Pretty Hate Machine

Pretty Hate Machine
Studio album by Nine Inch Nails
Released	October 20, 1989 (1989-10-20)
Recorded	May–June 1989
Studio	Blackwing, London Roundhouse, London The Right Track, Cleveland Synchro Sound, Boston Unique Recording, New York City
Genre	Industrial dance synth-pop industrial industrial rock alternative rock electronic rock
Length	48:42
Label	TVT
Producer	Trent Reznor Flood John Fryer Keith LeBlanc Adrian Sherwood
Nine Inch Nails chronology
Pretty Hate Machine (1989) Broken (1992)
Nine Inch Nails studio album chronology
Pretty Hate Machine (1989) The Downward Spiral (1994)
Halo numbers chronology
Halo 1 (1989) Halo 2 (1989) Halo 3 (1990)
Singles from Pretty Hate Machine
"Down in It" Released: September 15, 1989 "Head Like a Hole" Released: March 22, 1990 "Sin" Released: October 10, 1990
Alternative cover
2010 remastered version cover
Audio
"Album" playlist on YouTube

Pretty Hate Machine is the debut studio album by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released by TVT Records on October 20, 1989.^[1] Production of the record was handled by NIN frontman Trent Reznor and English producer Flood, among other contributors.

The album features a heavily synth-driven electronic sound blended with industrial and rock elements. Much like the band's later work, the album's lyrics contain themes of angst, betrayal, and lovesickness. The record was promoted with the singles "Down in It", "Head Like a Hole", and "Sin", as well as the accompanying tour. A remastered edition was released in 2010.

Although the record was successful, reaching No. 75 in the US and receiving highly favorable reviews from critics, Reznor (the band's only official member until 2016) feuded with TVT over promotion of the album, which led him to eventually sign with Interscope Records. Pretty Hate Machine was later certified triple-platinum by RIAA, becoming one of the first independently released albums to do so, and was included on several lists of the best releases of the 1980s. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked Pretty Hate Machine at number 453 on its "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.