Overall, I really like Pretty Hate Machine. Even I am too young to remember any of those songs and didn't discover them until after The Downward Spiral. Something I Can Never Have is a wrist slitter, but beautiful in it's simplicity. Terrible Lie is a good pissed off song. Head Like a Hole is a classic. He covers Queen on that record too. You can hear the Skinny Puppy and Prince influences on PHM more than any other record. I think it's cool you're collecting the actual albums. You're a music connoisseur.