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Halo numbers are the numbers assigned to pieces of the NIN discography so that a collection can be neatly ordered, supplied, and bragged about.

Halos

NIN Halos
Halo #	Name	Release Year	Album Type	Description
01	Down In It	1989	Single/EP	First NIN single, teaser for Pretty Hate Machine.
02	Pretty Hate Machine	1989	LP	NIN's first major studio release.
03	Head Like A Hole	1990	Single/EP	NIN's second single promotion with studio remixes of single with said name, plus others.
04	Sin	1990	Single/EP	NIN's 3rd single. Contains alternate mixes of Sin and a cover of Freddy Mercury's "Get Down Make Love".
05	Broken	1992	EP	NIN's second major studio release; initially sold with a 3" mini disc that contained two bonus tracks (later to be tracks 98 and 99 on the CD). Recorded in secret so as to evade TVT Records.
06	Fixed	1992	Remix/EP	A companion CD to Broken. Contains several remixed songs from Broken.
07	March Of The Pigs	1994	Single/EP	Promotion/Teaser for The Downward Spiral. Also the first official single of TDS. Contains original and alternate version of single as well as other tracks not on TDS.
08	The Downward Spiral	1994	LP	NIN's 3rd major release, which helped make NIN an icon in both the music industry and the industrial rock community.
09	Closer To God	1994	Single/EP	Promotion for one of NIN's most well-known singles. Contains several versions of Closer and other TDS remixes.
10	Further Down The Spiral	1995	Remix/EP	A companion disc for The Downward Spiral with alternate interpretations of some TDS songs, including improvisations by the Aphex Twin.
11	The Perfect Drug	1997	Remix/EP	An EP with remixes of The Perfect Drug, originally made for the Lost Highway soundtrack. U.S. version oes not contain actual single.
12	Closure	1997	Double VHS	The first NIN compilation to capture how far the band has come. One tape contains music videos, the other is live concert footage.
13	The Day The World Went Away	1999	Single/EP	First single from and promotional teaser for The Fragile.
14	The Fragile	1999	Double LP	NIN's follow up to The Downward Spiral. One of NIN's most atmospheric and experimental album to date.
15	We're In This Together	1999	Import Single/EP	One of Trent's most optimistic singles to date. Comes in 3 CD. Includes bonus tracks that never made it to the final studio CD cut of the fragile, as well as the original version of The Perfect Drug.
16	Things Falling Apart	2000	Remix/EP	A companion disc for The Fragile. Contains various remixes of Fragile songs as well as a brilliant cover of Gary Numan's "Metal".
17-a	And All That Could Have Been	2002	LP/VHS/DVD/Deluxe LP	A live album featuring NIN preforming during the Fragility Tour v2.0. Deluxe LP comes with the bonus disc "Still".
17-b	Still	2002	Bonus CD	A bonus disc that comes with the Deluxe LP of And All That Could Have Been. Contains softer, stripped down versions of various NIN songs, as well as some new material.
18	The Hand That Feeds	2005	Single/EP	First single and promotion teaser for With Teeth. This is the first song that Trent released into the open, inviting public remixes.
19	With Teeth	2005	LP	NIN's next studio album. One of Trent's most mature albums to date. Very cleanly mixed, lots of emphasis on guitars and piano.
20	Only	2006	Single/EP	Second single from With Teath. Also NIN's second "open-source" single.
21	Every Day Is Exactly The Same	2006	Single/EP	NIN's 3rd single from With Teeth, and one of the most mellow of the singles. Includes two versions of the single, two versions of "The Hand That Feeds", and two versions of "Only", one of which was remixed by hip-hip artist El-P.
22	Beside You In Time	2007	DVD/HD-DVD/BLU-RAY	DVD with footage from the "LIVE: WITH_TEETH" tour. Contains other bonus material. Available in two high-definition formats.
23	Survivalism	2007	Single/EP	First single and promotional teaser for the upcoming album "Year Zero". Also the 3rd NIN song to be officially open-sourced.
24	Year Zero	2007	LP	The upcoming NIN release, a concept album to be released in late April. Was release in its entirety both on NIN's official website as well as www.myspace.com/nin. There is much more to this album than meets the eye.

Some Halo numbers are shared with promotional items. Halo 10 is shared with the "Hurt" and "Piggy" promo CDs and Halo 16 is shared with the "Into The Void" promo CD.

"Unhalo'd" Official Releases

Into The Void (1999)

