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 Head Like A Hole, Terrible Lie, and Down In It. |
| 04 | Sin | 1990 | Single/EP | NIN's 3rd single. Contains alternate mixes of Sin and a cover of Queen'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. |
| 08 DE | The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition) | 2004 | LP/Remix | NIN's 10th Anniversary of The Downward Spiral CD. This is a 2-Disc set, including all songs from Halo 8 remastered, plus a bonus CD with b-sides, remixes, live songs, and demos for three songs from TDS. The first CD includes a SACD layer with the album remastered on the CD side and upmixed into high quality 5.1 surround sound and 2.0 stereo. |
| 08 DVD-A | The Downward Spiral DualDisc | 2004 | LP | Dualdisc edition of NIN's 10th Anniversary of The Downward Spiral CD. Its CD side contains the remastered album, while its DVD side contains the album upmixed into high quality 5.1 surround sound and 2.0 stereo (in Dolby Digital and MLP lossless), as well as the music videos for Closer (director's cut), March Of The Pigs, and Hurt, an image gallery, and a discography up to 2004. |
| 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 does not contain the actual single. |
| 12 | Closure | 1997 | Double VHS/Prototype Double DVD | The first NIN compilation to capture how far the band has come. The first tape contains live concert and backstage footage, the second tape contains music videos. |
| 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 two-disc follow up to The Downward Spiral. One of NIN's most atmospheric and experimental albums to date. |
| 15 | We're In This Together | 1999 | Import Single/EP | One of Trent's most optimistic singles to date. Comes in 3 separate CDs. Includes bonus tracks that never made it to the final studio CD cut of The Fragile (but included on the vinyl release), 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 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 performing 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 in multitrack format, 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. Live drumming performed by Jerome Dillon and Dave Grohl. |
| 19 DVD-A | With Teeth Dualdisc | 2005 | LP | Dualdisc Edition of "With Teeth". This release is pretty similar to the Dualdisc edition of The Downward Spiral. |
| 20 | Only | 2006 | Single/EP | Second single from With Teeth. 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-hop 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 | Nine Inch Nails' last album with Interscope, a highly electronic concept album set in the year 2022. More info at Year Zero Research |
| 25 | Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D | 2007 | Remix/EP | The official remix album for "Year Zero". Contains a fan-made remix as well as remixes by Saul Williams, Ladytron and Modwheelmood. Includes DVD of multitracks. |
| 26 | Ghosts I–IV | 2008 | LP | NIN's first independent release. A 36 track instrumental album released under Commercial Commons in several different formats, initially over the internet and then in retail. Ghosts I released for free. |
- 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)
- Capital G (2007)
- Discipline (2008)
- Echoplex (2008)
Promotional Releases
- Happiness in Slavery (1992)
- Wish (1993)
- Hurt (1994)
- Burn (1994)
- Piggy (1995)
- Starfuckers, Inc (1999)
- Collected (2005)