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Pisses me off to be honest. There are some good ones I can think of but why not make it accessible to listen to on demand? I think they were of a time and a bit gimmick but in general now they seem a bit naff.
I also think of an album as a piece of work or statement by and artist. Just like a book, play or film the impact the beginning and end leaves on you is important. Bonus tracks end up a bit like them bits in films where after 10 minutes of credits rolling, most people have left the cinema and the remainder are checking their mobiles phones. Suddenly a bonus bit pops up, you tell your mates about it in case they missed it but in truth you rarely revisit it as you feel that if it was integral to the piece you doubt they creator would run the risk of you missing it.
Speaking of Pink Floyd though, I quite like the bonus on the 8 track cartridge version of Animals where Snowy White adds an extra guitar solo to Pigs On The Wing (Part 2). This was purely to pad out the 8track release and has never been officially released elsewhere
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
[Hidden track] Talihina Sky off Kings Of Leon's first album is my favourite track of theirs ever
I used to like hidden songs, but it's a pita ripping albums to mp3 and finding out the last track is 15 minutes long, and you have to edit it down manually to two seperate tracks - still, that's what I do
iirc Ash had a hidden track that was them throwing up in the studio after a night out. Bleurgh
'Bonus Tracks' are a pet hate - you buy an album and it comes out in Japan with extra songs. I just torrent these.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
My problem is that my car music is bluetoothed from my phone on shuffle so it's annoying that there's a huge silence so end up skipping and missing the track anyway.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I've got both the Travis and Terrorvision albums, not sure I've heard either secret tracks, so I shall have to dig out the CDs and see