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'''''Hesitation Marks''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 28]]''''') is the ninth studio album from [[Nine Inch Nails]]. It was released on September 3, 2013 in a total of five formats: CD, Deluxe Edition CD, vinyl, digital and iTunes Deluxe Edition. The album was recorded secretly over the course of a year and came as a complete surprise to fans. On August 26th, 2013, the full album was leaked on the internet, and was made available for streaming on iTunes the following day.
==Track List==
===Deluxe Edition CD===
The Deluxe Edition CD and HDTracks download include includes the following [[Remixes|remixes ]] on a second disc:*"Find My Way" ([[Related bands and artists#Oneohtrix Point Never|Oneohtrix Point Never ]] Remix) – 4:47
*"All Time Low" (Todd Rundgren Remix) – 5:49
*"While I'm Still Here" (Breyer P-Orridge 'Howler' Remix) – 7:03
It also comes in a 28 page hardcover bookecolbook. This is the only packaging that includes lyrics and the booklet contains significantly more artwork than that of the standard CD.
===iTunes /HDtracks Deluxe Edition===The iTunes and HDtracks Deluxe Edition includes the above remixes as tracks 15-17 plus an interview as track 18:
*"Trent Reznor In Conversation With..." – 41:58
The self-conducted interview also includes three untitled demo songs several demos from the album sessions, along with a : *[[Demo 1 (from Hesitation Marks)|Demo 1]] - 6:55*[[Demo 2 (from Hesitation Marks)|Demo 2]] - 4:16*[[Demo 3 (from Hesitation Marks)|Demo 3]] - 3:36*A partial demo sample of the song "All Time Low". The interview is also included with the album when purchased from HDtracks.
===Japanese CD===
The Japanese standard CD includes an exclusive bonus remix as track 15:
*"Everything" ([[Autolux ]] Remix) – 4:30
===Vinyl===
==Inspiration and recording==
The album began as a couple of tracks that were meant to be included in a forthcoming greatest hits package for [[Interscope Records]]. The sessions gave way to more songs and ended up yielding an entire album.[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=6190] At one point during the album's creation, producer Markus Dravs was brought in to add a different perspective from Reznor's long-term team of [[Atticus Ross]] and [[Alan Moulder]]. The collaboration didn't feel right, however, and was terminated.[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6304122/trent-reznor-talks-nine-inch-nails-scoring-gone-girl-apple-project]
In an interview with ''The Guardian''[http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/08/the-nine-lives-of-trent-reznor], Reznor revealed that the two songs originally written and recorded for the hits package were "Everything" and "Satellite". He also explained what inspired, in his view, a more minimal and sparse treatment of the music:
[[Image:HMstandardaustralian.jpg|thumb|International standard CD artwork]]
[[Image:HMaudiophile.jpg|thumb|thumb|Audiophile Mastered Version artwork]]
This album marks a return to the artwork of Russell Mills, whose work was previously used for ''[[March Of The Pigs (halo)|March Of The Pigs]]'', ''The Downward Spiral'', ''[[Further Down The Spiral]]'' and ''[[Closure]]''. There is a different cover for each of the five editions. Reznor stated in a radio interview[http://soundcloud.com/q877/walt-talks-with-trent-reznor] that he couldn't choose between the various covers and decided to use them all. He also stated that Mills had suggested the album title. A book of prints from The typeface used is DINEngschrift in lowercase (the same typeface was used on the ''Hesitation Marks'' artwork is being put together for release previous Russell Mills designs and in 2015, entitled all caps on ''Cargo In [[The Blood Perfect Drug (halo)|The Reverse Is Also True)Perfect Drug]]''.[http://russellmills.com/russell_mills/nine-inch-nails/])
Some of the alternate covers are used within the packaging of the other editions, i.e. the cover of the standard CD is inside the gatefold of the vinyl, the cover of the iTunes Deluxe Edition is on the booklet of the standard CD, etc. The covers of the international and Japanese standard CDs are a variation on the cover of the US standard CD, with the painting oriented sideways and, in the case of the Japanese cover, photographed from a slightly different vantage point and lighter in hue. The digital Audiophile Mastered Version cover is a variation on the standard digital cover, with the painting again oriented sideways.
<blockquote>"The artworks, (30 mixed media pieces) that I eventually produced towards uses in the ''Hesitation Marks'' releases, evolved out of lengthy exchanges between myself and Trent and in response to the conceptual ideas that thread through the tracks and to the sonic territory that the album explores. I’ve tried to lock into the album’s prevailing mood and echo the album’s essence. The ideas are not communicated in a literal or easily digested form, as this would be boring for me and would insult the intelligence of a potential audience. I’ve tried to make works that obliquely allude to the essence of the subject matter, to its emotional core.
