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* "Mr. Self Destruct" begins with a sample from the 1971 film ''THX 1138.'' It is taken from a scene in which a man is being beaten by a guard depicted on a holographic television. [http://www.discogs.com/release/4404]
* "Closer" uses a heavily modified sample of a kick drum from the song "[[Nightclubbing]]" from ''The Idiot'' album by Iggy Pop. [http://www.9inchnails.com/articles/articles.php?id=6] It also uses a reversed sample of a guitar figure from "Take A Chance With Me" by Roxy Music, and a synth bass sound from the ''A Poke in the Ear With a Sharp Stick, Vol. 2'' sample library.
* "A Warm Place" is based on the melody from David Bowie's 1980 single "Crystal Japan." Some hear it as a complete rip-off, while others argue that from a music theory point of view that the structure has significant differences.
*The looping female voice that appears on "Reptile" (approx. 5:06) is from the 1974 film ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre''. The strange mechanical sound before the drums start can be found in the movie ''Leviathan'' , and the other looped mechanical sounds during all the song are found in ''Aliens'' (the escape in opening scene immediately after the chamber is cut open and the vesselfirst power loader scene.). Also, while not a direct sample, the ascending synth melody from 5:13 to 5:20 seems to may be a reference to "Laura Palmer's Theme" from the television show ''Twin Peaks''.
* "The Becoming" uses screams from the film ''Robot Jox'' and a reversed sample of the phrase "I know who I am" from the film ''Angel Heart''.
* "Ruiner" samples "Beat Box" by Art of Noise, and the breakdown samples elephant noises from David Lynch's ''The Elephant Man'' and a buried scream from the film ''Parents''.
===10th Anniversary===
To mark the album's tenth anniversary, ''The Downward Spiral'' was re-released on November 23, 2004 in two new formats:
* As a 2-CD "Deluxe Edition" (labeled [[Halo numbers|Halo 8 DE]]). The first disc is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SACD SACD]/CD hybrid featuring the album in high-resolution stereo and 5.1 surround sound. The second disc is a SACD/CD hybrid that features various remixes, b-sides, demos, and other non-album tracks that were available around the time of the original release, in high-resolution stereo.* As a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DualDisc DualDisc] (labeled Halo 8 DVD-A). The CD side features a digitally remastered version of the album. The DVD side includes high-resolution stereo and 5.1 surround sound versions of the album as well as playable on DVD-Audio players, and Dolby Digital stereo and 5.1 surround sound versions playable on standard DVD players. It also includes music videos for "Closer" (director's cut), "March Of The Pigs" , and "Hurt" (live). Also included is a gallery of artwork from ''The Downward Spiral'' era (though many photos of ''[[Closure]]'' artwork are also included) and a discography.
The [[nin.com]] subsite [[tds.nin.com]] was set up to promote the re-release.
[[Image:TDSinnercover.jpg|thumb|''The Downward Spiral'' inner cover art]]
[[Image:Semaphoreofwings.jpg|thumb|"The Semaphore of Wings", the basis for the booklet images]]
On his website[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20160304080842/https://www.russellmills.com/mills/installations/committere.html], [[Russell Mills]] explained the ideas and materials used for the paintings that became the album cover and the inner cover/j-card insert.
About "Wound" (used for the album cover):
*Assistance: [[Chris Vrenna]], Maise
*Engineering (2004): [[Alan Moulder]]
*Additional engineering: Sean Beavan, Chris Vrenna, Alan Moulder, Bill Kennedy, [[Brian Pollack]], John Aguto
*Additional sampling and sound design: Chris Vrenna
*Studios: [[Le Pig ]] of Beverly Hills, The Record Plant, A&M Studios
*Continuity: Trent Reznor, Chris Vrenna, [[Charlie Clouser]]
*Mastering (1994): Tom Baker at Futuredisc<br>
*All paintings: Russell Mills
*Photography: David Buckland, Rob Sheridan]
*Original package: [[Gary Talpas]]
*Deluxe Edition/DualDisc package: Rob Sheridan<br>
==External links==
*[httphttps://portraitofdecayweb.archive.netorg/web/20041229152155/http://tds.nin.com/ tds.nin.com (archived at Portrait of Decay)Wayback Machine]
*[http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep12/articles/classic-tracks-0912.htm ''Sound On Sound'' article about the album and "Closer"]
*[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/key394a.shtml ''Keyboard'' Magazine article about the the making of ''The Downward Spiral'']