Genre: Industrial rock, industrial dance Release date: October 20, 1989 This more dynamic german repress is more dynamic, but 3 songs had skips. Some guy eventually uploaded the first pressing, and comparing my cleanly ripped tracks to the tracks he uploaded, mine on average have more dynamic range across the board. I looked at logs online and they reported lower numbers than the ones i had. Today i did a partial reconstruction of the damaged sections of the three tracks. Credit to this guy for posting the original pressing in lossless quality, without him this wouldn't be possible https://sharemania.us/threads/nine-inch-nails-pretty-hate-machine-1989-original-cd.282563/ Here are the waveforms. The german repress isn't as fat. My process. Aligning the tracks, and then precisely cutting them, and appropriately lowering the volume so the cuts are seamless The German repress has a longer transition into Terrible Lie that's cut in the first pressing These are the changes that i noticed, i wonder if you can find more. Spoiler: German repress DR foobar2000 v2.25.7 / DR Meter v1.0.6 log date: 2026-03-28 14:45:36 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed: Nine Inch Nails / Pretty Hate Machine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR14 -0.70 dBFS -17.08 dBFS 5:02 01-Head Like a Hole (partial reconstruction) DR12 -0.59 dBFS -16.51 dBFS 4:42 02-Terrible Lie DR12 -0.35 dBFS -13.67 dBFS 3:46 03-Down in It DR16 0.00 dBFS -19.23 dBFS 5:51 04-Sanctified DR13 -1.61 dBFS -18.98 dBFS 5:52 05-Something I Can Never Have DR13 -0.18 dBFS -16.90 dBFS 4:35 06-Kinda I Want To DR12 0.00 dBFS -14.35 dBFS 4:04 07-Sin DR13 0.00 dBFS -16.42 dBFS 4:31 08-That’s What I Get (partial reconstruction) DR14 0.00 dBFS -16.97 dBFS 4:48 09-The Only Time DR14 -0.01 dBFS -16.64 dBFS 5:41 10-Ringfinger (partial reconstruction) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 10 Official DR value: DR13 Samplerate: 44100 Hz Channels: 2 Bits per sample: 16 Bitrate: 899 kbps Codec: FLAC ================================================================================ Spoiler: First press DR foobar2000 v2.25.7 / DR Meter v1.0.6 log date: 2026-03-28 14:13:59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed: Nine Inch Nails / Pretty Hate Machine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR13 -0.20 dBFS -15.84 dBFS 5:00 01-Head Like a Hole DR12 -0.81 dBFS -15.24 dBFS 4:39 02-Terrible Lie DR11 -0.59 dBFS -13.69 dBFS 3:46 03-Down in It DR15 -0.01 dBFS -19.54 dBFS 5:48 04-Sanctified DR13 -1.01 dBFS -17.87 dBFS 5:55 05-Something I Can Never Have DR13 -0.20 dBFS -15.69 dBFS 4:33 06-Kinda I Want To DR12 -0.20 dBFS -14.18 dBFS 4:06 07-Sin DR13 -0.20 dBFS -16.09 dBFS 4:31 08-That’s What I Get DR13 -0.20 dBFS -15.83 dBFS 4:48 09-The Only Time DR12 -0.20 dBFS -15.44 dBFS 5:41 10-Ringfinger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 10 Official DR value: DR13 Samplerate: 44100 Hz Channels: 2 Bits per sample: 16 Bitrate: 858 kbps Codec: FLAC ================================================================================ Hidden Content: You must either reply or click 'Like' to see the hidden information contained here.
Nice! I didn't know the German pressing was more dynamic let alone different. I had the original copy sitting for years now, so I'm glad it could be put to use.
