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* Music/{{Opeth}} album ''Music/GhostReveries'' has "Reverie", an instrumental interlude in the pregap between "Atonement" and "Harlequin Forest". Digital and vinyl versions tack it onto the end of "Atonement".

At its most basic, the Hidden Track is just a song on the album that isn't on the playlist. However, musicians have sometimes played further tricks in order to play into the fact that they are rewards for faithful listeners who listen all the way through the album. Some have hidden it several minutes after the last listed song after some dead time. With UsefulNotes/{{Compact Disc}}s and digital technology, people have been able to play further tricks by hiding them in a Track 0 spot, or making them only accessible by computer or only when playing all the way through continuously.

* Music/{{Deftones}}' ''Around The Fur'' sort of has two: "MX" has a long period of silence, followed by "Bong Hit" (not a song so much as what sounds like someone chasing after some chickens), even more silence, and finally the actual song "Damone".

** ''X&Y'' also features a track. this is actually listed on the packaging but with no track number, as it is played after the last track.

* Music/{{Coldplay}}'s album ''Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends'' features one of these: "The Escapist", tucked away at the end of the song "Death and All His Friends". This was in addition to another example of the Hidden in the Middle of the Album variety, "Chinese Sleep Chant" (see below).

** ''Ghost Stories'' has a weird example: the final track of the album, which is labeled as "O", is actually called "Fly On". "O" is the small reprise of the opening track, "Always in My Head", that plays about two minutes after "Fly On" ends.
** ''A Head Full of Dreams'' has a hidden track in the middle of the album where after track "Army of One" the track "X Marks the Spot" plays immeadiately after said track.

* The final track on the soundtrack to ''[[WesternAnimation/BluesClues Blue's Big Musical Movie]]'' is the "So Long Song", however after about 50 seconds of silence, the soundtrack ends with the background music for Periwinkle's magic show in the movie, followed by some StudioChatter.

* [[Music/RobZombie White Zombie]]'s ''Astro-Creep 2000'' has an instrumental officially called "Where The Sidewalk Ends, the Bug Parade Begins" fade in several minutes after "Blood Milk and Sky" fades out. Despite having its own title, "Where The Sidewalk Ends..." sounds a lot like a continuation of "Blood Milk And Sky", as though they kept jamming on the main riff for a few minutes after the song faded out.

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' has a hidden track "Alucard's Vengeance" on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation version which can be heard by playing it on an audio CD player.

** ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' features the dissonant jam "Endless Nameless" after a long silence as an independent track (as opposed to "Gallons", which was pretty much pasted onto "All Apologies"). Notably, a mastering error left early editions lacking "Endless", which drew complaints from Kurt Cobain. "Endless Nameless" has remained unlisted on the back cover of ''Nevermind'' to this day, even if it is on all copies now.

** Later pressings of ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' did this, too. After "Something In The Way", there's about 10 minutes of silence before the hidden track begins.

* Music/{{Beck}} seemed to be pretty fond of doing this for a while:

* Music/{{Beck}}'s album ''Stereopathetic Soulmanure'' included "Ken" and "Bonus Noise"; the latter contains 5 minutes of silence before 11 minutes of tape experiments and feedback. Some pressings did not include "Ken".

* Music/{{Beck}}'s album ''Music/MidniteVultures'' contained a segue between "Mixed Bizness" and "Get Real Paid" of two robots having sex, while spray painting sound effects segued between "Beautiful Way" and "Pressure Zone". These were added to flesh out the concept of the album and are usually listed as separate tracks on digital retailers.

* The soundtrack to ''Film/LostInTranslation'' includes Creator/BillMurray's karaoke performance of [[Music/{{Avalon}} "More Than This"]] by Music/RoxyMusic from the film, hidden after a few minutes of silence at the end of the last track. The song isn't listed on the back cover, but it is credited in the liner notes.

* Music/{{BowlingForSoup}}'s album ''A Hangover You Don't Deserve'' has about 30 or so extra tracks at the end that are just a few seconds of silence. There are two bonuses on the last two unlisted tracks just before the album ends.