Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral

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Label:	Nothing Records – intd-92346, Interscope Records – intd-92346, TVT Records – intd-92346
Series:	NIN – halo eight
Format:	CD, Album, Reissue, Slipcase
Country:	US
Released:
Genre:	Electronic, Rock
Style:	Industrial

Tracklist

1	Mr. Self Destruct Guitar [Texture Generating Guitars] – Adrian Belew	4:30
2	Piggy	4:24
3	Heresy	3:54
4	March Of The Pigs	2:58
5	Closer Programmed By [Special Hi-hat Programming] – Flood	6:13
6	Ruiner	4:58
7	The Becoming Guitar [Ring Mod Guitar] – Adrian Belew Synthesizer [Arp 2600] – Flood	5:31
8	I Do Not Want This Drums [Performance] – Stephen Perkins Drums [Treatment] – Flood, Trent Reznor	5:41
9	Big Man With A Gun Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Bill Kennedy, Sean Beavan Featuring [Steakhouse] – Tommy Lee Guitar [Additional] – Danny Lohner	1:36
10	A Warm Place	3:22
11	Eraser	4:53
12	Reptile	6:52
13	The Downward Spiral Drums – Andy Kubiszewski	3:56
14	Hurt Drums – Chris Vrenna Mixed By – Trent Reznor	6:13

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Uni Distribution Corp.
Distributed By – Uni Distribution Corp.
Manufactured By – UNI (8)
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – TVT
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Interscope Records
Copyright © – TVT
Copyright © – Interscope Records
Recorded At – Pig (3)
Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At – A&M Studios
Mastered At – Future Disc

Credits

Artwork [Package] – Gary Talpas
Engineer [Additional] – Alan Moulder, Bill Kennedy, Brian Pollack, Chris Vrenna, John Aguto, Sean Beavan
Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Alan Moulder (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 13)
Management – John A. Malm Jr.*
Mastered By – Tom Baker (3)
Other [Assistance] – Chris Vrenna, Maise
Other [Continuity] – Charlie Clouser, Chris Vrenna, Trent Reznor
Painting – Russell Mills
Photography By – David Buckland
Producer – Flood (tracks: 1, 2, 5 to 7, 10 to 12), Trent Reznor
Sampler [Additional], Electronics [Sound Design] – Chris Vrenna
Written-By, Arranged By, Performer – Trent Reznor

Notes

Halo 8

Issued in a slipcase that contains a 28 page booklet and a J-card case with a J-card insert. Some copies have a 'Parental Advisory' sticker with the catalog number 'intd/c-92346' on the slipcase. From the outside this release looks like that one, which contains a CD with an additional BMG catalog number.

Studios: Le Pig of Beverly Hills, The Record Plant, A&M Studios.
Mastered at Futuredisc.
Management for Conservative.

Booklet: © 1994 Leaving Hope/TVT Music, Inc., ASCAP.
Slimline: © 1994 TVT/Interscope Records.
CD: ℗ 1994 TVT/Interscope Records.
Slipcase: ℗&© 1994 TVT/Interscope Records.

Printed in USA.
Manufactured and distributed in the United States by Uni Distribution Corp.

The sample that starts off "Mr. Self Destruct" is from George Lucas' movie "THX 1138".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Printed): 6 0694-92346-2 1
Barcode (Text): 606949234621
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): INTD92346 A606162e
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L771
Other (Variant 1): MFG BY ITNT
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): INTD92346 A60704Kf MFG BY UNI
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L771
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): INTD92346 A60616Se MFG BY UNI
Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI L771
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): INTD92346 A60616Se MFG BY UNI
Mastering SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI L771
Mould SID Code (Variant 4): ifpi 2A04
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): INTD92346 A60616Se MFG BY UNI
Mastering SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI L771
Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI 2AO8

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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, B NR)	Interscope Records, Interscope Records, Nothing Records, Nothing Records, TVT Records, TVT Records	92346-4, 7 92346-4	US	1994

Reviews

dedean Jan 22, 2022
The original 1994 release has an SRC matrix. It was on Interscope/Atlantic and TVT since Atlantic distributed and manufactured Interscope until around 1996-1997.
exumer Aug 29, 2015
Trent's best album by a country mile. Outstanding journey into human frailty, self loathing, pain, hate and triumph perfectly encapsulated. Was groundbreaking and still remains a tour de force musically regardless of what genre ppl choose to hate this album upon. Essential.
realmdemagic Jan 1, 2008
This album is what started my obsession with music. I was so blown away, that I rushed to the store to buy all of the singles, albums and remix albums. It took me a while to adjust to other types of music, because the world of NIN is hard to leave once imprisoned inside of it. Most of the other music of the time seemed uninteresting, since this was very exotic and dense. This started my craze of audio production, which took me to college and from there to two degrees. This is required listening in the field of audio producers. It is considered one of the best engineered albums of all time, right next to Sgt Peppers and Dark Side of the Moon. A great collection of songs. Second only to The Fragile. 5/5