Playlists

Over the years, Trent Reznor has compiled many public playlists for various reasons or purposes. This page will collect them.

Pre-show music

• Live: With Teeth
• With Teeth: Summer Amphitheater Tour
• Performance 2007
• Lights In The Sky Tour
• Wave Goodbye Tour
• Tension 2013 Tour
• Cold And Black And Infinite Tour

Other Playlists

• The Definitive NIN - The Singles
• The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts
• The Definitive NIN - Quiet Tracks
• The Definitive NIN - Heavy Tracks
• Better Alone

Direct Effect: Music That Inspired Nine Inch Nails

Posted to Reznor's Beats Music account in 2014 with the following caption: "Trent, can you create a playlist that most represents who you are as a listener?" Umm... Weeks pass and when I finally confront the task I realize I've misinterpreted the request - I've been making a list of music that played a vital role inspiring the idea, concept and music of Nine Inch Nails. So, this is THAT list - a certainly incomplete collection of tracks that represent a variety of vibes, feelings, trends and records that were exciting to me as NIN was coming together in my head.

1. "A New Career In A New Town" - David Bowie
2. "Digital" - Joy Division
3. "You Know What You Are" - Ministry
4. "Computer Love" - Kraftwerk
5. "Song To The Siren" - This Mortal Coil
6. "Weary Blues From Waitin" - Hank Williams
7. "Little Rough Rhinestone" - Soft Cell
8. "Push" - The Cure
9. "Lose My Breath" - My Bloody Valentine
10. "One Of My Turns" - Pink Floyd
11. "Mushroom" - Can
12. "In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)" - David Lynch
13. "The Ledge" - Fleetwood Mac
14. "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" - Talking Heads
15. "When You Were Mine" - Prince
16. "Just Like Honey" - The Jesus And Mary Chain
17. "Four Enclosed Walls" - Public Image Ltd.
18. "Up The Hill Backwards" - David Bowie

Shameless Self-Promotion

Posted to Reznor's Beats Music account in 2014 with the following caption: A self-curated list of tracks I've worked on. If I sat around listening to myself all day I'd play this.

1. "Hand Covers Bruise" - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
2. "On The Wing" - How To Destroy Angels
3. "Echoplex" - Nine Inch Nails
4. "All Time Low" - Nine Inch Nails
5. "Break" - Saul Williams
6. "Keep It Together" - How To Destroy Angels
7. "Immigrant Song" - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross w/ Karen O
8. "Parasite" - How To Destroy Angels
9. "The Good Soldier" - Nine Inch Nails
10. "Ice Age" - How To Destroy Angels
11. "What If We Could?" - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
12. "Slipping Away" - Nine Inch Nails
13. "Copy Of A" - Nine Inch Nails
14. "Pieces Form The Whole" - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
15. "Is Your Love Strong Enough?" - How To Destroy Angels
16. "Soft Trees Break The Fall" - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
17. "BBB" - How To Destroy Angels
18. "Black History Month" - Saul Williams
19. "All The Love In The World" - Nine Inch Nails
20. "And The Sky Began To Scream" - How To Destroy Angels
21. "On We March" - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
22. "2 Ghosts I" - Nine Inch Nails
23. "A Drowning" - How To Destroy Angels
24. "Me, I'm Not" - Nine Inch Nails
25. "5 Ghosts I" - Nine Inch Nails
26. "Disappointed" - Nine Inch Nails
27. "The Believers" - How To Destroy Angels
28. "The Mark Has Been Made - Nine Inch Nails
29. "25 Ghosts III" - Nine Inch Nails
30. "Find My Way" (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix) - Nine Inch Nails
31. "The Space In Between" - How To Destroy Angels
32. "Closer" (Precursor) - Nine Inch Nails
33. "Too Late, All Gone" - How To Destroy Angels
34. "The Day The World Went Away" - Nine Inch Nails
35. "The Persistence Of Loss" - Nine Inch Nails
36. "34 Ghosts IV" - Nine Inch Nails

Growing Up In The 70s - Take 1

Posted to Reznor's Beats Music account in 2014 with the following caption: Probably not how it really was, but all of these tracks bring back specific, authentic 70s memories.

