Broken
by Nine Inch Nails
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Broken is ranked 6th 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 160 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,810.
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Broken track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 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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| ! | 04/08/2026 14:49 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,150 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 14:13 | saltysurprise | 2,947 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2025 01:41 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2025 10:36 | markl73 | 619 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2025 11:37 | Hyggevinyl | 4,437 | 72/100 |
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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 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Start of Reznor's industrial existential torture masochism.
souplipton 01/03/2017 07:51 | #181579 | TOP COMMENT
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Upon giving this album more listens (and with the new updated mix), I'm starting to appreciate this album more. Not the side of Nine Inch Nails I like the most, but still great.
souplipton 07/30/2016 03:31 | #171975 | TOP COMMENT
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The album is a mixed bag in my opinion. This album has the most metal to it's sound of the NIN catalogue, and that's not a positive point in my opinion. "Wish" and the instrumentals are great, but the rest is not to my liking.
earbudgloryhole 02/22/2016 19:08 | #160539 | TOP COMMENT
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My favorite of the NIN catalog, even though my inaugural spin in the car after having purchased it went like so: "This is the first day of my last days [SPEAKER BLOWN]"
GandalfORiley345 06/27/2014 03:01 | #115422
Incredible EP, just well worked, contribuyed and..... awesome
Not a bad record, the CD packaging it came in is cool.
lightmyway 05/08/2012 22:34 | #41856 | TOP COMMENT
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A big evolution for NIN that brings them closer to their immortal sound. My only problem is that after 3 years I would have liked something a bit longer, but aside from that it's wonderful!
1234567890 01/16/2010 12:19 | #8417
Quite possibly the most bizarre album I own.
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