# Albums Named After a Line From a Song (But Not the Song Title) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786 "2003-10-21T22:35:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/21 "2003-10-22T02:12:51Z")
The Tragically Hip’s great _Phantom Power_, from a line in an also great song, Something’s On. ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/22 "2003-10-22T02:33:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lisa-go-Blind \* > \*\ ***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.” \*\* You’re so indie. Let’s be friends. Also I love the fact that practically every Shins song is named after a line in it. ---
**Author:** ![dervinck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@dervinck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dervinck)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/23 "2003-10-22T02:41:47Z")
Elvis Costello’s album “Blood and Chocolate” gets its name from the first line of the song “Uncomplicated.” ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/24 "2003-10-22T02:58:28Z")
don’t laugh, people, it’s not nice, I’m just answering the question… The title of Hanson’s debut album, _Middle Of Nowhere_, is from the first line of the bonus track “Man From Milwaukee” – “It started at a bus stop in the middle of nowhere.” shut up, shut up, I know you’re laughing… ---
**Author:** ![LucysLogic101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@LucysLogic101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucysLogic101)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/25 "2003-10-22T03:12:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AntaresJB \* > \*\*don’t laugh, people, it’s not nice, I’m just answering the question… > > The title of Hanson’s debut album, _Middle Of Nowhere_, is from the first line of the bonus track “Man From Milwaukee” – “It started at a bus stop in the middle of nowhere.” > > shut up, shut up, I know you’re laughing… \*\* don’t worry, AntaresJB, i was about to post the same thing…so i won’t be laughing… ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/26 "2003-10-22T03:32:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Moo the Magic Cow \* > \*\*You’re so indie. Let’s be friends. Also I love the fact that practically every Shins song is named after a line in it. \*\* Awwww. Well, you have the best name ever. The new Shins album came out today! ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/27 "2003-10-22T06:50:37Z")
Ok, to finish off U2, the album **Boy** contains the word boy in the lyrics of a number of songs: _I Will Follow_ “A boy tries hard to be a man” _Twilight_ “In the shadow, boy meets man” _Out of Control_ “Boys and girls…” _Stories for Boys_ (unless this song disqualifies the album) _The Electric Co._ “Boy, stupid boy” **KSO** , sadly Macphisto has not been seen in nearly a decade. If anyone happens to be in Vegas and sees a guy in a gold lame suit and devil horns wandering around, muttering about how he’s the one who really gave various world leaders their power, please send him home to me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/28 "2003-10-22T06:58:25Z")
The **Spin Doctors** ’ _Pocket Full of Kryptonite_ is taken from a line in Jimmy Olsen’s Blues. ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/29 "2003-10-22T07:23:26Z")
**Depeche Mode’s** _Some Great Reward_ is taken from the song _Lie to me_ > [@](#): > > Make me think > That at the end of the day > Some great reward > Will be coming my way **The Sisters of Mercy’s** _Floodland_ is taken from the song _This Corrosion_. > [@](#): > > Hand of God > Floodland and Driven Apart ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/30 "2003-10-22T10:36:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dervinck \* > \*\*Elvis Costello’s album “Blood and Chocolate” gets its name from the first line of the song “Uncomplicated.” \*\* An Elvis fan and you didn’t think to mention **My Aim Is True** title from “Alison”??? Or is it just that an entry that easy is beneath you? Is is a little too obvious to deserve much credit. But sticking with Elvis Costello I could add **King of America** the album which features the song “Brilliant Mistake” which features the lyrics from which the album title was lifted. * * * This is up for debate: Can we include Patti Smith’s **Horses**? Horses is not the title of the song, the title of the song is “Land” but “Land” is spit into three segments. The first segment is titled “Horses” (the lyrics of which contain the word “horses”). Does this count? ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/31 "2003-10-22T12:23:27Z")
“Steal Your Face,” (aka “Steal Your Money”) by the Grateful Dead is from the song “He’s Gone”: “Like I told you, what I said, steal your face right off your head.” “Wake of the Flood” by the Grateful Dead is from the song “Here Comes Sunshine”: “Wake of the flood, laughing water, 40 nights…” ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/32 "2003-10-22T12:34:05Z")
All but one of Duncan Sheik’s CDs. **Humming** **Phantom Moon** **Daylight** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/33 "2003-10-22T12:40:10Z")
Radiohead’s first album (_Pablo Honey_) is named for a sample found on one of the tracks. So it’s not even exactly a lyric. ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/34 "2003-10-22T12:57:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lisa-go-Blind \* > \*\*Awwww. Well, you have the best name ever. > > The new Shins album came out today! \*\* And the title ‘Chutes Too Narrow’ comes from a line in the song ‘Young Pilgrams.’ ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/35 "2003-10-22T13:19:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*Radiohead’s first album (_Pablo Honey_) is named for a sample found on one of the tracks. So it’s not even exactly a lyric. \*\* I’ll be damned if I can remember hearing the **Pablo Honey** sample on the album. Now I have to listen to it tonight. The sample, or at least the title, is taken from a Jerky Boys prank phone call skit. I’m surprised I don’t remember this. I might as well add **Actung Baby** to my list as well cause I don’t remember hearing that said on The Fly either. What else have I been missing all these years? ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/36 "2003-10-22T13:52:18Z")
In the penultimate track on Wilco’s _Yankee Hotel Foxtrot_, a woman repeats the album title over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/37 "2003-10-22T14:04:53Z")
**Lisa-go-Blind, Moo, Hüsker** , I came into this thread specifically to mention the new Shins album, since I’ve been listening to it obsessively from the moment I bought it yesterday. That I was beaten to it, AND the fact that there are people here who love the Shins, makes me so happy to be a member. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/38 "2003-10-22T14:34:46Z")
Foo Fighters’ **One By One** is taken from the first single from that album “All My Life” > [@](#): > > So give me just what I need > Another reason to bleed > One by one hidden up my sleeve > One by one hidden up my sleeve ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/39 "2003-10-22T14:44:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\*In the penultimate track on Wilco’s _Yankee Hotel Foxtrot_, a woman repeats the album title over and over. \*\* Yeah, and it’s \creepy\. Sometimes I have to skip to the next song because it creeps me out completely. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/40 "2003-10-22T14:44:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\*In the penultimate track on Wilco’s _Yankee Hotel Foxtrot_, a woman repeats the album title over and over. \*\* Yeah, and it’s _creepy_. Sometimes I have to skip to the next song because it creeps me out completely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786.md?page=3)