1. "Mr. Jaws" - Dickie Goodman
2. "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" - Meco
3. "Do You Love Me" - KISS
4. "If I Can't Have You" - Yvonne Elliman
5. "Strawberry Letter 23" - The Brothers Johnson
6. "Jailbreak" - Thin Lizzy
7. "Rock & Roll P*ssy" - Todd Rundgren
8. "Jeepster" - T. Rex
9. "I’m Not In Love" - 10cc
10. "Space Intro" - Steve Miller Band
11. "Fly Like An Eagle" - Steve Miller Band
12. "Roundabout" - Yes
13. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Growing Up In The 70s - Take 2

Posted to Reznor's Beats Music account in 2014 with the following caption: See Part 1's description. Note: being a kid living in rural Pennsylvania throughout the 70s I had never heard of Gang of Four or Joy Division during the actual 70s. These songs are included here to appear cooler than I actually was at the time. Since no one will likely read this description I feel safe admitting this here.

1. "Life On Mars?" - David Bowie
2. "All Dead, All Dead" - Queen
3. "Never Going Back Again" - Fleetwood Mac
4. "Can We Still Be Friends?" - Todd Rundgren
5. "Summer Breeze" - Seals & Crofts
6. "Feel Like Makin' Love" - Bad Company
7. "Love Is Like Oxygen" - Sweet
8. "You're All I've Got Tonight" - The Cars
9. "Natural's Not In It" - Gang Of Four
10. "Disorder" - Joy Division
11. "Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy" - Devo
12. "Eat To The Beat" - Blondie
13. "Come On Get Happy" - The Partridge Family
14. "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" - Napoleon XIV

In Space, Alone In My Head

Posted to Reznor's Beats Music account in 2014 with the following caption: Appropriate listening situations include late night driving or dreaming.

1. "2 Ghosts I" - Nine Inch Nails
2. "Subterraneans" - David Bowie
3. "Ashes To Ashes" - David Bowie
4. "Deep Blue Day" - Brian Eno
5. "Wild Is The Wind" - Nina Simone
6. "Islands" - The xx
7. "Nine Million Rainy Days" - The Jesus and Mary Chain
8. "How To Disappear Completely" - Radiohead
9. "Ghosts" - Japan
10. "Corona Radiata" - Nine Inch Nails

Here In My Car

Posted to Reznor's Beats Music account in 2014 with the following caption: Made for my own use and updated semi-regularly. Felt like over-sharing. Some new, some not-so-new... no particular methodology here, just what strikes me.

1. "Stimulation" - Disclosure
2. "Pursuit" - Gesaffelstein
3. "Long Live A$AP" - A$AP Rocky
4. "Propagation" - Lower Dens
5. "Confetti" - Cold Cave
6. "On Sight" - Kanye West
7. "I Appear Missing" - Queens Of The Stone Age
8. "Be Above It" - Tame Impala
9. "The Ledge" - Fleetwood Mac
10. "New Slaves" (feat. Frank Ocean) - Kanye West
11. "Devil's Pie" - D'Angelo
12. "Gronlandic Edit" - of Montreal
13. "Fall Back" - Factory Floor
14. "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" - D'Angelo

(Real Men Wear) Parachute Pants

Posted to Reznor's Beats Music account in 2014 with the following caption: Good shit from the 80's synth-pop explosion. Trust me on this, I was there.

1. "Don't Go" - Yaz
2. "Vienna" - Ultravox
3. "Love Action (I Believe In Love)" - The Human League
4. "Let Me Go" - Heaven 17
5. "Seedy Films" - Soft Cell
6. "Smalltown Boy" - Bronski Beat
7. "Such A Shame" - Talk Talk
8. "The Hurting" - Tears For Fears
9. "Mexican Radio" - Wall Of Voodoo
10. "Are ‘Friends’ Electric?" - Gary Numan and Tubeway Army
11. "Change" - Tears For Fears
12. "One Of Our Submarines" - Thomas Dolby
13. "Reach The Beach" - The Fixx
14. "Promises, Promises" - Naked Eyes
15. "Electric Avenue" - Eddy Grant
16. "You Can Run" - A Flock Of Seagulls
17. "Don't Leave Me This Way" - The Communards
18. "Europa And The Pirate Twins" - Thomas Dolby
19. "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" - The Human League
20. "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" - Heaven 17
21. "Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)" (Single Version) - Icicle Works
22. "The Politics Of Dancing" - Re-Flex
23. "The Metro" - Berlin
24. "The Flat Earth" - Thomas Dolby
25. "It's My Life" - Talk Talk
26. "Ghosts" - Japan

Recommended Listening

Posted to an official NIN Spotify account in 2017[1] Note: This playlist may have been put together by the label rather than by Reznor.

