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Weezer have managed to stun the masses with word that their October 27th album will be titled Raditude. It’s like radical, with an attitude. Since 50 percent of their previous releases have been self-titled and color-coded, it’s a welcome change of pace — and as far as our dictionary tells us, a brand new word.
As Kanye West once said, it’s awes-mazing, but Raditude is also awes-diculous, just like the words “bromance” and “staycation.” Still, this isn’t the first time an artist has stepped outside of Webster’s when it came time to name their album. Rock Daily went prowling through our iPods to find the zaniest, not-of-this-language album titles in the history of rock. Check out our fully categorized sampling of confusing album titles, and feel free to leave some of your favorites down in the comments section.
Albums That Fuse Real Words To Form a Fake Word (a.k.a Portmanteau)
Weezer - Raditude
U2 - Zooropa
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
Bjork - Homogenic
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Cardinology
Nas - Illmatic
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy&
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
XTC - Skylarking
Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
Albums With Joycean Stream-of-Consciousness Titles
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
OutKast – Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Kevin Ayers - Whatevershebringswesing
Screeching Weasel - Boogadaboogadaboogada!
Maxwell - BLACKsummers’night
Ween - GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
Albums That Have Titles That Sound Like Harry Potter Spells
Arrested Development – Zingalamaduni
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa
OutKast - Aquemini
Albums With Real Words That Sound Like Fake Words
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Bjork - Vespertine
Pixies - Doolittle
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
Album Titles We Thought Were Actual Words But Were Actually Just Album Titles
Beck - Odelay
Tool - Lateralus
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Gary Numan - Telekon
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
Album Titles That Sound Like Obscure Diseases
Nirvana - Incesticide
OutKast - Stankonia
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Super Furry Animals - Mwng
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
Albums That Are Spelled Wrong On Purpose to Give Fact-Checkers Headaches
Lemonheads - Varshons
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Aphex Twin - Drukqs
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
The Dead Weather - Horehound
Tool - Ænima
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
OutKast - Speakerboxxx
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump