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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 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 ==
==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==
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==
*[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://nincatalog.com/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]