Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral
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sizeofanocean
May 21st 2019


3441 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I mean The Fragile is a 100+ min monolith of pure greatness, of the same quality of TDS or even better, which is (by comparision) more concise, but lacks about 40+ minutes of pure awesomeness.



Larkinhill
May 21st 2019


7876 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Fragile is best.

rodrigo90
May 21st 2019


7387 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Hurt's ending is so graphic is almost like a nightmare.

BigPleb
May 21st 2019


65799 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

What have I become?

Larkinhill
May 21st 2019


7876 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I would actually say Broken is nearly as good as this.



Fragile > TDS > Broken > With Teeth > Year Zero > Bad Witch > Pretty Hate Machine > Hesitation Marks > Not the Actual Events = Add Violence > The Slip > Ghosts.



But even The Slip and Ghosts I like.

rodrigo90
May 22nd 2019


7387 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

But even The Slip and Ghosts I like.



I read the meathead review of ghosts every now and then.

guitarded_chuck
June 3rd 2019


18070 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

run of the last 5 tracks here is absolute fire

Wildcardbitchesss
June 3rd 2019


12370 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The whole god damn thing is incredible but yea the last five are something else.



Eraser is so goddamned under appreciated

DoofDoof
June 3rd 2019


15237 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This is like The Fragile with a purpose and a pulse



Far superior except maybe for prog/audio nerds

JayEnder
June 3rd 2019


20151 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

“Eraser is so god damn under appreciated”



That creepy moaning in the first minute or so that turns into a full on industrial assault... it’s almost like... A terrible creature stalking you getting closer and closer until it reaches your destination and starts pounding on your doors, starving to get in.

Wildcardbitchesss
June 3rd 2019


12370 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Jesus



Good write up. Think I’ll get wasted and listen to this record tonight. I hardly ever listen to it anymore because I really have to listen to the whole thing. I can never listen to a single track. It’s like watching a great movie on cable. You just gotta finish it

Larkinhill
June 3rd 2019


7876 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Agreed on that wildcard. It’s definitely a “full” album, rather than a collection of songs. Same with The Fragile, but more so here.

zakalwe
June 18th 2019


39159 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It’s impossible to have this as the best album of all time but it’s impossible not say that it’s not one of the greatest of all time.



A true dark, tortuous, frightening, spiteful, one of a kind rock album.

DoofDoof
June 18th 2019


15237 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah Zak, even back in the day this was never my ‘favourite of all time’ or even fave of 94 - it remains a bit slippery, and listening to it two times in a row would be a torture.



It is a classic though.

zakalwe
June 18th 2019


39159 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Arduous as fuck innit. If this is someone’s fave then they are clearly mental but it is fucking amazing. Good memories of blasting it and feeling quite scared. There’s still a bit of me that’s a bit uneasy about the thing like I need to put on gloves when I pick up the CD.

DoofDoof
June 18th 2019


15237 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Mr Self Destruct at full volume was unforgiving - very atypical rock guitar sound, sounded processed into shrill mechanical buzzing

zakalwe
June 18th 2019


39159 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Just had a look at what came out in ‘94. A decades worth of albums there to do you right.



90s > I tell ya

DoofDoof
June 18th 2019


15237 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

94 is my ultimate favourite, peak of the 90s

zakalwe
June 18th 2019


39159 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

‘97 for me but yeah it was ridiculously good. Unrelenting amazing albums.

DoofDoof
June 18th 2019


15237 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

'93 to '98 is all absolute classic, a hundred essential albums a year level of good, must have been something amazing released every week



'94 I just remember getting the pocket money and buying a couple of CDs every month, seemed the start of really getting into music that bit more.



I remember picking up 'Troublegum', 'Far Beyond Driven', the Terrorvision album lol - that was huge in my school for some reason... :/



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