The perils of the pretentious album title

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Idolator found this 5/5/2008 on blogs.guardian.co.uk [flag]
The new Coldplay album won't be out for another six weeks but I can already tell you that it's going to be a big disappointment, and possibly their lowest selling album ever. The reason? Not the music, the title: Viva... [link]

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Bad Album Titles: They're Even More Fun To List Than Bad Album Covers [Words?]
Published 5/5/2008 by Maura Johnston at Idolator
... 2. Extreme, Extreme III Sides To Every Story. It's always the albums with the roman numeral for "three" in the title that trip up Gary Cherone, isn't it? 1. Electric Boys, Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride. Try saying that album title with a straight face. I can't and I've owned the album for nineteen years. That said, any excuse to post "All Lips 'N Hips" is OK by me. The perils of the pretentious album title [Guardian] ...

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Published 5/6/2008 by david (boy@largeheartedboy.com) at Largehearted Boy
... SFist interviews singer-songwriter Laura Veirs. The Guardian's music blog points out the perils of pretentious album titles. Bookslut's May issue is online. The Telegraph travels ...

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