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Halo 10 - Further Down The Spiral

International version (Halo 10 V2) artwork

Further Down The Spiral (also known as Halo 10), released on May 30, 1995, contains various remixes of songs from Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral.

Track List

U.S. (Halo 10)

"Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)" - 4:02
"The Art Of Self Destruction, Part One" - 5:41
"Self Destruction, Part Two" - 5:37
"The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" - 7:28
"Hurt (Quiet)" - 5:08
"Eraser (Denial; Realization)" - 6:33
"At The Heart Of It All" - 7:14
"Eraser (Polite)" - 1:15
"Self Destruction, Final" - 9:52
"The Beauty Of Being Numb" - 5:06
"Erased, Over, Out" - 5:58

International (Halo 10 V2)

"Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)" - 4:03
"The Art Of Self Destruction, Part One" - 5:41
"Self Destruction, Part Three" - 3:28
"Heresy (Version)" - 5:19
"The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" - 7:29
"Hurt (Live)" - 5:07
"At The Heart Of It All" - 7:08
"Ruiner (Version)" - 5:35
"Eraser (Denial; Realization)" - 6:38
"Self Destruction, Final" - 9:52
"Reptilian" - 8:40 (bonus track on Japanese editions)

Miscellanea

All "Art Of Self Destruction" remixes and the first part of "The Beauty Of Being Numb" use "Mr. Self Destruct" as source material. The live version of "Hurt" later appeared on Closure.

This Halo has yet to be officially released on vinyl in any configuration, and was only released on cassette as a promo in Germany. The same country also had a limited edition bootleg version, containing the CD and three pins housed in a black tin box made to look like a film canister.[1]

The album contains work from Aphex Twin (Richard D. James): "At The Heart Of It All" and the second half of "The Beauty Of Being Numb". James allegedly claims to have never heard The Downward Spiral, thus revealing his contributions to be two original pieces instead of remixes. As well, "At The Heart Of It All" may be based on or influenced by the Coil song of the same name, the band being signed to Trent Reznor's Nothing Records prior to its fold.

Truncated Recordings

Upon release on streaming and DSP services, four songs were posted with erroneous truncations. The truncated times are listed below. After a few years, the truncated tracks were corrected.

"The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" (5:57)
"At the Heart of it All" (6:10)
"Self Destruction, Final" (5:41)
"The Beauty of Being Numb" (5:00)

However, for the 2025 Interscope CD reissue, the exact same truncations appeared again, indicating that Interscope probably has some bad masters in their archives.

Album Credits

U.S. Release

Produced by Rick Rubin; engineered by David Sardy and David Schliffman; Guitar: Dave Navarro; Beats: Kim Bullard
Recreated by Nine Inch Nails (Chris Vrenna, Robin Finck, Danny Lohner, Charlie Clouser, Trent Reznor) with Sean Beavan & Brian Pollack
Remixed by J.G. Thirlwell at the Room of Doom, Unique Studios, NYC for Ectopicents; Engineering: Rob Sutton, Jim Janik
John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Drew McDowall of Coil with Danny Hyde
Remixed by Trent Reznor
John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Drew McDowall of Coil with Danny Hyde
Created by Aphex Twin
John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Drew McDowall of Coil with Danny Hyde
Remixed by J.G. Thirlwell at the Room of Doom, Unique Studios, NYC fpr Ectopicents; Engineering: Rob Sutton, Jim Janik
Section A recreated by Nine Inch Nails (Chris Vrenna, Robin Finck, Danny Lohner, Charlie Clouser, Trent Reznor) with Sean Beavan & Brian Pollack; Section B created by Aphex Twin
John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Drew McDowall of Coil with Danny Hyde

Written by Trent Reznor ©1994 Leaving Hope/TVT Music, Inc., ASCAP. All rights reserved
Management: John A. Malm, Jr. for Conservative
Artwork: Russell Mills
Photography: David Buckland
Sleeve: Gary Talpas

