Most Peculiar and Tasteful ALBUM TITLES

Some could almost have worked as titles for sci-fi-novels.

Funny thing was, to remind me of these fantastic titles, I found more internet inspiration from "worst titles" lists than from "best titles" lists.

Surprises me further that some of the most lyrically ambitious artists came up with quite ordinary names for all their albums.



1

THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
David Bowie

2

LABOUR OF LUST
Nick Lowe

3

YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY
The Byrds

4

MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD
Talking Heads

5

THE ROARING SILENCE
Manfred Mann's Earth Band

6

THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS
Joni Mitchell

7

RUBBER SOUL
The Beatles

8

RETURN TO FOREVER
Chick Corea

9

EVEN IN THE QUITEST MOMENTS
Supertramp

10

VERY
Pet Shop Boys

11

A WOOFER IN TWEETER'S CLOTHING
Sparks

12

EASTER EVERYWHERE
13:th Floor Elevators

13

THE BIRDS, THE BEES & THE MONKEES
The Monkees

14

A GIFT FROM A FLOWER TO A GARDEN
Donovan

15

IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE...
(THEN PREPARE FOR INDIGESTION)
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

16

ANOTHER MUSIC IN A DIFFERENT KITCHEN
Buzzcocks

17

SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND
Genesis

18

BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX
Cat Stevens

19

BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE
Brian Eno

20

2
[= overcrossing the self-titled name of their first album]
NEU!

21

DOUBLE FANTASY
John Lennon & Yoko Ono

22

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
Simon & Garfunkel

23

BACK HERE ON EARTH
Gordon Lightfoot

24

NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD CEREMONY
Leonard Cohen

25

HOUSES OF THE HOLY
Led Zeppelin

26

IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING
King Crimson

27

H TO HE WHO AM THE ONLY ONE
Van Der Graaf Generator

28

WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE
Alice Cooper

29

HELP!
The Beatles

30

BITCHES BREW
Miles Davis and more

31

BRAIN SALAD SURGERY
Emerson, Lake & Palmer

32

BETWEEN THE BUTTONS
Rolling Stones

33

THIRTY THREE & 1/3
George Harrison

34

QUADROPHENIA
The Who

35

DEAR CATASTROPHE WAITRESS
Belle and Sebastian

36

SECRET, PROFANE & SUGARCANE
Elvis Costello

37

RELAYER
Yes

38

OK COMPUTER
Radiohead

39

MEMORY ALMOST FULL
Paul McCartney

40

TOO LOW FOR ZERO
Elton John

41

TIME TAKES TIME
Ringo Starr

42

ACTUALLY
Pet Shop Boys

43

& YET & YET
Do Make Say Think

44

THE IDLER WHEEL IS WISER THAN THE DRIVER OF THE SCREW AND WHIPPING CORDS WILL SERVE YOU MORE THAN ROPES WILL EVER DO
Fiona Apple

45

APOSTROPHE (')
Frank Zappa

46

SWORDFISH TROMBONES
Tom Waits

47

(COME ON FEEL THE) ILLINOISE
Sufjan Stevens

48

WHAT WE SAW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS
Regina Spektor

49

THIS IS
Stina Nordenstam

50

FOREVER CHANGES
Love

51

VERSION 2.0
Garbage

52

IT'S NOT ME, IT'S YOU
Lily Allen

53

BEAUTY AND THE BEAT
Go-Go's

54

BACK TO BLACK
Amy Winehouse

55

THE AGE OF PLASTIC
The Buggles

56

POCKET SYMPHONY
Air

57

STRATOSFEAR
Tangerine Dream

58

AFTERNOONS IN UTOPIA
Alphaville

59

LIFTED or THE STORY IS IN THE SOIL, KEEP YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND
Bright Eyes

60

MOONMADNESS
Camel

61

ANOTHER DAY ON EARTH
Brian Eno

62

NAKED NUMBER ONE
Tomas Di Leva

63

ALADDIN SANE
David Bowie

64

THE MILK-EYED MENDER
Joanna Newsom

65

SON OF A PLUMBER
Per Gessle

66

DIARY OF A MADMAN
Ozzy Osbourne

67

LOVE AT FIRST STING
Scorpions

68

ZOOLOOK
Jean Michel Jarre

69

DECEPTIVE BENDS
10cc

70

UMMAGUMMA
Pink Floyd

71

TURNSTILES
Billy Joel

72

THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD
Alan Parsons' Project

73

IF I COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, I'D DO IT ALL OVER YOU
Caravan

74

THE TAKE OFF AND LANDING OF EVERYTHING
Elbow

75

VESPERTINE
Björk

76

THE RAVEN THAT REFUSED TO SING
Steven Wilson

77

SONG OF SEVEN
Jon Anderson








To be on this list I should have heard each album (at least once). Otherwise it would be too many titles to choose among. For same easy reason I concentrate on titles in english (or gibberish) language.