1. "Field Punishment" - Teeth Of The Sea
2. "FuckFray" - Zamilska
3. "Whiteout" - Warpaint
4. "Worm Tamer" - Grinderman
5. "Musette and Drums" - Cocteau Twins
6. "Murderer" - Low
7. "A New Career In A New Town" - David Bowie
8. "Isle Of Man (Version II)" - Ministry
9. "Dirty Movies" - Van Halen
10. "No. 1 Against The Rush" - Liars
11. "Homosapien" - Pete Shelley

Reznor hosting music video block

Guest programmer on Rage (Australian Broadcast Corporation), February 26, 2000[2]

1. "Just Like Honey" - The Jesus and Mary Chain
2. "Some Candy Talking" - The Jesus and Mary Chain
3. "Just Like Heaven" - The Cure
4. "Freedom Of '76" - Ween
5. "Voodoo Lady" - Ween
6. "Girl U Want" - Devo
7. "Ant Music" - Adam & The Ants
8. "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" - The Dandy Warhols
9. "Girls & Boys" - Blur
10. "Fashion" - David Bowie
11. "Come On My Selector" - Squarepusher
12. "Come To Daddy" - Aphex Twin
13. "Sensoria" - Cabaret Voltaire
14. "The Perfect Kiss" - New Order
15. "Award Tour" - A Tribe Called Quest
16. "Breathe And Stop" - Q-Tip
17. "Vivrant Thing" - Q-Tip
18. "Ground On Down" - Ben Harper
19. "Faded" - Ben Harper
20. "On And On" - Erykah Badu
21. "Legend Of A Cowgirl" - Imani Coppola
22. "Rude Boy Rock" - Lionrock
23. "Sun Is Shining" - Bob Marley vs. Funkstar De Luxe
24. "Night Of The Living Baseheads" - Public Enemy
25. "I Against I" - Bad Brains
26. "I'm Broken" - Pantera
27. "Mountain Song" - Jane's Addiction
28. "Revolution Action" - Atari Teenage Riot
29. "Destroy 2000 Years Of Culture" - Atari Teenage Riot
30. "Dirt" - Death In Vegas
31. "Animal" - Prick
32. "X Y & Zee" - Pop Will Eat Itself
33. "Life's What You Make It" - Talk Talk
34. "Close To Me" - The Cure
35. "Infected" - The The
36. "Sugar Water" - Cibo Matto
37. "The Flipside" - Moloko
38. "All Is Full Of Love" - Bjork
39. "Soon" - My Bloody Valentine
40. "Darklands" - The Jesus and Mary Chain
41. "Starfuckers, Inc." (live at Big Day Out) - Nine Inch Nails
42. "Into The Void" - Nine Inch Nails
43. "The Way Out Is Through" (live) - Nine Inch Nails
44. "Head Like A Hole" (live) - Nine Inch Nails
45. "Piggy" (live) - Nine Inch Nails
46. "The Frail" (live) - Nine Inch Nails
47. "The Wretched" (live) - Nine Inch Nails
48. "The Great Below" (live) - Nine Inch Nails
49. "We're In This Together" - Nine Inch Nails
50. "The Perfect Drug" - Nine Inch Nails
51. "Hurt" - Nine Inch Nails
52. "Closer" - Nine Inch Nails
53. "Burn" - Nine Inch Nails
54. "Pinion" - Nine Inch Nails
55. "March Of The Pigs" - Nine Inch Nails
56. "Wish" - Nine Inch Nails
57. "Head Like A Hole" - Nine Inch Nails

Reznor hosting radio block

Guest programmer on Rock Show (BBC Radio 1), April 5, 2005[3]

1. "Movement" - LCD Soundsystem
2. "Accelerator" - Primal Scream
3. "List of Demands" - Saul Williams
4. "Dreams" - TV On The Radio
5. "He War" - Cat Power
6. "Radio Cure" - Wilco
7. "The Hand That Feeds" - Nine Inch Nails
8. "Fresh New Eyes" - Brainiac
9. "Lose My Breath" - My Bloody Valentine
10. "Being Watched" - Wire
11. "Burn" - Nine Inch Nails
12. "Losing My Edge" - LCD Soundsystem
13. "Darklands" - The Jesus and Mary Chain
14. "Seedy Films" - Soft Cell
15. "Final Solution" - Pere Ubu
16. "House of Jealous Lovers" - The Rapture
17. "Born Under Punches" - Talking Heads
18. "African Student Movement" - Saul Williams
19. "Here Comes Everybody" - Autolux
20. "The Big Come Down" - Nine Inch Nails

External Links

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