10 Utterly Bizarre Album Titles (And What They Really Mean)

What on earth is a "chocolate starfish"?

Album titles are tricky business. A good album title will simultaneously sum up the overall theme or statement of an album while not being too heavy handed, yet also being intriguing enough to prompt shoppers to pick it up or internet browsers to click and check it out. The best album titles have quite a lot going on in them, and will usually accompany relevant album art (even when that relevancy isn't always apparent). This is generally why musicians debut albums are self-titled: they're attempting to establish an identity, and their band name itself is the statement. After that, however, things tend to get a bit more inventive. Over the years there have been a ton of great, iconic album titles...but there have been a hell of a lot of weird ones, too. In fact, some extremely famous bands have managed to get away with some extremely strange titles, and most fans don't even consider what they really mean. From Guns N' Roses to Tom Waits, here are the most bizarre examples explained.
 
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