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 |1989
 |Single/EP
-|First NIN single and teaser for Pretty Hate Machine
+|First NIN single, teaser for Pretty Hate Machine.
 |-
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 |1989
 |LP
-|NIN's first major studio release
+|NIN's first major studio release.
 |-
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 |1990
 |Single/EP
-|NIN's 3rd single, marking the end of the PMH era. Contains alternate mixes of single.
+|NIN's 3rd single.  Contains alternate mixes of Sin and a cover of Freddy Mercury's "Get Down Make Love".
 |-
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 |1992
 |EP
-|NIN's second major (though not full-length) studio release.
+|NIN's second major studio release; initially sold with a 3" mini disc that contained two bonus tracks (later to be tracks 98 and 99 on the CD).  Recorded in secret so as to evade TVT Records.
 |-
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 |1992
 |Remix/EP
-|A companion CD to Broken. Contains several remixed versions of Broken songs.
+|A companion CD to Broken. Contains several remixed songs from Broken.
 |-
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 |1994
 |LP
-|NIN's second full-length and 3rd major release, which helped make NIN an icon in the music industry, and in the industrial rock community.
+|NIN's 3rd major release, which helped make NIN an icon in both the music industry and the industrial rock community.
 |-
 !style="background-color:#ABCDEF;" | 09
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 |1994
 |Single/EP
-|Promotion for one of NIN's most well-known singles. Contains several versions of Closer and other TDS song mixes.
+|Promotion for one of NIN's most well-known singles. Contains several versions of Closer and other TDS remixes.
 |-
 !style="background-color:#ABCDEF;" | 10
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 |1995
 |Remix/EP
-|A companion disk for The Downward Spiral with alternate reinterpretations of some TDS songs, plus some improvisations by the Aphex Twin. Also marks end of the TDS/Self-Destruct era.
+|A companion disc for The Downward Spiral with alternate interpretations of some TDS songs, including improvisations by the Aphex Twin.
 |-
 !style="background-color:#ABCDEF;" | 11
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 |1997
 |Remix/EP
-|An EP with remixes of The Perfect Drug, originally made for the Lost Highway soundtrack. Does not contain actual single.
+|An EP with remixes of The Perfect Drug, originally made for the Lost Highway soundtrack. U.S. version oes not contain actual single.
 |-
 !style="background-color:#ABCDEF;" | 12
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 |1997
 |Double VHS
-|The first NIN compilation capturing how far the band has come. Contains both music videos and footage from live shows.
+|The first NIN compilation to capture how far the band has come. One tape contains music videos, the other is live concert footage.
 |-
 !style="background-color:#ABCDEF;" | 13
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 |2000
 |Remix/EP
-|A companion disk for The Fragile. Contains various remixes of Fragile songs as well as a few extra non-album songs.
+|A companion disc for The Fragile. Contains various remixes of Fragile songs as well as a brilliant cover of Gary Numan's "Metal".
 |-
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 |2002
 |LP/VHS/DVD/Deluxe LP
-|A live album featuring NIN preforming during the Fragility Tour v2.0. Deluxe LP comes with the bonus disk "Still". Closes off the Fragility era.
+|A live album featuring NIN preforming during the Fragility Tour v2.0. Deluxe LP comes with the bonus disc "Still".
 |-
 !style="background-color:#ABCDEF;" | 17-b
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 |2002
 |Bonus CD
-|A bonus disk that comes with the Deluxe LP of And All That Could Have Been. Contains softer, stripped down versions of various NIN songs, as well as some instrumentals.
+|A bonus disc that comes with the Deluxe LP of And All That Could Have Been. Contains softer, stripped down versions of various NIN songs, as well as some new material.
 |-
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 |2005
 |Single/EP
-|First single and promotion teaser for With Teeth. Also the first song Trent has made open-source by releasing it's source samples to the public for remixing.
+|First single and promotion teaser for With Teeth.  This is the first song that Trent released into the open, inviting public remixes.
 |-
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 |2005
 |LP
-|NIN's next studio album. Sounds very different than older material with more emphasis on guitars and base and less synth. One of Trent's most mature albums to date.
+|NIN's next studio album. One of Trent's most mature albums to date.  Very cleanly mixed, lots of emphasis on guitars and piano.
 |-
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 |2006
 |Single/EP
-|Second single off of With Teath. Also NIN's second "open-source" single.
+|Second single from With Teath. Also NIN's second "open-source" single.
 |-
 !style="background-color:#ABCDEF;" | 21
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 |2006
 |Single/EP
-|NIN's 3rd single from With Teeth, and one of the most mellow of the singles collection. It was the only With Teeth single that wasn't open-sourced.
+|NIN's 3rd single from With Teeth, and one of the most mellow of the singles.  Includes two versions of the single, two versions of "The Hand That Feeds", and two versions of "Only", one of which was remixed by hip-hip artist El-P.
 |-
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 |2007
 |DVD/HD-DVD/BLU-RAY
-|DVD with footage from the "Live: with_teeth" tour. Contains other bonus meterial. A smooth transition, ending the With Teeth era, and subliminally hinting at what is to come.
+|DVD with footage from the "LIVE: WITH_TEETH" tour. Contains other bonus material.  Available in two high-definition formats.
 |-
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 |2007
 |LP
-|The upcoming NIN album, to be released in retail in late-April. There is very much more to this album than meets the eye.
+|The upcoming NIN release, a concept album to be released in late April. Was release in its entirety both on NIN's official website as well as www.myspace.com/nin.  There is much more to this album than meets the eye.
 |}
-* Some Halo numbers are shared with promotional items. Halo 10 is shared with the Hurt and Piggy promo CDs and Halo 16 is shared with the Into The Void promo CD.
+* Some Halo numbers are shared with promotional items. Halo 10 is shared with the "Hurt" and "Piggy" promo CDs and Halo 16 is shared with the "Into The Void" promo CD.
 =="Unhalo'd" Official Releases==