Customer Reviews
Excellence of its time - By: P. A. Ferguson, 25 Sep 2008 
thankfully 'A Customer' & 'Toybum' don't represent the great majority of NIN fans who think Pretty Hate Machine, 'Excellence of its time'. It's not Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle, it's not so many things other than being a fantastic slab of tech-industrial metal by a young guy callled Trent Reznor.
All that 'A Customer' hates is what makes THIS customer love the album. I don't regard there being a duff track. There has been plenty of music since by NIN that has made me raise my eyebrows, thinking 'Hmmm, not sure about that'.
REMEMBER! THIS WAS A 'LONG' TIME AGO. Nearly 20 years ago. This, for the non-'WIRE' magazine reader brought up reading Sounds, NME & Kerrang! was totallly different to Whitesnake & Gillan & the concept-shift from 'Hair' metal & 'Bay Area Thrash' to what Trent was offering.
Don't judge it by the now. It's good enough to hold it's own. ENJOY. You've got 4-5* reviews by many others than those wanting to hold themselves as knowing music you don't know. Lose these guys.
BUY THIS ALBUM.
Nine Inch Nails ~ Pretty Hate Machine ~ - By: Mr. K. L. Rainford, 03 Feb 2008 The Holy Grail of Industrial music. Personallly I think this is the album that put Industrial on the map. Still to this day it has its own unique sound & a sort of futuristic feel. If you see a copy, buy it straight away. Its intelligent, its unique & still to this day it sounds fresh.
amazing music - By: D. Bebb, 01 Feb 2008 when i first heard about nine inch nails i thought they were a metal band & put off listening to them. Then i listened to this & realized i was completely wrong. what i found was music based on beats & clever sampling. guitars & other conventional instruments are only used to provide noise here & there instead of being the focus which gives nine inch nails a very unique sound. there's nobody else who makes music like nine inch nails & that alone makes them worth listening to once.
this album raises the bar so high that i look at my other cd's as crap. if that isn't a recommendation, i don't know what is
Nailgasm - By: H. Cleary, 26 Sep 2007 I wish i didn't already have this album so i could buy it again & experience it alll from fresh.
For new comers..this is some very interesting music, i suggest you give it a try..and if you don't like it..you cant reallly do wrong at amazons prices!
Trents music has matured a lot over the years, this album is very 80's industrial rock pop with a dirty twist.
pop for rockers - By: whitetrashtrixie, 28 Jul 2007 
this is where industrial music first entered the mainstream....yes it is a dark & nasty piece of pop music but it is still effectively an 80's electro pop record with a dark heart beating away at its core.
the depeche mode references abound alll over the album except instead of dave gahan's pained croon you have trents anguished screams.
its a very good album that cannot be denied..the guitars are low in the mix & seem to serve only to flesh out the angry bits.the real secret to this album are the beats & the goove of the album..its very dancable & very very catchy....quite possibly the most catchy depressing album ever made!!!
the stand outs are head like a hole..a great song that still gets aired in rock clubs to this day & the mighty sin...a much faster up beat song & then quite possibly one of the most depressing songs ever written something i can never have...a beautiful & haunting song!!!
overalll a very good album..a few dull songs that can get a bit repetitive but the stand out songs outnumber the poor
