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Points: 4900 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2009 at 16:34
Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

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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 . . . Yeah, like I said; 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.
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Actually, In Spite Of Harry's Toe-Nail is probably the most godawful title in my collection. Turned me off from buying the album for a while.

Thankfully there's Lady Lake with a pretty title and cover to make up for it.
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rush - moving pictures
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Points: 11401 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2009 at 19:25
Hawkwind: Church of Hawkwind
- just a tad self-indulgent ;-)
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I always thought that Illusions on a Double Dimple was very silly.  When I'd play it for friends, I'd never show the album cover and just reply "Triumvirat" if asked what it was.

Brain Salad Surgery was pretty bad.  Is the brain made into a salad after the surgery?  Is so, then the word order is wrong.  And what a disguting image anyway.

What about Peter Gabriel's no-title albums?  That's like George Forman naming all his kids George Forman.

Then there's The Gospel According to Spinal Tap.
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Points: 8543 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2009 at 23:26
With all the mentions of Yes, I'm surprised no one mentioned The Yes Album.  Also:
Peter Hammill's PH7 which would actually have been a good title, had that in fact been his 7th solo album.
We Can't Dance
Peter Gabriel - All 4 of them.
Queen - The Works (makes it sound like a greatest hits album, although one of my favorite Queen albums)
 
I also have to agree with Friede.  I don't know Area that well, and don't have the album, but having just visited Auscwitz a few days ago, I find the use of "Arbeit Macht Frie" to be in rather poor taste, no matter the reason for its use.
 
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Just read this thread, and I must disagree with the post naming Caravan - The Album.
I find this essential, because how else would anyone know you're not dealing with Caravan - The Book?
 
Don't know about bad titles, I only seem to find funny (often unintentionally?) ones. One of the most hilareous I've come across is by a German band called 'Rodgau Monotones'. Album title: 'Eucalyptus Now!' It had a photograph of a toy coala bear in a jungle setting dressed in Rambo gear. The Rodgaus are a great band, by the way, but not prog in any way.
 
How about a thread about the funniest album titles?
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Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

( ) is actualy one of the greatest album titles ever.

I agree with Ivan and Bob. Can't get any more uncreative than a catalogue number and Love Beach. I mean, I guess it would be okay coming from some surf rock band but \with that cover and ELP's name on it it comes off as an embarrassingly obvious (and therefore failed) attempt to sell out.
I'm pretty sure this album was released for contract fulfillment.
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

What the heck is a "Relayer" in the first place? A competitor in a relay race? A person that switches electrical relays? Someone who relays a message? Yes are the only band who not only have incomprehensible lyrics, their album titles are incomprehensible too, even if they consist of one word only. It is a wonder that "Fragile" actually seems to mean what it says.
The Relayer is a transport ship or something which is part of their epic concept story they are or at one time were putting together.
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Also, a lot of you guys are getting really pissy at random sh*t. Some of you seem to be seriously offended by some titles. Oh no, tales from topographic oceans, that doesn't even mean anything. what??? cadaveric manifesto? that's bad grammar! jesus christ guys...
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King Crimson - Thrak
Yes - Tormato
ELP - Love Beach
Argent - I don't believe they have one decent album title
Ashra - Tropical Heat
Babe Ruth - Kid's Stuff, Stealing Home
Focus - Jan Akkerman & Thijs Van Leer ("hey, we don't have a title yet" "just slap our names on it")
Fripp & Eno - No Pussyfooting
Jethro Tull - J-Tull Dot Com
Keith Emerson - Honky
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Somewhere In Afrika
Robert Beriau - Selfishness: Source Of War & Violence (just won this and haven't listened to it yet but don't care for the preachy title)
Rush - Power Windows
Steve Hillage - Motivation Radio, Rainbow Dome Musick
Triumvirat - Old Loves Die Hard
Wishbone Ash - Front Page News


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Points: 2078 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2009 at 23:52
Henry Cow's Leg End should be a bad title but they manage to pull it off quite well.



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Points: 385 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2009 at 17:31
Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

Invisible Touch surely Wink 


Well that's not prog,is it?
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2009 at 18:52
Quiet Sun - Mainstream

Yes I realise it's ironic but just sits awkwardly in my collection. LOL
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Points: 28427 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 08 2009 at 19:36
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Quiet Sun - Mainstream

Yes I realise it's ironic but just sits awkwardly in my collection. LOL


How pretentious of youWink
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Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear

The title just about sums up neo prog's post pubescent conceits masquerading as profundity
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Points: 385 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2009 at 11:14
Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear

The title just about sums up neo prog's post pubescent conceits masquerading as profundity


I don't see anytihng wrong with that title.What annoys me is the band's name itself,a total rip off of Tolkenian literature(just think to yoruself how many bands have their name ripped of from The lords of the Rings).
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Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

Well, despite the fact that it's my favorite Yes album...somehow, The Yes Album never struck me as being on of their cleverest titles...
 
Esp. after having a self-titled debut.
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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Jethro Tull - J-Tull Dot Com
 
You've got to admit that that's pretty bad.  90125 level bad.
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If I Had To Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You  (by Caravan.)
 
 
Unfortunate, because the album is quite good, one of their best IMO.
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