Alternate History "Album Titles"

[Oregoropa]

In the final meetings after recording, U2 has a short list of album titles. They end up not picking the names we have come to know as Albums and go in a different direction.

It would take me an hour to brainstorm each album. Here are a couple thoughts.

"Borderland" instead of UF

"Vertigo" instead of HTDAAB

"Ju Ju Man and his Cockatoo" instead of NLOTH

(in a strange alternate timeline where U2 is tired of being in the studio and say fuck it, let's mess with the mainstream again)

 

[BVS]

'Is This a Fucking U2 Album?' instead of Original Soundtracks 1


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[mikal]

"Choke On It" instead of "Achtung Baby"


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[Tommy WM]

'What a Fucked Up World It Is' instead of Pop

'Bike Rides Through Central Park' instead of SOI

 

[The Panther]

Titles changed to Home-Truths:

1980 -- Boys
1981 -- God
1983 -- Stadiums Beckon
1984 -- The Unforgettable Hire (aka: Eno & Lanois)
1987 -- The Money Tree
1988 -- Pretension & Ego
1991 -- Achtung Hipsters who used to be Nerds
1993 -- Album-from-EP-aropa
1997 -- (Taking a career) Poop
2000 -- Pop Hits Needn't be Left Behind in our 20s
2004 -- How to Dismantle what's left of our Cool (aka: 'Vertigo' lyrical intro)
2009 -- No Mass Interest on the Horizon
2014 -- Apologies for iPod Innocence

 

[Registered Dude]

Heartland is my alternate Joshua Tree

 

[TinKnight]

"Ju Ju Man and his Cockatoo" instead of NLOTH

I actually love this.

"Of Science and the Human Heart" instead of HTDAAB

 

[Oregoropa]

I actually love this.



"Of Science and the Human Heart" instead of HTDAAB

Sounds better than HTDAAB


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[The Panther]

Sounds better than HTDAAB

A rooster farting sounds better than "HTDAAB" (the title... not the album itself... arguably).

 

[ozeeko]

An Cat Achtung Kitty