Showing posts with label Hidden Tracks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hidden Tracks. Show all posts

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Casting Crowns and Hidden Tracks

One of the newest (and somewhat annoying) fads these days is for musicians to put a "hidden track" on their CD's. Seems like they are usually unique and different artistic endeavors from the group's normal stuff. For instance, on one of Third Day's CD's; they actually have someone beside Mac Powell singing (Mac sings lead on, I think, every song they've ever released).

Let me get to the point. Casting Crowns newest CD, The Altar and the Door, contains, you guessed it, a hidden track. I think it's one of the most beautiful on the CD. A moving song, maybe more so once you realize the context (explained in the video intro.) But it's hidden! How ridiculous is that?

Enjoy!

Update: As Robert said in the comments; the way they are hidden, and the reason they are annoying is that they are usually included on the final track of the CD. So, you don't even know they're on the CD until you are in the room listening long past the end of what is billed as the last track. Then, POOF, there's music coming from your CD again. But it's a song you've never heard before. And you go to look on the CD jacket; and there is no information, no song listing, no credits, nada. Annoying.