The song "Birth Ritual" was worked on during the "Badmotorfinger" recording sessions, but was not completed. The finished version would eventually see release on the "Singles" in 1992, and later on both "Telephantasm" (2010) and "" (2014) compilations. "No Attention", which later appeared on the band's 1996 album, "Down on the Upside", was attempted during the recording sessions but "did not work" according to Kim Thayil. "Black Rain" was mostly recorded during the sessions, but the vocals were never completed. It was eventually finished in 2010 and released on "Telephantasm" and later, "Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path". Three tracks had been discarded during the mixing process, two of which were "A Broom", and "How Should I Know?"