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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]]. It was released on October 20, 1989 by [[TVT Records]] in the US, and on September 30February 18, 1991, by Island Records in the UK(reissued on September 30, 1991), 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 ==
Working nights at Right Track Studio as a handyman and janitor, [[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. 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.
After the album was released, the aforementioned demo surfaced on a [[bootlegs|bootleg ]] called ''[[Purest Feeling (album)|Purest Feeling]]''. It contains the original demo recordings of most of the tracks found on the album, as well as a couple that were not used ("[[Purest Feeling (song)|Purest Feeling]]" and "[[Maybe Just Once]]").Two other batches of demos, distinct from those on ''Purest Feeling'', also exist. One batch ("Down In It", "Sanctified", "Kinda I Want To", and "Twist") can be found on the ''[[Demos and Remixes]]'' bootleg. Another batch ("Sin", "Terrible Lie", "Sanctified", "Ringfinger", and "Down In It") are on a cassette privately owned by [[Martin Atkins]].[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/early_demo_of_nine_inch_nails_pretty_hate_machine_hits_ebay]
''Pretty Hate Machine'' was recorded in various studios around the world with Reznor collaborating with some of his most idolized producers - [[Flood]] at Syncro Sound in Boston, Keith LeBlanc at Unique Recording Studios in New York, [[Adrian Sherwood]] at Roundhouse Studios in London, and John Fryer at Blackwing Studios in London. Flood was originally supposed to produce the entire album, but couldn't because of his prior commitment with Depeche Mode.[httphttps://www.theninhotline.netcom/archives/articles/getdowninit.shtmldisplay/530] Reznor used his own journal entries as sources and inspiration for the album's lyrics.[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/21/trent-reznor-nine-inch-nails-youre-seeing-the-fall-of-america] He also listened extensively to [[Gary Numan]]'s album ''Telekon'' while recording the album.[https://www.electronicbeats.net/mr-style-icon-gary-numan-on-trent-reznor/]
After the album was finished, TVT Records were not happy about the direction the album had taken from the original demos. This would lead to friction between Reznor and the label. John Fryer elaborated:
==External Links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101229095515/http://portraitofdecayphm.netnin.com/wwwphm.prettyhatemachinenin.com/ Official remaster website (archived at Portrait of Decay)Wayback Machine]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCk49CqjOD0 ''Pretty Hate Machine'' EPK on YouTube]
*[http://nincatalog.com/pretty-hate-machine/ ''Pretty Hate Machine'' at nincatalog.com]