Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug - Versions

Just when one thought NIN couldn't get any more exotic with remixes, this release proved to be the cherry topper. None of the remixes show and any relation to each other and most of the lyrics are absent. The flow of the songs make it seem as if one is listening to a forty minute musical acid trip. I'm a big fan of this single, but it may not be for everyone. Foreign versions include the original track and the vinyl version includes an exclusive mix by Aphrodite. 4/5

Releasing this single after 2 years of silence simultaneousely delighted and surprised fans - d'n'b beats was something new in NIN style. But Trent proved that he's unconformistical musician and doesn't afraid of experiments.
Meat Beat manifesto track let me down - nothing more than boring, standard d'n'b. Next Plug mix is more interesting, but still nothing special. At last Reznor himself helps the situation and adds his own great remix, which is for me the best thing on the whole CD. Rushing, hard track - one of the best experimental d'n'b I've ever heard. Jonah Sharp's work is also very good - number 2 on the single. But The Orb remix is the greatest disappointment - some boring spacey sounds and nothing more. Undisputely the worst track.
For the dessert we get original version of the titled track, which was first NIN song I've heard and till today is still one of my favourites. It contains varieties of music styles (fast d'n'b beats, guitar riffs and even ballad at the end), mixed into really great song. Brilliant.

one of nine inch nails' best singles. meat beat manifesto, plug, and spacetime continuum provide incredible remixes, and trent reznor even adds another interpretation of one of his most famous songs. 2 downfalls to this single though - 1) the orb mix. it just isn't very good at all. while the beat is good and you can get into it, it makes a lot of the song incredibly annoying, and 2) lack of the original track. if you can get a hold of the import version, i highly recommend that since it contains a 6th track - the original version

This is, and has been for quite some time, the number-one CD in my whole collection, the single was an awesome song to begin with, and when some of Reznor's Nothing Records label mate got their hands on it, it took on the form of pure break-beat perfection. I love, especially since I'm an amen breaks junky!!!