Album

Hesitation Marks

by Nine Inch Nails

Released30 August 2013

LabelThe Null Corporation

Popularity56.4

Also cited2 September 2013

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Hesitation Marks is the eighth studio album from Nine Inch Nails, released on 30 August 2013 through Trent Reznor's own label, The Null Corporation, with Columbia handling distribution in the United States and Polydor elsewhere. It was the band's first record in five years, following The Slip in 2008, and their only one for Columbia. Reznor produced it with longtime collaborators Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder, the last Nine Inch Nails album to involve Moulder as co-producer.

The title refers to the tentative cuts made when testing a blade before self-harm, which gives the record a dark undertone. Critics welcomed the new sound, and several heard it as a natural step on from the band's earlier work. Singles included "Came Back Haunted", "Copy of a" and "Everything". It reached number three in the US, their best placing since Year Zero, and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album.

Hesitation Marks: tracklist, credits and charts

14 tracks · 1:01:57

Tracklist

1The Eater of DreamsAlessandro Cortini and Trent Reznor0:52
2Copy of ATrent Reznor5:23
3Came Back HauntedTrent Reznor5:17
4Find My WayTrent Reznor5:16
5All Time LowTrent Reznor6:18
6DisappointedTrent Reznor5:44
7EverythingTrent Reznor3:20
8SatelliteTrent Reznor5:03
9Various Methods of EscapeTrent Reznor5:01
10RunningTrent Reznor4:08
11I Would for YouTrent Reznor4:33
12In TwoTrent Reznor5:32
13While I’m Still HereTrent Reznor4:03
14Black NoiseTrent Reznor1:29

Produced by: Alan Moulder, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Recorded at: The Village, Joe’s House of Compression
Recorded: 2012 – May 2013
Mixed by: Michael Patterson, Alan Moulder
Engineered by: Michael Patterson, Dustin Mosley, Alan Moulder, Jun Murakawa, Atticus Ross, Joe Barresi
Label: The Null Corporation
Length: 1:01:57

Line-up

Alessandro Cortini · electronic instruments · guest
Trent Reznor · electronic instruments, vocals, guitar, percussion, bass guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, dulcitone, harp, piano, saxophone
Lindsey Buckingham · guitar · guest
Pino Palladino · bass guitar
Ilan Rubin · tom-tom, membranophone · guest
Adrian Belew · guitar, electronic instruments, background vocals
Eugene Goreshter · electronic instruments, strings, violin, bass guitar · guest
Daniel Rowland · electronic instruments, guitar · guest
Joshua Eustis · background vocals · guest

Singles

“Came Back Haunted” · 6 June 2013
“Copy of a” · 13 August 2013
“Everything” · 20 August 2013

Peak chart positions

Chart	Peak
UK Albums Chart · Week: 39/2013	2
US Billboard 200 · Week: 39/2013	3
Canadian Albums (Billboard) · 2013	1
US Alternative · Week: 39/2013	1
US Top Rock Albums · Week: 39/2013	1
Austrian Albums · 2013	2
Scottish Albums · Week: 39/2013	2
UK Rock & Metal Albums · Week: 39/2013	2
Australian Albums (ARIA) · 2013	3
Czech Albums · 2013	4

All 31 charts

German Albums · 2013	5
Irish Albums · Week: 39/2013	5
Swiss Albums · Week: 39/2013	5
Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 2013	6
New Zealand Albums · Week: 39/2013	7
Danish Albums · 2013	9
Dutch Albums · 2013	9
UKDigital · Week: 39/2013	9
Portuguese Albums · Week: 39/2013	13
Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2013	14
Japanese Albums (Oricon) · Week: 39/2013	14
Italian Albums · Week: 39/2013	16
Finnish Albums · 2013	17
Polish Albums · Week: 39/2013	17
Spanish Albums · Week: 39/2013	20
French Albums · 2013	22
Norwegian Albums · Week: 39/2013	23
Croatia Combined · 2013	33
Swedish Albums · Week: 39/2013	37
South Korean Albums (Gaon) · Week: 39/2013	58
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico) · Week: 39/2013	94

Certifications

Region	Certification
Canada	Gold
Portugal · 2013	Gold

From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.

56.4

Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)

4.1k

ListenBrainz listeners

75k

Wikipedia views, last 12 months

900

Deezer fans (all editions)

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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz; also seen: 2013-09-02 (wikidata)

Source	Date	Note
MusicBrainz	30 August 2013
Wikipedia infobox	30 August 2013
Wikidata	2 September 2013
Deezer	5 March 2026
US release	30 August 2013	earliest US date
UK / Europe release	30 August 2013	earliest UK or European date

16 editions

Date	Country	Label	Barcode	Kind
30 August 2013	US	The Null Corporation	888837449519	original
30 August 2013	—	Polydor	00602537506101	original
30 August 2013	XE	Polydor	602537454587	original
30 August 2013	DE	Polydor	602537438761	original
2 September 2013	GB	The Null Corporation	602537449224	other
2 September 2013	GB	Polydor	602537438754	other
3 September 2013	US	Columbia	888837449526	other
3 September 2013	US	Columbia	888837449625	deluxe
3 September 2013	US	Columbia	886444020268	deluxe
3 September 2013	US	The Null Corporation		other
3 September 2013	US	Columbia	886444166560	deluxe
3 September 2013	US	The Null Corporation		other
3 September 2013	—	Polydor	00602537506095	other
4 September 2013	JP	Polydor	4988005783530	other
18 December 2023	—	The Null Corporation	859781659118	deluxe
5 March 2026	XW	The Null Corporation	602488268875	other

Cover art sources

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