A plus but not a demand is that the contempt of actual music reflects the title well.





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seVen seen : Sides of Big WAR, among Real Soldiers (or Fictional Fighters)

crazy, comic and serious
before, during or after

my Recent Movie (Re)Discoveries

Fifth Tower of 2015
through chakras

this points process system is
inspired by Sigge Eklund's 12/12/12/12 idea







Crown chakra


WHERE EAGLES DARE
[ÖRNNÄSTET]

directed by Brian G. Hutton
UK /Austria /USA 1968
written by Alistair MacLean


5 Expectation Before

5 Halfway

5 Whole just seen

3 After further Reflection

4 Repeating or Reading about


Total Process 22 /5

= 4.4


most memorable Role : VON HAPEN (Derren Nesbitt)







third EYE chakra


TRON

by Steven Lisberger
USA, Taiwan 1982

[seen for second time now,
soon two years ago first time]


4 Expectation Before

3 Halfway

5 Whole just seen

4 After further Reflection

5 Repeating or Reading about


Total Process 21 /5

= 4.2


most memorable role : DUMONT "The Pyramidical Tower Guardian" (Barnard Hughes)







Throat chakra


THE IMITATION GAME
by Morten Tyldum
UK /USA 2014


4 Expectation Before

3 Halfway

4 Whole just seen

3 After further Reflection

4 Repeating or Reading about


Total Process 18 /5

= 3.6


most memorable role : JOAN CLARKE (Keira Knightley)







Heart chakra


BAND OF BROTHERS, episode 1 + 2

different directors
USA 2001
written by Stephen Ambrose


4 Expectation Before

4 Halfway (one episode of ten)

3 Whole just seen (two episodes of ten)

3 After further Reflection

4 Repeating or Reading about


Total Process 18 /5

= 3.6


most memorable role : LT. RICHARD WINTERS (Damian Lewis)







Solar Plexus chakra


WHIPLASH

by Damien Chazelle
USA 2014


5 Expectation Before

4 Halfway

4 Whole just seen

3 After further Reflection

3 Repeating or Reading about


Total Process 19 /5

= 3.8


most memorable role : TEACHER FLETCHER (J.K. Simmons)







Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


PATTON

directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
USA 1970
written by Francis Ford Coppola


4 Expectation Before

5 Halfway

4 Whole just seen

3 After further Reflection

3 Repeating or Reading about


Total Process 19 /5

= 3.8


most memorable role : GENERAL PATTON (George C. Scott)







Root chakra


ROME, OPEN CITY
[ROMA, CITTÀ APERTA]

by Roberto Rossellini
Italy 1945


5 Expectation Before

1 Halfway

3 Whole just seen

3 After further Reflection

4 Repeating or Reading about


Total Process 16 /5

= 3.2


most memorable role : DON PIETRO PELLEGRINI (Aldo Fabrizi)







Realise that none (of these) seems to get higher value after further Reflection





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Szimpla Kert a Budapest Bar part II

Recycling from this spring

my 40 Favourite Elton John Songs

among them made 1969-78

as I experience this masterpieces nowadays
including Taupin's lyrics


ordered by Phases of my life
Retroactive from 2015 back to 1975
through each year they most feels or seems to Represent




39 year old

COUNTRY COMFORT

"I saw grandma yesterday down at the store
Was she really going five or eighty-four?"


