Hidden track
A hidden track ( English for "hidden title"), also ghosttrack (English for "ghost title"), is a title on a sound carrier ( music cassette , record , audio CD ) that is not listed on the cover and also so is placed so that it will not be discovered immediately. As a predecessor, grooves provided with music, noises or speech can be seen on records.
Methods
Deny track
A track that is available on the sound carrier (typically at the end) but is not mentioned in the accompanying documentation ( insert, booklet ). It is in the nature of things that the existence of the hidden track is also concealed with the following methods.
Long breaks
On an audio CD it is possible to add a long pause to a track, followed by the hidden track. Usually this happens on the last track. A familiar example is the album Nevermind by Nirvana . There, after the end of the last piece, around ten minutes of silence follow before the instrumental improvisation Endless, Nameless begins.
Pregap
When playing a CD, CD players always start with track 1. However, there is the option of storing a normal track within the so-called pregap . It can be heard by rewinding the first track when starting the CD. This track is referred to as a Null Track , the process as Hidden Track One Audio (HTOA). Playback is not possible with some devices. The so-called pregap is also referred to as the “minus area” of a CD.
Index 0 gap
There are usually a few seconds of silence in front of a track on an audio CD, which is displayed as index 0 in the CD player, but only played when the CD is continuously listened to. Usually these pauses are no longer than one or two seconds, but it is technically possible to fill the pauses with complete songs. For example, if the hidden track is in index 0 of track 7, the hidden song will be played after track 6 has ended; However, this hidden track cannot be selected individually, as the CD player starts directly with index 1 in this case .
Endless groove
With vinyl records , audio material may be present in the lead-out groove or the concentric endless groove at the end of one side of the record. Conventional turntables have an automatic switch-off and therefore stop playback before the endless groove is played. Naturally, the duration is limited to one revolution (1.8 or 1.33 seconds at the usual speeds of 33 1 ⁄ 3 or 45 per minute) of the record.
history
Although the term hidden track was first coined after the introduction of the audio CD in the early 1980s, there were already - albeit clearly limited - possibilities to place music or other sounds on sound carriers in such a way that they are difficult to find. Even on shellac records , tones or speech contributions were occasionally pressed into the groove of the record. A well-known example of this is the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band the Beatles . They composed an experimental sound collage that sounds when the outlet groove on this LP is played. Some phonograms contain - supposedly or actually - backward messages . Additional grooves were also embossed on vinyl records, whereby the beginning of the hidden groove sometimes only began after the inlet and was very difficult to hit.
List of albums with hidden tracks
Interpreter | album | Published | method | Title (if known; with source) | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 room apartment | In reality | 2002 | long break | - | after title 11 We do not remember break until 8:30 min |
Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | 1995 | Denied track, long pause | Unlisted track 13 contains the alternate version You Oughta Know (The Jimmy The Saint Blend), followed by the a cappella song Your House | |
The doctors | That's not the whole truth ... | 1988 | denied track | often titled as Tail , also known as Feminine | |
The doctors | 13 | 1998 | Pregap | lady | only audible by rewinding before the first track of the CD version |
The doctors | noise | 2003 | Pregap | Hands inside | only audible by rewinding before the first track when the CD version makes a black noise |
Arcturus | La Masquerade Infernale | 1997 | Pregap | only audible by rewinding before the first track of the CD version. English-language note on the inside of the insert under the CD holder: "Hidden audio information can be found if you look for it." | |
The Beatles | Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1967 | Endless groove | Sgt.Pepper's Inner Groove | |
The Beatles | Abbey Road | 1969 | long break | Your Majesty | |
Blokkmonsta | Doom rap | 2012 | long break | after track 20 Doom Rap (ultimatum) from 12:52, homage to Blokkmonsta's girlfriend at the time, only on the CDs from the Hirntot shop | |
