Bonus Tracks are Kind of Weird... 

One of my favourite examples of bonus tracks was Tyler, The Creator’s “deluxe” for Call Me If You Get Lost, the additional 8 songs may not fit the story of the original thing, but are still really good songs!

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The entire reason I got into vinyl was because of NIN’s The Fragile. The CD was the standard version, but the cassette has an extended coda to one of the songs… and the vinyl cut has extended intros AND outros of the standard songs, and it has two ‘bonus’ songs baked into the tracklist. It feels like a different version of what we could’ve experienced, only for the vinyl edition. Really surprised this one didn’t show up in the video!

Some really interesting examples of bonus tracks are tracks like 2007 by JID and Endless, Nameless by Nirvana (technically a hidden and bonus track) which were intended to be on the main album but had to be left off for whatever reason. Endless, Nameless was just accidentally left off the first pressing of the album which is pretty funny.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers actually have some really great bonus tracks and b-sides, at least in my opinion. It always seems like they try something new with them without "ruining" the album, which I guess is hard to do as you usually listen to rhcp for the sound and instruments rather than a coherent narrative. Bunker hill is by far my favorite song they've written, which is a b-side on the single for Fortune Faded. Quixoticelixer is also a favorite of mine, being a bonus track on Californication.

on CD there were hidden tracks that only played if you listened to the entire album and then waited for like 5minutes. This even worked when ripping the CD, but left me needing to manually cut the last track and hidden track to have them as separate mp3 files without the 5min pause. And that's why you keep the WAV files until you confirm the MP3s are good :) ...wait nobody rips CDs anymore...

Man On the Moon 1's bonus tracks are essential listening imo. The title track lyrically portrays Cudi's feelings of alienation during the early part of his career, which is what the whole album is about. "Is There Any Love" is a banger outro as well.

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My Chemical Romance usually has bonus tracks that somewhat die into their albums concept but doesn't fit the album's actual narrative besides rather than give additional context Blood gives the listener what The Black Parade's protagonist; The Patient, was like during his stay in the hospital before the events of the album happens Bury Me In Black is the male Demolition Lover tormented for eternity in Hell Zero Percent gives extra insight into what the Killjoy lifestyle is like We Don't Need Another Song About California gives us a small insight into what the post apocalyptic Danger Days California lifestyle is like

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showing map of the soul 7 when you mentioned concept albums makes me very excited for your video on the topic in the future:)

Hearing Aquatic Mine from Sonic Adventure 2 slide in @6:25 made me silent scream in nostalgia 😢… love your vids btw.

Was just listening to "good kid mad city" the other day (and loved the bonus tracks on it. the recipe is a certified LA banger, on repeat 24/7). And I wondered if onlysmallbites had made a video on bonus tracks, only to find nothing. Then a couple of days later you made this as if peering into my mind 🤯🤯. Thanks for such a great video! 👍

Depeche Mode have many, many bonus tracks (14 out of their 15 albums have deluxe versions), hidden tracks, b-sides, non-album singles, and remixes, some of which include their top-tier tracks (Only When I Lose Myself, Shake The Disease, Kaleid, Behind The Wheel [Remix], My Joy, Agent Orange, Pleasure Little Treasure, etc.)

im so sad that the david bowie bonus track isnt on spotify especially since its a really good song and theres no need for it not to be on there 😡

I think one of the odd bonus tracks I remember are the ones from Blink-182's Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, which had three versions in circulation that each had 2 bonus tracks.

For a hidden track video you can talk about Beck's albums throughout the 90s. They all had interesting hidden tracks when you left the CD on after the "last song". Diamond Bollocks is my favorite

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I love that you mentioned the cassette version of Digital Underground’s Sex Packets having bonus tracks, cos it reminded me of the cassette version of the Above the Rim soundtrack having one of the best 2Pac songs as a bonus (Pain). It was heard at the start of the film and finally got released onto streaming services almost two years ago. Also, LL Cool J’s Walking with a Panther was released with not only just two bonus tracks on the CD version but even two MORE bonuses on the cassette.

