Fixed (EP)

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According to Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails frontman and, at the time, sole member, Fixed was not intended to be a remix album, but instead a reinterpretation and deconstruction of the music found on the 1992 EP Broken, where the songs were in their "proper form".{{cite web|title=Discography - nine inch nails (includes blurb on Fixed)|url=http://www.nin.com/discography/|website=nin.com|publisher=Nine Inch Nails|access-date=March 31, 2018}}

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After Reznor hired Peter Christopherson of Coil to direct the accompanying film to Broken, they developed a friendship. Shortly after, Reznor asked Christopherson to contribute to Fixed.{{cite web|last1=Sword|first1=Harry|last2=Doran|first2=John|title=Trent Reznor On Coil & Nine Inch Nails, Plus Recoiled Review|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/14600-trent-reznor-interview-coil-nine-inch-nails|website=The Quietus|access-date=March 31, 2018}} JG Thirlwell and Butch Vig were also recruited for the remixing effort. Thirwell's second "Wish" remix, "Fist Fuck", features samples of Timothy Leary while the final track, "Screaming Slave", contains various samples of Bob Flanagan being tortured that were recorded during the filming of the "Happiness in Slavery" music video. Ultimately, Vig's contributions were minimal, relegated to the ending passage of "Throw This Away". About the experience, Vig said, "I started recording a lot of new parts, and took it in a much different direction. When it was finished, Trent thought the front part of the mix didn't fit the EP, so he just used the ending."{{cite web|url=http://www.gearslutz.com/board/q-butch-vig/402075-nin-last-remix.html |title=nin – "last" remix |publisher=Gearslutz.com |date=June 30, 2009 |access-date=March 31, 2018}} Reznor and Chris Vrenna completed many of the remixes in-house.

Musically, Fixed is a dark, industrial, and noisy EP. Much of Broken's heavy metal aspects are eschewed and replaced with more beat- and drum-focused sounds. Tape manipulation, unusual noises, and a focus on grinding repetition define Fixed as a distinctly experimental release.

After Christopherson and John Balance, the two members of Coil who worked on Fixed, died, Danny Hyde released a number of outtakes from the remix EP, the "Closer to God" (1994) single, and the Further Down the Spiral (1995) remix album onto torrent websites.{{cite web|title=Coil’s rare Nine Inch Nails remixes set for release as Recoiled EP|url=http://www.factmag.com/2013/12/06/coil-nine-inch-nails-remixes-set-for-release-as-recoiled-ep/|website=Fact|access-date=March 31, 2018}} This initial leak was titled Uncoiled, and a later semi-official release through Cold Spring was called Recoiled.{{cite web|last1=Macek III|first1=J.C.|title=Nine Inch Nails and Coil: Recoiled|url=https://www.popmatters.com/180278-nine-inch-nails-and-coil-recoiled-2495672804.html|website=PopMatters|access-date=March 31, 2018}} Both of these releases feature alternate mixes of "Gave Up" from Fixed.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fixed-mw0000054234 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101063002/https://www.allmusic.com/album/fixed-mw0000054234 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 November 2015 |title=Fixed - Nine Inch Nails |author=D'Angelo, Peter J. |website=AllMusic |access-date=2018-03-31 |df=dmy-all }}

| rev2 = Vox

| rev2Score={{Rating|6|10}}{{cite magazine |last=Harris |first=John |date=1 February 1993 |title=ROCK & POP: ALBUMS: NINE INCH NAILS: Fixed |work=Vox |location=London |issue=29 |page=52 |id={{ProQuest|1776886965}}}}

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Writing in Vox magazine in 1993, John Harris said, "Most of Fixed sounds supremely accomplished and avant-garde, but this set of radical re-inventions is really only for people who've already spent hours listening to Broken." In his review of Fixed, AllMusic writer Peter J. D'Angelo said, "Even though Nine Inch Nails was thrust into the mainstream spotlight, this record shows the group returning to its roots and creating a daring new translation of songs that were pummeling from the start." D'Angelo concluded his review by writing that Fixed is "an impressive feat and a necessary counterpoint to an important record."

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| extra_column = Remixer(s)

| title1 = Gave Up

| note1 = remix

| extra1 = {{hlist|Coil|Danny Hyde}}

| length1 = 5:25

| title2 = Wish

| note2 = remix

| extra2 = JG Thirlwell

| length2 = 9:11

| title3 = Happiness in Slavery

| note3 = remix

| extra3 = {{hlist|Trent Reznor|Chris Vrenna|P.K.}}

| length3 = 6:09

| title4 = Throw This Away

| note4 = remix of "Suck" and "Last"

| extra4 = {{hlist|Reznor|Vrenna|Butch Vig}}

| length4 = 4:14

| title5 = Fist Fuck

| note5 = remix of "Wish"

| extra5 = Thirlwell

| length5 = 7:21

| title6 = Screaming Slave

| note6 = remix of "Happiness in Slavery"

| extra6 = {{hlist|Reznor|Vrenna|Bill Kennedy|Sean Beavan|Martin Brumbach|Bob Flanagan}}

| length6 = 8:02

| total_length = 40:23

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Nine Inch Nails

• Trent Reznor – writing, performing, production, remixing (3, 4, 6)

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Remixing personnel

• Peter Christopherson – remixing (1)
• John Balance – remixing (1)
• Danny Hyde – remixing (1)
• JG Thirlwell – remixing (2, 5)
• Paul Kendall – additional electronics (3)
• Chris Vrenna – remixing (3, 4, 6)
• Butch Vig – ending sequence (4)
• Bill Kennedy – remixing (6)
• Martin Brumbach – remixing (6)
• Sean Beavan – remixing (6)
• Bob Flanagan – remixing (6)

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Additional personnel

• Gary Talpas – sleeve design, photography
• Tom Baker – mastering

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• {{Cite book| last = Huxley| first = Martin| title = Nine Inch Nails: Self Destruct| date = September 1997| publisher = St. Martin's Press|pages=91–92|isbn = 0-312-15612-X| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/nineinchnailssel00huxl|oclc=36364150|lccn=97005105}}

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