The Notorious Cherry Bombs , originally called The Cherry Bombs , was an American country music supergroup founded by singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell in 1980. A former member of Emmylou Harris 's Hot Band, Crowell picked several former Hot Band members as his backing band, which he named The Cherry Bombs. They made their debut as Rodney's backing band on his 1980 album But What Will the Neighbors Think .
17-444: Although they served as Crowell's backing band for several years, The Cherry Bombs did not record an album of their own until a 2004 reunion (at which point "Notorious" had been added to the band's name). The album, also titled The Notorious Cherry Bombs , produced a hit on the country music charts in "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long". Rodney Crowell
34-418: A 'hidden track' is actually the result of an error that occurred during the mastering stage production of the recorded media. However, since the rise of digital and streaming services such as iTunes and Spotify in the late 2000s and early 2010s, the inclusion of hidden tracks has declined on studio albums. It is occasionally unclear whether a piece of music is 'hidden.' For example, " Her Majesty ," which
51-618: A similar aim of concealment, unlisted tracks are sometimes given their own separate index point on digital media. Songs can be placed in the pregap of the first track of certain CD formats, so that the CD must first be cued to the track, and then manually back-scanned. These are often referred to as Track 0 or Hidden Track One Audio (HTOA). A CD player will not play these tracks without manual intervention, and some models (including many computer operating systems) are unable to read such content. On Super Furry Animals ' Guerrilla , "The Citizens Band"
68-560: A track can be hidden. A "ghost" track can be subtly mixed to play concurrently with other, dominant audio, or heavily distorted in a way which must be undone to be played. For example, on a DVD included with the deluxe and 'ultra-deluxe' editions of Nine Inch Nails ' Ghosts I–IV , two hidden bonus tracks ("37 Ghosts" and "38 Ghosts") are included as digital multitrack files, from which the songs may be reconstructed. Some hidden tracks are historically significant, have become well known and even occasionally received radio airplay and climbed
85-419: Is found in the pre-gap approximately five minutes before the beginning of track one. A glossary of terms used in the song's lyrics is printed on the interior of the cardboard outer sleeve of the CD. This essentially renders them inaccessible without taking the sleeve apart, hiding the glossary in a parallel way to the song itself. A less concealed method is to place the song at the end of another track, typically
102-402: Is preceded by fourteen seconds of silence, was originally unlisted on The Beatles ' Abbey Road but is listed on current versions of the album. That song and others push the definition of the term, causing a lack of consensus on what is considered a hidden track. Alternatively, such things are instead labeled as vague audio experiments, errors, or simply an integral part of an adjacent song on
119-400: The album was " Making Memories of Us ", which had previously been recorded by Tracy Byrd and would later become a Number One hit when Keith Urban released his own version in 2005. After the release of their second single, The Notorious Cherry Bombs disbanded again, and Crowell and Gill resumed their solo careers. The Notorious Cherry Bombs (album) The Notorious Cherry Bombs is
136-467: The band backed both Crowell and Rosanne Cash , to whom Crowell was married at the time. After Crowell and Cash divorced, the band's members began leaving. Gill began a solo career in country music in the late 1980s, while Brown became a record producer for MCA Records . Londin died from a heart attack in 1992. Gordy married country singer Patty Loveless and served as her producer, while Bennett and DeVito found work as studio musicians. In 2003, several of
153-539: The band was signed to a record deal with Universal South Records to record their first album as an actual band. Due to legal concerns, the band was renamed The Notorious Cherry Bombs. Their self-titled album produced a minor hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts that year in "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long". This was followed by "Let It Roll, Let It Ride" which failed to chart. Also included on
170-450: The field of recorded music , a hidden track (sometimes called a ghost track , secret track or unlisted track ) is a song or a piece of audio that has been placed on a CD , audio cassette , LP record , or other recorded medium, in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener. In some cases, the piece of music may simply have been left off the track listing, while in other cases, more elaborate methods are used. In rare cases,
187-455: The former members of The Cherry Bombs, including Gill and Crowell, re-united. Emory Gordy Jr. opted not to participate in the reunited group, which by then comprised Eddie Bayers (drums), Richard Bennett (electric guitar, bouzouki , cavaquinho ), Hank DeVito (steel guitar, Dobro ), Tony Brown (piano, keyboards), John Hobbs (piano, keyboards), and Michael Rhodes (bass guitar), with Gill and Crowell alternating as lead singers. A year later,
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#1732892075058204-556: The hidden track plays. On Lazlo Bane 's debut album, 11 Transistor , the eleventh song is followed by 57 silent tracks, each four seconds in duration, with "Prada Wallet" (sometimes referred to as "The Birthday Song") being the 69th track on the album. The total length of silence between the two songs is 3:48. It is possible for a track to be playable only through a computer, such as the '15th' track on Marilyn Manson 's Mechanical Animals album, which can only be accessed through an Enhanced CD executable. There are yet-deeper ways
221-426: The last track on the album, following a period of silence . For example, Nirvana 's song " Endless, Nameless " was included as a hidden track in this way on their 1991 CD Nevermind , after 10 minutes of complete silence within the track listed as the final song. Although it was not the first hidden song to use this technique, it gained significant attention. Similarly, short tracks of silence can be layered before
238-514: The only studio album by the American country music group The Notorious Cherry Bombs , a band that formerly served as country singer Rodney Crowell 's backing band in the 1980s. This is the band's only studio album, with Crowell and Vince Gill alternating as lead vocalists. Released in 2004 on Universal South Records , the album produced one chart single in "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long". "Making Memories of Us"
255-401: The record. A vinyl record may be double-grooved , with the second groove containing the hidden tracks. Examples of double-grooving include Monty Python 's 'three-sided' Matching Tie and Handkerchief , Tool 's Opiate EP, and Mr. Bungle 's Disco Volante . With the invention of digital media and compact discs , alternative methods for hiding unlisted tracks were conceived. With
272-495: Was a founding member of country singer Emmylou Harris 's Hot Band; when he began his own solo career in the early 1980s, Crowell picked several former Hot Band members as his backing band, whom he named The Cherry Bombs. The initial members comprised Vince Gill ( background vocals , electric guitar ), Hank DeVito ( steel guitar ), Emory Gordy Jr. ( bass guitar ), Richard Bennett ( electric guitar ), Tony Brown ( keyboards ), and Larrie Londin ( drums ). As The Cherry Bombs,
289-405: Was previously recorded by Tracy Byrd on his 2003 album The Truth About Men , and later in 2004 by Keith Urban on his album Be Here ; Urban's rendition was released as a single, reaching Number One on the country charts in 2005. Track 12 includes an alternate version of "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long" as a hidden track . Hidden track In
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