Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral

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Label:	Interscope Records – B0011697-01, Nothing Records – B0011697-01
Series:	Back To Black, NIN – halo eight
Format:	2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country:	Europe
Released:	Sep 2008
Genre:	Electronic, Rock
Style:	Industrial

Tracklist

A1	Mr Self Destruct Guitar [Texture Generating Guitars] – Adrian Belew	4:32
A2	Piggy	4:22
A3	Heresy	3:54
A4	March Of The Pigs	2:58
B1	Closer Drum Programming [Special Hi-hat Programming] – Flood	6:14
B2	Ruiner	4:56
B3	The Becoming Guitar [Ring Mod Guitar] – Adrian Belew Synthesizer [Arp 2600] – Flood	5:32
C1	I Do Not Want This Drums [Drum Performance] – Stephen Perkins Effects [Drum Treatments] – Flood, Trent Reznor	5:41
C2	Big Man With A Gun Engineer, Mixed By – Bill Kennedy, Sean Beavan Guitar [Additional] – Danny Lohner Programmed By [Steakhouse] – Tommy Lee	1:36
C3	A Warm Place	3:22
C4	Eraser	5:51
D1	Reptile	5:54
D2	The Downward Spiral Drums – Andy Kubiszewski	3:57
D3	Hurt Drums – Chris Vrenna Mixed By – Trent Reznor	6:14

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Interscope Records
Copyright © – Interscope Records
Copyright © – Leaving Hope Music
Copyright © – TGH Records, LLC
Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
Recorded At – Pig (3)
Recorded At – Record Plant
Recorded At – A&M Studios
Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
Mastered At – AcousTech Mastering
Pressed By – United Record Pressing

Credits

Artwork [Package] – Gary Talpas
Edited By [Continuity] – Charlie Clouser, Chris Vrenna, Trent Reznor
Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Alan Moulder, Bill Kennedy, Brian Pollack, Chris Vrenna, John Aguto, Sean Beavan
Engineer [Engineering] – Alan Moulder
Engineer, Mixed By – Alan Moulder (tracks: A1 to C1, C3 to D2)
Lacquer Cut By – KPG*
Management – Rebel Waltz, Inc.*
Mastered By [Mastering] – Bob Ludwig
Painting [All Paintings] – Russell Mills
Photography By – David Buckland
Producer [Production] – Flood (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B3, C3, C4), Trent Reznor
Sampler [Additional Sampling], Sound Designer [Additional Sound Design] – Chris Vrenna
Written-By [Writing], Arranged By [Arrangement], Performer [Performance] – Trent Reznor

Notes

Comes in a gatefold sleeve with full colour printed inner sleeves, housed in a plastic wallet with Back To Black hype sticker affixed:
"[Back To Black logo]
60th Vinyl Anniversary
Premium Audiophile Pressing On Heavyweight 180 Gram Vinyl In All Original Packaging!
B2BSTK ST01"

Adrian Belew appears courtesy of Caroline Records.
Stephen Perkins appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Nine Inch Nails live: Robin Finck, Danny Lohner, Chris Vrenna, James Wooley.

Studios: Le Pig of Beverly Hills, The Record Plant, A&M Studios.
Mastering: Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine.

Thankyou: Interscope, Jimmy Iovine; Silvia Garcia; Susie Tallman; Peter Christopherson; Rick Rubin; Missy Worth; Brian Warner and Marilyn Manson; Brian Liesegang; the temporarily displaced Richard Bugg; Coco-Puff; Scott Hasson, Mark Tindle, Mike Morongell, Shelly Yakus and A&M; Cally, Jamie Spencer, Marc Marot, Chris Blackwell and Island UK; Paul Connolly; Alex Kochan; Ian Flooks; Mark Blasquez; Sean Wihelmsen and Nadine's; Opcode Systems; Pat Stolpz, Martin Arthurs and Amek; Joseph Cultice; Handy Andy; Marina Chavez; Walter Cessna; Tina Montalbano; Carol Davis

