The Lost Phenomena Of The Hidden Track
Ahh, the secret tune. The LAST last song of the album. The thought of including a hidden track was a no-brainer back in the mid/late 90s, even into the early part of this decade. Travis, Remy Zero, Coldplay, Radiohead, everybody had one. Looking over my favorite releases of '06, nearly a decade after this phenomena began, I noticed very few actually include any sort of bonus track to end the album.
What are our thoughts on this? Anybody missing the added song(s) or is it good riddance to bonus tracks for good? Has the popularity of iTunes had any effect on the hidden track? Speak!
Labels: hidden track
posted by m | 10:59 AM
5 Comments:
cat power's "the greatest" had a bonus hidden track when it was first issued in january.
i hate when a cd has the excess tracks of like 6 seconds each to create space between the hidden track and the rest of the album. i know i've seen that a few times, but can't remember for the life of me which ones right now. those empty track go into the trash bin immediately.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_albums_containing_a_hidden_track
She Wants Revenge, I think, had a hidden track at the end after what seemed like a million blank tracks.
thanks all!!
libertines' eponymous album had 'france' as a hidden track...
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