The Downward Spiral is the second studio album by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, fronted by Trent Reznor. It was released on March 8, 1994, by Nothing Records and Interscope Records in the United States and Island Records in Europe. Considered one of the most influential and emblematic works of the 1990s, this concept album chronicles the self-destructive descent of a misanthropic protagonist into madness, dehumanization, and suicide.
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- 1Mr. Self Destruct4:30
- 2Piggy4:24
- 3Heresy3:54
- 4March of the Pigs2:58
- 5Closer6:13
- 6Ruiner4:56
- 7The Becoming5:31
- 8I Do Not Want This5:41
- 9Big Man With a Gun1:36
- 10A Warm Place3:22
- 11Eraser4:54
- 12Reptile6:51
- 13The Downward Spiral3:57
- 14Hurt6:13
- 15Burn (soundtrack version)5:00
- 16Closer (Precursor)7:16
- 17Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)4:02
- 18A Violet Fluid1:04
- 19Dead Souls4:53
- 20Hurt (Quiet)5:08
- 21Closer to God5:05
- 22All the Pigs, All Lined Up7:25
- 23Memorabilia7:22
- 24The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)7:28
- 25Ruiner (demo)4:50
- 26Liar (Reptile demo)6:55
- 27Heresy (demo)4:00
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