Hesitation Marks

Hesitation Marks is the eighth studio album by the American <a href="/facts/Industrial_rock/3QsITeG9">industrial rock</a> band <a href="/facts/Nine_Inch_Nails/8KMe39qN">Nine Inch Nails</a>, released on August 30, 2013, by The Null Corporation and distributed by <a href="/facts/Columbia_Records/yV1YYE69">Columbia Records</a> in the United States and <a href="/facts/Polydor_Records/m9p4KeJQ">Polydor Records</a> elsewhere. It was the band's first release in five years, following <a href="/facts/The_Slip_(album)/axQjBHI8">The Slip</a> (2008), as well as their only release on Columbia. Like previous albums, the album was produced by frontman <a href="/facts/Trent_Reznor/7wm0tTdk">Trent Reznor</a> alongside longtime collaborators <a href="/facts/Atticus_Ross/Gfse84aX">Atticus Ross</a> and <a href="/facts/Alan_Moulder/6mPQyL2Y">Alan Moulder</a>. 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 "<a href="/facts/Hesitation_wounds/8TCedGnk">hesitation marks</a>", which is used to describe marks that are produced by testing a bladed weapon before attempting <a href="/facts/Suicide/j92cWcay">suicide</a> or <a href="/facts/Self-harm/CKkaTnjK">self-harming</a>. The cover art also varies for each edition of the album. The record was promoted with three singles: "<a href="/facts/Came_Back_Haunted/xuNKBmw4">Came Back Haunted</a>", "<a href="/facts/Copy_of_a/VXN2M4Ur">Copy of a</a>", and "<a href="/facts/Everything_(Nine_Inch_Nails_song)/yTy3D7Cz">Everything</a>", as well as the <a href="/facts/Twenty_Thirteen_Tour/H0bzsPcF">Twenty Thirteen Tour</a> and two accompanying extended plays, <a href="/facts/Live_2013_EP/kJDqCMu3">Live 2013 EP</a> and <a href="/facts/Remix_2014_EP/1uBM4kn6">Remix 2014 EP</a>. The digital version of the album was made available in two different <a href="/facts/Audio_mastering/2EG4KMxC">masters</a>: a standard version and one with extended dynamic range to cater to <a href="/facts/Audiophile/0SnLaByF">audiophiles</a>.
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 <a href="/facts/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Alternative_Music_Album/wUK67nYA">Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album</a> at the <a href="/facts/56th_Annual_Grammy_Awards/9KIabjua">56th Annual Grammy Awards</a>.

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