Vox Hunt: It's Hidden

Feb 28, 2007 at 9:23 AM
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Audio: What's your favorite hidden track or song from an album?

Submitted by Kristine.

Cracker

Cracker's Kerosene Hat actually had 99 hidden tracks. Most of them were blank tracks lasting almost 3 seconds each. But track #69 was much longer. Dubbed "Eurotrash Girl," the song was a picaresque of a slacker's baudy, luckless adventures in Europe. It's notable for being on Cracker's Greatest Hits record and a few other compilations as well as an EP. Cracker was pretty proud of the song, I guess. I certainly can't think of another hidden track that became so well-loved.

Later, the all-girl electro-punk band, Chicks on Speed, managed a tongue-in-cheek Krautrock version of the song. It's not quite as essential as Cracker's version, but it's worth checking out.

I've uploaded both tracks above, but here's a link to Cracker's original. And here's a link to Chicks on Speed covering the song live.

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