38 year old

WESTERN FORD GATEWAY


37 year old

MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS


36 year old

THE KING MUST DIE


35 year old

WRITING


34 year old

ROCKET MAN (it's lonely here in space)


33 year old

(City living woman) YOU'RE SO STATIC


32 year old

BIG DIPPER


31 year old

TOWER OF BABEL


30 year old

SOMEONE'S FINAL SONG


29 year old

INTO THE OLD MAN'S SHOES


28 year old

SOLAR PRESTIGE A GAMMON


27 year old

AMOREENA


26 year old

TEXAN LOVE SONG


25 year old

I'VE SEEN THE SAUCERS


24 year old

HYMN 2000


23 year old

ISLAND GIRL


22 year old

PINKY
"candlelight fell like a crescent
upon your feather pillow"


21 year old

TINY DANCER


20 year old

THE BALLAD OF DANNY BAILEY


19 year old

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND (LOVE LIES BLEEDING)


18 year old

DIRTY LITTLE GIRL


17 year old

WE ALL FALL IN LOVE SOMETIMES
(including CURTAINS)


16 year old

IT'S ME THAT YOU NEED (Look in the Mirror)


15 year old

GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD


14 year old

THIS SONG HAS NO TITLE

"in a vast high powered rocket to the core of the sun
want to read books in the studies of men"


13 year old

PINBALL WIZARD
[penned by Townshend for Tommy]


12 year old

DAN DARE (PILOT OF THE FUTURE)
[my first computer game]


11 year old

TEACHER I NEED YOU


10 year old

(It's hard to write a song with) BITTER FINGERS


9 year old

SONG FOR GUY


8 year old

YOUR SONG
[especially a cover with Mia Martini]


7 year old

LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
[penned by Beatle Lennon]


6 year old

CROCODILE ROCK


5 year old

SKYLINE PIGEON (over...
flowers and forest fountains)


4 year old

GREY SEAL (How does it feel to be so wise?)


3 years old

HARMONY (and me...
Baby Hello!)


2 years old

(Everybody needs a) PART-TIME LOVE


1 year old

FEED ME


0 year old

COME DOWN IN TIME






part of Country Comfort


Elton also made numbers with fitting titles asSixty Years On
or Between Seventeen And Twenty
but they just almost
feels good enough to join the fourty





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my Fifth Music Chakra Tower of 2015

15 Pieces Climbing Longer and Closer to my Heart
some once again, some never before

(these numbers don't compare value, just gives spiritual structure)






Crown chakra


1

I'VE SEEN THE SAUCERS

with Elton John
written by Bernie Taupin & Elton John

from Caribou 1974


2

SALISBURY

with Uriah Heep
written by David Byron, Mick Box, Ken Hensley

from Salisbury 1971





Brow /third EYE chakra


3

THE ANCIENT : GIANTS UNDER THE SUN

with Yes
written by Steve Howe and Jon Anderson

from Tales From Topographic Oceans 1974


4

1983... (A MERMAN I SHOULD TURN TO BE)

with The Jimi Hendrix Experience
written by Jimi Hendrix

from Electric Ladyland 1968





Throat chakra


5

IMPRESSIONE DI SETTEMBRE

with Premiata Forneria Marconi
written by Francone Mussida, Mauro Pagani

from Storia di un Minuto 1972


6

YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU TRY

with Sly & The Family Stone
written by Sylvester Stewart = Sly Stone

from Stand! 1969





Heart chakra


7

FOREIGNER SUITE

with Cat Stevens
written by Cat Stevens

from Foreigner Suite 1973


8

PICNIC
[cover of YOUR SONG]

with Mia Martini
written by Elton John
italian version by Maurizio Piccoli

from Il Giorno Dopo 1973





Solar Plexus chakra


9

UP AROUND THE BEND

with Creedence Clearwater Revival
written by John Fogerty

from Cosmo's Factory 1970


10

BORN TO RUN

with Frankie Goes To Hollywood
written by Bruce Springsteen

from Welcome To The Pleasuredome 1984





Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


11

RABALDERSTRAEDE (er en gade... Kom og ta' mig!)

with Gasolin'
written by Kim Larsen

from Gas 5 1975


12

HOUSEQUAKE

with Prince
written by Prince

from Sign O' The Times 1987





Root chakra


13

MONDAY MORNING

with Fleetwood Mac
written by Buckingham

from Fleetwood Mac 1975


14

COUNTRY COMFORT

with Elton John
written by Bernie Taupin & Elton John

from Tumbleweed Connection 1970









Above And Below Everyone


15

THICK AS A BRICK

with Jethro Tull
written by Ian Anderson and Gerald Bostock

from Thick as a Brick 1972








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Ruby Rubberlegs street performance

making supeRheroes lifting her high inside box (also rackets) and Rise again

Fifteen Fabulous sorts of Beer

mostly stout or porter

my best discoveries of this summer
(some already during spring and winter)




