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Worst mainstream album titles?


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12 minutes ago, vivre sa vie said:

Beyonce - Dangerously in Love

Beyonce - B'Day

Beyonce - (self-titled)

Beyonce - 4

Beyonce - Lemonade (why not 'Formation'?!)

Katy Perry - One of The Boys

Meghan Trainor - Thank You

Britney Spears - Femme Fatale

Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time

Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans

Rihanna - Talk That Talk

JLo - Love?

Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded

 

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Some really good answers here, folks! I forgot about Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded: The Re-Up, Hard Candy and Yeezus. That reminds me, I'll add in Sheezus by Lily Allen too. She actually thought a spoof of a bad album title made it better! It got worse!

A lot of you are focusing on boring/bland/lazy titles, though. I'm really taking about bad titles. People buy albums with boring titles all the time. But bad titles, rarely.

20 hours ago, VANTABLACK said:

Lady wood is an iconic album title , ur just mad Gaga didn't come up with it :whitney:

It sounds ridiculous and too raunchy. I know I wouldn't want to buy such a title in a shop or tell somebody that was my favourite album. It would make people think you listened to lesbian p0rn in music from. And can you imagine if a really naive person asked you what it meant? I don't know how her record label let her name the album such a thing (and allowed her to do that cover either). A non-offensive title and cover is marketing 101.

19 hours ago, ZacharyMark said:

I thought B'Day was successful. And I don't get the pronunciation.

I said it was one of the few that was. But my point it is, it sounds like 'bidet.' Do you know what a bidet is? It's one of those little bathroom fixtures that looks like a mini toilet bowl. You hunch over it and splash up the water in it to wash your private regions. They're not very big worldwide but massively popular in Europe, you find one in most rented places there. The funny thing is, when b'day started to come into use as a shorthand for 'birthday,' every adult or European laughed themselves silly but kids and teens without the knowledge adopted it, unaware of what its pronounciation really meant. How did no one in Beyonce's inner circle point this out? A lot of people say that Beyonce isn't the smartest. And I think the fact she didn't notice what this title sounded like is proof of that.

18 hours ago, Possibly Maybe said:

Where did you hear this? Is it a joke? It's supposed to be an abbreviation of birthday. 

I am aware of that, but read what I said above.

18 hours ago, koonsisme said:

Idk why people hate on the title Lady Wood. Pretty sure it's tongue-in-cheek.

See what I said in the first quote. It doesn't matter if it's tongue in cheek or not. It's sounds too ridiculous and raunchy to sell. This thread is about titles that don't sound good to casual listeners, making them unlikely to buy it.

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1 minute ago, StrawberryBlond said:

I said it was one of the few that was. But my point it is, it sounds like 'bidet.' Do you know what a bidet is? It's one of those little bathroom fixtures that looks like a mini toilet bowl. You hunch over it and splash up the water in it to wash your private regions. They're not very big worldwide but massively popular in Europe, you find one in most rented places there. The funny thing is, when b'day started to come into use as a shorthand for 'birthday,' every adult or European laughed themselves silly but kids and teens without the knowledge adopted it, unaware of what its pronounciation really meant. How did no one in Beyonce's inner circle point this out? A lot of people say that Beyonce isn't the smartest. And I think the fact she didn't notice what this title sounded like is proof of that.

Oh, so it's French. I was pronouncing it wrong. That makes sense. 

And we need those toilets here in the USA..

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14 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

Some really good answers here, folks! I forgot about Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded: The Re-Up, Hard Candy and Yeezus. That reminds me, I'll add in Sheezus by Lily Allen too. She actually thought a spoof of a bad album title made it better! It got worse!

A lot of you are focusing on boring/bland/lazy titles, though. I'm really taking about bad titles. People buy albums with boring titles all the time. But bad titles, rarely.