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The intro just hits everytime💥

Other Japan Exclusives include : Bittersweet Poetry - Kanye West (Graduation) Swagger International - Pharrell Williams (In My Mind)

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Okay kids, time to talk about *Deftones.* So this band recorded their most ambitious album at that moment, White Pony. yet their record label, Maverick, wanted a single that sells well to promote it. Somehow they hear the final track's chorus and said "hmmm this is a potential banger track" so they asked the boys to record something more conventional nu metal based around it. This is how Chino and company speedran a track, Back To School, by making the most cliché nu metal things they could. And it worked! The exes loved it, and they decided to not only release it as a promo track but add it as a bonus bruteforced into White Pony, killing the album pacing. And the worst part? The added it at the damn start of the album instead of the end (i guess in a way to bookend the project as both Back to School and Pink Maggit have the same chorus basically). No one liked it, and hell, Back to School didn't even charted. Ironically Digital Bath and Change were better received and acclaimed when released as singles, both actually charting, and the track Elite won a Grammy. Today White Pony is considered one of Deftones' best albums, if not their very best, but not thanks to Back to School. Also White Pony ended in this weird point the most complete version of it has a bonus track at the start and one at its end, as eventually the Boys Republic was added as a bonus track at its end for Japan markets. It's odd as The Boys Republic isn't a bad track but surely kills the pacing of the project, considering Pink Maggit is a perfect closer.

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Solid ending XD Love it!

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great video as always! I haven’t been watching you for too long but the animation & content of your videos are fantastic and really entertaining. great work again Onlysmallbites

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I disagree about the concept album thing, I think that concept albums make the most sense to have bonus tracks; stuff that was made during the sessions, didn't quite fit, but were too good to not share.

9:28 OMG IS THAT JOYWAVE'S 88888 MIXTAPE IN THE BACKGROUND!?!?!?! that is SUCH a deep cut! love to see a fellow Joywave enjoyer :) i haven't listened to that in a while, i'm gonna relisten to it

Thank you for using music from Fuzion Frenzy and Jet Set Radio for the BG music

super bass by nicki was also a bonus track which was pretty crazy

I think I've only ever found one album that had any bonus tracks which didn't overshadow sections of the main album, like for example on Origin of Symmetry by Muse the bonus track Futurism absolutely demolishes a good chunk of the main album but on something like The Future Bites by Steven Wilson you can kinda see why some tracks got cut (except you In Pieces and Eyewitness I love you)

Small addition to your part about the history of bonus tracks. Bonus tracks were actually a thing way back in the 40s and 50s as well, first to get people from shellacs to vinyl and later to get people from 10 inch records to 12 inch ones. A few albums like in the wee small hours by Frank Sinatra and some Hank Williams albums have extra tracks on the 12 inch version of the record.

Modest mouse had bonus tracks on the vinyl versions of lonesome crowded west and good news for people who love bad news, both trackss are fire btw

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one of my fave examples of bonus would be on deftones “around the fur” with MX, after the initial song ending at 4:37 and then the next 20 mins of just silence then the bonus song “Damone” starts playing around the 32 min mark of the track

I was really expecting 2007 off of the forever story by JID because it was supposed to be on to album but had to be removed because of some samples, but was added on the expanded version of the album. And that isn't the deluxe album for those who think it is the deluxe he added it so you can listen to the full album including the deleted song

You sort of touched on this with Juice Wrld, but there’ll be some albums like Marina’s The Family Jewels and Electra Heart which mix up the tracklist on the deluxe version, integrating the bonus tracks with the main ones. And, Marina released a 10YA edition of Electra Heart, where two new tracks were added and she reassorted the track list… again. So, there’s like 3 “canon” versions of the Electra Heart tracklist. I think Donda and its Deluxe version are a much more popular example of this, though. Also, the world of Target exclusive deluxe editions is interesting. Flipside on Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence is one that immediately comes to mind. Basically, soft core “unreleased” tracks that are behind CD only, besides the people that put up the songs on RU-vid anyways.

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I love the sonic references btw

Apparently, the track Out Of Hand by Entombed was only on the explicit version of Wolverine Blues (in the US, there was no clean version in the UK).

Ending was fire

Good video mate

My favorite bonus track is golden girl off of the physical version of Channel Orange

I think the backround music from this video is from jet set radio that’s sick!

