Nine Inch Nails
Pretty Hate Machine







Release Year: 1989

Rankings:
All-Time #507 / 1980s #71 / 1989 #9

Genres: Electro-Industrial, Industrial Rock
Parent Genres: Electronic, Industrial Music, Rock

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Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Alternative Press (USA) - Top 99 Albums of '85 to '95 (1995) 7
Chris Smith (USA) - 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music (2009) No Order
Gear (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of the Century (1999) 92
KCPR DJs (USA) - Top 100 Records from the 80s (2002) 57
Loudwire (USA) - Top 80 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 1980s (2016) 6
Neil Strauss (USA) - The 100 Most Influential Alternative Albums (1993) No Order
Paste (USA) - The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012) 39
Pause & Play (USA) - The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums (1999) 11
Popblerd/bLISTerd (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1980s (2012) 53
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2013) 58
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020) 453
Rolling Stone (USA) - The Essential 200 Rock Records (1997) No Order
Slant (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (2012) 50
Slant (USA) - Top 25 Electronic Albums (2005) 26
Spin (USA) - The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (2015) 188
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) Catalog entry
Classic Rock (UK) - The 100 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time (2001) 55
Classic Rock (UK) - The 150 Greatest Debut Albums Ever (2010) No Order
Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums No Order
Kerrang (UK) - 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (1998) 17
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007) No Order
Terrorizer (UK) - The 100 Most Important Albums of the 90s (2000) No Order
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007) No Order
Exposure (Canada) - 50 Greatest Albums not to make the Greatest Albums lists (2005) 15
MaverickTimes (Canada) - Great Albums of the 20th Century No Order
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004) No Order
Nicolas Dupuy (France) - The 100 Best Rock Albums (2010) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - The 300 Best Albums from 1965-1995 (1995) No Order
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006) 77
Tylko Rock (Poland) - 100 Albums that Shook Polish Rock (1999) 61
Switch (Mexico) - The 100 Best Albums of the 20th Century (1999) No Order
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 Bones
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 3 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 6
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 7
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 3 Stars
Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1991-1997) 3 Stars
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7.5