Random NIN Thoughts

[imail724]

I got this absurdly large cardboard cutout of the Hesitation Marks cover yesterday. They were selling it for $10 at my local record store so my buddy picked it up for me.

Edit just to show the scale of this thing:

[butter_hole]

can i have it

[BRoswell]

Yeah, that's going to look great on my wall. Er, I mean, YOUR wall.

[hani]

can i have it

you just want something you can never have

[sick among the pure]

Reminds me of the time I almost got a bigger an wall sized WT poster for FYE. Manager promised it to me, but one of his employees "already called dibs" and he didn't know. It was the size of their big windows out front. I don't know what I would have done with it.

[imail724]

It was the size of their big windows out front. I don't know what I would have done with it.

Pretty much this. I have no idea what to do with this thing, I have it kind of just propped up in a corner underneath my Wave Goodbye lithos.

[sick among the pure]

Pretty much this. I have no idea what to do with this thing, I have it kind of just propped up in a corner underneath my Wave Goodbye lithos.

I have a chunk of wall it would fit in

But honestly, if you have the money, I would look into custom framing it and hanging it up somewhere nice, moving anything you needed to make room for it. That's an awesome piece.

[Halo Infinity]

That was by far my most favorite version of the Hesitation Marks album cover. It's very cool to see it at that size.

[eversonpoe]

my local record store had one of those, literally just sitting and leaning up against the wall by the door, barely visible. i asked if i could have it, and the girl said no. i asked if i could buy it, and she said no. i asked if the record company was coming back to pick it up at some point, and she said no. so i asked "what's the point of having it if almost no one can see it?" and she said "we don't have any room to put it up." i haven't been that angry leaving a record store since the guy two people in front of me bought the last THREE copies of the tomahawk box set at record store day in 2012.

[MrSlfDstruct]

my local record store had one of those, literally just sitting and leaning up against the wall by the door, barely visible. i asked if i could have it, and the girl said no. i asked if i could buy it, and she said no. i asked if the record company was coming back to pick it up at some point, and she said no. so i asked "what's the point of having it if almost no one can see it?" and she said "we don't have any room to put it up." i haven't been that angry leaving a record store since the guy two people in front of me bought the last THREE copies of the tomahawk box set at record store day in 2012.

She sounds like a winner.

I'd call them and hope somebody else answers.

[Halo Infinity]

If there were any other large displays of Nine Inch Nails album covers out there, I think I'd definitely love to get one of The Downward Spiral and The Fragile. Aside from the music itself, those really are my most favorite Nine Inch Nails album covers of the 1990s.

[r_z]

They are also the only Nine Inch Nails album covers of the 1990s.

[Halo Infinity]

I've kept thinking of Broken as a second album, but yes, you're right. I also like to think that Pretty Hate Machine had a great part of 1990-1991 even though it came out on October 20, 1989.

[sheepdean]

They are also the only Nine Inch Nails album covers of the 1990s.

Say what you want, Broken is an album

[SarahConnor]

Anyone of you all purchase the seven NIN shirts on eBay today? About 90 bucks all told? I napped thru the auction's end.

[Halo Infinity]

Say what you want, Broken is an album

Seriously, thank you. I also can't... and wouldn't want to get that out of my mind even if it was labeled/deemed an EP. (I get it, but still. It's just how I looked at it, and felt about it.)

[sheepdean]

Like, an EP is defined in the US as 4-6 tracks and in the UK as <25 minutes. Broken fits neither definition. It also won't fit on a 10", which is a more modern usage for EP. I get that it was marketed as one, but outside what the posters said, there's no way it's an EP.

If PHM was marketed as a double album, would people call it that despite its obvious single disc?

[BenAkenobi]

let's ask one of admins to make a topic with a poll asking what Broken really is

[sheepdean]

"74% vote that it's Josh Wink's debut album"

[fillow]

Broken is an ugly record made during an ugly time in TR life.
Broken marks phase three of nine inch nails: the becoming.

[Joy Prevention Hotline]

Broken is an ugly record

Oh, now that’s just plain mean. Bad enough people go around saying it’s not a proper album.

Albums have feelings too.

[Leviathant]

Like, an EP is defined in the US as 4-6 tracks and in the UK as <25 minutes. Broken fits neither definition.

What version of Broken do you have that has more than six songs listed on the back? And all the vinyl copies are six songs long.

[sick among the pure]

What version of Broken do you have that has more than six songs listed on the back? And all the vinyl copies are six songs long.

I have an ultra rare copy of Broken that lists all of the silence as individual tracks. It's all in really small font to fit. Therefore, it's the longest NIN album ever.

[Joy Prevention Hotline]

I always though it was funny that AllMusic’s entry on Broken lists tracks 7–97 individually.

Sadly, they too have consigned it to the oblivion of the EPs list.* But on the upside, it gets a higher rating than TDS and The Fragile. So not totally insensitive to its feelings.

OTOH … what kind of heartless, perverse person would give PHM five stars (!) and The Fragile only three? I need to go lie down.


* Goddammit Safari, stop autocorrecting it to “Eps”!

[fillow]

Oh, now that’s just plain mean. Bad enough people go around saying it’s not a proper album.
Albums have feelings too.

Just in case you didn't know, these words weren't mine.

[Joy Prevention Hotline]

Just in case you didn't know, these words weren't mine.

He also called it a “mini album,” which ain’t doing much for its self-esteem either. A terrible thing for a parent to say.

And then it keeps looking in the mirror and seeing Fixed. Jesus.

[WorzelG]

Just in case you didn't know, these words weren't mine.

Thanks for posting that, so by the dates on that, he reckoned he could start the Downward Spiral after August 1992 and have it finished at the beginning of 1993? The beginning of the strange Trent reznor time continuum

[sheepdean]

Just in case you didn't know, these words weren't mine.

"mini album", not EP. Mwahahaha

[Leviathant]

Just in case you didn't know, these words weren't mine.

I have a framed copy of the color version of the US promo sheet with the broken lyrics & statement from the artist hanging up right next to my computer. I feel like it's a great snapshot of the turbulence going on just then, leading up to the release of such a pivotal follow-up record.

[r_z]

Broken marks phase three of Nine Inch Nails: The Becoming

wow, that's sooo deep.