Being true to myself and anyone who may read....I'm now on to my personal choices for Worst Album Titles of all time. Regarding the best album titles list, my wife wondered why there was no explanation of my choices. I figured there were none needed...if I close my eyes and its poetry..if it sounds right...that does it for me. Some of those albums I neither have or like by the way.
As for the worst titles...if I close my eyes and smell smarmyness, idiocy, verbal diarrhea, or it reeks of lazy..its on the list. I omitted the years cuz I figured you'd stop at the title.. Here goes:
1) Self titled anything-epitome of lazy rock star.
2)Bee Thousand-Guided by Voices
3)Achtung Baby-U2
4)When the Pawn(+a hundred other words)-Fiona Apple
5)Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water-Limp Bizkit
6)Definitely Maybe-Oasis
7)Tiny Music(Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop)-STP
8)Ball Hog or Tug Boat- Mike Watt
9)Hungry for Stink- L7
10)8 Way Santa-Tad
11) Pieces of Eight-Styx
12) Atom Heart Mother-Pink Floyd
13) Trout Mask Replica-Capt. Beefheart
14) Tha Carter III- Lil Wayne
15) You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tune a Fish- REO Speedwagon
16) Bagged and Boarded-Goblin Cock
17) Innuendo-Queen.....ouch!
18) Adrenalize-Def Leppard
19) Slippery When Wet-Bon Jovi
20) Aoxomoxoa- Grateful Dead
21) Shabooh Shoobah-INXS
22) Under Rug Swept-Alanis Morrisette
23) Pet Sounds-Beach Boys
24) Pieces of You-Jewel
25) Hello Nasty- Beastie Boys
26)Butchered at Birth-Cannibal Corpse
27) Crooked Rain Crooked Rain-Pavement
28) Throwing Copper-Live
29) Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em- MC Hammer
30) Meat is Murder-The Smiths
31) A Nod is as Good as a Wink...-The Faces
32) Viva La Vida- Coldplay
33) Dear Science-TV on the Radio
34) Return To Cookie Mountain- TV on the Radio
35) Word of Mouf-Ludacris
36)The Bedlam in Goliath-Mars Volta
37)Steers and Stripes-Brooks and Dunn
38)Vincebus Eruptum-Blue Cheer
39) Rock N Roll Jesus-Kid Rock
40) Big Willie Style- Will Smith
I could go on and on but why ruin your day more than its already been ruined....but I would love to hear your choices than I may have missed......luv, seano
Does #1 mean Led Zep is getting flogged? Surprising.
ReplyDeleteHello Nasty is a GREAT album with a great title.
Say what you will, I note an inordinate number of album titles that suck based on no real criteria from bands that hey guess what, you just happen to hate. And much brilliance in album title bestowed upon bands and artists you love. Hence Blonde on Blonde, which is a dumb album title if ever there was one.
Just sayin.
Heh. I think I heard the Hello Nasty thing came from phone calls the beasties were making at the time. The calls were to either a record company or some managment company and they were called "Nasty" something Nasty Records, Nasty productions, etc. So the beasties thought it was funny when they would call and the receptionist would answer the phone "Hello, Nasty.."
ReplyDeleteBee Thousand!?!? Wash your mouth now! - Derek
ReplyDeleteI agree, all these are pretty lame, especially EXCEPT for, of course, my Irish boys who can do no wrong...
ReplyDeleteLooked at your slideshow pics, your wife is a beauty and your son is too cute for words!