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[[Image:Ctg cover.jpg|thumb|Halo 9 - ''Closer To God''<br />[http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dnine%2520inch%2520nails%2520closer%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 Find on Amazon] - [http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&pub=5574848848&toolid=10001&campid=5336384580&customid=&icep_uq=nine+inch+nails+closer&icep_sellerId=&icep_ex_kw=&icep_sortBy=12&icep_catId=&icep_minPrice=&icep_maxPrice=&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg Find on eBay]]]
'''''Closer To God''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 9]]'''''), released on May 30, 1994, is a [[Remixes|remix]] compilation released to promote the song "[[Closer]]" from the album ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' The UK releases do not bear a halo number.
The "[[Closer#Closer (Thrust)|Thrust]]" remix of "Closer" was intended for this release, but was left off. [[Trent Reznor]] would later release it for free on [[remix.nin.com]]. The rest of the remixes from ''Closer To God'' are also available there. Another mix that didn't make the cut was released on the unofficial download-only compilation ''[[Recoiled#Uncoiled|Uncoiled]]'', and later released semi-officially on ''[[Recoiled]]'', may have originally been planned for release on ''Closer To God''.
==Track Listing==
In an interview with ''Revolver'' magazine[https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/millipedes-manson-see-intimate-photos-nine-inch-nails-downward-spiral-era], Cultice elaborated on the photo shoot that resulted in the halo's cover:
<blockquote>"I never shot still lifes of bugs before. But I'd assisted a guy named Hans Neleman, who was lighting things with mirrors and little teeny hot lights and laying things between layers and layers of glass — that's like coffee and milkshakes and snot and dirt and stuff from the street. On this one the bug is right on top and sharp, but all that stuff below is different layers of junk on the glass. Remember that movie ''Interview With a'' [sic] ''Vampire''? It had just finished wrapping … The guy that brought the bugs was part of the company that did all the animal wrangling for ''Interview With a'' [sic] ''Vampire'' — all the alligators and all that. He brought boxes and boxes — like Ikea clear boxes — filled with millipedes and cockroaches. We shot like 50 different pictures of bugs, and this is the one that turned out to be the cover. Trent was there the whole day, because he wanted to hang out with the bugs."</blockquote>
==Album Credits (track numbers as in US edition)==
#[[Coil]], [[Danny Hyde]]
#[[Meat Beat Manifesto|Jack Dangers]], Craig Silvey
#[[Dave Ogilvie]], Anthony Valcic, Joe Joseph Bishara (misspelled as "Bisara")
#Trent Reznor, [[Robin Finck]], Sean Beavan, [[Chris Vrenna]], Brian Pollack, John van Eaton, Sugar and his friend
#Bill Kennedy, Scott Humphrey, John "Geetus" Aguto, Paul Decarli, Eric Claudiex
==External Links==
*[http://nincatalog.com/closer-to-god/ ''Closer To God'' at nincatalog.com]
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