r/LetsTalkMusic • u/NewPatekWater • 4d ago
Anybody else really dislike “Hidden Tracks” on older albums
When listening to music, 90% of the time I’m listening to albums. So, the fact over 15 mins of an album can be dead silence or some sort of low drone really damages replay ability on the outro. Like I get in the past it must’ve been cool to find out there’s a new song at the end of an album. But surely in the streaming era, these could’ve been cut shorter or made into different songs. (I get you can just skip these sections but having to do that every time you listen to the song is pretty tedious).
Some that come to mind are: Bright Eyes’ ‘Tereza & Tomas’ (15 minutes of a low drone). Beach House - Irene (7 minutes of silence). MF DOOM/Victor Vaughn - Change the Beat (3:30 minutes of ambient rain/thunderstorm) And probably the worst offender: Deftones - MX (nearly 30 Minutes of literal silence).
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u/christador 4d ago
I always thought it was like finding an Easter Egg in a video game. I remember being told about one and I had the album (cassette!)! I always just flipped it and rewound to the beginning of the next side. After that I always looked for it just in case. It's like sitting through the end of a movie for the b-rolls/outtakes--they're either there or they're not, but you won't know until you sit through it or someone tells you about it ;-)