[GravityEyelids]

I'm a huge NiN fan, and curious as to what fellow fan's favorite albums are.. Please tell why also.

 

[virometal]

I will go with TDS. Yeah, I'm really on a limb with that. For me, it is still the best marriage of melody, noise, and concept from Mr. Reznor.

 

[GravityEyelids]

The Downward Spiral has got to be one of the most haunting, atmospheric, scary albums ever made. Especially once you realize that its a concept album about both a self destructive man leading up to his suicide and loosely and narrative about Reznor..

 

[Redo]

Studio albums? Fragile, hands down.

Their live album "And All That Could Have Been" is my favorite release of theirs, mainly because of all the Fragile material.

 

[DarkAngel]

Trent info..........look at this footage of pre-NIN Reznor in band called "slam bamboo" OMG are you kidding me
Slam Bamboo

Even earlier college group called Option 30
Option 30

 

[clokwerk oranje]

PHM for me... like an unforgettable first date, the album draws me in and kept me looking forward to all future dates...

 

[GravityEyelids]

bump

 

[colonelkernel8]

The Fragile for sure. Fairly well mixed for electronic music too.

 

[Zanth]

TDS gets my vote, though can we throw in Slam Bamboo for kicks?

 

[cerbie]

TDS has a kind of magic depth to it. It wins.

 

[Dublo7]

Fragile and Broken.

I also really like The Slip. Demon Seed rocks like hell.

 

[MoodySteve]

TDS is the perfect industrial rock opera. It progresses logically, both from a musical and thematic standpoint. Listening deeply to it, you can really follow one person's descent into bleak madness.

Sonic-wise, the album has everything from ambient ('A Warm Place'), crunchy industrial ('Eraser'), heavy rock ('Reptile') and acoustic ('Hurt').

Sentimentally, TDS was one of the first albums that ushered me into the darker, more experimental and electronic folds of music, and I haven't looked back since.

 

[Ttvetjanu]

The fragile does it for me. An absolute masterpiece.

 

[GravityEyelids]

bump

 

[DLeeWebb]

I really like all of Trent Reznor's compositions, but the one that I found the most satisfying overall would be "The Fragile." ("The Downward Spiral" would be a very close second...) "Broken" was my least favorite. Although it seems to me that every one of his albums has something interesting to offer.