# Favorite Album and Song Titles of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284 "2019-10-04T21:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/21 "2019-10-05T01:48:58Z")
Album: “It’s All Balcones Fault” by Balcones Fault. No apostrophe – both the album and the band are named after the Balcones Fault Zone. The album had five guys pictured on it, and I always wondered which one was Balcone, but it turns out there was no Balcone. I won the LP at a county fair in 1981. I don’t remember ever actually listening to it though. Song: “Take This Job and Shove It” by Johnny Paycheck (written by David Allan Coe). Really sums it up nicely. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/22 "2019-10-05T02:07:40Z")
Album: Flower Travellin’ Band - _From Pussies to Death in 10,000 Years of Freakout_ (yeah, it’s a bootleg) Song: Sonic Youth - “Come and Smash Me Said the Boy With the Magic Penis” ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/23 "2019-10-05T02:35:05Z")
Album: Trout Mask Replica, Captain Beefheart Song: “The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception”, Mott the Hoople ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/24 "2019-10-05T03:31:42Z")
Album: Nilsson “Schmilsson” Runner-up: Wilco “Schmilco” ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/25 "2019-10-05T03:52:16Z")
Album: Jona Lewie, _On the Other Hand, There’s a Fist_. Song: Klaatu, “Sub-Rosa Subway.” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/26 "2019-10-05T07:24:10Z")
album:\* Talking with the Taxman About Poetry\* - Billy Bragg song: _All I Want for Christmas Is a Dukla Prague Away Kit_ - Half Man Half Biscuit ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/27 "2019-10-05T15:40:40Z")
Couple of my favorites (both albums): **Good News for People Who Love Bad News** - Modest Mouse **Take Off Your Pants and Jacket** - Blink 82 ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/28 "2019-10-05T15:54:23Z")
Single: Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly And The Family Stone Album: Well, when Wilko Johnson was told he had pancreatic cancer and very few months to live, he got in touch with Roger Daltrey to say, _You know we always said we would record an album together? We better do it **right now** _. The album was recorded with haste and released as Going Back Home, but the majestic working title was: Roger, Wilko, and out. Wow. Beat that. j ETA: if you didn’t know, he survived the cancer and is still with us. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/29 "2019-10-05T16:02:52Z")
Say what you will about death metal band Abscess, but they know titles. > **[Urine Junkies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine_Junkies)** > > Urine Junkies is a compilation album by the death metal band Abscess featuring tracks from various demos and EPs. It was released by Relapse Records in 1995. > > > This 2000s death metal album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/30 "2019-10-05T17:36:52Z")
Buffett edition: Album: A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean Song: The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful . ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/31 "2019-10-05T17:38:52Z")
The Volcano Suns were going to call their album “Blown by Fans” but were persuaded not to. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/32 "2019-10-05T17:51:41Z")
It’s hard to single out just one of each. Album: I’m not a Frank Zappa fan, but he had some wonderful album titles (“Weasels Ripped My Flesh,” “Burnt Weeny Sandwich,” “Sheik Yerbouti,” “Ship Arriving Too Late To Save a Drowning Witch”) Song: one of my favorites is “I Had a Bad Experience With the C.I.A. And Now I’m Going To Show You My Feminine Side” by the Swirling Eddies > [@](#): > > when we had completed the basic track for that song, Tim was laughing about the song, he said, 'That’s a very bizarre tune. It reminds me of something like 'I had a bad experience with the CIA." And for some reason I said, “And now I’m gonna show you my feminine side.” So we all laughed about that, and I jotted it down the track sheet. So at the end of the sessions, I had all these bizarre titles. So it became a challenge for me to take these song titles - as far out as they were - and make something out of them. !t was a challenge and hard work, but I was determined to do it. Especially, because I wanted to see Tim’s face. I don’t think he thought I would make a song out of something like “I Had A Bad Experience With The CIA And Now I’m Gonna Show You My Feminine Side.” It was a real blast to see him react to that. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/33 "2019-10-05T19:30:24Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > It’s hard to single out just one of each. > > Album: I’m not a Frank Zappa fan, but he had some wonderful album titles (“Weasels Ripped My Flesh,” “Burnt Weeny Sandwich,” “Sheik Yerbouti,” “Ship Arriving Too Late To Save a Drowning Witch”) > > Song: one of my favorites is “I Had a Bad Experience With the C.I.A. And Now I’m Going To Show You My Feminine Side” by the Swirling Eddies Something about this post made me recollect - yeah, up there vying for the lifetime achievement award (with Zappa) are The Fall. A few albums: Live At The Witch Trials Hex Enduction Hour The Light User Syndrome Imperial Wax Solvent Some singles/EPs: Bingo-Master’s Break-Out! How I Wrote ‘Elastic Man’ Lie Dream of a Casino Soul No Xmas for John Quays (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas Spoilt Victorian Child And that just made me remember how much I like [How I Wrote ‘Elastic Man’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7mp9elK49I). j ---
**Author:** ![Anny\_Middon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/34 "2019-10-05T20:34:07Z")
The OP didn’t explicitly say that the album had to be a music album. So I’ll add a couple of Firesign Theatre albums: _Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers_ and _I Think We’re All Bozos on This Bus_. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/35 "2019-10-05T22:27:01Z")
John Prine has some good song titles: [ul] [li]Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard[/li] [li]Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)[/li] [li]The Oldest Baby in the World[/li] [li]Yes, I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/36 "2019-10-05T23:50:00Z")
Song: “Opera in Vout (Groove Juice Symphony),” Slim Gaillard. Album: **Skullfuck,** the Grateful Dead. (Warner Bros had a problem with this title for some reason, so it was released in 1971 as **Grateful Dead.** Us deadheads call it either **Skullfuck** or **Skeleton and Roses,** due to the cover art. As it’s a double album, it was also a favorite for cleaning your dope) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/37 "2019-10-06T01:23:26Z")
> [@Anny\_Middon](#): > > The OP didn’t explicitly say that the album had to be a music album. So I’ll add a couple of Firesign Theatre albums: _Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers_ and _I Think We’re All Bozos on This Bus_. Wish I’d thought of that! Which reminds me, I was in Los Angeles last weekend, and in a spare moment, I swung by the corner of Pico and Alvarado. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/38 "2019-10-06T01:38:29Z")
In the midst of our “stickin’ it to the man by listening to Firesign” phase, we took our first road trip to L.A.: “Whoa, look, Pico and Alvarado! Antelope (Valley) Freeway (“1/64 mile, 1/128th Mile…”)! And all the streets that Nick Danger drives down!” Speaking of which, Nick shows up on the album “How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You’re Not Anywhere At All?” I also like “Give Me Immortality Or Give Me Death!” and “In The Next World, You’re On Your Own”. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-album-and-song-titles-of-all-time/841284/39 "2019-10-06T02:17:38Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Which reminds me, I was in Los Angeles last weekend, and in a spare moment, I swung by the corner of Pico and Alvarado. Did you walk into a great stone building? ---
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