Album titles in lyrics

[mrbiggs]

Here's a challenge a friend of mine posed:

What is the name of an album whose title is said in the lyrics, but which is not also the name of a song on the album?

For example, Magical Mystery Tour by the Beatles doesn't count because even though it's both a lyric and the title of the album, there's also a track by that name.

We came up with one good one and one that kind of worked, but I won't spoil it for you.

[Philistine]

The quintessential one is probably:

"Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd ("I'll see you on the dark side of the moon") [Brain Damage]

One that might be stretching it:

"1" by the Beatles. ("he one spinal cracker") [Come together]

Then you've got the albums with one-word titles, like:

"Up" by REM ("I've woke up stone drunk, face down in the floor") [Sad Professor]

"War" by U2 (" And gold is the reason for the wars we wage.") [New Years Day]

Also, a lot of "best of" albums use a line from a song--like REM's "And I Feel Fine....Best of the IRS years, 1982-1987."

--Philistine

[Zilverzmurfen]

As Philistine said there are tons of album titles like that. I looked through my fave group Depeche Mode's albums and came up with two:

• Some Great Reward (Lie to me)
• Construction Time Again (Pipeline)

[pigeonmeister]

Nirvana, Nevermind

"Oh well, whatever, nevermind" (SLTS)

Bit of an obvious one though.

[D'Artagnan1673]

Clever game...

Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk - Said in track 9: So Run Down

[D'Artagnan1673]

Here's a stretch:

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

Track 2 is called Eden, but the word 'spirit' is used is in track 6: I believe in you

[matt9476]

I can remember one from high school. Bryan Adams' "Waking up the Neighbours"

House Arrest (track seven): "We've been waking up the neighbours, bouncing off the walls, hanging off the ceilings. We'll be dancing in and out of the halls!

[Robert Smith]

John Martyn. Album title "No Little Boy" is part of the refrain from "Ways to Cry". Almost a compilation album, I think this was the only previously-unreleased track.

[HDG]

Nine Inch Nails

"Broken"

Last line in the song "Happiness in Slavery": "just some flesh caught in this big broken machine"

[HDG]

Chaos UK

"Short Sharp Shock"

multiple times in the song "Detention Center"

[HDG]

This is a fun game.

Beastie Boys

"Ill Communication"

Last line in "Sure Shot".

[HDG]

Alanis Morissette

"Jagged Little Pill"

3rd or 4th line in "You Learn": "Swallow it down (what a jagged little pill)"

[leftyboy]

Arctic Monkeys

"Favorite Worst Nightmare"

somewhere in "D is for Dangerous"

[RebelFencer]

Bad Religion

"The Process of Belief"

In the song "Materialist"

[pigeonmeister]

This is a total cheat, but...

De La Soul: De La Soul is Dead

Track 1: Intro

"And now we begin our exciting adventure of... De La Soul is Dead"

[Dev]

The Shins, Oh, Inverted World; Track 2, "One By One All Day."

[Codex]

Nightwish's Dark Passion Play, it's somewhere in The Poet and the Pendulum.

[mrbiggs]

The quintessential one is probably:

"Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd ("I'll see you on the dark side of the moon") [Brain Damage]

That's the one we came up with, as well as The Wall by Pink Floyd, which is a stretch because there are many tracks which contain the phrase "the wall," but many lyrics which contain it in other contexts.

[Dev]

Metric, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?; Track 1, "IOU" (it's the first line).
Mark Knopfler, Kill To Get Crimson; Track 8, "Let It All Go."
Margot & The Nuclear So & Sos, The Dust Of Retreat; Track 1, "A Sea Chanty Of Sorts."
Low, The Great Destroyer; Track 4, "Silver Rider" and Track 13, "Walk Into The Sea."
Lily Allen, Alright, Still; Track 2, "Knock 'Em Out."
Ladytron, Witching Hour; Track 4, "Soft Power."
Emily Haines, Knives Don't Have Your Back; Track 12, "Winning."
Muse, Black Holes and Revelations; Track 2, "Starlight."
The Decemberists, Castaways and Cutouts; Track 10, "California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade."
The Cure, The Head On the Door; Track 7, "Close To Me."

What do I win?

[commiemermaid]

Yes, Virginia by the Dresden Dolls. Track 8, Mrs. O.
XO by Elliott Smith. Track 3, Waltz #2 (this sort of doesn't count as the song is often known as XO).
From a Basement on the Hill by Elliott Smith. Track 13, Memory Lane.
Mic City Sons by Heatmiser. Track 9, Pop In G.
Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol. Track 3, NYC.
Commit This to Memory by Motion City Soundtrack. Track 11, Hangman.
Us Against the Crown by State Radio. Track 11, Rushian.
Saturate by Breaking Benjamin. Track 1, Wish I May.
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by The Cure. Track 1, The Kiss.