Pretty Hate Machine
by Nine Inch Nails
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Pretty Hate Machine is ranked 2nd best out of 25 albums by Nine Inch Nails on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nine Inch Nails is The Downward Spiral which is ranked number 161 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,797.
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Pretty Hate Machine track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 21 hours ago | xhitmanx | 1,453 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2026 12:13 | Devilwoac | 1,387 | 97/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 22:04 |  serpico | 864 | 86/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 16:13 | araidernomore | 472 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 16:51 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Very good debut album, they brought some fresh stuff to the table mixing alternative dance with industrial sounds and punk delivery. Not consistently great, there are some really bad tracks here (Down In It), but good ones overshadow them and are pretty catchy - Head Like A Hole, Sin and Terrible Lie are anthemic bangers. There is also surprisingly good slower-paced emotional Something I Can Never Have with grim tone to it and great lyrics, which is not always the case. The Only Time sounds great, but I can't say the same about lyrics.
VictorVale 03/29/2023 22:32 | #295584
A pegada dance é mto foda!
Debut Album from Trent Reznor and is a 100/100
Album Rating: 82.00
(820/10)
1.Head Like A Hole. 83
2.Terrible Lie. 83
3.Down In It. 79
4.Sanctified. 78
5.Something I Can Never Have. 92
6.Kinda I Want To. 80
7.Sin. 86
8.That's What I Get. 85
9.The Only Time. 77
10.Ringfinger. 77
rockbluesfolkjaz 10/25/2021 18:32 | #275385
I've liked this album since its release. Very interesting.
Excellent album. Head like a hole is a great opener setting the tone for the rest of the album. A brilliant track one side one. The rest of the album is really solid, no filler tracks. Succinct and to the point.
planetneutral 02/16/2021 04:47 | #266360
I definitely seem to get more personal enjoyment out of this synth-pop sound than what comes in the albums thereafter.
Droophus 01/08/2020 04:55 | #246538
A terrific and really hard to categorize debut.
Really good debut album.
Favorites: Head Like A Hole, Terrible Lie, Down In It, Something I Can Never Have, Sin.
Lyrics from angsty/edgy Trent are little corny, but I really liked synth-pop music and dancy beats.
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