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| live =[[Self Destruct Touring Cycle]] <br> [[Performance 2007]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]]}}'''"Ruiner"''' is the sixth track on ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' In 2004, a demo version was released with the Tenth 10th Anniversary 2-disc Deluxe Edition of ''The Downward Spiral.'' [[Trent Reznor]] stated it was "the hardest song to write" for the record in a 1994 interview. "I still don't know if I got it right," he said. "I have such a bad vibe from that song now--from it sucking in so many different ways. That was actually two different songs stuck together."[http://nothing.nin.net/int20.html]

*Production: [[Flood]] and [[Trent Reznor]]

This is the original album version.Dominated through its verses and pre-choruses by a danceable drum loop and accompanying synthesizers, the verses are sung somewhat maliciously, only to become quite fast and layered in the pre-choruses. In contrast, the chorus uses much simpler instrumentation, relegated only to a simpler drum loop and loud, powerful synthesizer chords, with Reznor talking quietly yet intensely on top. The bridge of the song goes in a completely different direction, slowing it down with a panned bassline, manipulated live drum takes, and a fuzzy guitar solo. Returning to the chorus afterward, the song ends suddenly on the word "stop." The bridge of this song features a rare guitar solo by Reznor. In the April 1994 issue of ''Guitar World,'' he was asked about it in the following section of the interview::GW: I wanted to ask you about the solo in "Ruiner." How did you get that really nasty, ultra-quantized sound? :REZNOR: Ah yes, the great, Pink Floyd-esque, Seventies-sounding section of the song. That's just a preset on the Zoom. I think I accidentally called up the wrong patch. I'm not a soloist. I was just laughing when I was playing with this ridiculous sound, recording into the computer saying like, "This is so cheesy," you know? I later realized that I basically tried to play a "Comfortably Numb"-type solo with this sound. I played the song for Chris, our drummer, and I was thinking, "He's going to start laughing. It's silly." But he goes, "Man, that guitar section was fucking great." ===Ruiner (Version)==='''''Running Time: 5:35'''''

===Ruiner This remix is only available on the international edition (versioni.e. V2)===of ''Further Down The Spiral''. Throughout this version, there are glitch effects of splicing up Reznor's voice. The fast verses , switched in order, are louder and clearer than the studio version. The order of As well, the two verses are reversed. The synth synthesizer chorus is replaced by a more guitar -driven one. This remix was done by ====Credits====*Remix: [[Charlie Clouser]] and is on the UK import of ''Further Down The Spiral (V2).''

===Ruiner (demoDemo)==='''''Running Time: 4:51''''' This early version is available on ''The Downward Spiral'' deluxe edition. In this demoit, the verses are almost whispered while the pre-choruses are sung in Reznor's lower-middle vocal range. The , and the chorus is whispered rather than sungquieter.

"Ruiner" was performed live on the [[Self-Destruct Tour]] but would be retired until the [[Performance 2007]] tour, when it was played again for the first time in almost 13 years.

The Ruiner's a collector he's an infecter infector serving his shit to his flies

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