Albums Named After a Line From a Song (But Not the Song Title)

I’m sure this has been done before.

What albums are named from a particular line from a song featured on that album but is not the actual tile of that song?

That makes sense right?

I’m sure someone can come up with the definitive list but here are my two meager submissions:

Katy Lied is a Steely Dan album which takes its name from an individual line from the song Doctor Wu.

and

The Cure’s album Staring at the Sea is from the song Killing an Arab.

O.K., next?

VNV Nation - Praise the Fallen

  • from the song “Honour”

Mesh - In This Place Forever

-from the song “Confined”

Anything Box - The Universe is Expanding

-kinda from the song “Welcome to the End”

“Jagged Little Pill” by Alanis Morissette, from the song “You Learn”

“All That You Can’t Leave Behind” by U2 is a line from “Walk On”:

And love is not the easy thing…
The only baggage you can bring…
And love is not the easy thing…
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can’t leave behind

Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads movie and concert album) is from the song Girlfriend Is Better, off the Speaking in Tongues album.

Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd. From the song One Slip

** Dark Side of the Moon** - Pink Floyd. From the song Brain Damage

Nevermind - Nirvana. From the line, “Oh well, whatever, nevermind.” from Smells Like Teen Spirit

Picture of Nectar - Phish. From the verse:

from the song Cavern

That’s all I can think of right off the top of my head

At least two albums from The Corrs do this.

Talk On Corners is a line from Queen of Hollywood, and their next album, In Blue, takes its title from one of the first lines in a song whose name I can’t remember.

Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd. From the song One Slip

** Dark Side of the Moon** - Pink Floyd. From the song Brain Damage

Nevermind - Nirvana. From the line, “Oh well, whatever, nevermind.” from Smells Like Teen Spirit

Picture of Nectar - Phish. From the verse:

from the song Cavern

That’s all I can think of right off the top of my head

To add to the U2 albums:

Under a Blood Red Sky is a line from New Year’s Day.

Rattle and Hum is a line from Bullet the Blue Sky (“In the locust wind, comes a rattle and hum”)

Achtung Baby is whispered during The Fly.

Sorry about the double post. Damned hamsters.

Oh Inverted World by the Shins comes from a line in the song “One by One All Day.”

Syd Barrett’s The Madcap Laughs comes from the song “Octopus.” (Actually, the line is “the madcap laughed,” but I figure it’s close enough.) his best-of, Wouldn’t You Miss Me?, is from a line in “Dark Globe.”

Surfer Rosa by the Pixies comes from “Oh My Golly!”, and Doolittle comes from “Mr Grieves.”

Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation comes from “Trilogy: Hyperstation.” I think Sister comes from “Schizophrenia.”

More U2:

War is from “The Refugee” :smiley:

P.S. Great screen name, Ms. Macphisto – how is Macphisto himself???

Another Talking Heads: They sing about getting Naked (album title) in the song Totally Nude.

Dire Straits: Making Movies is off the song Skateaway.

Oh, and Peter Gabriel has several songs on his album So that feature that word.

Good one, Lisa-go-Blind with the Syd Barrett. Recall the first one, but the second one was new to me.

Maria Muldaur - Waitress In A Donut Shop is from Sweetheart

Steve Goodman - Words We Can Dance To is from Banana Republics

The Beastie Boys have done it for every album except Check Your Head. (I know - they didn’t say Licensed to Ill exactly but it’s close enough)

Licensed to Ill - Paul Revere

Paul’s Boutique - Ask for Janice

Ill Communication - Sure Shot and Get it Together - same line

Hello Nasty - Putting Shame in Your Game

OutKast’s last couple of albums have been from lyrics, not song titles. The word Stankonia is mentioned a few times on that album, not least of which is “Humble Mumble.” Speakerboxxx is, again, all over that album, but most notably when Big Boi says that

Likewise, its sister album, The Love Below is named in a few songs, but the one that sticks out off of the top of my head is in “She Lives in my Lap” where Rosario Dawson asks “What are you afraid of? The Love Below?”

Uhm, okay, I thought I could think of more, but I can’t, at the moment…

The Dave Matthews Band’s albums Under the Table and Dreaming - a lyric from “Ants Marching” - and Before these Crowded Streets - from “The Dreaming Tree” - both fit the category.

As does Radiohead’s latest, Hail to the Thief, where the title can be found in the lyrics of “2+2=5”.

Bush’s Razorblade Suitcase is from a song line, but I’ll be damned if I can remember which one it was.