We miss you Jeff Ward

℗© 1994 Interscope Records
All tracks ©1994 Leaving Hope Music, Inc./TGH Records, llc., ASCAP.
All rights reserved, used by permission.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 7 31452 21261 0
Barcode (Scanned): 731452212610
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 1): B0011697-01-LP 01A-1 [email protected] NIN ⓤ
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 1): B0011697-01 LP01-B-1 WG/NRP ⓤ
Matrix / Runout (Side C, Variant 1): B0011697-01 LP-02-C-¹ [email protected] ⓤ
Matrix / Runout (Side D, Variant 1): B0011697-01 LP-02-D-1 [email protected] ⓤ
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Variant 2): B0011697-01-LP 01A-1 [email protected] NIN ⓤ
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Variant 2): B0011697-01 LP01-B-1 [email protected] ⓤ ⭐︎
Matrix / Runout (Side C, Variant 2): B0011697-01 LP-02-C-¹ 1 [email protected] ⓤ
Matrix / Runout (Side D, Variant 2): B0011697-01 LP-02-D-1 [email protected] ⓤ
Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): ⓤ
Other (On sticker): B2BSTK ST01
Other (On sleeve 1): B0011697-01 EV01
Other (On side A label): B0011697-01 LP01 a
Other (On side B label): B0011697-01 LP01 b
Other (On sleeve 2): B0011697-01 EV02
Other (On side C label): B0011697-01 LP02 c
Other (On side D label): B0011697-01 LP02 d
Rights Society: ASCAP

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Downward Spiral (LP, Picture Disc, Album, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release)	Nothing Records (4)	522 126-2 PLP		1994
Recently Edited	The Downward Spiral (2×LP, Album, Gatefold)	Island Records, TVT Records, Nothing Records	ILPSD 8012, 522 126-1	UK	1994
Recently Edited	The Downward Spiral (2×LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold)	Nothing Records, Nothing Records, Interscope Records, Interscope Records, TVT Records, TVT Records	STPR 5509, PR 5509	US	1994
	The Downward Spiral (CD, Album, Slipcase)	Nothing Records, Island Records, TVT Records	74321 19348 2	Europe	1994
Recently Edited	The Downward Spiral (Cassette, Album, SR, ooooooo, Dolby HX Pro, S NR)	Interscope Records, Interscope Records, Nothing Records, Nothing Records, TVT Records, TVT Records	92346-4, 7 92346-4	US	1994

Reviews

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kennycrippen Dec 14, 2022
This pressing sounds amazing to me, although I have not heard the others. Snare on ‘Piggy’ really punches.
MrSweatshirt Oct 15, 2022
Won this on an eBay auction for a pretty good price and got to listen to it today. I seriously don't get why so many people are complaining about this pressing since it sounds absolutely amazing! I guess some ppl just got a bad pressing or something...
Unkle_Funcker Feb 7, 2019
Edited 3 years ago
Really noisy. Lot of hum and thumping sounds between tracks and at low parts of songs. And no, it’s not my “rig”. This release is not audiophile at all.
shade1on1 Aug 14, 2018
Had it and listened to it many times over the years. Got rid of it recently because i still have the original lp. Because i can compare the two - the original far outweighs this reissue. By far.
jaimescreams Aug 25, 2017
I beg to differ on everyone's opinion about this pressing. Mine is quiet, sounds really good and with no problems whatsoever. Sometimes (might not apply all the time) people tend to blame the sound of an album when they do not realize its their rig that might be the problem. You do not need a $10,000 rig to tell, just a good pair of ears and a decent stereo and phono stage. Check your rig before judging about the sound quality of a reissue. This one sounds excellent.
josepfernandezmarsal Jun 2, 2017
Very Good pressing in my opinion. I dont have any of those problems mentioned below.
chachimac Nov 17, 2016
Does anyone knows if there's a difference in sound quality between the US and Europe versions of the B0011697-01 release? The only difference I have been able to find is the Back to Black sticker.
maxferl Sep 21, 2016
If I'm not mistaken, Trent Reznor reacted on Twitter or somewhere when this version was released saying that he was not behind this reissue. It sounded like if he didn't want us to buy it. Someone remembers this?
MusicNerdB52 Aug 8, 2016
Not sure if this pressing just sounds rough, or if the album just sounds that way normally. Haven't spent enough time listening to a digital version to compare. Also looking into wether or not Closer ended up being pressed or mixed at a slightly different speed than the original. Something about it sounded off.
jaffe.signore Dec 20, 2015
Bought this same version twice. With first purchase thought it was just a scratch on an otherwise dynamic and beautiful vinyl recording. Both versions purchased on Discogs from two unrelated stores in separate parts of the country. The song 'Hurt' skips and often stops.
Bought & received today, 2nd copy... Identical problem! I'll keep it after this, great song but I have it on digital. Sad, but makes this version unusual.... Surely I'm not the only?