I think there’s also an element of the hit tracks often being a bit more formulaic. There’s a big component of familiarity in music that makes it appealing, so people might not appreciate the more experimental tracks on an album until they’ve heard them a few times.
Then you keep listening to it anyways, and it slowly becomes one of your favourite albums of all time.
We call that justifying your purchase. You forced yourself into liking it so you didn’t “waste” the money.
Haha, definitely a possibility!
I think there’s also an element of the hit tracks often being a bit more formulaic. There’s a big component of familiarity in music that makes it appealing, so people might not appreciate the more experimental tracks on an album until they’ve heard them a few times.
Chumba Wumba deep-cuts.