Horrible 70s album titles like I've Got My Own Album To Do

REO Speedwagon - You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish or whatever the fuck that one is called
Eddie Harris - That Is Why You're Overweight

those are both pretty bitchin'. try harder.

Joe Walsh to thread.

Elvin Bishop: Hometown Boy Makes Good!

the Harris title makes sense in context with the album art, the woman's hand holding a bon-bon or truffle or whatever

but why single out the 70's? i mean there aren't many worse album titles than say 'Dongs of Sevotion' or 'Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle'

oh man prog rock totally wins this thread

Yes - Tormato
Gentle Giant - Pretentious - For the Sake of It
Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You

Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other

Caravan also wins for 'For Girls Who Go Plump in the Night'!

ha ha, yes!

Blind Dog at St. Dunstans was a pretty dreadful album title too

OK, time to defend prog rock :

Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other is a quote from artist John Minton - "We're all awash in a sea of blood, and the least we can do is wave to each other", which isn't very quirky at all.

Gentle Giant - Pretentious - For the Sake of It. Never heard of this, probably a bootleg if it exists.

Caravan - yes awful, although I quite like the Blind Dog At St Dunstans title.

Ha yeah Joe Walsh's 'But Seriously Folks' was what immediately sprung to mind when I saw the thread title (xposts). Also:

Lowell George - Thanks, I'll Eat it Here

haha i was JUST about to post the Lowell George title

Frampton - I'm In You

Gentle Giant - Pretentious - For the Sake of It. Never heard of this, probably a bootleg if it exists.

It's a compilation, isn't it?

Not the 70s but it's hard to beat that run of three albums from Phil Collins: "Hello, I Must Be Going!", "No Jacket Required", "...But Seriously" ... which rips off Joe Walsh too!

Oh, that Phil Collins and his waging war on restaurants that don't let him in!

Think I'd refuse to pay the bill in any restaurant that let Phil Collins in

I love puns MORE than the next man but...

http://covers1.img-themusic-world.info/000/22/22311.jpg

Hate "Crisis? What Crisis?" by Supertramp

Good lord, I never realized "Whale Meat" was a pun, I just thought it was a stupid album title.

Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other is a quote from artist John Minton - "We're all awash in a sea of blood, and the least we can do is wave to each other", which isn't very quirky at all.

We're All Awash in a Sea of Blood would have been a way better album title

Kansas were on a roll, as Leftoverture is some painful titling, and then came Point of Know Return.

It is obviously a great album, but I have always hated the title 'Hall of the Mountain Grill'

Budgie - if I were brittania I'd waive the rules

The Lowell George one is especially bad because it was also what he wanted the first Little Feat album to be called. Amazing that he held onto it for SO LONG.

Sabbath's Technical Ecstacy is pretty ridiculous, especially considering the decidedly non-technical content.

http://991.com/newGallery/Wet-Willie-Which-Ones-Willie-500502.jpg

Every song on D.I. Go Pop is like a horrible 70s album title.

Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
Bootsy? Player of the Year
This Boot is Made for Fonk-N

This might be the third time in the last month I've posted this:

http://www.hollywoodmemorabilia.com/files/cache/peter-frampton-autographed-signed-im-in-you-album_596c784f83f85bbc064e0b6afdd291be.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/JethroTull-albums-toooldtorocknroll.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/Aerosmith_-_Night_In_The_Ruts.JPG

Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday

I'd think Budgie's "If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules" kind of fits here.

Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns - Say Blow By Blow Backwards
even Joe Walsh gets a headache thinking bout that one

Jim Capaldi's "Whale Meat Again" was a protest song about the killing of Whales. (upthread)

Makes it worse.

think there's a faces best-of, maybe released after the 70s but recalling its syntactic constructions, good little boys ... when they're asleep

This may be the best/worst:

http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/000/071/0000007135_350.jpg

Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To A Blind Horse

1971, so this may be the template

Ringo Starr - Ringo's Rotogravure

OK this isn't verbose but it's one of those albums I used to stare at as a record-store clerk, thinking 'what a dumb title'

see also Ringo The 4th - his sixth album

Is "Sometimes I Wish we were an Eagle" a pun?

