The Best Album Titles

[Lancemc]

Here's something mildly different. I was just thinking about this for seemingly no reason, but there are quite a few instances where solely the title of an album gets me thinking, brings up emotions, gets the blood pumping, or makes me want to dance. Some album titles are so damn good you barely even need the awesomeness inside the album. And the best case is when you find an amazing album that moves you in a certain way, and it has a title so damn good that when you read it, all those amazing emotions you feel hit you before you even hit the play button.

So, I ask you fine folks, what are your favorite album TITLES?

Here's mine.


THE WILD, THE INNOCENT, AND THE E-STREET SHUFFLE - Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band

Not only is this my favorite Springsteen album, but it's one to which I can truly relate. It's the quintessential album of the Jersey Youth, and it stands for everything the typical New Jersey teenage guy experiences at one point or another, lazy hazy summer days, first love, lost love, dancing on the street, the longing to escape, and a general lust for life. Springsteen created the perfect young album, and the title is friggen perfect. Maybe it's just a Jersey thing, but that's my life...the wild, the innocent, and the E-street shuffle.


Honorable Mentions:

Sea Change - Beck
Scary Monsters - David Bowie
Life's Rich Pageant - R.E.M.

 

[xaviMF22]

Wish you Were Here

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Squirrel & G-Man 24 Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)

I think that's it.

 

[Lancemc]

I was definitely thinking about Wish You Were Here as well when I was typing this xavi. Good choice.

 

[Axver]

Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Pink Floyd), The Sky Moves Sideways (Porcupine Tree), Scenes From A Memory (Dream Theater), Bridge Across Forever (Transatlantic).

 

[Canadiens1131]

Are You Experienced?
Astral Weeks
Disraeli Gears
Here Come the Warm Jets
Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd

 

[namkcuR]

"The Doors" - The Doors

 

[namkcuR]

Ok, for real this time:

"Zooropa" - U2
"The Joshua Tree" - U2
"Achtung Baby" - U2
"Ride The Lightning" - Metallica
"Master Of Puppets" - Metallica
"...And Justice For All" - Metallica
"BloodSugarSexMagik" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Californication" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Stadium Arcadium" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Nevermind" - Nirvana
"In Utero" - Nirvana
"Ok Computer" - Radiohead
"Physical Graffiti" - Led Zeppelin
"Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd
"Dark Side Of The Moon" - Pink Floyd

 

[I'm Ready]

Blood on the Tracks

 

[impy13]

Transatlanticism
Our Endless Numbered Days
Cold Roses
A Ghost Is Born

 

[MrPryck2U]

Woman and Children First- Van Halen
Midnight Vultures- Beck
The Uplift Mofo Party- Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Nevermind- Nirvana

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Hot Fuss

Good News for People Who Love Bad News

 

[lmjhitman]

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

everyone who pretended to like me is gone - the walkmen

set yourself on fire - stars

lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven - godspeed! you black emperor

underachievers please try harder - camera obscura

pretty hate machine - nine inch nails

songs for the deaf - queens of the stone age

feel good lost - broken social scene

desperate youth, blood thirsty babes - tv on the radio

music has the right to children - boards of canada

 

[BVS]

Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too - Radicals it's just funny as hell...

The Joshua Tree - U2 I nomally don't post U2 related things in this forum, but seriously this album title really moved me when I was young and first bought this album...

When the Pawns.... Fiona Apple isn't this the longest tile ever?

 

[SpaceOddity]

Ghost in the Machine - The Police
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Zooropa - U2
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World

Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album - Monty Python

 

[phanan]

Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes

 

[Aygo]

Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Revolver - The Beatles
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Heathen Chemistry - Oasis
Automatic For The People - REM
Violator - Depeche Mode
Construction Time Again - Depeche Mode
Black Celebration - Depeche Mode
Songs Of Faith And Devotion - Depeche Mode
Playing The Angel - Depeche Mode
Zooropa - U2
Boy - U2
The Joshua Tree - U2
Achtung Baby - U2
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2
All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
Think Tank - Blur
Like A Prayer - Madonna
Erotica - Madonna
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
Exile On Main St. - Rolling Stones
Coda - Pearl Jam
Yield - Pearl Jam
The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1 - George Michael
Urban Hymns - The Verve
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Hail To The Thief - Radiohead

there are more titles that I love but I can't remember now... I'll add later

 

[bono_man2002]

The Pro's And Con's Of Hitchhiking - Roger Waters
Zooropa - U2
Origin Of Symmetry - Muse
Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Hail To The Thief - Radiohead

 

[BVS]

Coda - Pearl Jam

 

[xaviMF22]

I was thinking the same....

 

[Westport]

The Unforgettable Fire

 

[u2granny]

A Nod is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse - Faces

 

[Laura M]

one album title that cuahgt my attention at least was i am not afraid of you and i will beat your ass - yo la tengo

 

[beegee]

When the Pawn.... Fiona Apple isn't this the longest tile ever?

When the Pawn Hits the Conflict 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

 

[nightninja56]

Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Revolver - The Beatles
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Heathen Chemistry - Oasis
Automatic For The People - REM
Violator - Depeche Mode
Construction Time Again - Depeche Mode
Black Celebration - Depeche Mode
Songs Of Faith And Devotion - Depeche Mode
Playing The Angel - Depeche Mode
Zooropa - U2
Boy - U2
The Joshua Tree - U2
Achtung Baby - U2
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2
All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
Think Tank - Blur
Like A Prayer - Madonna
Erotica - Madonna
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
Exile On Main St. - Rolling Stones
Coda - Pearl Jam
Yield - Pearl Jam
The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1 - George Michael
Urban Hymns - The Verve
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Hail To The Thief - Radiohead

there are more titles that I love but I can't remember now... I'll add later

SOMEONE scrolled up and down their iTunes before doing this...

mmk well

Blood on the Tracks

cant believe i didnt think of that

Are You Experienced?
Astral Weeks
Disraeli Gears
Here Come the Warm Jets
Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd

when i saw this thread title, i only thought of Disraeli Gears

 

[GibsonGirl]

In no order, my favourite album titles of all time:

Roger Waters - Amused To Death
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis?


I like album titles that either invoke a powerful image (e.g. DSOTM) or sound catchy (e.g. Sheer Heart Attack)

 

[Laura M]

When the Pawn Hits the Conflict 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

do you know this off by heart?

 

[LMP]

I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass - Yo La Tengo



so bad it's good.

 

[Westport]

This is the Sea - The Waterboys

 

[beegee]

do you know this off by heart?

goodness, no.

i looked it up.