International Releases

Produced by Rick Rubin; engineered by David Sardy and David Schliffman; Guitar: Dave Navarro; Beats: Kim Bullard
Recreated by Nine Inch Nails (Chris Vrenna, Robin Finck, Danny Lohner, Charlie Clouser, Trent Reznor) with Sean Beavan & Brian Pollack
Remixed by J.G. Thirlwell at the Room of Doom, Unique Studios, NYC for Ectopicents; Engineering: Rob Sutton, Jim Janik
Remixed by Charlie Clouser
John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Drew McDowall of Coil with Danny Hyde
Mixed by Sean Beavan; Assisted by Brian Pollack
Created by Aphex Twin
Remixed by Charlie Clouser
John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Drew McDowall of Coil with Danny Hyde
Remixed by J.G. Thirlwell at the Room of Doom, Unique Studios, NYC for Ectopicents; Engineering: Rob Sutton, Jim Janik

All titles by Trent Reznor
Published by MCA Music Ltd.
Management: John A. Malm, Jr. for Conservative
Artwork: Russell Mills
Photography: David Buckland
Sleeve: Gary Talpas

Promos

The following promos are also labelled Halo 10.

Hurt

Halo 10 - "Hurt" promo disc

Halo 10 - "Hurt" promo insert

CD5 format with black printing on the disc. Distributed in a jewel case with only a black and white printed back insert. The "clean" versions are edited to remove profanity.

"Hurt" (quiet version) clean - 5:04
"Hurt" (live version) clean - 5:15
"Hurt" (album version) clean - 6:16
"Hurt" (quiet version) soiled - 5:21
"Hurt" (live version) soiled - 5:15
"Hurt" (album version) soiled - 6:13

Piggy

Halo 10 - "Piggy" promo disc

Halo 10 - "Piggy" promo insert

CD5 format with black printing on the disc. Distributed in a jewel case with only a black and white printed back insert. The "Rick Rubin Remix" version of "Piggy" is the same as the "Nothing Can Stop Me Now" version found on Further Down The Spiral. The word 'shit' remained uncensored in these radio edits.

"Piggy" (Radio Edit) - 4:28
"Hurt" (Radio Edit) - 4:39
"Piggy" (Rick Rubin Remix) - 4:02

External Links

Discography

Previous release - "Closer To God"

Halo number: 10

Next release - "The Perfect Drug"