IMO "Too Old To Rock'n'Roll, Too Young To Die" is a great title. Sums up pretty well the thoughts of the first generation who grew up with rock music, and how they dealt with not being teenagers anymore.

Man - Do You Like It here Now, Are you Settling In? and (although I kinda like this one) 2 Oz. of Plastic With A Hole In The Middle.

I've been thinking (for no particular reason) about lame 70s album titles recently and just found this thread.

For sheer crassness, I can't help thinking of "Fanx Ta Ra" by Sad Cafe:

http://a4.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/119/906cd4ae57f246a291f42b96c13fafd1/l.jpg

xp Oh I get it... "Which one's Willie." Which means no one in the band was named Willie. Quite a hoot/hollar combo.

Gentle Giant - Pretentious - For the Sake of It. Never heard of this, probably a bootleg if it exists.

This definitely exists and is not a bootleg. It's a compilation but at least the title can't be blamed on the band, the liner notes say the label came up with it. Although they did apparently play gigs with a backdrop with "PRETENTIOUS" in big letters above them.

greg kihn to thread, surely

(i realize it's hardly in the true caravan spirit, but 1978's "next of kihn" would have been a prime offender even if he hadn't gone back to the well a dozen times)

Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits

this is the best thread.

Hall’s chest hair!

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/s/962d80fb884b6637bfac8a8db18ed63a/5083391/david-bromberg-band-how-latell-ya-play-til-Cover-Art.jpg

David Bromberg Band- How Late'll Ya Play 'Til

I wish some enterprising *current* musician would come out with a full on album cover along these lines.

this is the best thread.

― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, May 11, 2026 11:54 AM (forty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm

https://themusicshopandmore.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Front-The-Hudson-Brothers-Damn-Those-Kids-1978-CD.jpg

Hudson Brothers: Damn Those Kids

mr mustache with the cigar on the top right reminds me of the cheers opening credits

He reminds me of Tom Waits on the cover of Swordfishtrombones

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0MDzJkaRXUzK4QiCP_rpG7nGAIUd4A1gsHxHsYRlGSiDiqM3xlHs5sL0&s=10

The Dells: "They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It!"

excellent

hahahaha that one's brilliant!

I kinda want there to be a “well,” after that comma, though

They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It... But Not Well!

great back cover
https://i.discogs.com/lNR5ThNZKrbPHj4S93_b1FLsfNVlB7Fp0MmgOSVO0Y8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1NzI3/MjAxLTE1OTY4MjY4/OTktOTIwMS5qcGVn.jpeg

Checking them out on Discogs, the Dells had some fun album sleeves! Including a Jack Davis special (w/The Dramatics)

https://i.discogs.com/Q3wVwO7lWNpL2HF82ByK-ihzkrNfjVUfq0qdeTX5FUg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIzNTY0/MTctMTUwNTY2OTc4/My05NDczLmpwZWc.jpeg

that would fit well on this thread too post movie posters done in a busy/claustrophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s

more back covers should be behind-the-scenes views of the front cover shoot... really fits with the deliberately self-deflating ethos of having one's own album to do. but a worthwhile idea for bands in general.

yeah it's a great bit

love the guy hanging from the ceiling dropping fake snow of them

on them

agreed, that detail kinda ties the whole thing together.

https://i.discogs.com/tMeye7MdYHQLZnnoFDWTzn4xlOC3EMuAdRnENLAWutM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:598/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQwMjc0/ODEtMTU4ODM0NzUy/Ni01NzI5LmpwZWc.jpeg

Ellis: Riding On The Crest Of A Slump

The men without hats look very dejected to be without hats, but they do have great footwear. What is leftmost man standing on?

