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The List: The 10 Worst Album Titles of 2008 (So Far)

Tim Karan on 9/22/08 @ 10:56 AM

Everyone knows the old adage, "never judge a book by its cover." Well, the same should be applied to album titles. Except some titles really are too hideous to ignore. Here are 10 of the worst album titles of 2008--so far (there are still too many days left in '08 to think that this could possibly be a complete list). --Rachel Lux


Turtle Nipple And The Toxic Shock
by HEAVY HEAVY LOW LOW
(New Weatherman/Ferret)

Album titles don't always need to make sense (and this one definitely doesn't), but why would you want people to imagine turtle nipples while listening to your music? Unless you're trying to distract us from something...

Boo! Human
by JOAN OF ARC
(Polyvinyl)

Boo! Human isn't necessarily a bad title. But anything associated with Tim Kinsella positively drips with pretentiousness, thus making it annoying on principle.

Punk Goes Crunk by VARIOUS ARTISTS
(Fearless)

With all due respect to the Punk Goes... series-crunk? We know it rhymes with punk. But crunk? Really? (Luckily, the title in no way takes away from the awesomeness of All Time Low's cover of "Umbrella" and Say Anything's version of "Got Your Money.")

UnonoU
by DANAVA
(Kemado)

Repetitive letters that don't mean anything when put together are annoying. But UnonoU also reminds us of an indecisive game of "Duck, Duck, Goose." "You! No, no! Wait! You!"

International Time Travel With Magical Babes
by DAWN OF THE DUDE
(Oort)

It's never a good idea to name your album something that could double as a special on Skinemax, unless your band are called Dawn Of The Dude. Oh, wait. Even then it's a band idea.

The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations' Millennium General Assembly
by LE LOUP
(Hardly Art)

Two complaints with this one: It sounds like something Luke Skywalker would have to fight for in Star Wars, and there are waaaaay too many words that start with "th." Seriously.

O
by TILLY AND THE WALL
(Team Love)

Technically, Tilly And The Wall's '08 album isn't a capital "o" (Damien Rice did that in 2003, anyway), but rather it's an unpronounceable circle symbol. Whatever. Someone's got a case of the Princes.

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Glistening Pleasure
by NATALIE PORTMAN'S SHAVED HEAD
(self-released)

Glistening Pleasure isn't patently offensive (though "glistening" is right up there with other words we don't like to say, like "moist"). The band ultimately land on this list because their own name (we're guessing inspired by the lithe actress' V For Vendetta turn) is awful enough to count for their album title, too.

This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
by MARNIE STERN
(Kill Rock Stars)

This is ugh. And I am ugh. And you are ugh. And we are ugh. And this album title is ugh.

f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13
by COLOURMUSIC
(Great Society)

We know the metaphor of throwing a dart at a dictionary to name something is overused, but we're pretty sure that's actually the case with Colourmusic's debut. Don't even get us started on the fact that there's no capitalization... BR>



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rondiggy Posted 09.22.08 at 05:53PM
wires and the concepr of breathing should be on here

bluemorning12 Posted 09.25.08 at 06:19PM
we the kings should be on there, could they really not come up with something else? and i personlly like the punk goes crunk name, im pretty sure it was meant to be tounge-in-cheek annd you should do one of these for tour names

dorka Posted 09.25.08 at 07:31PM
#'s 2 and 1 hurt my head just by reading them. I quote "writer" Ivy Featherstone: Is is was and was is is

lpgurl1527 Posted 09.28.08 at 05:30PM
I agree, i am highly in favor of the Punk Goes Crunk album name.

scarextactics Posted 10.30.08 at 04:31AM
lol, i love it. This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That... its like...a never ending fuckin story rofl.



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