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{{Infobox album
| name         = Pretty Hate Machine
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Nine Inch Nails]]
| cover        = Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine.png
| alt          = 
| released     = {{Start date|1989|10|20}}
| recorded     = May–June 1989
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
*[[Blackwing Studios|Blackwing]], London
*[[Roundhouse Recording Studios|Roundhouse]], London
*The Right Track, Cleveland
*[[Syncro Sound]], Boston
*[[Unique Recording Studios|Unique Recording]], New York City
| genre        =  *[[Industrial rock]]
*[[electronic rock]]
*[[synth-pop]]
*[[alternative rock]]
*[[Electronic body music|EBM]]
| length       = {{Duration|m=48|s=42}}
| label        = [[TVT Records|TVT]]
| producer     = {{hlist|[[Trent Reznor]]|[[John Fryer (music)|John Fryer]]|[[Flood (producer)|Flood]]|[[Keith LeBlanc]]||[[Adrian Sherwood]]}}
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = [[Broken (Nine Inch Nails EP)|Broken]]
| next_year    = 1992
| misc         =
{{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Nine Inch Nails discography#Chronology|Halo numbers]]
 | type       = studio
 | prev_title = [[Down in It|Halo 1]]
 | prev_year  = 1989
 | title      = Halo 2
 | year       = 1989
 | next_title = [[Head Like a Hole|Halo 3]]
 | next_year  = 1990
}}
{{Singles
 | name        = Pretty Hate Machine
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Down in It]]
 | single1date = September 15, 1989
 | single2     = [[Head Like a Hole]]
 | single2date = March 22, 1990
 | single3     = [[Sin (song)|Sin]]
 | single3date = October 10, 1990
}}
{{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = Pretty-Hate-Machine-Remaster.jpeg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = 2010 remastered version cover
}}
{{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|playlist=OLAK5uy_kxE6rMX-COuLZaPTSRr2Rqr-UOkPAEmbs|"Album"}}}}
}}

'''''Pretty Hate Machine''''' is the debut studio album by the American [[industrial rock]] band [[Nine Inch Nails]], released by [[TVT Records]] on October 20, 1989. Frontman [[Trent Reznor]] sang and performed most of the instruments, also producing the album alongside [[Keith LeBlanc]], [[John Fryer (producer)|John Fryer]] and [[Flood (producer)|Flood]], with a few other contributors.

The album features a heavily [[synthesizer]]-driven electronic sound blended with [[Industrial music|industrial]] and [[Rock music|rock]] elements. Much like the band's later work, the album's lyrics contain themes of [[angst]], [[betrayal]], and [[lovesickness]]. The record was promoted with the singles "[[Down in It]]", "[[Head Like a Hole]]", and "[[Sin (song)|Sin]]", as well as [[Pretty Hate Machine Tour Series|the accompanying tour]]. A remastered edition was released in 2010.

Although the record was successful, reaching No. 75 in the US and receiving highly favorable reviews from critics, Reznor feuded with TVT over promotion of the album and eventually signed with [[Interscope Records]]. ''Pretty Hate Machine'' was later certified triple-platinum by [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]], becoming one of the first independently released albums to do so, and was included on several lists of the best releases of the 1980s. In 2020, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked ''Pretty Hate Machine'' at number 453 on its "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]" list.