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album titles

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:34 am
by jeffhaskeft
what with the talk about g 'n' r new album, i wondered what you thought was a great name for a title

i like 'slippery when wet' by bon jovi, also their best album in my opinion

Re: album titles

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:48 pm
by Peter
Mint Royales- From Rusholme With Love
Yes- Tales from Topographical Oceans
King Kurt- Big Cock


In fact me and my friends have a thing for saying, "that'd be a good name for a band/album" when somebody says something that sounds like it would, so currently, we're going to start a band called "The Texas Sex Offenders", whose first album will be "A Big Bag of Dildos"

Re: album titles

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:41 pm
by Jonone
Mudhoney - Superfuzzbigmuff

Big Black - Songs About Fucking

Re: album titles

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:58 pm
by Floydoid
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night - Caravan

Whatevershebringswesing - Kevin Ayers

A Meal You Can Shake Hands With in the Dark - Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments

... just a few older obscure ones i can thing of as having great titles


Re: album titles

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:32 pm
by colonel
Led Zeppelin's untitled album is surely the best of the lot.

Re: album titles

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:36 am
by Floydoid
Another great album title by Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You


Re: album titles

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:33 am
by steve56
Agree and The least we can do is wave to each over from same year by van der graaf generator

Re: album titles

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:44 am
by muswell
I think Zappa did a good line in album titles although I am not a great fan I remember


Hot Rats
Weasels ripped my Flesh
Uncle meat
We're only in it for the Money


Re: album titles

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:38 pm
by steve56
Hot Rats,Weasels Ripped My Flesh,One Size Fits All -Zappa

Re: album titles

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:18 pm
by max_tranmere
"Achtung Baby" by U2. Drummer Larry Mullen famously said he "couldn't even pronounce the bleedin' thing" (the name) and Q Magazine described it as "the new album with the daft name". However, Q Magazine gave it 5 stars and said it was U2's best album, frontman Bono said that it "is our most serious record" and the irony that U2 were getting into with that phase of the band (and the enourmous 'Zoo TV' tour which followed) was in keeping with the concept of serious subjects coated with a veneer of irony. Hence the weirdness of the title. The album deals with very serious subjects indeed, and is regarded by many music magazines, right up to today, as one of the best rock albums ever released. It came out 17 years ago (1991) and in my opinion is in the list of the top 10 best albums of all time. Buy it, to call it brilliant is an understatement!