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.
Chumba Wumba deep-cuts.
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.