Halo numbers
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
| Halo # | Name | Release Year | Album Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Down In It | 1989 | Single/EP | First NIN single and 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, marking the end of the PMH era. Contains alternate mixes of single. |
| 05 | Broken | 1992 | EP | NIN's second major (though not full-length) studio release. |
| 06 | Fixed | 1992 | Remix/EP | A companion CD to Broken. Contains several remixed versions of Broken songs. |
| 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 second full-length and 3rd major release, which helped make NIN an icon in the music industry, and in 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 song mixes. |
| 10 | Further Down The Spiral | 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. |
| 11 | The Perfect Drug | 1997 | Remix/EP | An EP with remixes of The Perfect Drug, originally made for the Lost Highway soundtrack. Probably filler for the interval between The Downward Spiral and The Fragile. Does not contain actual single. |
| 12 | Closure | 1997 | Double VHS | The first NIN compilation capturing how far the band has come. Contains both music videos and footage from live shows. |
| 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 disk for The Fragile. Contains various remixes of Fragile songs as well as a few extra non-album songs. |
| 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 disk "Still". Closes off the Fragility era. |
| 17-b | Still | 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. |
| 18 | The Hand That Feeds | 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. |
| 19 | With Teeth | 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. |
| 20 | Only | 2006 | Single/EP | Second single off of 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 collection. It was the only With Teeth single that wasn't open-sourced. |
| !22 | Beside You In Time | 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. |
| 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 album, to be released in retail in late-April. There is very 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)