Albums ruined by bonus tracks

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Underwater Moonlight is a pain in the ass because of all the bonus tracks. The Go-Betweens reissues however, are perfect. Two discs, 13$, one disc is the album, and the second is all bonus material, usually singles, as good or better than any off the albums. Like the band themselves, pretty perfect.

― dan. (dan.), Saturday, 19 March 2005 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link

the fall's grotesque (after the gramme) reissue '98 is bad because it puts the singles first, followed by the album proper. up until these new reissues (not all of which are totally awesome - the new dragnet is worse than dragnet + in my opinion) solve this problem, but it helps to be picky.

it doesn't bother me with certain albums, especially those that aren't near and dear. echo & the bunnymen are great! and cheap!

― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Saturday, 19 March 2005 21:46 (nineteen years ago) link

I'd agree with the comment upthread that putting bonus tracks first is better--when you start the cd is the most convenient point at which to skip ahead. You rarely see it, though.

― These Robust Cookies (Robust Cookies), Saturday, 19 March 2005 22:03 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...

I just bought the reissue of The Meters' "Rejuvenation", and as bonus tracks it includes two edited-down single versions of two songs that are already on the album in their full length! I can sorta understand (even though I don't support it) the idea of including alternate takes, but why on earth would anyone think single edits are the sort of historical find that needs to be included on a reissue?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 24 April 2005 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link

I have a vinyl copy of Bowie's Heroes from 1991 with three bonus tracks. Two songs originally from the beginning of side 2 are shoved onto the end of side 1, mucking up the vocal/instrumental split. That's not the worst thing though. One of the bonuses is supposedly a remix of Joe Lion but some idiot has accidentally just put exactly the same version from side 1 on in its place.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 24 April 2005 21:53 (eighteen years ago) link

The bonus tracks in the middle of XTC's "Mummer" annoy me so much I ended up burning myself a CD with the bonus tracks in the end rather than in the middle.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 24 April 2005 23:34 (eighteen years ago) link

One of the bonuses is supposedly a remix of Joe Lion but some idiot has accidentally just put exactly the same version from side 1 on in its place.
That's the same as the CD (at least the one I have). The Ryko CDs rule- the bonus stuff on the EMI reissues hardly warrants a second disc.

― Rand D. Butterstein, Monday, 25 April 2005 02:30 (eighteen years ago) link

>Plastic Ono Band was damaged by having the horrible 'Power to the People ' tacked on the end, after the beautiful and somber my mommy's dead.

fucking vandalism

― milton parker (Jon L), Monday, 25 April 2005 02:43 (eighteen years ago) link

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