List of albums with tracks hidden in the pregap

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 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 song311Transistor1997"Transistor Intro" (instrumental) Monomania 2000 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" Morbid Florist 1993 Cover of The Doors' "Hello, I Love You", which was originally recorded for a tribute album 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 1977 (early pressings) 1996 Included "Jack Names the Planets" and "Don't Know" before track 1 EP7 1999 Untitled track included on the UK pressing by Warp Records: not included on the US pressing by Nothing RecordsBeastie BoysHello Nasty1998B(if)tekFrequencies Will Move Together2003One minute of dialogue from a children's story Silent Alarm 2005 "Every Time Is the Last Time" is hidden in the pregap on the UK and US versionsMcMahon, Kevin and Len Comaratta, Brian Josephs, and Katherine Flynn (July 8, 2014). "20 Best Hidden Tracks on Albums". Consequence. Accessed September 24, 2025. Think Tank 2003 "Me, White Noise", bringing the pregap's length to six minutes and fifty secondsPhoebe BridgersLost Weekend2026"Best Dressed"Cheap TrickCheap Trick1997"Sound Collage" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYR5YNvpkkI Dead Channel Sky 2025 This track is typically referred to by fans as either "Indexing Error" (referencing the nature of its existence), or "Story 0" due to the various references to their previous songs in their "Story" series, in particular the first track in the series from their 2013 mixtape Midcity, which "Story 0" leads into. Initiation 1994 "Running Man"Verna, Paul. "Hidden Track Exposes Conflict." Billboard vol. 106, no. 16 (April 16, 1994): 77. via EBSCO. Sea of Cowards 2010 35-second instrumental track IV 1996 Various earlier hits mixed with sound effectsBob DylanThe Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966,1998Includes the audiences jeers of the “Royal Albert Hall” Concert Face the Music 1993 (reissue) MasterSound gold disc reissue of 1975 album contains 34-second reversed clip from "Fire on High" 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.Grateful Dead & John OswaldGrayfolded1995The 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. White Ladder 2000 "Through To Myself" Das Capital 2003 "Overture"Hilltop HoodsThe Calling2003"Stay the Fuck Away Because I Spit When I'm Talking"I MonsterNeveroddoreven2003"Dinner Jazz" (original); "Cells" (2000s revision)Lemon Jelly'64–'952005"Yes!"Less Than JakeLosing Streak1996On the first track, Howie J. Reynolds introduces himself. In the pregap it is revealed that this is the last sentence of a story told by him. Light Years 2000 "Password"Willie NelsonMoonlight Becomes You1994a track explaining why he changed record labels Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files 1996 "Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum"/"X-Files Theme" Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files - Track listing notesOpethGhost Reveries2005"Reverie"Pansy DivisionAbsurd Pop Song Romance1998"Melba Vs. Gay Day" This Is Hardcore 1998 Cymbal Act III: This City Made Us 2026 Songs for the Deaf 2002 "The Real Song for the Deaf" Reise, Reise 2004 Final 30 seconds of the flight recorder audio from Japan Air Lines Flight 123RobynMy Truth1999"Det gör ont ibland" (featuring Petter) Carina RoundSlow Motion Addict2007"Same Girlfriend"SquarepusherKammerkonzert2026"K15 Avenue", a short solo electric bass composition. Located after the runout groove on vinyl versions. Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files 1996 "Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum"/"X-Files Theme" Guerrilla 1999 "Citizen's Band" Out Spaced 1998 "Spaced Out"Tally HallMarvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum2005"Good Day (Simlish)", a Simlish version of the first track used in the Apartment Life DLC for The Sims 2. This is only on the Needlejuice release. Factory Showroom 1996 "Token Back to Brooklyn", later rereleased as the 5th track of their subsequent album Long Tall Weekend Psyence Fiction 1998 "Intro (Optional)" on UK and Japanese pressings For Farewell of Nostalgia 2020 "Moments of Extended" on the Abridged Pause Recordings CD, and "Moments of Intimacy (Reprise)" on the Somewherecold Records CD Bagsy Me 1997 Demo versions of "Silent People" and "Bumble Bee Boy" (one track in the left channel and the other in the right)

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