Quote Originally Posted by Highly Psychological View Post
I like the version of Sanctified on Purest Feeling more than the one that ended up on Pretty Hate Machine. Its more live sounding. IAlso Maybe Just Once is extremely underrated. There is a really nice song there. I know its not dark, but it could is brilliant. And a bit of a lost opportunity. Its still great for what it is.
Very much agreed with both of those. PF's Sanctified is so much more dynamic and interesting, I don't know what the hell John Fryer was thinking. It makes me wonder how an earlier Something I Can Never Have could have been, as that's another John Fryer co-production, and in my opinion resulted in a flat-out boring track.

I love Maybe Just Once, and I think it could have been a big hit in the '80s. May be a good thing that it didn't, though, as it could have resulted in a very different direction for NIN. If nothing else, the studio might have been even more controlling.