Best Album Name

[scotty]

Maybe there's been a thread about this before, I don't know and, personally I don't care.

Rum, Sodomy and the Lash - The Pogues

[paul jones]

TYRANNOSAURUS REX
Gandalf's Garden, Issue 1, July 1968
by Legolas

Out of the lands of legends lost comes the sound of the TYRANNOSAURUS REX, awoken in the incredible voice of Marc Bolan (of elfin descent) and hairy-toed Steve Peregrin Took.
The REX live in a world of imagery sensed through the expression of all cultures awoked by their music, which Marc defines as 'acoustical". And certainly the roar of the Tyrannosaurus, backed by bongos, cymbals, gongs, pixiphone, etc., is a vibrationary experience which thrills the skin and collects in the ears, to be absorbed later into the head, and there to remain.

Melodic inventiveness is well demonstrated in their LP entitled:

My people were fair
And had sky in their hair
But now they're content
To wear stars on their brows

[EN[i]GMA]

Depeche Mode - Violator has always been a favorite.

[mickill]

Revolver - The Beatles
Sheik Yerbouti - Zappa
We're Only In It For The Money - Zappa
Free Your Mind … And Your Ass Will Follow - Funkadelic
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
Illmatic - Nas
Alone With Everybody - Richard Ashcroft
Punk in Drublic - NOFX
There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly & the Family Stone
Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell - Iggy

[Bob]

my pain and sadness is more sad and painful than yours - mclusky

it's actually all one word for extra emo points but that makes it hard to read, and i figured most of you wouldn't have bothered

[synch]

I heard they suck live - NOFX (live album thing)

Good call on the Punk in Drublic mickill.

[Mr_Complex]

The Best of REM.

[HEIRESS]

Their Satanic Majesties Request - stones

[yeahwho]

Sheik Yerbouti - Zappa
We're Only In It For The Money - Zappa


and to add to the Mothers of Invention list,

Weasels Ripped My Flesh - Zappa (RZZZZZ (http://altmusic.boom.ru/zappa/WEASELS_RIPPED_MY_FLESH.jpg)!) my all time favorite cover and title combo.

also,

Road to Ruin - Ramones
Bluejeans and Moonbeams - Captain Beefheart
Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player - Elton John
Pleased to Meet Me - The Replacements
Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J

Too many, thats just the 70's and 80's maybe this should be by decade.

recent Best Album Name (s)

Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
Logic Will Break Your Heart - The Stills
Hearts of Oak - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Thunder, Lightning, Strike - The Go!Team

Too many.....

[jackrock]

Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse

my thought exactly (y) good album too (y) (y)...
greetings from asbury park N.J.- bruce springsteen... also good album (y)

[paulb]

The In Sounds From Way Out - Bboys.

[Extra Cheese]

The In Sound From Way Out - Perrey & Kingsley

[ASsman]

NASdaq, once and if it comes out.

[Rancid_Beasties]

All of NoFX's albums have awesome names, but my favourite of theirs is "White Trash, two heebs and a bean".

Some other good ones include:

Blur - "Modern life is rubbish"
All of Richard Cheese's albums (especially "I'd like a virgin")
10CC - "Bloody Tourists"
Bikini Kill - "The CD Version of the First Two Records"
Bloodhound Gang - "One fierce beer coaster"
Cut Copy - "Bright like neon love"
Sublime - "Robbin the hood"

[Tzar]

Spin Psycle

[scotty]

Second Toughest in the Infants - Aphex Twin

[Tzar]

Frogstomp

Kill 'em All

[Tzar]

God Hates Us All

[Auton]

Transformer- Lou Reed
Trust- Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Country Life- Roxy Music
Security (Peter Gabriel #4)- Peter Gabriel
The Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd
Black on Both Sides- Mos Def
Destroyer- Kiss

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

'20 jazz funk greats' by throbbing gristle.
'millions now living will never die' by tortoise.
'start breaking my heart' by manitoba.
'two nuns and a pack mule' by rapeman.
'whatever, mortal' by papa m.

[roosta]

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon

[alexandra]

Check Your Head /Beatzie Boys

Well-Planned Improvisation /the album i've made in my head

Hooray For Boobies /Bloodhound Gang
(the album-cover of Hefty Fine cracks me up.)


i lost track now 'cause i started thinking about that fat dude. :D
Free Your Mind … And Your Ass Will Follow - Funkadelic
yeah and that one.

[fucktopgirl]

Hooray For Boobies /Bloodhound Gang
(the album-cover of Hefty Fine cracks me up.).

yes (y)

"war on errorism " nofx

[ToucanSpam]

Ixnay On The Hombre-Offspring

[hpdrifter]

I always thought "Exile in Guyville" was pretty clever.

I hate it when people name their albums or songs with strings of words that have no spaces:

whitechololatespaceegg
southernplayalisticmusic
cooleyhighharmony

Like its going to make a boring album title better that you can barely read it.

[Darko]

Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Mondo Generator - A Drug Problem That Doesn't Exist
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free

[scotty]

Young and Full of the Devil - Magic Dirt

[camo]

Here's my worst:

'Now Phats what I Small Music' by (dance twats) Phats and Small

[PaddyBoy]

Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Thats so bad its the best ever.

[steve-onpoint]

Sheik Yerbouti (y)

[Auton]

Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Thats so bad its the best ever.

really? that kind of reminds me of one of my favorite titles, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band ;)

[EN[i]GMA]

Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Frank Zappa - Freak Out! (Hell, all his album names were great)
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Massive Attack - Mezzanine (Great group name too)
New Order - Power Corruption and Lies
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones

[hpdrifter]

Refused: The Shape of Punk to Come is pretty dope

Faith No More: Album of the Year

SOAD: Steal this Record

[K-nowledge]

The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste - Ministry

[Guy Incognito]

Second Toughest in the Infants - Aphex Twin

That album is by underworld - the aphex twin gave up doin album titles and track titles for a bit and used colours and shapes instead! Underworlds first album has got a great name as well "Dubnobasswithmyheadman"

[PaddyBoy]

really? that kind of reminds me of one of my favorite titles, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band ;)

Yeah, by a band called The Beetles. Lead singer Jon died 25 years ago today.

[Reginald]

Huey Lewis & The News - "Sports"

[zorra_chiflada]

fiona apple - "When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King/What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight/And He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring/There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind is Your Might/So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand/And Remember That Depth is the Greatest of Heights/And If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land/And If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right"

[Tzar]

Diabolus in Musica

[Matt]

This Year's Model - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
The Commercial Album - the Residents

[adam_f]

There's a POISON Goin' On- Public Enemy
Illadelph Halflife- The Roots
3 Feet High and Rising- De La Soul
Mama Said Knock You Out- LL Cool J
Can I Borrow a Dollar?- Common Sense

and of course

Dancing On the Ceiling- Lionel Richie

[zorra_chiflada]

The Commercial Album - the Residents

ooh, third reich and roll - the residents

[Matt]

ooh, third reich and roll - the residents

good one.

The Beatles Play The Residents And The Residents Play The Beatles - The Residents. GREAT cover art.