Head Like A Hole (track)
by Nine Inch Nails
Year: 1989
From the album Pretty Hate Machine (track #1)
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Head Like A Hole appears on the following album(s) by Nine Inch Nails:
- Pretty Hate Machine (track #1) (this album) (1989)
- And All That Could Have Been (track #13) (2002)
- Halo I-IV (track #4) (compilation) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/14/2026 19:54 | Siromynian | 17,869 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/20/2026 19:19 | araidernomore | 4,770 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2026 14:49 | Drbassexpert24 | 4,912 | 84/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 13:01 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,076 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2025 21:24 |  ExTeaSea | 12,981 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.7/100, a mean average of 88.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.2.
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Martini 08/23/2022 21:39 | #288870
This is nothing like anything else that was released in 1989. Such a unique song, truly ahead of its time.
2nd fav on album, behind 'Kinda I want to'
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