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.
| Artist | Album | Release year | Name of track (if known) or remarks | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Monomania | 2000 | [2] | |
| The Adverts | Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts | 1997 (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 | 1993 | Cover of The Doors' "Hello, I Love You", which was originally recorded for a tribute album | [4] |
| Arcade Fire | Reflektor | 2013 | The 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) | 1996 | Included "Jack Names the Planets" and "Don't Know" before track 1 | [5][6] |
| Autechre | EP7 | 1999 | Untitled 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] | |
| B(if)tek | Frequencies Will Move Together | 2003 | One minute of dialogue from a children's story | [9] |
| Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | 2005 | "Every Time Is the Last Time" is hidden in the pregap on the UK and US versions | [10] |
| Blur | Think Tank | 2003 | "Me, White Noise", bringing the pregap's length to six minutes and fifty seconds | [6][11][12] |
| Course of Empire | Initiation | 1994 | "Running Man" | [11][13][14][15] |
| Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | 2010 | 35-second instrumental track | [6] |
| Diamond Rio | IV | 1996 | Various earlier hits mixed with sound effects | [16] |
| Bob Dylan | The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, | 1998 | Includes the audiences jeers of the “Royal Albert Hall” Concert | [17] |
| Electric Light Orchestra | Face the Music | 1993 (reissue) | MasterSound gold disc reissue of 1975 album contains 34-second reversed clip from "Fire on High" | [18][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 radio stations. They hear songs from the album played in different styles and on different instruments. | [19] |
| Grateful Dead & John Oswald | Grayfolded | 1995 | The second CD, Mirror Ashes, has a 2-minute-and-10-second pregap entitled "Foldback", which plays the original recording of a 1969 feedback performance by the Dead frontwards as the track is being rewound, and backwards as it recoils in play mode. | [20] |
| Luke Haines | Das Capital | 2003 | "Overture" | [22] |
| Hilltop Hoods | The Calling | 2003 | "Stay the Fuck Away Because I Spit When I'm Talking" | [23] |
| Lemon Jelly | '64-'95 | 2005 | "Yes!" | [24] |
| Kylie Minogue | Light Years | 2000 | "Password" | [25] |
| Willie Nelson | Moonlight Becomes You | 1994 | a track explaining why he changed record labels | [18] |
| Nick Cave and Dirty Three | Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files | 1996 | "Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum"/"X-Files Theme" | [26] |
| Pulp | This Is Hardcore | 1998 | Cymbal | [6] |
| The Protomen | Act III: This City Made Us | 2026 | ||
| Queens of the Stone Age | Songs for the Deaf | 2002 | "The Real Song for the Deaf" | [27][19] |
| Rammstein | Reise, Reise | 2004 | Final 30 seconds of the flight recorder audio from Japan Air Lines Flight 123 | [19] |
| Robyn | My Truth | 1999 | "Det gör ont ibland" (featuring Petter) | [28] |
| Super Furry Animals | Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files | 1996 | "Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum"/"X-Files Theme" | [26] |
| Super Furry Animals | Guerrilla | 1999 | "Citizen's Band" | [6][29][30] |
| Super Furry Animals | Out Spaced | 1998 | "Spaced Out" | [30] |
| They Might Be Giants | Factory Showroom | 1996 | "Token Back to Brooklyn" | [31][32][18] |
| UNKLE | Psyence Fiction | 1998 | "Intro (Optional)" on UK and Japanese pressings | [30][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 | [33] |
| The Wannadies | Bagsy Me | 1997 | Demo versions of "Silent People" and "Bumble Bee Boy" (one track in the left channel and the other in the right) | [6] |