1

DUGGES IDJIT!
imperial stout
swedish


2

OMNIPOLLO : NOA PECAN MUD CAKE
imperial stout
swedish
like a dessert


3

TERRAPIN MOO-HOO
chocolate milk stout
american


4

POPPELS RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
swedish


5

MONTEITH'S SUMMER ALE
with ginger
from New Zeeland


6

FLYING DOG, GONZO
imperial porter
american


7

OPPIGÅRDS INDIAN TRIBUTE
swedish


8

WEIRD BEARD's DOUBLE PERLE
a Coffee Milk Stout
british


9

KRUSOVICE CERNE
czech


10

NÓMADA BREWING : ROYAL PORTER
spanish


11

GREAT DIVIDE : YETI
imperial stout
american


12

WISBY OAKED PORTER
swedish


13

LA TRAPPE TRIPEL
dutch ale


14

STIGBERGETS RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
swedish


15

SAMBA KING
By The Horns
british







tasted here in swedish Gothenburg
among not so very unusual sorts easy to get



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seVen seen : Detecting Many Sides of Death

my Recent Movie (Re)Discoveries

Fourth Tower of 2015
through chakra system






Crown chakra


FORREST GUMP

by Robert Zemeckis
USA 1994


most memorable role : JENNY CURRAN (Hanna Hall /Robin Wright)


4 Characters
6 Scenery
7 Camerawork

2 Thrill
4 Conflict
5 Humour

3 Psychology
5 Philosophy
6 Fantasy

3 Composition
7 Music
5 Concept

= 57






third EYE chakra


FOUR SHADES OF BROWN
[FYRA NYANSER AV BRUNT]

by Tomas Alfredson
Sweden 2004


may be fourth time I've seen this quadruple movie

most memorable roles :

1. ERNST (Johan Rheborg)
2. CHRISTER LANDIN (Robert Gustafsson)
3. SMULAN (Karin Ekström)
4. HADAR CARS (wooden figurine made by Sven Gunnarsson)


7 Characters
3 Scenery
2 Camerawork

5 Thrill
6 Conflict
7 Humour

7 Psychology
3 Philosophy
7 Fantasy

4 Composition
6 Music
7 Concept

= 64






Throat chakra


SPIES
[SPIONE]

by Fritz Lang
Germany 1928


most memorable role : SONYA BARANILKOWA (Gerda Maurus)


7 Characters
6 Scenery
6 Camerawork

3 Thrill
3 Conflict
7 Humour

3 Psychology
3 Philosophy
5 Fantasy

4 Composition
3 Music
4 Concept

= 54






Heart chakra


STILL LIFE

by Uberto Pasolini
Italy /UK 2013


most memorable role : JOHN MAY (Eddie Marsan)


6 Characters
4 Scenery
5 Camerawork

3 Thrill
5 Conflict
5 Humour

7 Psychology
5 Philosophy
6 Fantasy

4 Composition
4 Music
7 Concept

= 61






Solar Plexus chakra


FULL METAL JACKET

by Stanley Kubrick
USA /UK 1987


most memorable role : PVT. 'GOMER PYLE' (Vincent D'Onofrio)


6 Characters
5 Scenery
6 Camerawork

7 Thrill
6 Conflict
4 Humour

5 Psychology
4 Philosophy
2 Fantasy

4 Composition
3 Music
2 Concept

= 55






Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


TRUE DETECTIVE
first two episodes of season 2

written by Nic Pizzolatto
directed by Justin Lin
USA 2015


Probably I would've get the story better if 2:nd episode had been shown before 1:st episode, but the meaning may not be to understand immediately


most memorable role : ELIOT BEZZERIDES (David Morse)


4 Characters
6 Scenery
4 Camerawork

5 Thrill
6 Conflict
1 Humour

5 Psychology
3 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

3 Composition
3 Music
2 Concept

= 46






Root chakra


FORCE MAJEURE
[TOURIST /TURIST]
also called "SNOW THERAPY"

by Ruben Östlund
Sweden 2014


most memorable role : MATS (Kristofer Hivju)


6 Characters
5 Scenery
4 Camerawork

5 Thrill
6 Conflict
4 Humour

7 Psychology
5 Philosophy
3 Fantasy

5 Composition
3 Music
4 Concept

= 57







Above everyone And Below everyone


PATTON

directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
written by Francis Ford Coppola
USA 1970


most memorable role : GENERAL PATTON (George C. Scott)


5 Characters
6 Scenery
6 Camerawork

6 Thrill
4 Conflict
4 Humour

3 Psychology
5 Philosophy
2 Fantasy

4 Composition
2 Music
6 Concept

= 53






I now again give stars from 1 to 7
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 12 = 84 never exist(?)




