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This is the second studio album from Nine Inch Nails and their most commercially successful. It reached number 2 in the Billboard Top 200 and produced four singles: "March of the Pigs", "Closer", "Piggy" (radio only), and "Hurt" (radio only). Q staff (2011). "Q Magazine 250 Best Albums of Q's Lifetime". Q. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011 . Retrieved April 1, 2012. Reznor conceived of The Downward Spiral after Nine Inch Nails' run in the lineup of the Lollapalooza festival tour, feeling increasingly alienated and disinterested. The band's concerts were known for their radical onstage dynamic in which members acted aggressively, injured themselves, destroyed instruments and polluted stages. Reznor had begun to feud with TVT Records, resulting in him co-founding Nothing Records with his then-manager John Malm, Jr. as a subsidiary of Interscope. Simultaneously, he began fleshing out the concept for The Downward Spiral, focusing on the life and death of a misanthropic man who rebels against humanity, and kills God before attempting suicide. [1] [2] [3] [4] Reznor frequently struggled with drug addiction and depression, and the themes of the album gradually allegorized his living situation. His peers at some point recommended him the antidepressant Prozac, but he declined to be medicated. [5] [6]
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Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994". GuitarWorld.com. July 14, 2014. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014 . Retrieved July 14, 2014. a b "Nine Inch Nails Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved January 25, 2011. The looping female voice that appears on "Reptile" (approx. 5:06) is from the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The strange mechanical sound before the drums start can be found in the movie Leviathan and the other sounds during all the song are found in Aliens (the escape in the vessel). Also, while not a direct sample, the ascending synth melody from 5:13 to 5:20 seems to be a reference to "Laura Palmer's Theme" from the television show Twin Peaks. Ruiner" samples "Beat Box" by Art of Noise, and the breakdown samples elephant noises from David Lynch's The Elephant Man and a buried scream from the film Parents. The Pit: Nine Inch Nails". Guitar School. May 1995. Archived from the original on May 11, 2017 . Retrieved October 15, 2017.Downward Spiral ranked no. 200". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 2, 2011 . Retrieved August 2, 2021.
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The Mellotron MKIV used on the album (as well as on Broken) once belonged to John Lennon. Engineer Sean Beavan remarked to Sound On Sound in the above referenced article that it still had The Beatles' tape loops in it. Contrary to popular belief, it is not owned by Reznor. It was on loan to him from Interscope Records co-founders Ted Field and Jimmy Iovine. [7] Concept and Interpretations The definitive vinyl edition of The Downward Spiral, meticulously prepared by Trent Reznor and NIN Art Director John Crawford. Remastered 2017 audio on 180-GRAM VINYL, remastered artwork and more.
The artwork was re-photographed by Rob Sheridan for the 2004 reissue. Reflecting on the experience in 2019, he stated: Moon, Tom (2008). 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List. Workman Publishing. p. 552. ISBN 9780761149415. Tapper, Jake (August 29, 2000). "Hollywood on trial". Salon. Salon Media Group. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011 . Retrieved May 4, 2011. One of the final songs on The Downward Spiral and an extraordinarily disturbing treatise on suicide. The song notably features stripped-down instrumentation with a sole piano playing the “Downward Spiral” motif drowned out by heavily distorted samples. Ostroff, Joshua (August 1, 2014). "Nine Inch Nails Is The Best Band Of The 90s (And The 2000s, Too)". HuffPost. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017 . Retrieved December 22, 2017.