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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Apr 17, 2026
    83
    The result is one of the more genuinely surprising records in Reznor’s catalog, and proof that some of the best NIN songs were never finished — they were waiting to come back to life.
  2. Apr 20, 2026
    80
    It’s essentially an EDM album, and an excellent one.
  3. Apr 17, 2026
    80
    Deep cuts remixed, ‘Nine Inch Noize’ is blend of studio and live, and it emerges as a transfixing, completely realised collaborative work.
  4. Apr 17, 2026
    80
    This is not a novelty or a throwaway, and even though there's technically no "new" music, Nine Inch Noize goes beyond the idea of a "remix," carrying over three decades of material into the future with the help of an unlikely creative muse.
  5. Apr 17, 2026
    80
    Whatever facet of Trent’s oeuvre you’re into, you’ll be well serviced by Nine Inch Noize, a thrilling addition to a career characterised by innovation. Credit must be given to Boys Noize, too, for helping inspire this incredible musical detour. It’s one worth taking. Again and again.
  6. Apr 17, 2026
    77
    Live or not, this album has crowd noise, and something less than the cut-glass perfection of a studio album. Unfussy, dancey, and fun, Nine Inch Noize has a steady, thumping energy that makes it more of a romp than any of their classics.
  7. May 18, 2026
    60
    When it works, it really works. .... The main issue is summed up neatly on one of the album’s weaker tracks, Copy Of A, and its line “everything I say has come before”: this collaboration might add a bit of spit and shine to songs that in their original forms have been deliberately coated in filth, but there’s nothing new here.
  8. Apr 21, 2026
    50
    The music is satisfying for Nine Inch Nails longtime fans who get to hear old music replayed with energy – and is even fun at times – but there’s not that much to it beyond that. .... The project feels curiously unimaginative.

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