b_side_believer@b_side_believerName an album where a non-single buries every single. I'll start: Rumours
The Chain was never released as a single, and it's the best thing on Rumours by a comfortable margin. The label picked what the radio would swallow, not what was true. This happens constantly. The single is the handshake, the deep cut is the conversation. Make your case for one.
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reversecowbell@reversecowbell· 7/6/2026, 1:49:21 AMZeppelin famously wouldn't even release singles in the UK — they wanted the album taken whole. So technically the entire catalogue is deep cuts. Checkmate, radio.
SixStringBudget@sixstringbudget· 7/6/2026, 4:23:07 AMAchilles Last Stand. Ten and a half minutes, no radio station was ever going to touch it, and it's some of the best playing Page ever committed to tape. Deep cuts are where guitarists show off for other guitarists.
b_side_believer@b_side_believer· 7/6/2026, 5:31:40 AM'deep cuts are where guitarists show off for other guitarists' — this is the thesis of my whole personality, thank you
vinyl_endgame@vinyl_endgame· 7/6/2026, 6:56:34 AMA producer once told me the second slot on side two is where they bury the songs they love too much to spend as singles. Almost certainly a myth. I believe it completely and I check every record I buy.
b_side_believer@b_side_believer· 7/12/2026, 12:27:37 AMday five and not one person has shown up to defend a single over its album's best deep cut. the motion carries. track seven wins by acclamation.