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+[[Image:10_cover_uk.jpg|thumb|International version (Halo 10 V2) artwork]]
+'''''Further Down The Spiral''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 10]]'''''), released on May 30, 1995, contains various [[Remixes|remixes]] of songs from [[Nine Inch Nails]]' ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''.
-'''''Further Down The Spiral''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 10]]'''''), released on June 1, 1995, contains various remixes of songs from ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''.
+== Track List ==
+=== U.S. (Halo 10) ===
-The album also contains work from Aphex Twin (Richard D. James): "[[At The Heart Of It All]]" and the second half of "[[Mr. Self Destruct#The Beauty Of Being Numb|The Beauty Of Being Numb]]". James allegedly claims to have never heard ''The Downward Spiral'', thus revealing his contributions to be two original pieces instead of remixes. As well, "At The Heart Of It All" may be based on or influenced by the [[Coil]] song of the same name, the band being signed to [[Trent Reznor]]'s [[Nothing Records]] prior to its fold.
+# "[[Piggy#Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)|Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)]]" - 4:02
-All of the remixes from the US version of this album have been made available on [[Remix.nin.com]] through Reznor's official account as of November 24, 2007.
-This Halo has yet to be officially released on vinyl in any configuration, and was only released on cassette as a promo in Germany. The same country also had a limited edition version in a black tin box with three pins.[http://nincatalog.com/item.asp?key=01-01005]
-== Track Listing ==
-''Further Down The Spiral'' is available for download on [http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=pjokBXbLTmg&offerid=146261.112252&type=2&subid=0 iTunes] and [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VZPHCK?ie=UTF8&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000VZPHCK Amazon MP3].
-=== USA ([[Halo numbers|Halo 10]]) ===
-# "[[Piggy#Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)|Piggy]]" (Nothing Can Stop Me Now) - 4:02
 # "[[Mr. Self Destruct#The Art of Self Destruction, Part One|The Art Of Self Destruction, Part One]]" - 5:41
 # "[[Mr. Self Destruct#Self Destruction, Part Two|Self Destruction, Part Two]]" - 5:37
-# "[[The Downward Spiral (song)#The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)|The Downward Spiral]]" (The Bottom) - 7:28
+# "[[The Downward Spiral (song)#The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)|The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)]]" - 7:28
-# "[[Hurt (song)#Hurt (Quiet)|Hurt]]" (Quiet) - 5:08
+# "[[Hurt (song)#Hurt (Quiet)|Hurt (Quiet)]]" - 5:08
-# "[[Eraser#Eraser (Denial; Realization)|Eraser]]" (Denial; Realization) - 6:33
+# "[[Eraser#Eraser (Denial; Realization)|Eraser (Denial; Realization)]]" - 6:33
 # "[[At The Heart Of It All]]" - 7:14
-# "[[Eraser#Eraser (Polite)|Eraser]]" (Polite) - 1:15
+# "[[Eraser#Eraser (Polite)|Eraser (Polite)]]" - 1:15
 # "[[Mr. Self Destruct#Self Destruction, Final|Self Destruction, Final]]" - 9:52
 # "[[Mr. Self Destruct#The Beauty of Being Numb|The Beauty Of Being Numb]]" - 5:06
 # "[[Eraser#Erased, Over, Out|Erased, Over, Out]]" - 5:58
-=== Rest of World ([[Halo numbers|Halo 10 V2]]) ===
+=== International (Halo 10 V2) ===
-# "Piggy" (Nothing Can Stop Me Now) - 4:03
+# "Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)" - 4:03
 # "The Art Of Self Destruction, Part One" - 5:41
 # "[[Mr. Self Destruct#Self Destruction, Part Three|Self Destruction, Part Three]]" - 3:28
-# "[[Heresy#Heresy (Version)|Heresy]]" (Version) - 5:19
+# "[[Heresy#Heresy (Version)|Heresy (Version)]]" - 5:19
-# "The Downward Spiral" (The Bottom) - 7:29
+# "The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" - 7:29
-# "[[Hurt (song)#Hurt (Live)|Hurt]]" (Live) - 5:07
+# "[[Hurt (song)#Hurt (Live)|Hurt (Live)]]" - 5:07
 # "At The Heart Of It All" - 7:08
-# "[[Ruiner#Ruiner (Version)|Ruiner]]" (Version) - 5:35
+# "[[Ruiner#Ruiner (Version)|Ruiner (Version)]]" - 5:35
-# "Eraser" (Denial; Realization) - 6:38
+# "Eraser (Denial; Realization)" - 6:38
 # "Self Destruction, Final" - 9:52
 # "[[Reptile#Reptilian|Reptilian]]" - 8:40 (bonus track on Japanese editions)
-===Tracklist notes===
+==Miscellanea==
-*All "Art of Self Destruction" remixes and the first part of "The Beauty of Being Numb" use "Mr. Self Destruct" as source material.
+All "Art Of Self Destruction" remixes and the first part of "The Beauty Of Being Numb" use "Mr. Self Destruct" as source material. The live version of "Hurt" later appeared on ''[[Closure]]''.
-*The live version of "Hurt" later appeared on ''[[Closure]]''.
+This Halo has yet to be officially released on vinyl in any configuration, and was only released on cassette as a promo in Germany. The same country also had a limited edition bootleg version, containing the CD and three pins housed in a black tin box made to look like a film canister.[http://nincatalog.com/item.asp?key=01-01005]
