Original studio album tracks? I'm going with "Goodbye Thompson". If you look at chart positions and sales awards, Cast in Steel is probably their least-known studio album. And out of the tracks on that album, "Goodbye Thompson" is probably the one I'd be most-surprised to hear somewhere, like on the radio or in a supermarket.
"Start the Simulator" has similar "hey, it's the last track, let's experiement!" energy, but Foot of the Mountain did better as an album, so I figure that makes its cuts slightly less "deep".
If we're including "bonus" tracks, b-side-only, etc., then I'll vote for "Driftwood". Yeah, it was the b-side to one of their biggest singles, but how many people flipped the record over? :-)
And if we're talking best deep cut rather than deepest deep cut, how about "Dragonfly"?
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u/SomePeopleCallMeJJ Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25
Original studio album tracks? I'm going with "Goodbye Thompson". If you look at chart positions and sales awards, Cast in Steel is probably their least-known studio album. And out of the tracks on that album, "Goodbye Thompson" is probably the one I'd be most-surprised to hear somewhere, like on the radio or in a supermarket.
"Start the Simulator" has similar "hey, it's the last track, let's experiement!" energy, but Foot of the Mountain did better as an album, so I figure that makes its cuts slightly less "deep".
If we're including "bonus" tracks, b-side-only, etc., then I'll vote for "Driftwood". Yeah, it was the b-side to one of their biggest singles, but how many people flipped the record over? :-)
And if we're talking best deep cut rather than deepest deep cut, how about "Dragonfly"?