# Albums whose titles are lyrics from one of the songs, but not the title of a song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785 "2006-08-15T05:32:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/21 "2006-08-15T15:00:48Z")
_Dark Side of the Moon_ is the final lyric on the album of that name. _Across A Wire_, Counting Crows’ live CD, takes its name from a lyric in the song “Omaha”. _Agents of Fortune_, by Blue Oyster Cult, is a lyric in the song “E.T.I.”. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/22 "2006-08-15T15:01:25Z")
Doesn’t fit the OP, but the REM album title “epynomous” always blows my mind. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/23 "2006-08-15T15:06:54Z")
The Feelings - “Twelve Stops and Home” Lyrics from the last song on the album - “Blue Piccadilly” ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/24 "2006-08-15T16:38:10Z")
Simon and Garfunkel - _Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme_ (lyrics from “Scarborough Fair”) ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/25 "2006-08-15T17:06:26Z")
[QUOTE=Smapti] _Across A Wire_, Counting Crows’ live CD, takes its name from a lyric in the song “Omaha”. [/QUOTE] And their “Best of” album **Films About Ghosts** is from a line in “Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby.” “If dreams are like movies then memories are films about ghosts.” ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/26 "2006-08-15T17:45:37Z")
_Living With Ghosts_ by Patty Griffin. (from “Every Little Bit”: I don’t blame you for leaving baby, it’s cold living with ghosts) ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/27 "2006-08-15T18:59:08Z")
[QUOTE=Lama Pacos] _Living With Ghosts_ by Patty Griffin. (from “Every Little Bit”: I don’t blame you for leaving baby, it’s cold living with ghosts) [/QUOTE] Dammit! 🙂 I knew that if anyone would beat me to this one, it would be you. I also wanted to post the Simon & Garfunkel one; that is the oldest one that I could think of. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/28 "2006-08-15T19:23:02Z")
The Beastie Boys did this quite a bit: _License to Ill_ (From Paul Revere {well actually he says license to kill}) _Paul’s Boutique_ (From B-Boy Bouillabaisse) _Ill Communication_ (From Sure Shot) _Hello Nasty_ (From Putting Shame In Your Game) ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/29 "2006-08-15T20:01:55Z")
[QUOTE=Foldup Rabbit] **Sarah Slean** ’s _Night Bugs_ is another; the title comes from the song _Book Smart Street Stupid_: “With only the night bugs to lead me home with their sad luck serenade.” [/QUOTE] Ohmigoodness another Sarah fan? Sweet! Hmm, I came in here to mention a recent one: Snow Patrol has a song called “Hands Open”, with lyrics that go “With my hands open, with my eyes open”. And the album is called “Eyes Open”. So, kinda weird. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/30 "2006-08-15T20:22:19Z")
**Rancid** - _…And Out Come The Wolves_ comes from the song “Junkie Man” **Chixdiggit** - _From Scene to Shining Scene_ - from the song “Sweaty and Hairless” **Van Halen** - _Women and Children First_ - from “Could This Be Magic?” **Van Halen** - _Fair Warning_ - from “Mean Streets” ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/31 "2006-08-15T20:33:53Z")
oops, left off **Ramones** - _End of the Century_ from “Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio?” ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/32 "2006-08-15T20:49:31Z")
**Pink Floyd** - _The Division Bell_ - from “High Hopes” Interesting Trivia: the album title was suggested to David Gilmour by the late Douglas Adams. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/33 "2006-08-15T21:16:01Z")
**Nirvana** - _Nevermind_ - from “Smells Like Teen Spirit” ---
**Author:** ![Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dangerous\_Nan\_McGrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerous_Nan_McGrew)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/34 "2006-08-15T21:35:41Z")
A previous [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=243086) on this subject. Oh and Alanis Morrisette’s newest album, “So-Called Chaos” is named for a song title. So there goes that streak. Annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/35 "2006-08-15T22:18:10Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerous Nan McGrew] A previous [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=243086) on this subject. Oh and Alanis Morrisette’s newest album, “So-Called Chaos” is named for a song title. So there goes that streak. Annoying. [/QUOTE] Isn’t it Ironic? ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/36 "2006-08-15T22:34:09Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] I also wanted to post the Simon & Garfunkel one; that is the oldest one that I could think of. [/QUOTE] You and me both. I saw this thread earlier, and then just recently I ran across _Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme_ in my CD collection. _Gasp!_ I thought, _I can go post this and seem knowledgeable about music and things!_ But alas, I was foiled. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/37 "2006-08-16T12:31:22Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] I also wanted to post the Simon & Garfunkel one; that is the oldest one that I could think of. [/QUOTE] I can think of one older one (by a few months): **Freak Out** by the Mothers of Invention; the title phrase appears in “It Can’t Happen Here.” ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/38 "2006-08-16T14:32:17Z")
“The Last Splash”, the Breeders. From “Cannonball”, on the same album. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/39 "2006-08-16T16:10:14Z")
The Talking Heads film and concert album title **Stop Making Sense** is from the song _Girlfriend is Better_ Also, the album is **Little Creatures** but the song that lyric is from is _Creatures of Love_. Similarly, **Naked** is from the song _Totally Nude_. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785/40 "2006-08-18T06:45:43Z")
I’ll sneak in “Nothing Like the Sun” by Sting. Title taken from the song “Sister Moon,” in particular the line: “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun.” (Which is actually from Shakespeare’s Sonnet #130.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-whose-titles-are-lyrics-from-one-of-the-songs-but-not-the-title-of-a-song/368785.md?page=3)