Album

Pretty Hate Machine

1990

Peak position: #75
Weeks on chart: 115

Pretty Hate Machine (1990) is a Nine Inch Nails album in the RetroVerse archive.

Why this album mattered

Pretty Hate Machine (1990) is a Nine Inch Nails album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #75 and charted for 115 weeks.

The music

1
Head Like a Hole
2
Terrible Lie
3
Down in It
4
Sanctified
5
Something I Can Never Have
6
Kinda I Want To
7
Sin
8
That’s What I Get
9
The Only Time
10
Ringfinger

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The chart journey

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Chart Journey

Feb 10, 1990#175

A Christmas return — the song came back during the late-year season when familiar hits reclaim the chart. Entered at #175, exploded upward for 5 weeks to reach #105 and fell quickly across 39 weeks on the chart. Returned after 45 weeks off the chart at #97, reaching #75 over 58 more weeks. Returned after 10 weeks off the chart at #198, reaching #194 over 2 more weeks. Returned after 2 weeks off the chart at #181, reaching #158 over 14 more weeks. Returned after 917 weeks off the chart at #78, charting 2 more weeks at that level. 115 total weeks on chart.