Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

HOLY CRAP DON'T WRITE THIS ALBUM OFF I WILL SHOOT YOU IN THE FUCKING FACE.
This is my favorite album of the 90s, hands down. It's a damn shame that when people see "Nine Inch Nails" a red flag goes up. LOL NIN? GOTH SAD FAG. shut up I will fuck you up with my bare hands. This album is fucking GROUNDBREAKING.

Trent Reznor is one of most underrated (or highly overrated depending on who you talk to) producers of the last 2 decades. This album is pushing 20 years old, and it's just barely sounding dated. It's a concept album that is so ahead of it's time aesthetically and thematically, that it's hard to believe I was only 2 when it came out.

Granted, sometimes the lyrics are a little angsty,(GAWD IS DAYD) however I justify it as such; The lyrics are not what Reznor is saying, but what the main character is saying.. When you look at it as a concept album and see the lyrics as character monologue, dialogue, or catharsis they are actually quite striking.
This album is super open to interpretation as well, everything from a follower of Charles Manson to the life and death of Kurt Cobain (reaching, but some good points are made)

don't knock it before you try it

STANDOUTS:
Reptile
Heresy
pm all of them.