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On this EP, there are louder mixes and more distortion on every instrument, including a classic Mellotron MKIV (originally owned by John Lennon), which can be heard most noticeably on the track "Gave Up". Reznor said he wanted the album to be "an abrasive, hard-to-listen-to thing...I wanted to make a record that the first time you hear it you don't like it, but you might want to hear it again, but by the third time it's pretty cool. By the fifth time, you really like it and possibly by the tenth time you're not sick of it and now it all makes sense"''
==Track listing==
''Broken'' is available for download on [http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=pjokBXbLTmg&offerid=146261.6403017&type=2&subid=0 iTunes] and [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001O3UJ8K?ie=UTF8&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001O3UJ8K Amazon MP3].====CD====
#"[[Pinion]]" – 1:02
#"[[Wish (song)|Wish]]" – 3:46
#"[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" – 1:56
#"[[Happiness In Slavery (song)|Happiness In Slavery]]" – 5:21
#"[[Gave Up]]" – 4:08<br>Tracks 7 to # - 97 are one second of silence each. Silence
<ol start="98">
<li>"Physical" – 5:29</li>
<li>"Suck" – 5:07</li>
</ol>
====12" Vinyl====
A1 "Pinion" - 1:02<br>
A2 "Wish" - 3:46<br>
A3 "Last" - 4:44<br>
A4 "Help Me I Am In Hell" - 1:56<br>
A5 "Happiness In Slavery" - 5:21<br>
A6 "Gave Up" - 4:08
=====Bonus 7"=====
A "Physical" - 5:29<br>
B "Suck" - 5:07
*This was later reissued by Interscope with A1-A5 on the first side and A6 with "Physical" and "Suck" on the B-side. Copies of this version are the only ones still available, and are pressed in and shipped from Brazil.
===Bonus Tracks===
''Physical'' and ''Suck'' were originally meant to feature on a 12" single set to coincide with NIN's [[Lollapalooza Tour]] shows, that was unable to be released due to record label difficulties. Reznor felt that the tracks were worthy of being released regardless however, and thus recorded them for the EP. The first 250,000 copies included a 3.5" CD with the bonus tracks "Physical" and "Suck" in a small envelope inside the digipak. After discovering that some unscrupulous record store owners were selling the bonus disc as a separate entity, Reznor had the format changed and the EP was re-released as a single CD, with the bonus tracks occupying track numbers 98 and 99. Tracks 7 through 97 all contain 1–3 seconds of dead air, leaving a gap of 1:31–4:33 between "Gave Up" and "Physical". For the vinyl release, the main tracks were released as a 12", with the bonus tracks on a 7" contained inside the album sleeve. Reznor has explained why the tracks were released as they were: ''"It was a way to distance them from the other music because it wasn't part of the same mind set. Unfortunately, the risk involved is, with radio being as conservative as it is, I knew they would jump on "Physical" or "Suck" because they're a bit more digestible than the other stuff, so I've tried to make them as obscure as possible."''[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xart196.shtml]