Title tracks that weren't on the album

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For instance, Elvis Costello wrote "Almost Blue", which ended up on "Imperial Bedroom", then he wrote "Imperial Bedroom" which was never on an original album at all.

And there's also "Homegrown" by Dodgy, which was the last track on their "Free Peace Sweet" album.

Are there any more cases of this?

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 24 March 2007 19:30 (nineteen years ago)

Beck, 'Midnite Vultures'
Elbow, 'Asleep In The Back' (later added as bonus track)
Primal Scream, 'Screamadelica'

― unfished business, Saturday, 24 March 2007 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

Ride, 'Going Blank Again'
Ride, 'Nowhere'

both added as bonus track for re-issue

― unfished business, Saturday, 24 March 2007 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

OMD, "sugar tax".

(yes, i have an OMD answer to everything.)

― grimly fiendish, Saturday, 24 March 2007 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

(it was a B-side of "sailing on the seven seas", IIRC.)

― grimly fiendish, Saturday, 24 March 2007 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

Hanoi Rocks, "Two Steps From the Move"

― Mike Dixn, Saturday, 24 March 2007 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

Getting obvious ones out of the way:

The Doors - "Waiting for the Sun"
Led Zeppelin - "Houses of the Holy"

― Sundar, Saturday, 24 March 2007 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional is a track on In The Pines

― StanM, Saturday, 24 March 2007 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

This has been done 1000 times, but anything that feels this right can't be wrong.

PJ Harvey: Dry

― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 24 March 2007 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

Television - "Adventure"

― fife, Saturday, 24 March 2007 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (is a track on News Of The World, three albums later)

― StanM, Saturday, 24 March 2007 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

Motorpsycho, "Timothy's Monster" (was released on the album Angels And Daemons At Play two years later)
Motorpsycho, "Let Them Eat Cake" (to be found on the Black hole Blank Canvas seven years later)

― Marty Innerlogic, Saturday, 24 March 2007 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

the who - face dances

"face dances part 2" appears on townshend's all the best cowboys have chinese eyes. he claims to have written the song after the who's album was completed.

― Lawrence the Looter, Saturday, 24 March 2007 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Guided by Voices - "Bee Thousand" and "Alien Lanes" are both on the Grand Hour EP

― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 24 March 2007 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

Elliott Smith - Figure 8 (Son of Sam B-side, although it was on the Japanese edition of Figure 8, so maybe this is cheating)
Frank Black & The Catholics - Show Me Your Tears (Originally on some iTunes-exclusive EP, now on One More Road For The Hit)

― Xochipilli, Sunday, 25 March 2007 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

Didn't we do this before?

Ah, yes.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 25 March 2007 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

Pj Harvey, "Uh Huh Her"

― el juan, Sunday, 25 March 2007 09:07 (nineteen years ago)

Belle & Sebastian - "The Life Pursuit"
Most Recently, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - "Living with the Living"

― Ben Boyerrr, Sunday, 25 March 2007 10:54 (nineteen years ago)

Radiohead - "OK Computer" (which was renamed "Palo Alto" and put on the "Airbag/How Am I Driving?" EP)

― Stevie D, Sunday, 25 March 2007 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

Julian Cope "World shut your mouth"

― Marco Damiani, Sunday, 25 March 2007 15:12 (nineteen years ago)

psychocandy.

― pisces, Sunday, 25 March 2007 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

Gomez liked doing this. 'Bring It On' is on Liquid Skin, 'Drowning In Liquid Skin' (well, nearly...) is on Abandoned Shopping Trolley thingy. They may have continued the theme, but I stopped paying attention.

― Matthew H, Monday, 26 March 2007 09:16 (nineteen years ago)

Julian Cope "Peggy Suicide"

― Mark G, Monday, 26 March 2007 13:54 (nineteen years ago)

seven years pass...

"Siamese Dream"

― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 07:49 (eleven years ago)

Darts "Everyone Plays Darts"

There was a TV show that wanted to use the title track as an intro for the show, but on application they found that there was no actual song called that. So, the Darts quickly wrote and recorded one. I don't think it was actually issued on record.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 11:38 (eleven years ago)

Big Country "The Crossing"

― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 16:59 (eleven years ago)

ELP - "Brain Salad Surgery"

I stumbled upon this on Kazaa like...12 years ago. It was tagged "(SUPER RARE!!!)" - little did I know it appeared on an album you could easily buy for a buck

― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 17:03 (eleven years ago)

katy b - little red light

didn't really fit on little red sonically but made for a v good random freebie circa carnival

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 17:03 (eleven years ago)

"Houses of the Holy"

― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:24 (eleven years ago)

Blind Guardian - "At the Edge of Time" was on their just released album but not on the album from 2010 of the same name.

― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 22:14 (eleven years ago)

one year passes...

Hall and Oates "Bigger Than Both of Us." Great song, great album. Song not on album. I wonder why, as it would have fit really well.

― dlp9001, Monday, 11 April 2016 01:52 (ten years ago)

lush - lovelife

― lute bro (brimstead), Monday, 11 April 2016 01:54 (ten years ago)

Quasi's "Birds" was not on the album Featuring "Birds"...showed up on their next record instead

― Aglet, Monday, 11 April 2016 02:24 (ten years ago)

queens of the stone age - era vulgaris

re: hall & oates, maybe they had to cut it to make room for "crazy eyes", which is my own number 1 GOAT mvp oates jam

― sheesh, Monday, 11 April 2016 02:40 (ten years ago)

Primal Scream - Screamadelica

― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 11 April 2016 03:33 (ten years ago)

And there it is 9yrs ago. Oops

― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 11 April 2016 03:48 (ten years ago)

The song "The Big Chair" is not from Songs from the Big Chair

― Hideous Lump, Monday, 11 April 2016 03:58 (ten years ago)

Carcass - Reek of Putrefaction

― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 11 April 2016 17:00 (ten years ago)

Blind Melon - Soup.

― Poacher (Chinaski), Monday, 11 April 2016 18:04 (ten years ago)

"Wolf's Law" by The Joy Formidable was cut from the album of the same name.

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 11 April 2016 21:07 (ten years ago)

the mars volta - frances the mute

― bitcoin bajas (diamonddave85), Monday, 11 April 2016 22:19 (ten years ago)

"Waiting For The Sun" iirc

― Wimmels, Monday, 11 April 2016 23:32 (ten years ago)

Pet Shop Boys - "Nightlife"

― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 21:07 (ten years ago)

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