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Points: 8622 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2009 at 11:12
Originally posted by Swan Song Swan Song wrote:

Topography is the science of drawing maps. Smile


Bit of an oversimplification. This is the dictionary.com list.

1. the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
2. the detailed description, esp. by means of surveying, of particular localities, as cities, towns, or estates.
3. the relief features or surface configuration of an area.
4. the features, relations, or configuration of a structural entity.
5. a schema of a structural entity, as of the mind, a field of study, or society, reflecting a division into distinct areas having a specific relation or a specific position relative to one another.

3-5 relate directly to a state rather than the result of study or activity.  One can draw a map sans topography. A topographic map has contour lines to delineate elevation.  Still does not defend the fact that the name has little to do with the subject matter in the album. Then again, what name would? Tales from Metaphysical BS Oceans?

And Relayer could be one who repeatedly lays. Like a slut.

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Midnight Mushrumps!
Arctopocolypse Now - Warmagedon Later (I love those guys, but what the hell!?!?)
The Flower King (an album and a band for this one)
The Man Machine (Not a prog album IMHO, but its here as such)
Maxophone (Great album, not so much a name)
Romantic Warrior (*cough* *gasp* some of the most complex music in the fusion scene sounds like it should be a Debbie Boone album)
Situation Dangerous
Sol Niger Within (Understandably ironic "Black Hole Within", still gets too much dander up)
Space Shanty (better than Space Outhouse I guess)


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Pork Soda
Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
Sheer Heart attack
Kill 'em All (brilliant!)

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Points: 3834 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2009 at 11:17
Originally posted by HughesJB4 HughesJB4 wrote:


Ayreon-10101010101010011010101011010100000000000001111111111111111111111111000000000000000011111111111111100000000000001111111111111100000000000000111111111111111

I don't care about the album's concept or not, the name is just god awful anyway.



Oh yes, seconded. Does anyone actually remember the real order without searching them up on the archives?

As for my two cents:

De-loused In The Comatorium. What the hell does that even mean? Comatorium isn't even a real word, and de-lousing is something you do to animals.

And as for "In The Flesh Aquarium". That's just plain revolting... Oh well, I guess it's metal
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Points: 2546 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2009 at 14:39
Originally posted by HughesJB4 HughesJB4 wrote:


Ayreon-10101010101010011010101011010100000000000001111111111111111111111111000000000000000011111111111111100000000000001111111111111100000000000000111111111111111

I don't care about the album's concept or not, the name is just god awful anyway.

 
LOL How could I forget that awful title for an album?

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Points: 2546 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2009 at 14:43
To everyone who has posted so far - thanks for joining in the fun and for your inciteful (!) comments.
Indeed some very worthy contenders for worst title have been proposed. I will concede ever so slightly that  () is clever rather than bad. However.....Wink

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Originally posted by darksideof darksideof wrote:

Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

90125
 actually 90125 isn't a real bad album. It was the album that got me into Yes back in the80's as a kid. I think Tormato is worse Shocked
 
Yeah, but we're talking about album TITLES, not the albums themselves, in which case I 100% agree with Clem. 'Cause 90125 is without a doubt a poor attempt at making Yes 'hip' for the 80s. All it really did was date it.
 
90125 was also the album that got me into Yes, so I quite like the music found within. The name however is just bad.
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Points: 4900 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2009 at 14:53
Originally posted by Swan Song Swan Song wrote:

Topography is the science of drawing maps. Smile
 
Actually, drawing and reading maps is Cartography.
 
Topography is more like the study of landscapes in a full three-dimentional sense, with the raise of mountains and the fall of canyons, etc.
 
Phil Carson said in that YES Documentary DVD that Topography was Maps and Geography, but he was wrong. He's rubbish, anyway.


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Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:

Originally posted by Swan Song Swan Song wrote:

Topography is the science of drawing maps. Smile
 
Actually, drawing and reading maps is Cartography.
 
Topography is more like the study of landscapes in a full three-dimentional sense, with the raise of mountains and the fall of canyons, etc.
 
Yes, True!
 
 "Tales From Topographic Oceans" is a quite good album title imo Smile
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^ Yeah, it's a good title. I've definately seen worse.
 
''With The Beatles'', anyone?
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The post mortem FZ albums called Joes Domage , Joe's Xmasage , whatever...
 
Metallica: Death Magnetic (so predictable)
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Points: 2546 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2009 at 15:13
Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Originally posted by Swan Song Swan Song wrote:

Topography is the science of drawing maps. Smile


Bit of an oversimplification. This is the dictionary.com list.