As with my self-initiated works - the paintings, assemblages, collages and multimedia installations - personal ideas and obsessions seep into these works. The organic, the natural, prevailing over or feeding into the industrial, the man made, is a common theme in my work generally and in this instance was particularly apt for the art required.
The works explore ideas of catharsis, of being into dissolution into being, both on a personal and sociological level. They allude to ideas about chaos and order. They deal with ways of suggesting presence in absence. They are a cross between the forensic and a pathology of the personal in which only fragments remain, in which minimal clues can suggest events that may have occurred. They attempt to harness the chaos of a situation, of now, of the personal trauma, of the human condition, into a form that is coherent, a form that accommodates the mess without disguising it as something else. It attempts to capture the essence of these ideas by implication and exclusion. Beneath the form lies the uncertainty and ceaseless flux of the mess, of the chaos.
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* Vinyl cover: "Other Murmurs" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, etching varnish, collage, on canvas, on wood)
* iTunes Deluxe cover: "Lures" (Plaster, earth, oils, acrylics, fishing flies, threads, on wood)
===''Cargo In The Blood''===
[[Image:Cargointheblood.jpg|thumb|''Cargo In The Blood'' art book/multiple]]
A limited edition art book/multiple containing Mills' art for ''Hesitation Marks'' was released in December 2015. It was priced at $300 and the following information was given on the site set up at cargointheblood.com:
<blockquote>"Nine Inch Nails and long-time collaborator and artist Russell Mills present ''Cargo In The Blood'', a deluxe, limited edition 320-page book collecting all of the works the artist created for Nine Inch Nails’ ''Hesitation Marks'' album. Each volume also includes an original mixed media painting created by Russell Mills specifically for the project. Available exclusively on NIN.com, ''Cargo In The Blood'' is limited to 2000 copies and will be available to order 12/16/15 10am PT."</blockquote>
INCLUDES
*Limited edition 320 page book featuring Russell Mills’ art for ''Hesitation Marks''
*Original Mixed Media Painting by Mills housed in a COR-TEN steel frame
*Custom laser-etched steel card numbered between 1 and 2000
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
*Each set is bound in a plush cotton and rayon flocked material
*Exterior features debossed and foil stamped lettering and unique hand cauterized mark
*Pages printed with Metallic Silver and 4CP UV inks
*Measures 15″x 13″x 2″at 11 lbs
A 10 minute film about the inspiration and process for the artwork of ''Cargo In The Blood'' as well as Mills' work for ''The Downward Spiral'' was also made available for viewing.
==Touring==
''For more information, see [[NIN 2013-2014]]''
The album is being was supported by a major tour that has visited festivals and arenas around the world. For the [[Tension leg2013 Tour]], the touring lineup was expanded to eight members (the largest in the history of the band and the first to utilize backup singers) and the visual elements were a logical continuation of those from the [[Lights In The Sky Tour]]. The tour also includes included two co-headlining legs, one with [[Queens Of The Stone Age]] and one with Soundgarden. The [[2013/11/08 Los Angeles, CA|Los AngelesSoundgarden]] show of the Tension leg was . Several shows were filmed and will be released on for inclusion in a DVD and Blu-ray in 2014package, though the current status of the project is unknown.
==Live==
==Album Credits==
*Written by Trent Reznor
*Produced by Trent Reznor, [[Atticus Ross]], and [[Alan Moulder]]
*Arranged by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
*Programmed by Atticus Ross, with Trent Reznor and Dustin Mosley
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===Deluxe Edition Remix Credits===
"Find My Way" (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)
*Mixed by Daniel Lopatin + Paul Corley
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Llc4Ciu0k ''Hesitation Marks'' teaser trailer]
*[http://nineinchnails.tumblr.com/post/52247958645 Russell Mills on the artwork for the album]
*[http://nineinchnails.tumblr.com/post/61042678189/hesitation-marks-interior-packaging-art-details Interior artwork photographed by Rob Sheridan]
*[http://cargointheblood.com Promotional site for ''Cargo In The Blood'']
*[http://nineinchnails.tumblr.com/post/59587808317/hesitation-marks-was-mastered-in-two-different Explanation of the mastering]
*[http://nincatalog.com/index.asp?halo=28 hesitation-marks/ ''Hesitation Marks'' at nincatalog.com]
*[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%2520hesitation%2520marks%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=thniinnawi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 ''Hesitation Marks'' at Amazon]
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