The Downward Spiral
"The Downward Spiral" is one of Nine Inch Nails' most popular and controversial albums, containing some of Nine Inch Nails' most-beloved songs. As the name suggests, the songs of "The Downward Spiral" carry listeners through the story of one man's spiral downward into self-destruction. The story begins with "Mr. Self Destruct", a song which fans frequently interpret as a person's struggle with drugs and self-hatred, and ends with "Hurt", a song which is meant to describe the characters' acceptance of self hatred and eventual suicide. "Hurt" is such a beautiful and melancholic song that Johnny Cash covered it on one of his last albums. "The Downward Spiral" is a heart-breaking and beautiful artistic album that belongs in every music lovers' library.
Track List
- Mr. Self Destruct
- Piggy
- Heresy
- March of the Pigs
- Closer
- Ruiner
- The Becoming
- I Do Not Want This
- Big Man with a Gun
- A Warm Place
- Eraser
- Reptile
- The Downward Spiral
- Hurt