Coolest Album titles

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I don't remember if we've done this one. And a second thread could be spawned for coolest song titles, but I think Minutemen and Beefheart titles would probably dominate the thread.

This all because I just thought of Christmas's "Ultraprophets of Thee Psychick Revolution" - which is a damn cool title. But Funkadelic probably has some better ones:
Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
America Eats Its Young
Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow
The Electric Spanking of War Babies
One Nation Under a Groove
Uncle Jam Wants You

But then "Goat's Head Soup" and "Trout Mask Replica" are also contenders. There's gotta be a ton of 'em... are any of them NOT psychedelic or funk?

― Dave225, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My favorite title in a long time belongs to the most recent HNIA album (which isn't bad itself): Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth

― paul, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Have you ever bought a record based on its title?

― N., Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

..New answers (please, nothing by Sting, Billy Joel, America or other lite-rock crossovers. No matter how cool one of their titles may seem, they aren't cool because they were created by clowns.)

― Dave225, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

'Welcome to Mexico...Asshole', Pigface
'You Goddamned Son of a Bitch', Revolting Cocks
'I Love Marijuana', Linval Thompson

― dave q, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Daydream Nation

― sundar subramanian, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

GET OFF THE CROSS..WE NEED THE WOOD FOR THE FIRE by Firewater

― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Exile on Main Street

― Sean, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh yeah - and here's the Best name for an album thread, fact fans.

― N., Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, seems as this has almost been done twice before - so make sure it's the coolest title - not the funniest or best or most introspective.

e.g
"Bat Chain Puller" - cool.
".. And the horse they rode in on" - clever, funny. ..but not cool.

― Dave225, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Making Love All Night Wrong by The Famous Boyfriend

― g, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

MUSIC HAS A RIGHT TO CHILDREN

runner-up: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

All these plays on a familiar phrases remind me of yuppie boutique or restaurant names. Lettuce Entertain You, indeed. If they're all cool, then what is the problem with Billy Joel or Sting titles? The Dream of the Blue Turtles could be an awesome pet shop.

I Know You're Fine, But How You Doin'? was cool.

― Curt, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

DIAL M FOR MOTHERFUCKER

― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Joan Jett, Album.

― Sterling Clover, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Didn't Flipper beat Joan Jett to that title a few years earlier? With "generic brand" type graphics, too.

― nickn, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There is something to be said for the Breeders' forthcoming _Title TK_, just in terms of sheer attitude. _Chairs Missing_ is a good one too.

― Douglas, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A TRIP TO MARINEVILLE (Swell Maps) THE MESSERSCHMITT PILOT'S SEVERED HAND (Thee Headcoats)

― Tim Franklin, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"punk in drublic" - nofx

― dyson, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

it was bettah when joan jett did it becoz jokes when repeated = funnier

hex enduction hour >> locust abortion technican >> ms fine brown frame >> taking tiger mountain by strategy >> the quality of mercy is not strnen

― mark s, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Correct Use Of Soap. How I Learned To Love The Bootboys.

― jamie, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Same Place The Fly Got Smashed

― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

...theres a riot goin on

― chaki, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

let the snakes crinkle their heads to death

― owen hatherley, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Let It Burn (Because I Don't Live There Anymore)

― Damian, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

SMASH YR HEAD ON THE PUNK ROCK (sebadoh)

― Ron, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy). Not exactly P-Funk or Beefhart style, mind.

― simoneno, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I just remembered that my favourite album title of all time is DON'T CRUSH THAT DWARF, HAND ME THE PLIERS.

― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"cunning stunts"-the cows

― william harris, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sex, Drugs, and Jesus Christ, by the lovely and talented Christian Death. Eaten Back to Life by Cannibal Corpse.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"god says fuck you"!!!

― your null fame, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cunning Stunts was originally the name of a Caravan album in the 1970s.

― Damian, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"What Makes a Man Start Fires?"

