Label: Halo / Null
Reissued 2011, originally released 1989
As a young musician in Cleveland, Ohio, Trent Reznor took a job at a local recording studio and employed unused studio time to develop his own material. The nascent album was later recorded with his favorite producers including Flood/Mark Ellis (U2, Depeche Mode, PJ Harvey), John Fryer (Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil), Adrian Sherwood (Ministry, Cabaret Voltaire) and Keith LeBlanc (Tack head). The result was Pretty Hate Machine. All songs were written, arranged, programmed and performed by Reznor.
Track Listing:
- Head Like a Hole
- Terrible Lie
- Down in It
- Sanctified
- Something I Can Never Have
- Kinda I Want to
- Sin
- That's What I Get
- The Only Time
- Ringfinger