List of albums with tracks hidden in the pregap

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This is a list of compact disc albums with tracks hidden in the pregap of the first track. The list includes either notable recordings or recordings that are by notable artists. The list is ordered by the group name or the artist's last name.

ArtistAlbumRelease yearName of track (if known) or remarksRef.
2 Many DJs As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 2003"Can't Get You Out of My Head" (Soulwax Elektronic Mix), a remix of the Kylie Minogue song [1]
Adventures in Stereo Monomania2000 [2]
The Adverts Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts1997 (reissue)Reissue of 1978 album includes four songs in the pregap: "Gary Gilmore's Eyes", "Bored Teenagers", "Safety In Numbers" and "We Who Wait" [3]
Anal Cunt Morbid Florist 1993Cover of The Door's "Hello, I Love You", which was originally recorded for a tribute album [4]
Arcade Fire Reflektor 2013The first of the album's two CDs contains a ten-minute medley of instrumental outtakes from the 7 tracks of the CD, burned in reverse [5] [6]
Ash 1977 (early pressings)1996Included "Jack Names the Planets" and "Don't Know" before track 1 [5] [6]
Autechre EP7 1999Untitled track included on the UK pressing by Warp Records: not included on the US pressing by Nothing Records [7] [8]
Beastie Boys Hello Nasty 1998 [6]
Bloc Party Silent Alarm 2005"Every Time Is the Last Time" is hidden in the pregap on the UK and US versions [9]
Blur Think Tank 2003"Me, White Noise", bringing the pregap's length to six minutes and fifty seconds [6] [10] [11]
Course of Empire Initiation1994"Running Man" [10] [12] [13] [14]
Dead Weather Sea of Cowards 201035-second instrumental track [6]
Diamond Rio IV 1996Various earlier hits mixed with sound effects [15]
Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, 1998Includes the audiences jeers of the “Royal Albert Hall” Concert [16]
Electric Light Orchestra Face the Music 1993 (reissue)MasterSound gold disc reissue of 1975 album contains 34-second reversed clip from "Fire on High" [17] [ better source needed ]
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Little Worlds 2003 New York Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams and David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap, stuck in traffic and flipping through different radio stations. The songs they hear are songs from the album played in different styles and on different instruments. [18]
Luke Haines Das Capital 2003"Overture" [19]
Kylie Minogue Light Years 2000"Password" [20]
Willie Nelson Moonlight Becomes You 1994a track explaining why he changed record labels [17]
The Offspring Americana 1998 [18]
Pearl Jam Yield 1998 [18]
Pulp This Is Hardcore 1998Cymbal [6]
Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf 2002"The Real Song for the Deaf" [21] [18]
Rammstein Reise, Reise 2004Final 30 seconds of the flight recorder audio from Japan Air Lines Flight 123 [18]
The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 1995 [6]
Super Furry Animals Guerrilla 1999"Citizen's Band" [6] [22] [23]
Out Spaced 1998"Spaced Out" [23]
They Might Be Giants Factory Showroom 1996"Token Back to Brooklyn" [24] [25] [17]
UNKLE Psyence Fiction 1998"Intro (Optional)" on UK and Japanese pressings [23] [6]
Vision Eternel For Farewell of Nostalgia 2020"Moments of Extended" on the Abridged Pause Recordings CD, and "Moments of Intimacy (Reprise)" on the Somewherecold Records CD. [26]
The Wannadies Bagsy Me 1997Demo versions of both "Silent People" and "Bumble Bee Boy" (one track in left channel and the other in the right) [6]

See also

References

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