13 Best Hidden Tracks On Hard Rock Albums

2. Breaking Benjamin - "Diary Of Jane (Acoustic)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEVj6ZDgCIo Whereas Breaking Benjamin typically tries to sprinkle in a couple of softer songs into each album's track listing, with 2006's Phobia, they opted to bury this excellent slice of balladry under a bush. It appears as a secret 14th track. Not to take away anything from the original version of this song, which appears 12 tracks earlier than this acoustic rendition, but this is the type of Breaking Benjamin song that reinforces their position as one of the greatest rock bands of the new millennium. Swapping out the crunchy guitars for a gentle piano and some delicate strings, and trading the over-the-top growls with borderline cooing, this stands tall among the various stripped-down songs Breaking Benjamin has put out over the years, besting even their stellar acoustic version of "So Cold." If Breaking Benjamin put out a collection of similar tracks tomorrow, it would likely shoot to the top of the charts.
 
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