Best Ever Albums

Re: Hidden Tracks

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:18:44 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/16/2013 01:18

How about track 11 on this:

Green by R.E.M.
I think that hidden track was pretty well done.

Re: Hidden Tracks

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:28:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/15/2013 23:28

Link

^ ^ ^ The hidden track is lovely.

Re: Hidden Tracks

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:23:47 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/15/2013 23:23

I really dislike them. With absolutely zero exceptions in my experience, they always make an album feel less cohesive, and that's never ever a good thing. I can't think of a single album with a hidden track that I wouldn't like more if it didn't have it.

Re: Hidden Tracks

theethereal91 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:18:46 GMT

Author: theethereal91

Posted: 12/15/2013 22:18

bg62096 wrote:

Life is for Living by Coldplay, played at the end of Parachutes (album). Its included in the song Everything's Not Lost.

Speaking of Coldplay, "Chinese Sleep Chant" on the album Viva La Vida is probably the only hidden song I know of that I liked more than the actual track it is included with. I feel that "Sleep Chant" was good enough to have it's own track.

And on the overall topic, I'm fine with some hidden tracks if they're a pleasant surprise that add to the album that it's a part of instead of just simply being there for the sake of being there. Kid A's hidden song on the last track and QOTSA's Mosquito Song are good examples of the former.

Re: Hidden Tracks

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 10:37:51 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/15/2013 15:37

What about "her majesty"?

Re: Hidden Tracks

MrFrogger — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 19:41:17 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 12/15/2013 00:41

nutso42 wrote:

Reflektor by Arcade Fire and Peace Sword by the Flaming Lips both had amazing hidden tracks this year.

The hidden track on Reflektor was the most underwhelming and unnecessary part of the album by far. It's 10, incredibly dull minutes, that serve no purpose, other than making me skip 10 minutes into the album when I listen to it.

Re: Hidden Tracks

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:51:27 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/14/2013 23:51

Reflektor by Arcade Fire and Peace Sword by the Flaming Lips both had amazing hidden tracks this year.

Re: Hidden Tracks

Cymro2011 — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:51:17 GMT

Author: Cymro2011

Posted: 12/14/2013 23:51

an_outlaw wrote:

Hidden tracks are immoral. They're like having an encore when half the crowd are outside hailing taxis.

This...this is the greatest thing you've ever said. You've just blown my mind.

Re: Hidden Tracks

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:48:58 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/14/2013 23:48

Hidden tracks are immoral. They're like having an encore when half the crowd are outside hailing taxis.

Re: Hidden Tracks

Cymro2011 — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:39:59 GMT

Author: Cymro2011

Posted: 12/14/2013 23:39

I usually hate hidden tracks but funnily enough one of my favourite albums ends with a 8ish minute track, a huge silence and then a 4ish minute acoustic track. That stretches out the final track to be 18 mins long. 😕

Re: Hidden Tracks

bg62096 — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:27:59 GMT

Author: bg62096

Posted: 12/14/2013 23:27

Life is for Living by Coldplay, played at the end of Parachutes (album). Its included in the song Everything's Not Lost.

Re: Hidden Tracks

kramerfan86 — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:56:50 GMT

Author: kramerfan86

Posted: 12/13/2013 04:56

Im fine when you are talking a small game, less than 30-60 seconds. Once you get beyond that its just annoying. No one wants to have to sit around and listen to silence for 3 minutes before they get the last song. Its exceptionally bad if you do a lot of in the car listening like I do IMO.

Re: Hidden Tracks

rayword45 — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:11:32 GMT

Author: rayword45

Posted: 12/13/2013 02:11

If there's a hidden track, I hope that bands pull it off like Trent Reznor and use multiple silent tracks instead putting the hidden track on the same track as the final song. It's obnoxious to see such a waste of space when on my phone, and it's especially bad if the hidden track is garbage (Most blatant example: Purgatory Dance Party by Polkadot Cadaver)

Good usage of hidden tracks (in my opinion):

Bite Me - Off The Deep End - Weird Al Yankovic (This one is freaking hilarious)
I'm Dancing In The Show Tonight (Reprise) - The Mollusk - Ween (Not really that hidden, but it works incredibly well, the atmospheric noises enhance the end of the album so much)
Endless Nameless - Nevermind - Nirvana (May as well mention this even though most copies don't even have the song. It works as a refuge in noise/sludge after all the poppy songs.)

Good hidden tracks that didn't need to be

Diamond Bollocks - Mutations - Beck
Spy - Disco Volante - Mr. Bungle (Although the gimmick was GREAT, this song was way too normal to be the secret song)

Re: Hidden Tracks

benpaco — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:45:48 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 12/13/2013 00:45

Depends on the album. The best, for me at least, is Blue October's "It's Just Me" at the end of Foiled. Very bittersweet song serving almost as an epilogue. The silence in between is like time's passing. That one works.

Hidden Tracks

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:24:20 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/12/2013 23:24

I'm listening to The Wombats' sophomore album and they have a 30 second hidden track at the end, but for what purpose?

Some albums play this off well, but most just seem to fail.

What are your views on hidden tracks?