1. the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
2. the detailed description, esp. by means of surveying, of particular localities, as cities, towns, or estates.
3. the relief features or surface configuration of an area.
4. the features, relations, or configuration of a structural entity.
5. a schema of a structural entity, as of the mind, a field of study, or society, reflecting a division into distinct areas having a specific relation or a specific position relative to one another.

3-5 relate directly to a state rather than the result of study or activity.  One can draw a map sans topography. A topographic map has contour lines to delineate elevation.  Still does not defend the fact that the name has little to do with the subject matter in the album. Then again, what name would? Tales from Metaphysical BS Oceans?

And Relayer could be one who repeatedly lays. Like a slut.
 
Perhaps Topographical Oceans refers to the highlighted portion above - the Topographical part that is. "Oceans" perhaps refers to the explorable vastness and depth of music - who knows? Perhaps the band needs to be asked  the meaning of this highly complex album title. I personally - don't have an issue with the title Smile

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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2009 at 15:14
Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:

Originally posted by Swan Song Swan Song wrote:

Topography is the science of drawing maps. Smile
 
Actually, drawing and reading maps is Cartography.
 
Topography is more like the study of landscapes in a full three-dimentional sense, with the raise of mountains and the fall of canyons, etc.
 


You guys are right, my mistake.
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Originally posted by crimson87 crimson87 wrote:

The post mortem FZ albums called Joes Domage , Joe's Xmasage , whatever...
 
Metallica: Death Magnetic (so predictable)
 
I absolutely agree - very boring and a big yawn for all Metallica album titles Sleepy
 

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Well Love Beach was bound to show up early in the thread the ones I don`t understand are Thraak and Relayer. What? The guy doesn`t like Relayer because of the cover because it has nothing to do with the album. First off I can name about 100 albums with covers/titles  that have absolutely nothing to do with the music. For example Black Sabbath`s Paranoid album. What the f*** does a pink guy swinging a fake scimitar have to do with any song off that record? At least the Relayer cover has that guy on the horse who could be RELAYING a message. Sort of a la Pony Express. And the the music on the album could be RELAYING some messages. I`m not going to explain the lyrics here. That all said the absolute worst prog album of all time has to be (drum roll please )

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Originally posted by crimson87 crimson87 wrote:

 
Metallica: Death Magnetic (so predictable)


The name is what it is, which isn't as bad as the cover, a coffin shaped rectum.

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^ Clap - LOL

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Originally posted by The Pessimist The Pessimist wrote:

Originally posted by HughesJB4 HughesJB4 wrote:


Ayreon-10101010101010011010101011010100000000000001111111111111111111111111000000000000000011111111111111100000000000001111111111111100000000000000111111111111111

I don't care about the album's concept or not, the name is just god awful anyway.



Oh yes, seconded. Does anyone actually remember the real order without searching them up on the archives?


 
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Originally posted by Anthony Anthony wrote:

Originally posted by The Pessimist The Pessimist wrote:

Originally posted by HughesJB4 HughesJB4 wrote:


Ayreon-10101010101010011010101011010100000000000001111111111111111111111111000000000000000011111111111111100000000000001111111111111100000000000000111111111111111

I don't care about the album's concept or not, the name is just god awful anyway.



Oh yes, seconded. Does anyone actually remember the real order without searching them up on the archives?


 
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Interesting.
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Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:

Originally posted by Swan Song Swan Song wrote:

Topography is the science of drawing maps. Smile
 
Actually, drawing and reading maps is Cartography.
 
Topography is more like the study of landscapes in a full three-dimentional sense, with the raise of mountains and the fall of canyons, etc.
 
Phil Carson said in that YES Documentary DVD that Topography was Maps and Geography, but he was wrong. He's rubbish, anyway.


In the example of adhesion science, topography  is the three dimensional  form of a surface - critical to the bond strength when joining materials together. So not landscape alone.
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Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:

Originally posted by darksideof darksideof wrote:

Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

90125
 actually 90125 isn't a real bad album. It was the album that got me into Yes back in the80's as a kid. I think Tormato is worse Shocked
 
Yeah, but we're talking about album TITLES, not the albums themselves, in which case I 100% agree with Clem. 'Cause 90125 is without a doubt a poor attempt at making Yes 'hip' for the 80s. All it really did was date it.
 
90125 was also the album that got me into Yes, so I quite like the music found within. The name however is just bad.
 
Also looks kind of stupid when its reissued and the new catalog number is 73796 Confused.
 
And sure, I kind of like the album.  That was the first time I saw Yes live, and the concert experience was awesome, but that doesn't excuse the poor name.
 
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