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by Myslikova street in Prague

...long since I last got a feeling of déjà vu, like from an earlier life


but two months ago it happened, like an imagination I hade really lived there

on a Prague street I didn't expected, since this Myslikova is located on "the new" city side (closer to the Jiraskuv bridge than the most famous bridges), in a relatively anonymous area where I never experienced something memorable during my three visits before...

Maybe it was just some symbol I saw or smell I got reminded by, right there or delayed from while I was walking again through many corners of this cozy city.

Brain Games now : my Experience including Results

played through lumosity site forum




games I'm specially good at
and also find joyously exciting


1. Star Search

2. Color Match

3. Train of Thought

4. Face Memory Workout

5. Monster Garden




games I'm quite bad at
but still find joyously exciting


6. Top Chimp

7. Pet Detective

8. Eagle Eye

9. Space Junk

10. Speed Pack




games for which both my results and feelings changes
dramatically up 'n' down 'n' up again


11. Pinball Recall

12. Word Bubbles Rising

13. Trouble Brewing

14. Penguin Pursuit

15. Memory Lane




games for which my feelings as well as results keep
a moderate pace


16. Disillusion (new version)

17. Playing Koi

18. Brain Shift Overdrive

19. Speed Match Overdrive

20. Word Sort




games I'm specially good at
but anyway find very boring


21. Follow That Frog

22. Rhyme Workout

23. Tidal Treasures

24. River Ranger

25. Ebb & Flow




games I'm quite bad at
and also find very boring


26. Rotation Matrix
(prefer the non-moving Memory Matrix)

27. Disconnection

28. Splitting Seeds

39. Chalkboard Challenge
(or even worse Raindrops)

30. Observation Tower











Lumosity Performance Index [max 2000]

1442 my Best LPI
1442 my Current LPI


1428 in Speed games

1509 in Memory games

1344 in Attention games

1613 in Flexibility games

1308 in Problem Solving games



compared with my age group 35-39 year olds

LPI = 81.9 percentile


in Speed games 74.7 percentile

in Memory games 89.0 percentile

in Attention games 75.2 percentile

in Flexibility games 88.1 percentile

in Problem Solving games 63.9 perc





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A day in Alleys of Alingsås (takåsar och kullerskuggor)

Downton Abbey, first season

in which I find those most memorable roles
filling the model of Princess SnowWhite &
The Seven Dwarfs (or two opposing dwarfs of every kind)



Beautiful roles

more soulful beauty ANNA SMITH (head housemaid)

more physical beauty GWEN DAWSON (servant maid)



Happy roles

better LADY SYBIL (youngest daughter)

worse LADY MARY (eldest daughter)


Grumpy roles

better CARSON (Head Butler)

worse SARAH O'BRIEN (personal chamber maid)


Crazy roles

better DAISY ROBINSON (kitchen maid)

worse LADY EDITH (middle daughter)


Shy roles

better JOHN BATES (Valet of the Lord)

worse WILLIAM MASON (second footman)


Explosive roles

better MRS. PATMORE (chief cook)

worse ISOBEL CRAWLEY (widowed nurse)


Exhausted roles

better VIOLET CRAWLEY (Grandmother countess)

worse MATTHEW CRAWLEY (cousin and would-be heir)


Wise roles

better CORA CRAWLEY (Wife countess)

worse THOMAS BARROW (first footman)




Well, not until this summer I began to watch the perfect drama Downton Abbey, after people declairing it's greatness during several castle visits. First episode seemed an extremely difficult pace to follow, but since I learned the roles in their social pattern I could feel more and more immediate excitement over every step in and around "their castle".


7 Characters
7 Scenery
6 Camerawork

6 Thrill
6 Conflict
3 Humour

5 Psychology
4 Philosophy
2 Fantasy

7 Composition
2 Music
3 Concept

= 58


I now again give stars from 1 to 7
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 12 = 84 never exist(?)






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