at least on some of these there's something to look at apart from the horrible pun -- 'no fun aloud' is like
http://funnycrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/genericbeer-ab010709.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 March 2014 02:42 (ten years ago) link
can't not love the overreach. <3 <3 <3 hipgnosis/storm thorgerson
― brimstead, Thursday, 27 March 2014 02:48 (ten years ago) link
http://ring.cdandlp.com/french-connection-records/photo_grande/115260783.jpgnice juxtaposition of lit cigar and petrol/gasoline line
― Stevolende, Thursday, 27 March 2014 07:56 (ten years ago) link
or that ishttp://ring.cdandlp.com/french-connection-records/photo_grande/115260783.jpgso just as well it wasn't real
― Stevolende, Thursday, 27 March 2014 07:57 (ten years ago) link
or is that made safe once the flow of gas has been stopped?
― Stevolende, Thursday, 27 March 2014 07:58 (ten years ago) link
Wow that might be the greatest example of this thread
― Little Nicky Pizza loved that rascal Rust (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 27 March 2014 13:57 (ten years ago) link
Dude the liner notes on that Glenn Frey album are even better. Trust me.
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 27 March 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
http://sladecove.weebly.com/uploads/8/9/6/9/8969909/2671875_orig.jpg
― soref, Friday, 28 March 2014 05:06 (ten years ago) link
http://eil.com/images/main/Dr+Hook+-+Sometimes+You+Win+-+sealed+-+LP+RECORD-438649.jpg
― soref, Friday, 28 March 2014 05:07 (ten years ago) link
Another Slade:
http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/8a549a6ed790297e33e56de4a97c38ae/3112614.jpg
― Interior. Ibiza Bar (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 28 March 2014 05:11 (ten years ago) link
PIcked up Keith Richards' autobiography in a bargain bin last weekend, and have just recently learned that he thought I've Got My Own Album To Do was a great title.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 28 March 2014 12:07 (ten years ago) link
From the Glenn Frey insert (hard to read, but worth it):
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-1953697-1344315116-6352.jpeg
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 10 April 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
this one i saw in a used record store and thought it was a classic of this genre:
http://eil.com/images/main/Elvin+Bishop+-+Hometown+Boy+Makes+Good!+-+LP+RECORD-423049.jpg
― Raptain Chillips (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 10 April 2014 19:38 (ten years ago) link
Hopefully, you all know that you can't party all the time, but when you do, play this song. By the way, you got any?
― take a piece of mr. baxter's hand (how's life), Thursday, 10 April 2014 19:45 (ten years ago) link
not 70s but that Todd Terje album qualifies
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Thursday, 10 April 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
Haha for sure
― Raptain Chillips (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 10 April 2014 20:02 (ten years ago) link
joe perryhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/JoePerryProjectMusicTalking.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/JoePerryProjectRockRollsAgain.jpghttp://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/578/MI0001578648.jpg
― fit and working again, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
BOBBY WOMACK CHINESE SOUL LICKS.
― austinato (Austin), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
Omg those Joe Perry ones are so shitty-looking.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:56 (ten years ago) link
The one where he's at a board meeting with the corporate suits is so classic for this thread
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link
haha, yeah, that is so perfect. good level of "who cares about the cover" vs. "we actually spent a lot of time and money on this cover"
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
When I was in high school, the FM rock station in San Bernardino must have taken a big pile of payola to flog that Corporate Suit Joe Perry album. Heavy rotation for several months. "Let the music do the talking" indeed. The same bag of payola cocaine also paid for several months' heavy rotation of Blue Oyster Cult's Cultösaurus Erectus.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:05 (ten years ago) link
i feel like despite all the titles/covers cited in this thread, we are --at present-- in a golden age of terrible album titles. well, maybe it was more the 2000s.
i mean surely titles like this rule the roost, so to speak
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/2OxT12VjRC8/maxresdefault.jpg
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
But at least that U2 one is a lyric on the album.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link
Worse title
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/U2_-_How_to_Dismantle_an_Atomic_Bomb_%28Album_Cover%29.png
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:12 (ten years ago) link
how about
http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/albums/8432/homepage_large.c20880e5.jpg
― espring (amateurist), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:12 (ten years ago) link
in sum: if your album title is longer than four words you need a REALLY good reason
Nominating this as an early example of the genre:
http://www.betinos.com/images/pochettes/1385040563ph.jpg
― It's Pablum Time with (NickB), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 22:24 (ten years ago) link
The u2 & Walkman ones aren't sassy..I feel like sass is the key to this
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 23:17 (ten years ago) link
When I was in high school, the FM rock station in San Bernardino must have taken a big pile of payola to flog that Corporate Suit Joe Perry album. Heavy rotation for several months. "Let the music do the talking" indeed. The same bag of payola cocaine also paid for several months' heavy rotation of Blue Oyster Cult's /Cultösaurus Erectus/.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 03:53 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/Grand_Funk_Railroad_-_On_Time.jpg
― soref, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 08:04 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Born_to_die_Grand_Funk.jpg
― soref, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 08:05 (ten years ago) link
http://www.grandfunkrailroad.com/images/Album_covers/CoverGSGP.jpg
I can't find a good picture of it, but there's a Jack Bruce album called I've Always Wanted to Do This with a picture of a woman levitating above a couch
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 13:01 (ten years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61edAcjZ6lL.jpg
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 14:32 (ten years ago) link
haha good singin' good playin', very nice
― anonanon, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 14:41 (ten years ago) link
Frank Zappa produced that last Grand Funk album apparently, was wondering where Zappa's album titles fit with this stuff, kind of similar but a slightly different thing?
― soref, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 15:04 (ten years ago) link
good call on zappa, he was in on the ground floor w/r/t titles that make you groan.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
https://31.media.tumblr.com/776101b1b365a26437537add32bb5f19/tumblr_n4gttm15s61s7e2fco1_500.jpg
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Foo_Fighters_-_Medium_Rare.jpg
^^^ a rarities/b-sides comp, definitely closer to these titles than to, I dunno, the Beastie Boys' Some Old Bullshit.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 27 April 2014 02:59 (ten years ago) link
Yeah that's got the vibe. Visual pun on dad joke
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 27 April 2014 14:11 (ten years ago) link
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/33054297/Coming+Home+In+A+Jar.jpg
― J. Sam, Friday, 2 May 2014 12:56 (ten years ago) link
haha what?
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 2 May 2014 12:59 (ten years ago) link
Already mentioned but cover is worth a look:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/002/MI0000002868.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
― calstars, Sunday, 25 May 2014 01:59 (nine years ago) link
Hope the embed works:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Everybody's heard Aerosmith's "Night In The Ruts" LP but Foghat's "Cunched In The Punt" is all but forgotten.</p>— Jon Wurster (@jonwurster) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonwurster/statuses/237656093365501952">August 20, 2012</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 25 May 2014 03:57 (nine years ago) link
It didn't.
"Everybody's heard Aerosmith's "Night In The Ruts" LP but Foghat's "Cunched In The Punt" is all but forgotten.--Jon Wurster (@jonwurster)
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 25 May 2014 03:59 (nine years ago) link
I must be an idiot but the Aerosmith play on words never occurred to me.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 25 May 2014 04:12 (nine years ago) link
That Lowell George one had been kicking around awhile before it was used--it was a working title for the Sailin' Shoes lp.
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 25 May 2014 04:39 (nine years ago) link
Can a mod change Horrible to Awesome in the thread title
Also I'm dumb & drunk explain aerosmith to me
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 25 May 2014 05:08 (nine years ago) link