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| Topic | Rank the Tracks 157: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral |
| FoolFantastic 03/21/24 10:50:02 AM #5: | The major achievement of The Downward Spiral is taking one of the most intentionally cold styles of popular music and drawing raw emotion from it. It is exactly what it says on the tin, a downward spiral into growing self-loathing. Trent Reznor found human meaning in mechanical sound. It might not be a traditionally 'pleasant' experience, but it's certainly one of the most successful concept albums out there. "Closer" remains one of the most terrifying songs ever written, a total breaking point disguised as animalistic lust. "Hurt" gets unfairly overshadowed by Johnny Cash's cover - while I agree Cash's version is better, part of that is how he recontextualizes an already powerful song. The way that final line of hope is almost completely silenced by the music always gets to me. The perfect closer to a phenomenal album.
Closer Hurt March of the Pigs Heresy The Becoming Ruiner I Do Not Want This Piggy Mr. Self Destruct A Warm Place Big Man with a Gun Reptile Eraser The Downward Spiral --- My top 100 games (with write-ups): https://foolfantastic.com/top-100-video-games-project/ Top 250 songs: https://foolfantastic.com/3290-2/ ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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