Callejon | Zombie Action Headquarters | 2008 | long break | A light burns in dark waters | after title 13 Porn from Spain from 10:18 min |
Callejon | Lightning cross | 2012 | long break | Black tone | after title 11 Kind im Nebel from 11:34 min |
Circus of Fools | REX | 2018 | denied track | Specified in the metadata as From French till Core . | |
Coldplay | Parachutes | 2000 | long break | Life is for living | after title 10 Everything's Not Lost from 5:37 min |
Coldplay | X&Y | 2005 | denied track | Til Kingdom Come | the title was originally planned for a collaboration with Johnny Cash , after his death the song was released as a hidden track |
Coldplay | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | 2008 | long break | Chinese Sleep Chant | after title 6 Yes from 4:03 min |
Coldplay | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | 2008 | long break | The Escapist | after title 10 Death And All His Friends from 3:31 min |
Coldplay | Ghost stories | 2014 | Fly on | the 9th track O begins with the song Fly On (0: 00–3: 54) and ends with O (6: 18–7: 47 min) | |
Coldplay | A Head Full Of Dreams | 2015 | long break | X Marks The Spot | after title 8 Army Of One from 3:22 min |
D12 | Devils Night | 2001 | denied track | Girls | Eminem's solo song ; Disstrack against Limp Bizkit and Everlast |
Deee-Lite | Dewdrops In The Garden | 1994 | long breaks | Bring Me Your Love | by track 16 What Is This Music? |
Disturbed | Asylum | 2010 | long break | ISHFWILF (I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For) | according to title 12 Innocence |
The dead pants | buy me | 1993 | long break | The last day | according to Title 16 Disaster Command |
Dune | Dune | 2000 | long break | after track 13 from 10:04 min Instrumental with radio noise such as medium wave interference, 1 minute | |
Eminem | Recovery | 2010 | denied track | Untitled | |
Falco | Out of the Dark (Into the Light) | 1998 | long break | Money / mat. XI, 15 | after title 9 Naked (Full Frontal Version) |
Farin Urlaub | At the end of the sun | 2005 | Denied track, pregap | Once again | only audible by rewinding before the first track of the CD version, according to Farin Urlaub's FAQ , this track is called Dieter |
Fewjar | gamma | 2018 | denied track | Don't Tell A Weird Weakling | Created as part of the "Liquiescent Project", which draws attention to conflicts in connection with sexual identity. |
Free wild | Rivals & rebels | 2018 | long break | Forbidden love, forbidden kiss | |
Herbert Grönemeyer | human | 2002 | long break | often on the internet as Falling find | sung by Grönemeyer's son Felix |
Herbert Grönemeyer | Shipping | 2011 | long break | after title 11 Just like me | |
Hurts | Happiness | 2010 | long break | Verona | |
Jeanette Biedermann | Rock My Life | 2002 | long break | So deep inside | On the Gold Edition, after title 18, pause until 6:03 |
Linkin Park | Hybrid Theory (EP) | 1999 | long break | Ambient or Secret , demo of session | After Part of Me , the last few seconds of the song are repeated for about seven minutes, creating the effect of a broken record. Ambient is a demo of Session on the Linkin Park album Meteora . |
Lamb | Fear of Fours | 1999 | Pregap | Variant of the song Lullaby | |
Leona Lewis | echo | 2009 | long break | Stoneheart | after title 13 Lost then Found from 7:07 min |
Majoe | Wider than the bouncer | 2014 | denied track | - | after title 22 part of the movement (feat. you all) |
Mika | Life in Cartoon Motion | 2007 | long break | Over my shoulder | after title 10 happy ending from 5:35 min |
Monster magnet | Dopes to Infinity | 1995 | long break | Forbidden Planet | |
My Chemical Romance | The Black Parade | 2006 | Denied track, long pause | Blood | |
Nena | Chokmah | 2001 | Denied track, long pause | I suspected it or I don't need you either | after track 14 Carpe Diem (Söhne Mannheims Dancehall Mix) , which is also not listed on the cover. |
Nirvana | Nevermind | 1991 | long break | Endless, Nameless | after title 12 from 13:50 min |
One ok rock | 35xxxv | 2015 | long break | Geru Geru Ba ~ n | after title 13 Fight the Night break until 10:25 min |
Oomph! | truth or Dare | 2004 | long break | I'm going down | according to title 12 In the light . |
Papa Roach | Infest | 2000 | long break | Tightrope | after title 11 Thrown Away from 4:58 min |
Pearl Jam | Ten | 1991 | long break | Master / slave | |
Pet Shop Boys | Very | 1993 | long break | Postscript (I Believe in Ecstasy) | |
