Blogs »
Gigwise RSS Feeds Bookmark and Share

Seriously Weird Album Titles!

In homage to Kasabian's 'West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum'...

Share

According to HMV.co.uk, Kasabian's upcoming third album goes by the completely and utterly stark-raving-bonkers title of 'West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum'.

This got us thinking of our favourite weird-as-shit album titles from down the echelons of time. Here they are below in all their glory!

If you can think of any more then, either post a comment or tell us on our the @Gigwise Twitter page right here.

1. A Silver Mount Zion - 'He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms…' (2000)
2. Super Furry Animals - 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (In Space)' EP (1995)
3. Steely Dan – 'Pretzel Logic' (1974)
4. Van De Graaff Generator - 'H to He, Who Am the Only One' (1970)
5. The Chariot - 'Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing, Nothing Is Dead and Nothing Is Bleeding' (2004)
6. Butthole Surfers – 'Locust Abortion Technician' (1993)
7. Butthole Surfers -  'Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac' (1984)
8. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - 'F♯A♯∞' (1997)
9. Mindless Self Indulgence - 'Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy' (1999)
10.Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention – 'Weasels Ripped My Flesh' (1970)
11. The Flaming Lips – 'Clouds Taste Metallic' (1995)
12. Tom Waits – 'Swordfishtrombones' (1983)
13. Nurse With Wound - 'Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella' (1979)
14. Devin Townsend – 'Devin Townsend Presents Ziltoid The Omniscient' (2007)
15. Limp Bizkit – 'Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water' (2000)
16. Necrocannibal - 'Somnambuliformic Possession' (1994)
17. Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains – 'The Big Eyeball In The Sky' (2004)
18. Melt Banana – '13 Hedgehogs' (2005)
19. Captain Beefheart - 'Trout Mask Replica' (1969)

20. The Incredible String Band - 'The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion' (1967)
21. Pink Floyd - 'Ummagumma' (1969)
22. Detroit Grand Pubahs - 'Galactic Ass Creatures from Uranus' (2004)
23. Stereolab - 'Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night' (1999) 

(2)
  • The Coral- Night Freaks And The Sons Of Becker

    ~ by Chris C 3/6/2009

    Reply to this comment

  • king crimson - lark's tongues in aspic

    ~ by dr memory 3/9/2009

    Reply to this comment


     characters left [+]  


    Register now and have your comments approved automatically!

    • This is mad- Lady Gaga Makes $167 From 1million Plays On Spotify: A Swedish report suggests... http://bit.ly/4ZYtYw (via @Gigwise)
      martinontwitter on Mon Nov 23 17:39:52 via Tweetie
    • I call bullshit. RT: @Gigwise: Lady Gaga Makes $167 From 1million Plays On Spotify: A Swedish report suggests... http://bit.ly/4ZYtYw
      musicaltwit on Mon Nov 23 17:35:13 via Echofon
    • RT @laurastrong1985: RT @Gigwise U2 To Headline Friday Night Of Glastonbury 2010: It's reported today... Haha unlucky!
      Garyt2 on Mon Nov 23 17:02:59 via TwiXtreme
    • RT @Gigwise: Local Natives Unveil 2010 UK Tour Dates: They play next February and March... http://bit.ly/08MQQez
      followchopsy on Mon Nov 23 14:54:02 via Tweetie
    • @XLRECORDINGS well @Gigwise gave you #1 spot! :http://www.gigwise.com/photos/52489/50/The-50-Greatest-Albums-of-the-2000s
      Gigwise on Mon Nov 23 13:00:41 via web
    Artist A-Z   # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z