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View Poll Results: Have you ever listened to an album simply because it has a cool name?
Yes 16 76.19%
No 5 23.81%
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Old 12-15-2011, 01:37 PM   #11 (permalink)
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To be honest, I usually only find myself picking up albums with interesting names.

Artwork is the more important factor, or "windows appeal" as Mary Portas might put it, in terms of attracting the buyer's attention, and something I am mildly fascinated by.

However, this isn't necessarily what attracts people: AC/DC's "Back In Black" is the second best selling album of all time, and it doesn't sound that fascinating, and the cover is just a black background.
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Old 12-15-2011, 01:39 PM   #12 (permalink)
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How I got into The Flaming Lips.
"Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots? Sounds cool!"
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Old 12-15-2011, 02:47 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I was browsing a downtempo electronic site and came across

Ooze - Where the Fields Never End

One of my favorite albums in a long time.
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Old 12-15-2011, 03:03 PM   #14 (permalink)
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My introduction to Captain Beefheart was through Trout Mask Replica, Just because I thought it was a cool sounding title. (And I thought the cover art was quite cool, also.)
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Old 12-15-2011, 08:23 PM   #15 (permalink)
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the only album whose name had a factor in me deciding to get it was Repulsion's Horrified (apart from hip hop bunny bop's rec)

cos i like to be repulsed and i like to be horrified
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Old 12-15-2011, 08:44 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I'm sure people know who JFAC is (especially people who listen to death metal), but not too many people know who the RBM are.
Hey now, As Far As I Can Spit was a pretty decent track back in the day. It's too bad they chose to lame out as hard as they did though, then again they were basically Canada's slightly heavier answer to 311 so it's what you get. And yet another disc I paid money for sight unseen.
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Old 12-17-2011, 08:45 AM   #17 (permalink)
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I only checked out 2 bands based on their names: Job For A Cowboy and Rainbow Butt Monkeys. I'm sure people know who JFAC is (especially people who listen to death metal), but not too many people know who the RBM are. Only after listening to them and reading up on them did I find out that they later changed their name to Finger Eleven.
Your experience would deter anyone from picking artists/albums based on cool names. Two ****ing horrible bands there.

However, the following artists I only listened to because I liked the name and as it turned out I liked the music;

-Super Furry Animals
-The world is a beautiful place and I am no longer afraid to die
-The Twilight Sad
-We Were Promised Jetpacks

Also, David Bowie's album Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was the first time I properly listened to his material, just because the album had a cool name.


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And also this.
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Old 12-17-2011, 09:54 AM   #18 (permalink)
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The only album that raised an eye brow that had such a blatant title I had to listen to it would have to go to Big Blacks Songs About ****ing. I had know idea what kind of music it would be at the time never hearing of the band and when I heard it for the first time it was totally what I wasn't expecting, but I still liked it.
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Old 12-17-2011, 06:08 PM   #19 (permalink)
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I'd probably add Exile on Main Street as well for me.
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Old 12-17-2011, 10:24 PM   #20 (permalink)
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It's happened quite a few times, and I generally always end up liking the album a lot:

Blackguard: Profugis Mortis
T.Rex - Futuristic Dragon
Mygrain - Orbit Dance

To name a few.
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