It serves as a companion release to Broken (1992), and includes remixes by Coil, Danny Hyde, JG Thirlwell, and Butch Vig, as well as then-live band member Chris Vrenna.

Fixed charted in New Zealand and Canada in 1993[1] and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on March 1, 1995.

According to Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails frontman and, at the time, sole member, Fixed was not intended to be a remix album, but instead a reinterpretation and deconstruction of the music found on the 1992 EP Broken, where the songs were in their "proper form".

[7] Tape manipulation, unusual noises, and a focus on grinding repetition define Fixed as a distinctly experimental release.

D'Angelo said, "Even though Nine Inch Nails was thrust into the mainstream spotlight, this record shows the group returning to its roots and creating a daring new translation of songs that were pummeling from the start.