― Colin Meeder, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Born to Laugh at Tornados
A Big Dog.n

― OleM, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Caught In A Trap And I Can't Back Out Cos I Love You Too Much, Baby - Mark Eitzel

it'd be cool if you were wondering round San Fransico at dusk with a head full of fog and tears in your eyes

and Bedheaded Mars Audiac Quintet The Who Sell Out It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back File Under Easy Listening

― dan, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

with commas, obviously

― dan, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Worst Case Scenario/dEUS.

― nathalie, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"safe as milk"

― fritz, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Se Deus Vier Que Venha Armado - Pavilhao 9. The best album name ever, ever, ever

― Chupa-Cabras, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It Takes a Nation of Millions to File Us Under Easy Listening => The smart secret title, if PE's politics had been a bit less shouty and rhetorical

― mark s, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Let's All Have A Picnic And Barbecue Some Corrupt Not Self- Programming Dee-Jays.

― emil.y, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I like that one.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Wait, is that a real album?

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

TAKE THE GUITAR PLAYER OUT & SHOOT HIM, IN YR ARM OR UP YR ASS, PLUTONIAN SCAT PARTY

― duane, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

CHICAGO MCLXXIV

― duane, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I kinda always liked I CAN SEE YOUR MOM FROM HERE, but I suspect that's more funny than cool.

― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There is something to be said for the Breeders' forthcoming _Title TK_, just in terms of sheer attitude

I had to look up "TK" in acronymfinder.com before I finally got this. But, then again, I don't have a journalism background.

― o. nate, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"See jungle! See jungle! Go join your gang yeah, city all over! Go ape crazy!"-Bow Wow Wow

― Michael Bourke, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Another one: Do You Like My Tight Sweater?

― Dan Perry, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Alex, yes, that is a real album. It's a compilation of European stuff from... er, the early 80s?? I can't remember. It's mostly rubbish, but I wouldn't part with it for the world.

Another great one that probably doesn't count (it's sound FX): More Death And Horror.

― emil.y, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"chocolate and cheese" - a classic

― dyson, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I had to look up "TK" in acronymfinder.com before I finally got this. But, then again, I don't have a journalism background.

I just didn't know that Kim Deal was a "Star Trek" fan. :?

― J, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Flying Luttenbachers "Destroy All Music" and they almost manage to do it, too

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Most iambic title: Rest Proof Clockwork.

― Lee, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

'The Queen Is Dead'

― Tim DiGravina, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Graham Connah Group's "Snaps Erupt At Pure Spans" (if you're still not impressed, try looking at it backwards)

― o. nate, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

BZZZT! Palindromes are uncool by definition. Except "Noel's pot level tops Leon." That's sorta cool.

― J, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

and "Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas"

― ejad, Saturday, 30 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Bedheaded

Do you mean Beheaded< /a>?

― Vic Funk, Saturday, 30 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hit To Death In The Future Head - The Flaming Lips Spiderland - Slint Time Was Gigantic When We Were Kids - The Durutti Column Tender Pervert - Momus Do The Collapse - Guided By Voices

Hmm. My selections (the titles, not the albums) aren't really that cool, are they?

― M A Thurgood, Sunday, 31 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Waiting for the Electrician (or Someone Like Him)"- Firesign Theatre

"5000 Spirits: or the Layers of the Onion", "Liquid Acrobats as Regards the Air"- Incredible String Band

"Attahk"- Magma

― Joe, Sunday, 31 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Another fun Firesign Theatre title:
How Can You Be Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All?

― Sean Carruthers, Sunday, 31 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You can turn any DIO album upside down and it says "devil" does that count??

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Nope, otherwise Hawkwind's Space Ritual wins again. Best album art ever (beats Black Moses by a fair degree).

I think Let's All Have A Picnic And Barbecue Some Corrupt Not Self- Programming Dee-Jays is the best title posted, although See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! is a close runner-up.

