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I blog on random Pop Culture subjects. I also post Top 13 Lists. I could do a cliched Top 10 like everyone else, but then I'd be just like everyone else.


Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Top 13 Album Titles of All Time

It's time for this week's Top 13 list, The Top 13 Album Titles of All Time.
I searched long and hard through my iTunes, Internet search engines, and the recesses of my own Pop Culture plagued min, and came up with this list. (admittedly, most of the list came from albums I own)
I had to leave out a lot of worthy candidates in the process of weeding it down, so if some of your favorites are missing, they probably just barely missed the cut.
The criteria I used to make this list was creativity, humor, poetic value, and originality.
So without further adieu:

Top 13 Album Titles:

13. Teenage Politics by MxPx
Great title from West Coast Pop-Punk heroes. Describes the unpleasant experience we all went through in High School, whether you were trying desperately to fit in, or trying your hardest not to.

12. Dark Side of the Moon & Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd
Always poetic, legendary Psychedelic Rockers Pink Floyd hit high notes title-wise with these two great albums.    

11. Weasels Ripped My Flesh, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Uncle Meat by Frank Zappa
Always quirky, always creative, I narrowed Frank Zappa's nominations down to these three albums.

10. Losers, Kings, and Things We Don't Understand by Less Than Jake
What better title for a compilation album by slacker Ska-Punk band Less Than Jake?

9. The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste by Ministry
Industrial giants Ministry make the list with the HILARIOUS, yet politically incorrect play on a famous charitable organization's overplayed PSAs. Admit it, you laughed when you first heard this title!

8. Big Lizard in my Backyard, Death Rides a Pale Cow, & Metaphysical Graffiti by Dead Milkmen
I struggled to limit myself to these three album titles by Philadelphia's greatest quirky Post-Punk band. Be sure to look beyond the titles, because this band owns some of the funniest lyrics around. 
 
7. Songs to Burn Your Bridges By by Project 86
Great aggressive album title for the powerful musical assault contained within by West Coast Hardcore experts Project 86. Truthless Heroes came close to making the list too.   

6. The Living End by Husker Du
Husker Du had many great moments, but none finer than this. The ominous title is an exact description of what you're hearing, the living end of Husker Du. This is a collection of live tracks from their final tour, as tensions between Bob Mould and Grant Hart were exploding on stage. The internal strife, and the need to outdo each other is what drove their performances to greatness, and is why this title needs to be on this list. 

5. Plastic Surgery Disasters by Dead Kennedys
Great title (and cover art) by the quirky and purposely offensive Bay Area punk legends Dead Kennedys.  

4. Supersadomasochisticexpialidocious by Elvis Hitler
Hilarious title from the little known Detroit metal band Elvis Hitler. I am one of the few people who own this.

3. Cupcakes Taste Like Violence by Jeffrey Star
I love this title from the Electro-Punk Queen Jeffrey Star! This is the only album in the Top 13 I do not own.  

2. Pocket Full of Kryptonite by Spin Doctors
Great title for an album filled with songs about being the underdog, such as Two Princes, How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me), & the title referencing Jimmy Olsen Blues, from 1990's Alternative Jam Band Spin Doctors. 

1. Hitler Bad, Vandals Good by The Vandals
Simple, yet brilliant, hilarious, and true album title by West Coast Punk legends The Vandals tops our list. 

Honorable Mention:
About a Burning Fire by Blindside
And Out Come The Wolves & Let The Dominoes Fall by Rancid
Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub
Beautiful Freak by Eels
Black Sheets of Rain by Bob Mould
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant by Belle & Sebastian
Mystery of the Whisper by The Cruxshadows
Pretty Hate Machine by NIN
Recipe For Hate by Bad Religion
The Fiction We Live by From Autumn to Ashes
The Unfortunate Result of Spare Time by The Badlees 

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