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It was then officially announced via Twitter on June 5, 2013, the day before the release of its first single, ''[[Came Back Haunted (halo)|Came Back Haunted]]''. Nine Inch Nails signed with [[Columbia Records]] in 2013, making this the first album on a major label since ''[[Year Zero]]''.
==Track List==
*"All Time Low" (Todd Rundgren Remix) – 5:49
*"While I'm Still Here" (Breyer P-Orridge 'Howler' Remix) – 7:03
The iTunes Deluxe Edition will include the above remixes as tracks 15-17 plus an interview as track 18:
*"Trent Reznor In Conversation With..." –
The Japanese standard edition will include an exclusive bonus track remix as track 15:
*"Everything" (Autolux Remix) –
==Inspiration==
The album began life 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]
According to an interview with the ''New York Times''[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/arts/music/nine-inch-nails-is-back-onstage-with-a-vengeance.html], Reznor had ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' in mind as he worked on ''Hesitation Marks'', stating:
<blockquote>"I felt very aware that it's 20 years later, and I'm still that guy. I know that guy, and I feel for him. I don't resent him, I don't miss him. But how would things feel on the other side of that now, in a much more stable life place, mentally and physically, and with a new family?
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The incentive has changed. It's not about, 'I'm going to kill myself if I don't get this out of my head.' But the excavation and the architecture behind it, the motivation behind it, is similar."</blockquote>
The title is a term for wounds that are sometimes made when a person is contemplating suicide by wrist cutting. Fans have speculated that this is either a reference to Reznor being not quite ready to put NIN to rest, or a reference to the fact that the album is conceptually an "upward spiral" and a reflection of the fact that Reznor did not end up killing himself when he was at his lowest point.
==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. The cover of the Japanese standard edition is a variation on the cover of the US standard edition, with the painting oriented sideways and photographed from a slightly different vantage point. 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.
In a post on the official NIN Tumblr account[http://nineinchnails.tumblr.com/post/55697135231/each-version-of-hesitation-marks-will-have-its-own], the various artwork was elaborated on by Mills: