All NIN/Reznor albums ranked

[Strohbie]

Here is everybody's votes compiled, as of 12/20/19:

1. The Fragile ( 37 )
2. The Downward Spiral ( 34 )
3. Still: And All That Have Could Have Been ( 30 )
4. Ghosts I-IV ( 19 )
5. Broken ( 16 )
6. With Teeth ( 15 )
7. Not The Actual Events ( 12 )
8. Pretty Hate Machine ( 10 )
8. The Fragile: Deviations 1 ( 10 )
8. Things Falling Apart ( 10 )
8. Bad Witch ( 10 )
12. Add Violence ( 9 )
12. Welcome Oblivion ( 9 )
14. Further Down The Spiral ( 7 )
14. The Social Network ( 7 )
16. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ( 6 )
17. Bird Box ( 5 )
17. Gone Girl ( 5 )
17. Theme from Tetsuo: The Bullet Man ( 5 )
17. Waves ( 5 )
21. Closer to God ( 4 )
21. Year Zero ( 4 )
23. How To Destroy Angels EP ( 3 )
23. The Perfect Drug Versions ( 3 )
25. AVOTT: The Gift Audio ( 2 )
26. Before the Flood ( 1 )
26. Hesitation Marks ( 1 )


Vote for your top 10 albums, EPs, singles, soundtracks, HTDA etc.. Your #1 vote gets 10 points, #2 gets 9, and so on.I'll compile the votes into a ranked list of all the albums/etc. in order. Only one list per user.

If you want an example of what I have in mind, check out https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/916386-nes/51440644.

[eversonpoe]

List your top 10 albums, EPs, singles, soundtracks, HTDA etc.. I'll compile them into a ranked list of all the albums in order. Your #1 game gets 10 points, #2 gets 9, and so on. Only one list per user.

If you want an example of what I have in mind, check out https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/916386-nes/51440644.

Here's my list to kick things off:

1: The Fragile
2: Downward Spiral
3: Add Violence
4: Bad Witch
5: Things Falling Apart
6: Gone Girl
7: Still
8: The Lost Highway
9: The Social Network
10: Further Down The Spiral

i really like your list, BUT i don't agree with lost highway's inclusion as it's not an entirely original album or score by trent (and atticus), trent contributed several pieces of music and produced the soundtrack, but i don't know if it should be considered rankable in this sort of list.

[Strohbie]

Fair enough, revised.

[eversonpoe]

10 further down the spiral v2 / things falling apart / closer to god
09 gone girl
08 NTAE / AV / BW
07 HTDA EP / pretty hate machine
06 bird box (extended) / waves
05 the girl with the dragon tattoo
04 the downward spiral
03 ghosts i-iv
02 still
01 the fragile

sorry, hard for me to narrow things down

also, honorable mention to the perfect drug remix EP. besides ghosts, that's probably the release i've listened to more times than anything else, though at this point, it's not as high up on my list of favorites.

[Strohbie]

Updated the first post with combined standings. Here's my top 10:

1: The Fragile
2: Downward Spiral
3: Add Violence
4: Bad Witch
5: Things Falling Apart
6: Gone Girl
7: Still
8: The Social Network
9: Further Down The Spiral
10: Broken

[katara]

There's already at least (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/421-Rank-NIN-Albums) one topic for this.

[eversonpoe]

There's already at least (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/421-Rank-NIN-Albums) one topic for this.

yeah but that's just for NIN albums. this includes singles, EPs, remix albums, and score work.

[Shadaloo]

I'd suggest that it might be more interesting to do one of these that excludes the standard NIN albums (no offense). In my case, as much as I love TR/AR's score work, there's maybe room for one or two non-baseline NIN albums in a top 10 list due to there being quite a bit of material there already, and I'm sure quite a few others might feel the same - not trying to speak for anyone though.

[talkingnothing]

i'm approaching this as "right now, what TR related release am i likeliest to reach for and listen to"

1 The Fragile: Deviations 1
2 Welcome Oblivion
3 Still
4 PHM
5 Ghosts
6 Theme For Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (yes, just the one track)
7 Things falling apart
8 Social network
9 AVOTT The Gift Audio
10 Before the flood

[snaapz]

Thanks for sharing the results, how the hell YEAR ZERO is not on that list and Broken is at the bottom of the list blows my goddamned fucking mind. :confused:


If I were to build a list which was an unbiased ranking it would look like this, my personal preference would be arranged differently. This is based on creativity, complexity, delivery, reception, unpredictability, technique, and story.


Full Albums

1. YEAR_ZERO
2. Pretty Hate Machine
3. The Downward Spiral
4. The Fragile
5. The Slip
Tie 6. Hesitation Marks - With Teeth



Shorts

1. Broken
2. Add Violence
3. Bad Witch
4. Not The Actual Events


OST

Tie 1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Gone Girl
2. WATCHMEN
3. Birdbox
4. Quake
5. Before The Flood
Tie 6. The Vietnam War / Patriots Day / Waves etc........


Odd Singles

1. The Perfect Drug
2. Burn
3. Deep
4. Dead Souls
5. And All That Could Have Been
6. Leaving Hope
7. Metal
8. Mantra
9. Juno
10. Etc...




Bonus Unmentioned

I absolutely love this performance/cover.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDogmiNkxWU



Then there is this gem from the 90s.... (I am now being sarcastic)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIhuCW1Ue8g

[neorev]

Seriously, no With Teeth?

[neorev]

01 The Downward Spiral
02 Broken
03 With Teeth
04 The Fragile
05 Not The Actual Events
06 Further Down The Spiral
07 Closer To God EP
08 The Perfect Drug Versions
09 Ghosts I-IV
10 The Social Network

[eversonpoe]

01 The Downward Spiral
02 Broken
03 With Teeth
04 The Fragile
05 Not The Actual Events
06 Further Down The Spiral
07 Closer To God EP
08 The Perfect Drug Versions
09 Ghosts I-IV
10 The Social Network

glad to see Closer To God on your list. i almost included TPD versions (as described in my post) so i'm glad you did <3

[neorev]

glad to see Closer To God on your list. i almost included TPD versions (as described in my post) so i'm glad you did <3

I especially love Closer (Further Away)

[Strohbie]

I updated the first post with u/neorev's votes. u/snaapz, I love the lists, but 1 list per person... I can count yours if you can combine your lists into one.

[InvitingmeAway]

1. The Fragile
2. Still
3. The Downward Spiral
4. With_Teeth
5. Broken
6. Not The Actual Events
7. Year Zero
8. Ghosts I-IV
9. Bad Witch
10. Hesitation Marks

This is constantly changing. Add Violence was my favorite of the trilogy for a time, but now not even in the top 10.