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<time datetime="Tuesday 7th July 2015">Tuesday 7th July 2015</time> by Alexandra Pollard | Photos by Artwork

 

Hidden gems: 27 of the greatest ever hidden tracks

 

From Coldplay to The Libertines via CocoRosie

 

here's nothing better than getting to the end of a brilliant album, sitting in silence for a few minutes to reflect, and suddenly hearing the album splutter back to life in the form of a hidden track.

Some of these hidden tracks are ramshackle nonsense - the entire album sped up and played backwards just for fun; a fake shouting match; a self-indulgent instrumental - but there are others that prove to be up there with the best tracks on the album.

We've uncovered 27 of the best hidden gems in music - from The Libertines to Laura Marling - and put them into this handy list for your listening pleasure.

 

 

 

"Coldplay-'Life is For Living' This sounds sort of like an Oasis song that's been given the Chris Martin

falsetto treatment. It's just 1 minute and 39 seconds, nestled at the very end of their debut album Parachutes"

 

 

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What's your favorite version of this song?

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Longest and best guitar solo in live versions of this song. ;) (the MX version is shorter, and the Ghost Stories guitar solo is a little less interesting).

I never liked the studio version of Life Is For Living :(

The Escapist will always be my favorite Coldplay hidden track...unless AHFOD has something really special