gram vinyl, as well as the domestic versions of all three 12" singles released from the album on 120 gram vinyl. None of the music in this set is remastered.
==Artwork==
Reznor stated in one of his posts on the Prodigy internet service in the early 90s that "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]
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:
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"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.
*Nine Inch Nails is Trent Reznor<br>
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*Exclusive representation: [[John A. Malm, Jr.]] for J Artist Management
*Invaluable assistance: [[Chris Vrenna]]
*Drone guitar at the end of "Sanctified":" [[Richard Patrick]]*Additional synth programming: [[Flood]], [[Tim Niemi]]
*Digital editing and continuity: Trent Reznor, Chris Vrenna
*Mastering: [[Tony Dawsey]] at Masterdisk, NYC
*Sleeve: [[Gary Talpas]] for Föhn Design
*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
*Special thanks: All at TVT Records, James Dowdall and everybody at Island<br>
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It should be noted that the line "Kicking ass way beyond the call of duty: John A. Malm, Jr." is not present in the RYKO CD rerelease.
*nine inch nails is trent reznor
*produced by trent reznor with flood, john fryer, keith leblanc, adrian sherwood
*[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://phmportraitofdecay.ninnet/www.prettyhatemachine.com/ Official remaster website(archived at Portrait of Decay)]*[http://www.nincatalog.com/index.asp?halo=2 pretty-hate-machine/ ''Pretty Hate Machine'' at nincatalog.com]
*[http://www.nincollector.com/archive/releases/halo_02/halo02.htm ''Pretty Hate Machine'' at nincollector.com]
*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dnine%2520inch%2520nails%2520pretty%2520hate%2520machine%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 ''Pretty Hate Machine'' at Amazon]