looks like the back of a chair

before the slump they could afford a whole chair

probably had to spend that budget to get Roger Daltry as producer

!!! woah that's wild I've never even heard of this band

"Half a Chair to Stand On" would be a good own album to do title

The follow-up album Why Not? is an A+ example of pseudo self-deprecation album titling too

Named after vocalist Steve Ellis who was in blue-eyed soul 60s band, the Love Affair.

https://disk-market2.sakura.ne.jp/jk/2L-04587b.jpg

https://cdn.sonemic.net/i/600/s/4b00cfe47d9a8e8526b51a5c25b5ead2/2701972/resurrection-uk-plain-or-salted-Cover-Art.jpg

Resurrection- Plain or Salted?

https://cdn.sonemic.net/i/600/s/ad80300621adb3b2fe666f3b2b785309/1318367/michael-johnson-aint-dis-da-life-Cover-Art.jpg

Michael Johnson- Ain't Dis Da Life

https://cdn.sonemic.net/i/600/s/d48a3918df96aa239df1a36ebc6cee47/5714864/ian-mason-nobody-takes-me-seriously-Cover-Art.jpg

Ian Mason- Nobody Takes Me Seriously

Top marks for Ian Mason

with a name like Resurrection they must have started with more grandeur in mind than plain vs salted

Ian Mason links-dive gets me to Brian Cadd – No Stone Unturned. Not sure this sleeve art would be acceptable to the Aboriginal community nowadays, or probably even then.

https://i.discogs.com/wGrrvZ308BraUOleHu2KpZ8tOTNTfBWZXEMOQFM4qtY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTcyMjc0/NzYtMTU2MTYxNDE4/OS04NzI5LmpwZWc.jpeg

Michael Johnson - Ain't Dis Da Life

title & artwork looking very incongruous

Ticking all the boxes...

Stephen Daniels, "Never The Less And On The Other Hand"

https://i.discogs.com/oWXgks4elfZcDg1qAU4c6_iDIAPdK-V_KzOG8Zlmr6Q/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:580/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwMTE0/MTkzLTE0OTE4NTIx/NjYtNjE0OS5qcGVn.jpeg

graphic design in its highest form ♥️

Carrying on the tradition, Katy Perry, "The Ones That Got the Plays".

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273c49e558a0a9996141accbc67

nice, love people continuing the tradition

https://i.postimg.cc/d3k5F4Ms/W0-704203.jpg

george carlin, playin' with your head (1986)

That is hideous.

It's certainly Carlin's worst album cover, but as titles go it's not close to the '70s perfection of "An Evening With Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo."

But comedy albums don't really belong in this thread--wacky titles are a given.

is that Katy Perry album supposed to be a pun on "The one that got away" or is it just a weird phrase?

Probably. She has a song of that title.

But comedy albums don't really belong in this thread--wacky titles are a given.

fair!

That is hideous.

― mick signals, Thursday, July 30, 2026 7:22 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Reminds me of Twin Peaks: The Return.

https://cdn.sonemic.net/i/600/s/0b244ade3c56a168ed9aa1f760714ea0/4779151/hallelujah-the-hills-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-trash-can-Cover-Art.jpg

Hallelujah the Hills- Portrait of the Artist as Young Trash Can

https://cdn.sonemic.net/i/600/s/10a81df1823e345da73f4eb412810ec0/3822525/crash-test-dummies-a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-dummy-Cover-Art.jpg

Crash Test Dummies- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dummy

https://cdn.sonemic.net/i/600/s/2684883a7b6e6642cc98c0a589688978/6841916/graindelavoix-bjorn-schmelzer-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-starved-dog-madrigals-Cover-Art.jpg

Graindelavoix/Bjorn Schmelzer- Portrait of the Artist as a Starved Dog

and, of course:

https://cdn.sonemic.net/i/600/s/2d0683fedd19764b31a523a0807745c8/2175770/ram-jam-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-ram-Cover-Art.jpg

Ram Jam- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram (probably posted before, but here for context)