Do “bonus tracks” count? If so, I’ve known a few albums where the final track, or sometimes the final two or three, are bonus tracks that are simply not of the same standard as the rest, and often a glaring misfit. One such track is at the end of the Killers’ album “Day & Age”.
Bonus tracks probably merit a whole topic thread. Sometimes it’s good to have them. Other times I find them annoying, especially if they are at the end and don’t fit with the atmosphere of the rest of the record. I can always program the disc to not play them, which is a pain to have to do; I could hit the Stop button at the end of the final track proper; but most of the time I don’t want to be bothered with that, I just want to put the disc in, press Play and let it do its thing without further interference from me. If bonus tracks are included, I’d rather they were placed at the start, for easy skipping, or else on a separate disc. I know this is a First World Problem, but that’s my feelings on the matter.
