To collapse an album, extract every song on the album and mix them into one. The result is a kind of noise, but it's a noise that is unique to that recording, a kind of "noise fingerprint" of the album.

Some 30-second samples of various collapsed albums are below. Can you identify the artists and albums?

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The Collapsed Album technique was used on SmashingPumpkins.com to collapse each Smashing Pumpkins album. Check it out and see if you can identify them.