# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/61 "2003-10-23T18:27:24Z")
**Ben Folds Five** –Whatever and Ever Amen, from “Battle of Who Could Care Less” **R.E.M.** –Reveal, from “I’ve Been High” **Fatboy Slim** –Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, from “Weapon of Choice” **The Kinks** –Everybody’s in Showbiz, from “Celluloid Heroes” **Semisonic** –Feeling Strangely Fine from “She’s Got It All Worked Out” (well, kinda) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/62 "2003-10-23T20:15:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > **Ben Folds Five–Whatever and Ever Amen, from "Battle of Who Could Care Less"** Damn you, **ElwoodCuse**! This was what I was thinking of. Counting Crows _This Desert Life_ was named from a song called “High Life” - “But, oh, this desert life, this high life…” If it counts, Dido’s _No Angel_ was taken from the song _I’m No Angel_. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/63 "2003-10-23T23:34:48Z")
Sloan picked their album title _One Chord to Another_ from the lyrics in “G Turns to D”: > [@](#): > > Take out the part that breaks my heart > And makes me sound uncaring > If you eliminate the swearing then I can show my mother > That you can go from one chord to another ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/64 "2003-10-24T00:54:10Z")
Almost forgot **Operation Ivy** ’s _Hectic EP_ named for the line from the song “Healthy Body”. ---
**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 25, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/65 "2003-10-25T19:03:30Z")
I almost forgot: The Cure’s **The Head on the Door** comes from “Close to Me.” ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/66 "2003-10-26T00:09:16Z")
Frank Zappa’s _Hot Rats_ is from the song “Willie the Pimp,” and his greatest hits collection _Strictly Commercial_ is named after a line from “Nanook Rubs It.” This doesn’t really count, but Bob Dylan’s _Blood on the Tracks_ has a song (“Idiot Wind”) that mentions both blood and tracks. (“Down the highway, down the tracks…” and “Bloooooood on your sadddddddlllle…”) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/67 "2003-10-26T01:41:46Z")
Devo’s _Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo_, from the song “Jocko Homo”. Men Without Hats’ _Rhythm of Youth_, from “I Got the Message”. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/68 "2003-10-26T04:38:38Z")
The album title **Oranges and Lemons** by **XTC** is a line from the song **Ballet For a Rainy Day** , which appeared on their _previous_ album **Skylarking**. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786/69 "2003-10-26T08:02:17Z")
_Division Bell_ by Pink Floyd. It’s a line from the last track on the album called “High Hopes.” The title for the album was suggested by the late Douglas Adams. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-named-after-a-line-from-a-song-but-not-the-song-title/208786.md?page=3)