Some album titles just roll off the tongue and sound like rock and roll. Here are a dozen that catch my ear…
Eddie Hazel | Game Dames & Guitar Thangs – The album title that inspired this post is part funky goodness and part gumshoe badass. Bonus points for not rhyming…
The Beatles | Revolver – A triple entendre (gun/record/revolutionary) that works on every level.
Jimi Hendrix | Electric Ladyland – Perhaps still the best two-word description of Jimi’s music.
Bob Dylan | Blood On The Tracks – The perfect title for an album of such emotional carnage.
Iggy & The Stooges | Raw Power – If only we could tap into Iggy Pop circa 1974 – the world’s energy crisis would be solved.
Stevie Wonder | Songs In The Key Of Life – Most music couldn’t possibly live up to a title like this, but these songs have exactly that kind of depth and feeling.
Funkadelic | America Eats Its Young - True, that.
The Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers – Filthy good.
Traffic | The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys – I’m not sure what the hell it means, but it sounds great…
Pink Floyd | Piper At The Gates Of Dawn – Not my favorite Floyd album, but the title’s got all the mystery, madness, and mythology of their best music.
Frank Zappa | Sheik Yerbouti – Zappa was a master of album titles, and this was one of his most clever creations.
The Cramps | Bad Music For Bad People – Yep, it sure is…
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And a dozen more good ones…
Led Zeppelin | Houses Of The Holy
The Who | Quadrophenia
Neil Young | On The Beach
Bob Marley & The Wailers | Rastaman Vibration
Van Morrison | Astral Weeks
Nas | Illmatic
Joy Division | Unknown Pleasures
Tom Waits | Swordfishtrombones
Queens Of The Stone Age | Songs For The Deaf
Talking Heads | More Songs About Buildings And Food
Neutral Milk Hotel | In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Spinal Tap | Smell The Glove
Tags: A Dozen Great Album Titles, Bob Dylan, Eddie Hazel, Frank Zappa, Funkadelic, Iggy & The Stooges, Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, The Cramps, Traffic
30 June 2008 at 10:21 am |
dude you forgot Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by DK. Also a good summary of the Dead Kennedys’ music.
1 July 2008 at 6:34 am |
NICE…glad to see you put The Cramps on there! I happen to love them actually… funny I was just thinking about writing a post about’em too!!!!!…lolol
21 July 2008 at 11:44 pm |
You mentioned Spinal Tap – what about their other great album title; “Shark sandwich”
4 March 2009 at 8:36 pm |
[...] By dkpresents Naming an album is an art unto itself. Some artists have a knack for the great handle (witness Bob Dylan, Funkadelic, and Fela Kuti, to name but three) while others struggle with the [...]
29 July 2009 at 12:59 pm |
Atmosphere should be mentioned for their optimistic When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold. And hundreds of other titles, I know.
29 July 2009 at 1:16 pm |
A worthy suggestion – thanks Edgar!
13 November 2009 at 5:21 am |
The Love That Whirls (Diary Of A Thinking Heart) – Bill Nelson
Kings Of The Wild Frontier – Adam & The Ants
Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun – Dead Can Dance
October Rust – Type O Negative