It sounds ridiculous and too raunchy. I know I wouldn't want to buy such a title in a shop or tell somebody that was my favourite album. It would make people think you listened to lesbian p0rn in music from. And can you imagine if a really naive person asked you what it meant? I don't know how her record label let her name the album such a thing (and allowed her to do that cover either). A non-offensive title and cover is marketing 101.

I said it was one of the few that was. But my point it is, it sounds like 'bidet.' Do you know what a bidet is? It's one of those little bathroom fixtures that looks like a mini toilet bowl. You hunch over it and splash up the water in it to wash your private regions. They're not very big worldwide but massively popular in Europe, you find one in most rented places there. The funny thing is, when b'day started to come into use as a shorthand for 'birthday,' every adult or European laughed themselves silly but kids and teens without the knowledge adopted it, unaware of what its pronounciation really meant. How did no one in Beyonce's inner circle point this out? A lot of people say that Beyonce isn't the smartest. And I think the fact she didn't notice what this title sounded like is proof of that.

I am aware of that, but read what I said above.

See what I said in the first quote. It doesn't matter if it's tongue in cheek or not. It's sounds too ridiculous and raunchy to sell. This thread is about titles that don't sound good to casual listeners, making them unlikely to buy it.

Yeah, Lady Wood is a terrible title

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Runway
Just now, james19709 said:

Probably Dangerous Woman paired with a girl who looks about 15 lmao

Donut licker police will come for you sis 

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YeehawKylie
36 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

See what I said in the first quote. It doesn't matter if it's tongue in cheek or not. It's sounds too ridiculous and raunchy to sell. This thread is about titles that don't sound good to casual listeners, making them unlikely to buy it.

To each their own. I see it being sold in major retailers like Target so...

You make this big stink about this thread not being about boring or bland titles, about how this is about bad names, then go on about how it's to ridiculous to sell or market when the album has been promoted through huge billboard ads, is available in retailers, and sold around the same first week numbers as its predecessor. If it's about bad names, first...can't that include boring titles...and if not, secondly...why can it include marketability? Seems like a double standard.

And it's too raunchy? Well, I think that's the point. Have you listened to the album? Heard her speak? It's all about sex and sexual relationships. It's objective though, so I can understand why people think it's bad. I just think your points were for the most part either inconsistent, incorrect, or irrelevant.

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GhettoFabulous

Glory- lazy cover lazy name 

like girl is this a gospel album or like seriously??

Thank You- Ew just ew 

Last year was complicated -:madge: Yeah great and.....:neyde:

Sheezuz- unoriginal lazy ew ew ew 

I probably left out a number but IDC I'll think of them 

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James19709
3 minutes ago, Skai Jackson said:

@vivre sa vie Formation is so unfitting for the album title, what are you talking about? 

“if life gives you lemons, make lemonade”

 

That would just sound like she had no ideas. "OK Ladies now let's get in formation" has nothing to do with most of the storyline of Lemonade lmao. It's even after the credits. (P.S. ur username is hilarious)

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KyliesChild
Just now, james19709 said:

That would just sound like she had no ideas. "OK Ladies now let's get in formation" has nothing to do with most of the storyline of Lemonade lmao. It's even after the credits. (P.S. ur username is hilarious)

Especially with the film talking about her feelings after heartbreak and other personal struggles. 

Thanks :gaycat:

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1 minute ago, Skai Jackson said:

Especially with the film talking about her feelings after heartbreak and other personal struggles. 

Thanks :gaycat:


It wouldn't make sense realy. Get in formation to do what? hex ur man? like no

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malazam
18 hours ago, CrazyMonster said:

Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded

Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The Re Up

Both the titles and the covers are ugly.

Thanks God someone said It before me.

17 hours ago, Bette Davis said:

 

Pure Heroine - Lorde

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay

I find these so iconic :giveup:

 

X by Ed Sheeran

whatever The Chainsmokers album is going to be called :nails:

Beyonce, Britney Spears, Kesha and Katy albums name

I don't fully like ARTPOP but I love the record

 

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