2012 studio album by Inverse Phase
Pretty Eight Machine is a tribute album by Inverse Phase, released on June 14, 2012. It features 8-bit covers of the 10 songs from Nine Inch Nails' 1989 debut album Pretty Hate Machine.[1][2] The album was crowdfunded via Kickstarter. $3,654 was raised by 162 people for the production.[1][2][3][4] The album was recorded on 8-bit systems arranged to the sound bytes of games and consoles, such as Metal Gear 2 and Castlevania 3.[5] The sound configurations include SID/6581 (Commodore 64), POKEY (Atari 8-bit family), straight 2A03 (NES), SN76489 (Master System), LR35902 (Game Boy), and OPLL (MSX-MUSIC or Japanese Master System).[6][7] The album artwork is based on Pretty Hate Machine's 2010 album artwork by Rob Sheridan.[3] Trent Reznor and Rob Sheridan responded positively to the album.[7][3]
Track listing
All songs written by Trent Reznor and performed by Inverse Phase.[8]
| Title | Original name |
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| 1. | "Head Like I/O" | "Head Like a Hole" | 4:59 |
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| 2. | "Atarible Lie" | "Terrible Lie" | 4:38 |
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| 3. | "Downloadin' It" | "Down in It" | 3:46 |
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| 4. | "SYNCtified" | "Sanctified" | 5:49 |
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| 5. | "Something You Didn't Ever Have" | "Something I Can Never Have" | 5:54 |
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| 6. | "Kinda I Want 2A03" | "Kinda I Want To" | 4:33 |
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| 7. | "SID" | "Sin" | 4:03 |
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| 8. | "That's What I Chipped" | "That's What I Get" | 4:28 |
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| 9. | "The Lonely Byte" | "The Only Time" | 4:49 |
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| 10. | "Token Ringfinger" | "Ringfinger" | 5:42 |
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