Queen | Made in Heaven | 1995 | denied tracks | Track 12 , known as Yeah , a sample from Queen's Action This Day ; Instrumental piece known as Track 13 . | |
Queens of the Stone Age | Songs for the Deaf | 2002 | Pregap | The Real Song for the Deaf | |
Rage Against the Machine | Renegades | 2000 | denied tracks | The new edition with a green and black cover includes two live recordings of Kick out the Jams and How I Could Just Kill a Man | |
Rammstein |
mother
( Japanese edition) |
2001 | long break,
denied track |
Hallelujah | after title 11 Nebel from 6:54 |
Rammstein | Journey, journey | 2004 | Denied track, pregap | - | Flight recorder recording of the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 | |
Reinhard Mey | Colorful dog | 2007 | Denied track, long pause | Le temps de cerises | |
Robbie Williams | Swing When You're Winning | 2001 | long break | - | after track 15 Beyond the Sea , outtakes of the recording session in the recording studio |
Seeed | New Dubby Conquerors | 2001 | long break | Miss Understanding | |
Seeed | Music Monks | 2003 | long break | Fire In The Morning (Alternative Version) | |
Silke Bischoff | To Protect and to Serve | 1995 | long break | Untitled or Leave it all behind | after track 10 Silke's Calling of the album follows a long break with distant church bells ringing, then the unplugged track Untitled or Leave it all behind |
Slipknot | Slipknot (album) | 1999 | long break | Eeyore | After a long break in Scissors, there is a recording in which you can probably hear the band members talking to each other indistinctly. This is followed by the Eeyore track |
Slipknot | .5: The Gray Chapter (Deluxe Edition) | 2014 | long break | -Talk- and -Funny- | -Talk- and -Funny- follow after a two-minute silence (-Silent-) |
Smashing Pumpkins | Gish | 1991 | long break | I'm going crazy | |
System of a Down | Toxicity | 2001 | long break | Arto | |
Take that | progress | 2010 | long break | Flowerbed | after title 10 Eight Letters |
Take that | The Circus | 2008 | long break | - | after title 11 Hold Up A Light |
Unholy | phosphorus | 2001 | long break | Untitled (according to Wikipedia 1 min. Length) | after track 12 strong (the pause varies depending on the CD) |
Various artists | Songs In The Key Of X | 1996 | Pregap | Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Rivertentum by Nick Cave and the Dirty Three (6:22 min) & The X-Files Remix by Dirty Three (2:42 min) | only audible by rewinding before the first track of the CD version. English-language notes can be found in the booklet: NICK CAVE AND THE DIRTY THREE would like you to know that 0 is also a number (German: Nick Cave and the Dirty Three want you to know that the 0 is also a number ) Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Rivertentum starts at -09: 00 min and The X-Files Remix at -02: 45 min. |
Various artists | The X-Files Movie Album | 1998 | long break | Hear the truth revealed at 10:13 (German: Hear the truth revealed at 10:13 ) | Chris Carter explains the series mythology 10 minutes and 13 seconds after the last track The X-Files Theme remix by The Dust Brothers |
Weekend | Music for those who don't like to think so much | 2015 | long break | - | after track 14 Better to believe (feat. Pimf) break until 8:30 min |
Wise guys | Plain text | 2003 | long break | "The King of The Road";
"5-part canon for 2 to 3 multiple personalities" |
After the last title on the CD there are two hidden tracks, including "King of the Road", recorded live at the Soesterborde motorway service station. |
Xavas | Split personality | 2012 | long break | Where are you now | after title 15 song of life pause until 0:40 min |
See also
Web links
- jansson.de - zero tracks
- English description of the creation of hidden tracks
- Another collection of hidden tracks
Individual evidence
- ↑ Album In Really , DVD plus, 2002
- ^ Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill , discogs.com
- ↑ Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- ↑ Abbey Road
- ↑ Doom Rap , Musik-Sammler.de
- ↑ Out of the Dark (Into the Light)
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ liquescentproject.com: ABOUT. Retrieved March 7, 2019 .
- ↑ man
- ↑ a b Taken from this article by editing
- ↑ Nevermind
- ↑ Album 35xxxv , 2015
- ↑ Pearl Jam - Ten , discogs.com
- ^ New Dubby Conquerors
- ^ Music Monks
- ↑ Smashing Pumpkins - Gish , discogs.com
- ↑ Songs in the Key of X. spookyverse.de, May 1, 2006, accessed on May 19, 2020 .
- ^ The X-Files Movie Album (CD). spookyverse.de, May 1, 2006, accessed on May 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Album music for those who don't like to think so much, 2015
- ↑ Album Split Personality , 2012