+The album contains work from Aphex Twin (Richard D. James): "At The Heart Of It All" and the second half of "The Beauty Of Being Numb". James allegedly claims to have never heard ''The Downward Spiral'', thus revealing his contributions to be two original pieces instead of remixes. As well, "At The Heart Of It All" may be based on or influenced by the [[Coil]] song of the same name, the band being signed to [[Trent Reznor]]'s [[Nothing Records]] prior to its fold.
+==Truncated Recordings==
+Upon release on streaming and DSP services, four songs were posted with erroneous truncations. The truncated times are listed below. After a few years, the truncated tracks were corrected.
+* "The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" (5:57)
+* "At the Heart of it All" (6:10)
+* "Self Destruction, Final" (5:41)
+* "The Beauty of Being Numb" (5:00)
+However, for the 2025 Interscope CD reissue, the exact same truncations appeared again, indicating that Interscope probably has some bad masters in their archives.
 ==Album Credits==
 ===U.S. Release===
-#Produced by [[Rick Rubin]]; engineered by David Sardy and David Schliffman; Guitar: [[Dave Navarro]]; Beats: Kim Bullard
+#Produced by Rick Rubin; engineered by David Sardy and David Schliffman; Guitar: Dave Navarro; Beats: Kim Bullard
-#Created by Nine Inch Nails ([[Chris Vrenna]], [[Robin Finck]], [[Danny Lohner]], [[Charlie Clouser]], Trent Reznor) with [[Sean Beavan]] & Brian Pollack
+#Recreated by Nine Inch Nails ([[Chris Vrenna]], [[Robin Finck]], [[Danny Lohner]], [[Charlie Clouser]], Trent Reznor) with [[Sean Beavan]] & [[Brian Pollack]]
 #Remixed by [[J. G. Thirlwell|J.G. Thirlwell]] at the Room of Doom, Unique Studios, NYC for Ectopicents; Engineering: Rob Sutton, Jim Janik
-#John Balance, [[Peter Christopherson]] and Drew McDowall of Coil with [[Danny Hyde]]
+#John Balance, [[Peter Christopherson]] and Drew McDowall of Coil with Danny Hyde
 #Remixed by Trent Reznor
 #John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Drew McDowall of Coil with Danny Hyde
-#Created by [[Aphex Twin]]
+#Created by Aphex Twin
 #John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Drew McDowall of Coil with Danny Hyde
 #Remixed by J.G. Thirlwell at the Room of Doom, Unique Studios, NYC fpr Ectopicents; Engineering: Rob Sutton, Jim Janik
-#Section A created by Nine Inch Nails (Chris Vrenna, Robin Finck, Danny Lohner, Charlie Clouser, Trent Reznor) with Sean Beavan & Brian Pollack; Section B created by Aphex Twin
+#Section A recreated by Nine Inch Nails (Chris Vrenna, Robin Finck, Danny Lohner, Charlie Clouser, Trent Reznor) with Sean Beavan & Brian Pollack; Section B created by Aphex Twin
 #John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Drew McDowall of Coil with Danny Hyde<br>
-<br>
 *Written by Trent Reznor ©1994 Leaving Hope/TVT Music, Inc., ASCAP. All rights reserved
 *Management: [[John A. Malm, Jr.]] for Conservative
-*Artwork: Russell Mills
+*Artwork: [[Russell Mills]]
 *Photography: David Buckland
-*Sleeve: Gary Talpas
+*Sleeve: [[Gary Talpas]]
-===Import Releases===
+===International Releases===
-#Produced by Rick Rubin; engineered by David Sardy and David Schliffman; Guitar: [[Dave Navarro]]; Beats: Kim Bullard
+#Produced by Rick Rubin; engineered by David Sardy and David Schliffman; Guitar: Dave Navarro; Beats: Kim Bullard
-#Created by Nine Inch Nails (Chris Vrenna, Robin Finck, Danny Lohner, Charlie Clouser, Trent Reznor) with Sean Beavan & Brian Pollack
+#Recreated by Nine Inch Nails (Chris Vrenna, Robin Finck, Danny Lohner, Charlie Clouser, Trent Reznor) with Sean Beavan & Brian Pollack
 #Remixed by J.G. Thirlwell at the Room of Doom, Unique Studios, NYC for Ectopicents; Engineering: Rob Sutton, Jim Janik
 #Remixed by Charlie Clouser
 #John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Drew McDowall of Coil with Danny Hyde
 #Mixed by Sean Beavan; Assisted by Brian Pollack
-#Created by [[Aphex Twin]]
+#Created by Aphex Twin
 #Remixed by Charlie Clouser
 #John Balance, Peter Christopherson and Drew McDowall of Coil with Danny Hyde
 #Remixed by J.G. Thirlwell at the Room of Doom, Unique Studios, NYC for Ectopicents; Engineering: Rob Sutton, Jim Janik<br>
-<br>
 *All titles by Trent Reznor
 *Published by MCA Music Ltd.
-*Management: [[John A. Malm, Jr.]] for Conservative
+*Management: John A. Malm, Jr. for Conservative
 *Artwork: Russell Mills
 *Photography: David Buckland
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 ==External Links==
-*[http://www.nincatalog.com/index.asp?halo=10 ''Further Down the Spiral'' at nincatalog.com]
+*[http://nincatalog.com/further-down-the-spiral/ ''Further Down the Spiral'' at nincatalog.com]
-*[http://www.nincollector.com/archive/releases/halo_10/halo10.htm ''Further Down the Spiral'' at nincollector.com]
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