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, 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 remixes. |
| 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. |
| 10/10v2 | 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| 11 | The Perfect Drug | 1997 | Remix/EP | An EP with remixes of The Perfect Drug, originally made for the Lost Highway soundtrack.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, heavy emphasis on guitars and piano. Album drumming performed by Jerome Dillon and Dave Grohl. |
| 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.
"Halo-less" Official Releases
Into The Void (1999)