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List Price: $12.99 | | Label: Msi/Uni
Salesrank: 134402
Released: June 17, 1997 |
| Our Price: $21.11 |
| Used Price: $3.43 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Perfect Drug Track Listing:
1. Perfect Drug (Meat Beat Manifesto Mix)
2. Perfect Drug (Nine Inch Nails Mix)
3. Perfect Drug (The Orb Remix)
4. Perfect Drug (Original Mix)
Editorial Review:
Limited Re-press of this Long Deleted Australian Exclusive EP. Features Five Mixes of the Title Track, plus the Original Version Not Available on the USA Version.
Description of Perfect Drug:
Here's where the trippier directions of the electronic movement run smack into its Sturm-und-Drang industrial heritage. Trent Reznor's peak achievement through 1997 is reshaped five times over with profoundly weighty beats, dub textures, and trance soundscapes. The Orb's mix, which makes Reznor sound like he's drowning in his bathtub, is a bit silly, but otherwise this is fascinating stuff. --Jeff Bateman
Perfect Drug Reviews:
imperfect drug 
2009-09-19 - the perfect drug has overdosed. How they absolutely managed too slaughter an otherwise good song; with these less than stellar versions. Well trent knew how too create it. So it is obvious he knew how too destroy it too. He still laughs all the way to the bank. Avoid unless a collector. .25 for a rating. I was forced too give it a full star.
Least Favorite of all NIN "remixes"
2009-06-04 - I'm a big fan of NIN, I collect all thier CD's, DVD's and VHS tapes and I LOVE 99.9% of everything I've heard and seen, including the remix CD's. This CD falls into the .1% of "Hate It" category. I would prefer to get my teeth drilled to having listen to the CD again. I'll keep it in my collection because I am a Collector.
Not a single version of The Perfect Drug on it
2009-01-30 - I understand that Reznor has never been that happy with this particular song, whether it was about his drug use at the time, the over-produced qualities of the song, or all the other stuff that I've heard about whyever. But when I first learned of this single I had thought it was different VERSIONS of the song, like remixes but retaining the usual structure of the song, like what NIN had done with David Bowie's 'I'm Afraid of Americans', but this is quite unlike that in every way.
But what's worse than 5 boring techno tracks with little samples of the original pasted on is the fact that the original version is not on here (though it is included on the UK release I think). I thought it was being that one of the 'versions' was by Nine Inch Nails, assuming I did that if I didn't like the rest of the tracks I'd still have the original, but no.
So, if you don't like any shapes, forms, or stinking piles of techno leave this alone, and get the Lost Highway soundtrack instead, a brilliant compilation album to an equally brilliant movie, not to mention the fact that you get two additional NIN tracks, plus two remixes by Reznor of the Bowie song 'I'm Deranged, to fill your NIN obsession.
Great CD for Remix Lovers 
2008-09-24 - - If it's the basic/radio version of Perfect Drug you're into, buy the Lost Highway soundtrack. Not only is the "original" song on there, but also tons of other great material.
- I agree with others who say this does still sound like NIN - remixes are meant to sound different - listen to the previews to judge whether it's too abstract for your taste.
- The three-star rating does not reflect different interpretations of the song - these are abundant and their multitude justified by the varying musical directions applied. It does reflect the fact that this just isn't my favorite NIN song - in any version. I much prefer singles like March of the Pigs, which offer (less subtle) remixes along with the original, or for your money's worth of remixes I strongly suggest the album-like Further Down the Spiral.
In summary: buy this single only if you're really into Perfect Drug AND interpretive remixes.
Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug Versions 
2008-04-22 - When i first heard The Perfect Drug, I was blown away, it's an amazing song, so I of course snapped up The Lost Highway soundtrack and then this CD when it was released. To my complete surprise, The Perfect Drug was not on the disc! In it's place were 5 unrecognizable remixes. Sub-par at best, this release was a great disappointment, and while the remixes were not all bad, they did completely wreck an otherwise beautiful song, and that is unforgiveable. So needless to say, this CD single is best avoided unless you a fan of the remixers or a NIN completist.
