Album Rating: 4.5

I can say that lyrics on PHM are a bit mediocre on some parts, but considering it was his debut and the fact that the remaster really brings back a bigger, more destructive NIN sound as later albums it is a worthy album. Good review.



As for NIN being overrated...They really are, but when a band or any artist becomes a face of any genre most of them are labeled that almost instantaneously. I think that didn't happen for Reznor until post-2000, but regardless his early works are legendary and aren't overrated, especially The Downward Spiral.

Album Rating: 5.0

See, everyone says post-2000 Reznor lost it, but I mean, Year Zero and The Slip were brilliant...

Album Rating: 4.5

Year Zero wasn't brilliant it was a very good release though. As for The Slip, gotta disagree.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, The Slip to a lesser extent. The Slip was like cheap, loud rock, but I dug it. It was different. I like the minimalist/electronic style he's got going right now.



But Year Zero...I, just, idk, loved that.

Album Rating: 4.5

Year Zero I liked it as well, but it wasn't anything really compared to his earlier stuff. Its understandable considering hes been in the industry for so long, but it didn't disappoint me if that's what it sounds like I'm implying. The Slip was unnecessarily loud in many parts like you said and was more of a chore than a great listen. His Ghosts album wasn't anything special either for an ambient try of all things.

Album Rating: 4.5

Yes you will. This one is a lot better in terms of sound then its original, which is why I rated this so high. Mind you his lyrics are a bit ...mediocre in places on here, but it is his first effort and he did most of the work, so a focus on production is evident. That's not really a good excuse, but just take it in account.

Album Rating: 4.5

Bro. The Downward Spiral owned. One of the best closers man.

Album Rating: 4.5

Alright well leave me a shout to tell me what you think of the remaster.

Album Rating: 3.5

You explained, huh?

"The most infuriating thing in the past" - well you opened with that, pretty sure that's a personal statement.



"There was no better way to leave me in pure astonishment and almost a bit of anger" - explaining how the music makes YOU feel.



"Maybe it’s because I grew up a bit too late, a bit out of Reznor’s hey-day" Personifying the circumstances surrounding the album's release that also would have affected your own personal opinion, rather than your perception of how good the album actually is.



"There was no better way to boggle my mind." Basically stating that you have a particular attraction (see - fanboyism) to the music over the average music fan. Well, now you just made your opinion completely irrelevant to the reader. And that's just the first paragraph.

Album Rating: 3.5

Sorry if that came off as me being an asshole, I'm only trying to help.

Album Rating: 4.5

Puzzles shut up those are idiotic arguments.



Sorry if that came off as me being an asshole, I'm only trying to help.

Album Rating: 3.5

Haha, damn it

Great review. I've never really been an NIN fan (for lack of listening on my part) but you've convinced me to check this out.

Album Rating: 4.5

Damn, the guitars in Head Like a Hole are deafening to my ears now, before in the original I could barely hear them in the background.

Album Rating: 4.5

The remaster sounds a shit ton more aggressive.

You call it "entry level industrial" and say that those industrial groups incorporated pop "influences". This tells me that you're seeing NIN as industrial first and evaluating it from that perspective. NIN is starting from pop, not just being influenced by it. It's more like Depeche Mode in that way.

entry level industrial music, the beginning of the end for the most fruitful period of the genre as it started becoming largely dominated by shitty alternative rock and metal influences into the bastardised mish-mash of mediocrity

you are misinterpreting me

i'm not going to bother explaining it though because I don't think I was that unclear

lol meatplow pushing the limits with that avatar

Album Rating: 4.5

i prefer the term redefining