Track Meet

by Zack Butler, Dan Katz, and Mike Selinker
Answer: DIO

Each track on the CD is a mashup of the titles of several songs missing one or more words. These songs are by the artists in one of the mashup lists, in some order. Each set's missing words, when strung together, make two songs that come from the same album, separated by a three-letter song title that must be discovered. This song is by one of the artists in the Hidden Track, except those artists' names have been recast in musical notation: half notes with stems facing up for ascending letters and capital letters, half notes with stems facing down for descending letters, whole notes for letters that neither ascend nor descend, whole rests for spaces, sharps for numbers, and quarter rests for apostrophes.

The middle letters of those three-letter song titles spell FIREPILE on Side 1, and DIRTY WATER on Side 3. On the album Red Heaven by the 1990s band Throwing Muses, the song between "Firepile" and "Dirty Water" is DIO.

Side 1

1. F: THICK N' BRILLIANT OF YOU (Track G)
"Thick n' THIN," by The Black Crowes / "Brilliant DISGUISE," by Bruce Springsteen - "UFO," on Sneaky Sound System by Sneaky Sound System - "PICTURES of You," by The Cure
2. I: INSTINCT OF THE COUNTY (Track N)
"ANIMAL Instinct," by The Cranberries - "LIE," on Cruel Melody by Black Light Burns - "COWARD of the County," by Kenny Rogers
3. R: LET'S START ON THE WILD SIDE FROM THE SUN ART OF KEEPING A SECRET OF THE SEA (Track A)
R - "DON'T Let's Start," by They Might Be Giants / "WALK on the Wild Side," by Lou Reed / "AWAY from the Sun," by 3 Doors Down - "CRY," on Invincible by Michael Jackson - "THE LOST Art of Keeping a Secret," by Queens of the Stone Age / "CHILDREN of the Sea," by Black Sabbath
4. E: THE BOYS DEPORT THE WALRUS EVERYBODY LOVES (Track I)
"ONE OF the Boys," by Katy Perry / "Deport THEM," by Sean Paul - "HEY," on Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5 - "I AM the Walrus," by The Beatles / "Everybody Loves SOMEBODY," by Dean Martin
5. P: WE'RE NOT GONNA SCRATCH MY REPUTATION IN AMERICA (Track L)
"We're Not Gonna TAKE IT," by Twisted Sister / "Scratch My BACK," by Otis Redding – "RPM" on Bad Dreams by Swollen Members – "BAD Reputation," by Joan Jett / "DREAMS in America," by Luka Bloom
6. I: MORE THAN TOO LONG ROCK AND ROLL (Track R)
"More Than MEMORIES," by Tom Jones / "CAN'T WAIT Too Long," by The Beach Boys - "AIR," on Fear of Music by Talking Heads - "Rock and Roll HEAVEN," by The Righteous Brothers
7. L: ROCK YOU LIKE A GOD WILL SEND HIS ANGELS (Track Q)
"Rock You Like a HURRICANE," by Scorpions - "FLY," on Ogre Tones by King's X - "IF God Will Send His Angels," by U2
8. E: HILL CHILD'S SKUNK (Track H)
"VIOLET Hill," by Coldplay – "RED," on Violet by The Birthday Massacre – "Child's PLAY," by Carcass / "DEAD Skunk," by Loudon Wainwright III

Side 3

1. D: THE OUTLAW OUT HERE ON GROVE (Track K)
"The Outlaw TORN," by Metallica – "ODE," on My Own Prison by Creed – "Out Here on MY OWN," by Irene Cara / "PRISON Grove", by Warren Zevon
2. I: RADIO RECYCLED SUPERIOR VERSIONS (Track D)
"ON THE Radio," by Donna Summer / "Recycled AIR," by The Postal Service – "D.I.Y.," on Peter Gabriel (1978) by Peter Gabriel – "MOTHER Superior," by Coheed and Cambria / "Versions OF VIOLENCE," by Alanis Morissette
3. R: SHIP OF STRANGERS FROM SIERRA LEONE (Track M)
"Ship of FOOLS," by The Doors / "Strangers LIKE ME," by Phil Collins – "TRY," on The Way It Really Is by Lisa Loeb – "DIAMONDS from Sierra Leone," by Kanye West
4. T: DEVIL IN MY RUNNING BLOOD (Track O)
"Devil in My DNA," by Less than Jake - "WTF," on The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! by Saul Williams - "Running SCARED," by Roy Orbison / "Blood MONEY," by The Church
5. Y: HALL STOMP EARTHQUAKES IN YOUR SHELL (Track P)
"MAHOGANY Hall Stomp", by Louis Armstrong – "NYC" on Songs For Polarbears by Snow Patrol – "LITTLE Earthquakes," by Tori Amos / "HIDE in Your Shell," by Supertramp
6. W: SAIGON HONEYSUCKLE HURTS ONLY MAMA (Track F)
"GOODNIGHT Saigon," by Billy Joel / "Honeysuckle ROSE," by Fats Waller - "TWO," on Easy Tiger by Ryan Adams - "EVERYBODY Hurts," by R.E.M. / "Only Mama KNOWS," by Paul McCartney
7. A: MILLION DOLLAR SHOW AND CALL (Track C)
"Million Dollar DECISION," by Head Automatica - "DAD," on Open Your Eyes by Goldfinger - "Show and TELL," by Al Wilson / "Call ME," by Blondie
8. T: PLAYIN' GAMES WITH YOU FLY LOVER OF WAR (Track B)
"STOP Playin' Games," by 8Ball / "BEING with You," by Smokey Robinson / "GREEDY Fly," by Bush – "ATF," on It's Dark And Hell Is Hot by DMX – "FOR MY Lover," by Tracy Chapman / "DOGS of War," by Motorhead
9. E: WE'RE AN AMERICAN FOX OF HAPPINESS (Track E)
"We're an American BAND," by Grand Funk Railroad / "Fox ON THE RUN," by Sweet - "JET," on Band on the Run by Wings - "BLUEBIRD of Happiness," by Art Mooney
10. R: NUMBER LINKS LONELY NIGHT GIRLS OF MY LIFE (Track J)
"Number 1," by Goldfrapp / "Links 2,3,4," by Rammstein – "MR. T," on Unit by Regurgitator – "JUST ANOTHER Lonely Night," by The Temptations / "BEAUTIFUL Girls," by Sean Kingston / "STORY of My Life," by Social Distortion