Looking forward to the Hidden Tracks vid.

there are instances where the bonus tracks are better album closers than the original album closer. like the Japanese edition of album of the year by faith no more.

the around the fur secret track is wild. youd have to wait like 30 mins to hear it

osb, gotta ask what is that amazing intro music

wasn’t expecting the new Waterparks album to show up in this video but that was fun to see lol

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lemon demon bonus tracks are amazing and there's no denining it

I think the best example of bonus tracks is Tyler, the creator’s “CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: The Estate Sale” where all of the bonus tracks completely outshone the original album (in my opinion)

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my fav bonus track def sarah - alex g banger

6:18 deadmau5 moment

What is the song for the intro (not the kevin macleod music)

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Well producers hate bonus tracks & deluxe albums cuz, of course, money. But idk if it’s still true today cuz it was years ago & the music industry changes constantly, the labels will only pay for a certain amount of tracks to make it on the album. You can make as many as possible but everyone collaborates to nail it down to the exact paid amount. Be it 10-14 tracks. Thus bonus tracks, remixes & demos are born when they don’t make it on the album. I think the reason why “bonus tracks” are now on albums cuz the artist is coming out the pocket to pay for them to be on there. But I’m not sure if any of this is true or still is buuut that’s what I got from being just a music fan.

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Alive 2007 by daft punk had daft punks best song as a bonus track

Hey there, could you maybe make a video on Thundercat's album drunk? Something like "Thundercat's Drunk in 60 seconds". I love that type of video

Galactic Cowboys stuck "Ranch on Mars/Still Life of Peace" on the "Space in Your Face" and Eldritch gave us the masterful "Nebula Surface" on the last track of "El Nino".

Theres another bonus track on graduation called bittersweet poetry and it’s really good and it’s exclusive to japan

My fav bonus stage 😂😌

Late Registration I feel is like one of those albums that I hate having the bonus tracks at the end. Gone is such a perfect ender man

another classic

I bought a couple of days ago the Igor vinyl and *chef kiss*

One of my favorite bonus track is piss by pantera from vulgar display of power

I feel like bonus track is quite rare these days. I just thinking bonus track is equivalent to deluxe version. and hideen track is usually you wait till the end of the 5 min song lol. listening to an album is a whole experience 😊

I hate only physical edition tracks, I NEED to hear the rest without paying extra

I actually like bonus tracks lile some make full extra albums and I love it

on the Japanese version of The Downward Spiral by NIN, the bonus track is a cover of Joy Division's Dead Souls, shoved between Big Man With a Gun and A Warm Place. which is pretty weird imo but I guess it's better than putting it at the end of the album after Hurt…

What Is The Intro SONG

please make graduation in 30 seconds 🙏🙏

A good bonus track is noots by sum 41 from their "chuck" album

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What’s the intro song??

Olivia Rodrigo just did this with her hidden tracks on the Target vinyls of GUTS- which they’re saying will be part of the deluxe later on!

what happened to the guy on the left in the good kid m.a.a.d city cover at 7:46?????

I feel like deadmau5 is the king of bonus tracks. Seems like every year he has multiple bonus tracks, secret tracks, and just extra goodies. For example he just released a song called Apnea on Limewire which is now unfortunately a crypto company

Yeah your right about bonus tracks sometimes going to far like the electronic band orbital had an album called well it was self titled but it had a us release which had a bunch of exclusive tracks and remixes but not the original versions and took away a bunch of tracks all together but released those as bonus tracks on the vinyl or cassette essentially making it more a compilation supposedly made up of the labels favorite tracks or versions that the us labels liked more its perfectly fine to change the tracklist for different countries but to have the bonus tracks be some not all of the original versions of the tracks is too far and clearly just a marketing trick

Bonus vídeo this month

surprised you didn't bring up how albums in the 00s you often had to buy two copies for different tracks (Chronicles of Life and Death for example)

I always felt as though bonus tracks are the tracks that weren't good enough for the main album, but good enough for the light of day, and that there are even worse, even less finished tracks left on the cutting room floor.

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Where’s your intro song from?

The CD of Gorillaz (self titled) had 4 bonus tracks

yoooo chameleons record in the background?? only just noticed it this vid

please dude, PLEASE TELL ME THE NAME OF THE INTRO SONG, I'M DESPERATE!!!