I sometimes buy albums simply because I like the sound of their titles. (It also helps when the cover art is pretty neat too.) I know it’s a terribly strange and expensive way to try out new music, especially if the album turns out to be crap. But sometimes I get lucky…
Some albums I bought because I liked their titles:
This Mortal Coil - It’ll End In Tears
Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas
Fairground Attraction - First of a Million Kisses
INXS - Listen Like Thieves
Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish
The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Jeff Buckley - (Sketches for) My Sweetheart the Drunk
Most of these I bought when they first appeared, so I had no idea what they sounded like. Thank heavens they turned out to be pretty good.
“You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can’t Tuna Fish” – REO Speedwagon
“You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw” – Spooky Tooth
“The Doughnut in Grannie’s Greenhouse” – Bonzo Dog Band
“How Can You Be Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All?” – Firesign Theater
“Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers” – Firesign Theater
“More Songs about Buildings and Food” – Talking Heads
“The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus” – Spirit
“Root Hog or Die!” – Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
“Liquor in the Front (Poker in the Rear)” – the Reverend Horton Heat
“The Completion Backwards Principle” – The Tubes
“Revolver” – The Beatles (Best pun ever.)
“Free Your Mind . . . And Your Ass Will Follow” – Funkadelic
“The Residents Commercial Album” – The Residents
“Frankenchrist” – Dead Kennedys
the Soft Bulletin-The Flaming Lips
Nevermind-Nirvana (yup, i’m in that generation)
the dream that stuff was made of-the Starlight Mints
revelling/reckoning-Ani DiFranco
Very Emergency-the Promise Ring
“Weasels Ripped My Flesh (rzzzz)” - Frank Zappa
“Bringing Down the Horse” - Wallflowers
“Face the Music” - ELO
“Selling England by the Pound” - Genesis
“H-2-O” - Hall & Oates
“Beauty and the Beat” - Go-Go’s
“…but seriously, folks” - Mr. Joe Walsh
