The Downward Spiral

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concept album studio album

The Downward Spiral is Nine Inch Nails' critically acclaimed 1994 industrial rock concept album known for its dark themes, innovative production, and major influence on alternative music.

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Label Occurrences
The Downward Spiral canonical 3
14 (The Downward Spiral) 1
Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral (production/engineering) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concept album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Nine Inch Nails NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartPerformance US Billboard 200 top 10 album ⓘ
containsSingle Closer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ
March of the Pigs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Piggy NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
followedBy Further Down the Spiral NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Broken NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
industrial metal ⓘ
industrial rock ⓘ
influencedGenre alternative rock ⓘ
industrial metal ⓘ
industrial rock ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length about 65 minutes ⓘ
notableFor dark and disturbing lyrical content ⓘ
innovative production techniques ⓘ
major influence on 1990s alternative music ⓘ
use of sampling and sound design ⓘ
notableTrack Closer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ
March of the Pigs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mr. Self Destruct NERFINISHED ⓘ
Piggy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruiner NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Becoming NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Downward Spiral NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryCreator Trent Reznor NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trent Reznor NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedAt A&M Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ
Le Pig NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pig NERFINISHED ⓘ
Record Plant NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1992–1993 ⓘ
recordLabel Interscope Records ⓘ
Nothing Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1994-03-08 ⓘ
theme addiction ⓘ
depression ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
religion ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
violence ⓘ
trackCount 14 ⓘ

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Hurt → partOfAlbum → The Downward Spiral ⓘ
Hurt → trackNumberOnAlbum → The Downward Spiral ⓘ
this entity surface form: 14 (The Downward Spiral)
Flood → workedOn → The Downward Spiral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral (production/engineering)
Nine Inch Nails → notableWork → The Downward Spiral ⓘ
Nine Inch Nails → notableWork → The Downward Spiral ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Downward Spiral (song "Closer")
Trent Reznor → notableWork → The Downward Spiral ⓘ