― Alex in SF, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Disturbing Domest Peace" by the EX.
I just wanted to brag that I have this record

― nathalie, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

DOMESTIC(KCKCKCKCK)

― nathalie, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I like that record, but Aural Guerrilla is better and has a cooler title and a great cover and some nifty little cartoons and a fab poster insert. . .

― Alex in SF, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Since a couple of people have mentioned it, I should explain "Title TK"--it's what journalists put in their copy when there's not an official title yet, or if they can't remember what it is and will fill it in later; it's a phrase that's never, ever supposed to make it to the actual printed page.

― Douglas, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two years pass...

A bit like "No Answer" by ELO. Apparently someone called Jeff Lynne from the states to get the new album title, but there was no one at home. So the correspondant wrote "No Answer" on his pad, someone else saw it, and hey presto, the message was taken to be the title.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space.

― Holga from germany. Or is it Switzerland?, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)

The Replacements Let It Be for panache.

― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"Pictures Of Starving Children Sell Records"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

"Best Dressed Chicken in Town"

― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

"Millions now living will never die"

― choo choo the herky jerky dancer (papa november), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

"Please Kill Yourself So I Can Rock"

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Lick My Decals Off Baby - Captain Beefheart
Ice Cream For Crow - yep, Beefy again

Dark Side Of The Spoon - Ministry

― stew s, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)

The Byrds' (Untitled) is a result of the same mixup as the ELO title.

Chuck Eddy coined one of my favourite non-existent titles: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Make Us Multiplatinum

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

"My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows"

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

"The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall"

― Cunga, Friday, 23 October 2009 02:10 (sixteen years ago)

Necrotism: Descanting the Insalubrious

― His skin is eroding. His suckers have divots. (chap), Friday, 23 October 2009 02:12 (sixteen years ago)

Kid 606 - It'll Take Millions in Plastic Surgery to Make Me Black

― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 23 October 2009 02:35 (sixteen years ago)

love that carcass title

― would s*m*a*s*h (electricsound), Friday, 23 October 2009 02:38 (sixteen years ago)

the dead c - trapdoor fucking exit

― samosa gibreel, Friday, 23 October 2009 03:05 (sixteen years ago)

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers - Califone

― What the hell is hamster love (CaptainLorax), Friday, 23 October 2009 04:28 (sixteen years ago)

I like "Reggae Owes Me Money" and also "Studio Kinda Cloudy."

― deedeedeextrovert, Friday, 23 October 2009 04:42 (sixteen years ago)

maybe not cool per se but it always stuck with me: Spooky Tooth 'You Broke My Heart... So I Bust Your Jaw'.

― piscesx, Friday, 23 October 2009 05:09 (sixteen years ago)

Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger
Bo Diddley is a Lover
Surfin' with Bo Diddley
500% More Man
Bo's a Lumberjack

Diana Dors - Swingin' Dors
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Black Music for White People
Bootsy Collins - Ah!The Name is Bootsy, Baby!
Bootsy? Player of the Year
This Boot is Made for Fonk-N
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Eddie Hazel - Games, Dames & Guitar Thangs
Kristy MacColl - Electric Landlady
Al Green Explores Your Mind
AC/DC - For Those About to Rock, We Salute You
P-Funk All Stars - How Late to You Have 2BB4UR Absent?
The Kinks - Kinkdom
Dave Davis - AFL1-3603
Millie Jackson - Not for Church Folk!
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - What the Hell is This?
Sparks- Angst in My Pants
Sparks - Music That You Can Dance To
Sparks - The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman
Ian Hunter - You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic
The Mekons - The Quality of Mercy is Not Strnen (admittedly, works better in context of the album cover)

― MumblestheRevelator, Friday, 23 October 2009 05:33 (sixteen years ago)

Burnt Friedman - First Night Forever
Yello - You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess

― Tuomas, Friday, 23 October 2009 08:46 (sixteen years ago)

Dial 'M' For Motherfucker

― Alex in NYC, Friday, 23 October 2009 11:24 (sixteen years ago)

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