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[[Image:halo2.jpg|thumb|Halo 2 - ''Pretty Hate Machine - Halo 2'']] '''''Pretty Hate Machine ''''' (represented in the NIN discography also known as '''''[[Halonumbers|Halo 2]] 2''''') is the first LP by [[Nine Inch Nails]]. The first single off of the album, "''[[Down In It (halo)|Down In It]]"'', was released on September 27, 1989 while the album was released on October 20, 1989 and was a critical huge success.

Working nights at [[Right TrackStudio]] Studio as a handyman and toilet cleaner, [[Trent Reznor ]] used studio "down time" to record and develop his own music. Playing most of the keyboards, drum machines, guitars, and samplers himself, he recorded a demo.

''Pretty Hate Machine '' was then recorded in various studios around the world with Reznor collaborating with some of his most idolized producers - [[Flood]], [[Keith LeBlanc]], [[Adrian Sherwood]], and [[John Fryer]].

Since the album was released, a recording known as ''[[Purest Feeling]] '' surfaced. This bootleg album contains the original demo recordings of most of the tracks found on ''PHM'', as well as a couple that were not used ("[[Purest Feeling (song)|Purest Feeling]]" and "[[Maybe Just Once]]").

The entire album was covered by a string quartet in 2005 as The String Quartet Tribute to [[Nine Inch Nails]]' '' Pretty Hate Machine'', arranged by Eric Gorfain.

''Pretty Hate Machine '' went out of print through [[TVT Records]], but was reissued by [[Rykodisc Records ]] on November 22, 2005 with slight changes in the packaging. Reznor had expressed an interest in creating a "deluxe edition" with surround sound remastering and new/rare remixes, similar to the re-release of ''[[The Downward Spiral]]''. Rykodisc liked the idea, but not enough to pay Reznor to do so. ==Releases==*[[TVT Records]] TVT 2610-1 - 12" Vinyl*[[TVT Records]] TVT 2610-2 - CD*[[Rykodisc]] RLP 10836-1 - 12" Vinyl*[[Rykodisc]] RCD 10836 - CD