Things I Find Fascinating: Ridiculously Long Album Titles

I was listening to the latest Fiona Apple CD the other day (The Idler Wheel...), and it struck me as curious that this was Apple's second album release which bears a ridiculously long title. (Both full titles are included in this list.) Which got me thinking...what other ridiculously long titles have artists and bands come up with for their albums? Here's what I found...

Devendra Banhart  ~  Oh Me Oh My… The Way 

The Day Goes By, The Sun Is Setting, Dogs 

Are Dreaming, Lovesongs Of The Christmas Spirit

Black Lips  ~  We Did Not Know The 

Forest Spirit Made The Flowers Grow

Bright Eyes  ~  Lifted, Or The Story Is In 

The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground

Belle And Sebastian  ~  Fold Your Hands 

Child, You Walk Like a Peasant

The Chariot  ~  Everything Is Alive, Everything Is 

Breathing, Nothing Is Dead, And Nothing Is Bleeding

Chin Up Chin Up  ~  We Should Have 

Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers

Atlas Sound  ~  Let The Blind Lead 

Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

Explosions In The Sky  ~  Those Who Tell The Truth 

Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever

The Flaming Lips  ~  A Collection Of Songs Representing 

An Enthusiasm For Recording...By Amateurs

The Flaming Lips  ~  The Day They Shot A Hole 

In The Jesus Egg: The Priest Driven Ambulance 

Album, Demos, And Outtakes, 1989-1991

Glissando  ~  With Our Arms Wide Open 

We March Towards The Burning Sea

Mew  ~  No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry, 

They Washed Away, No More Stories, The

World Is Grey, I'm Tired, Let's Wash Away

White Zombie  ~  Astro Creep: 2000 – Songs Of Love, 

Destruction, And Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head

Marnie Stern  ~  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

Stars  ~  A Lot Of Little Lies For The Sake Of One Big Truth

Silver Mt. Zion  ~  He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts 

Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms

Sea Lions  ~  Everything You Always Wanted To 

Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid To Ask

Modest Mouse  ~  This Is A Long Drive 

For Someone With Nothing To Think About

T. Rex  ~  My People Were Fair And Had 

Sky In Their Hair...But Now They're 

Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows

Cap'n Jazz  ~  Burritos, Inspiration Point, 

Fork Balloon Sports, Cards In The Spokes, 

Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, 

Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped 

On, And Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over

Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies  ~  Hurrah! Another 

Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than The Last; The

Inexorable March Of Progress Will Lead Us All To Happiness

Fiona Apple  ~  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  ~  When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts 

He Thinks Like A King, What He Knows Throws The Blows 

When He Goes To The Fight, And He'll Win The Whole Thing 

'Fore He Enters The Ring, There's No Body To Batter When 

Your Mind Is Your Might, So When You Go Solo, You Hold 

Your Own Hand, And Remember That Depth Is The Greatest 

Of Heights, And If You Know Where You Stand, 

Then You Know Where To Land, And If You 

Fall It Won't Matter, 'Cuz You'll Know That You're Right

Soulwax  ~  Most Of The Remixes We've Made For Other

People Over The Years Except For The One For 

Einstürzende Neubauten Because We Lost It And

A Few We Didn't Think Sounded Good Enough Or 

Just Didn't Fit In Length-Wise, But Including Some 

 That Are Hard To Find Because Either People

People Forgot About Them Or Simply Because 

They Haven't Been Released Yet, A Few We Really Love, 

One We Think Is Just OK, Some We Did For Free, 

Some We Did For Money, Some For Ourselves Without 

Permission, And Some For Friends As Swaps 

But Never On Time And Always At Our Studio In Ghent

Chumbawamba  ~  The Boy Bands Have Won, And All The 

Copyists And The Tribute Bands And The TV Talent Show 

Producers Have Won, If We Allow Our Culture To Be Shaped 

By Mimicry, Whether From Lack Of Ideas Or From Exaggerated 

Respect. You Should Never Try To Freeze Culture. What You Can 

Do Is Recycle That Culture. Take Your Older Brother's Hand-Me-Down 

Jacket And Re-Style It, Re-Fashion It To The Point Where It Becomes 

Your Own. But Don't Just Regurgitate Creative History, Or Hold Art 

And Music And Literature As Fixed, Untouchable And Kept Under 

Glass. The People Who Try To 'Guard' Any Particular Form Of 

Music Are, Like The Copyists And Manufactured Bands, Doing It 

The Worst Disservice, Because The Only Thing That You Can 

Do To Music That Will Damage It Is Not Change It, Not Make 

It Your Own. Because Then It Dies, Then It's Over, 

Then It's Done, And The Boy Bands Have Won