bobafred

Something that I have noticed for the past 12 or so years is that track #4 is often times the best song on a lot of albums. I recognized this trend in the early 90s when I first started to get into the pre-crap (read: Black album) Metallica stuff. …And Justice For All had ‘One’ and Ride the Lightning had ‘Fade to Black’.

Here is a sampling of my findings (Artist: Album - Track Title):

• Metallica: Ride The Lightning - Fade to Black
• Metallica: …And Justice For All - One
• Helmet: Meantime - Unsung (one of my all time favorite songs)
• Helmet: Betty - Milquetoast
• Deftones: Adrenaline - Nosebleed
• Deftones: Around The Fur - Around The Fur
• Brak: Brak Presents The Brak Album Starring Brak - Magic Toenail
• Nirvana: In Utero - Rape Me
• Alice In Chains: Dirt - Down in a Hole
• Tool: Opiate - Cold and Ugly (Live)
• A Perfect Circle: Mer de Noms - Judith

There are more, but I really can’t remember them all.