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[[Image:halo2.jpg|thumb|200px|Halo 2: ''Pretty Hate Machine'']]
'''''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 [[Interscope 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 (song)|Down In It]]" as well as subsequent singles "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" and "[[Sin (song)|Sin]]".
#"[[The Only Time]]" – 4:47
#"[[Ringfinger]]" – 5:40
==Album Credits==
*Nine Inch Nails is Trent Reznor
*Exclusive representation: [[John 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 Masterdisck, 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
*Kicking ass way beyond the call of duty: John A. Malm, Jr.
*Ideas and sounds (with all due respect): Clive Barker, Jane's Addiction, Prince, Public Enemy, This Mortal Coil, Success (Screaming Trees U.K.), various unknown others
*All songs written, arranged, programmed, and performed by Trent Reznor
*Studios: The Right Track (Cleveland), Blackwing (London), Unique (New York), Synchro Sound (Boston), Roundhouse (London)
==Releases==