∞ Track list ∞
1. "Mr. Self Destruct"
2. "Piggy"
3. "Heresy"
4. "March of the Pigs"
5. "Closer"
6. "Ruiner"
7. "The Becoming"
8. "I Do Not Want This"
9. "Big Man with a Gun"
10. "A Warm Place"
11. "Eraser"
12. "Reptile"
13. "The Downward Spiral"
14. "Hurt"
∞ Track information ∞
- The opening sounds of "Mr Self Destruct" are a sample from the film THX 1138 in which a man is being beaten by a prison guard.
- The frantic drumming on the end of "Piggy" is courtesy of Reznor himself. This is currently his first and only attempt at live drumming on a record, and one of the few "live" drum performances on the album. Reznor stated that the recording was from him testing the microphone setup in studio, but he liked the sound too much not to include it.
- The drum track for "Closer" features a heavily modified bass drum sample from the Iggy Pop song "Nightclubbing" from his album The Idiot.
- The loop of screaming voices heard at the beginning of "The Becoming" is a sample from the film Robot Jox.
- The sample at the beginning of "Big Man With A Gun" comes from studio-altered recording of a porn star having an orgasm.
- According to the album booklet, this "sample" is titled "Steakhouse" and is credited to Tommy Lee.
- The sampled clanks at the beginning of "Reptile" can be heard in the film Leviathan.
- The strange sobbing sound in "Reptile" (at 5:06) originates from the movie-in-movie in Jörg Buttgereit's film Nekromantik.