Hesitation Marks

Hesitation Marks
Digital standard edition cover
Studio album by
Nine Inch Nails
ReleasedAugust 30, 2013 (2013-08-30)
Recorded2012 – May 2013
Genre
Length61:50
Label
Producer
Nine Inch Nails chronology
The Slip
(2008) 		Hesitation Marks
(2013) 		Live 2013 EP
(2013)
Halo numbers chronology
Halo 27
(2008) 		Halo 28
(2013) 		Halo 29
(2016)
Singles from Hesitation Marks
  1. "Came Back Haunted"
    Released: June 6, 2013
  2. "Copy of a"
    Released: August 13, 2013
  3. "Everything"
    Released: August 20, 2013

Hesitation Marks is the eighth studio album by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released on August 30, 2013,[4] by The Null Corporation and distributed by Columbia Records in the United States and Polydor Records elsewhere. It was the band's first release in five years, following The Slip (2008), as well as their only release on Columbia. Like previous albums, the album was produced by frontman Trent Reznor alongside longtime collaborators Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder. To date, this is the most recent Nine Inch Nails album to be co-produced by Moulder.

The album's title is derived from the term "hesitation marks", which is used to describe marks that are produced by testing a bladed weapon before attempting suicide or self-harming.[1] The cover art also varies for each edition of the album. The record was promoted with three singles: "Came Back Haunted", "Copy of a", and "Everything", as well as the Twenty Thirteen Tour and two accompanying extended plays, Live 2013 EP and Remix 2014 EP. The digital version of the album was made available in two different masters: a standard version and one with extended dynamic range to cater to audiophiles.[5][6]

Hesitation Marks received positive reviews from critics, with the new sound attracting praise, which some found to be a natural evolution from their previous work. The album reached number three in the US, their highest-charting album since Year Zero, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference rs-review was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Richard Trapunski (September 5, 2013). "Review: Nine Inch Nails: Hesitation Marks". Now. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
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  4. ^ Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved October 31, 2023
  5. ^ synthhead (August 28, 2013). "Trent Reznor Fights The Loudness Wars, Offers 'Loud' & 'Audiophile' Masters Of Hesitation Marks". synthtopia.com. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  6. ^ Aguilar, Mario (August 28, 2013). "NIN's Hesitation Marks Will Come In an Audio-Nerds-Only Version". gizmodo.com. Retrieved June 29, 2017.