40 Songs That Aren’t on the Albums They Were Named After

Listed here are 40 songs that are not on the albums they had been named after.

Again earlier than artists started taking albums extra severely than as mere collections of their newest singles plus some record-filling cowl songs, their LP titles did not overthink the method. Usually titled after a giant single (Please Please Me) or with the artist’s title prominently on show (With the Beatles), it wasn’t till the album format turned an artwork kind that LP titles obtained extra inventive, whether or not to mirror the contents or to put the report inside a conceptual framework.

However because the under listing of 40 Songs That Aren’t on the Albums They Had been Named After reveals, generally an awesome title or title observe would not make the ultimate reduce.

After all, not all LP titles have a companion tune; we’re nonetheless ready for Fiona Apple’s “When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King/What He Is aware of Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Struggle/And He’ll Win the Entire Factor ‘Fore He Enters the Ring/There’s No Physique to Batter When Your Thoughts Is Your May/So When You Go Solo, You Maintain Your Personal Hand/And Bear in mind That Depth Is the Best of Heights/And if You Know The place You Stand, Then You Know The place to Land/And if You Fall It Will not Matter, Cuz You may Know That You are Proper” to floor.

By no means ones to depart an awesome title or title observe unheard, although, artists over the many years have resurrected shelved songs – reduce for one cause or one other, whether or not for house or as a result of it did not match an LP’s theme – for later initiatives: B-sides, subsequent albums, later albums and even bonus tracks on reissues or expanded editions of the albums they had been omitted from within the first place.

AC/DC, “Excessive Voltage”

When AC/DC’s debut album, Excessive Voltage, was launched of their native Australia in 1975, the title observe wasn’t among the many eight songs included. However a 12 months later, when their first worldwide LP, additionally known as Excessive Voltage, got here out, the observe itemizing appeared completely different. The 1976 version contained 9 songs: a condensation of their first two Australian data, together with “Excessive Voltage,” first launched on the Aussie-only T.N.T.

AC/DC, “If You Need Blood (You have Obtained It)”

A small grammatical alteration distinguishes AC/DC’s 1979 Freeway to Hell tune “If You Need Blood (You have Obtained It)” from the same-named reside album (no parentheses) from the 12 months earlier than. The live performance set helped set up the band outdoors of Australia, however their sixth studio album was the report that broke them, particularly within the States, the place they cracked the High 20 for the primary time. Singer Bon Scott died seven months later.

Beck, “One Foot within the Grave”

Three months after his major-label debut Mellow Gold and the single “Loser” pushed 23-year-old Beck into public consciousness, an indie label issued an album recorded earlier than his breakthrough LP. One Foot within the Grave is relatively scaled again from Mellow Gold‘s bag of studio tips, its 16 songs a reduce from the 25 on Stereopathetic Soulmanure, Gold’s predecessor that features the tune “One Foot within the Grave.”

Bee Gees, “Cucumber Fortress”

In mid-1969, Robin Gibb left his brothers Barry and Maurice to work on their seventh Bee Gees album with out him. Down a singer and songwriter, the 2 remaining Gibbs constructed Cucumber Fortress for a TV particular that aired in 1970. By then, Robin had returned, however the album was, on the time, their lowest charting within the U.S. and U.Okay. Curiously, the tune “Cucumber Fortress” surfaced years earlier than on their first LP.

Massive Nation, “The Crossing”

Scottish band Massive Nation struck gold in 1983 with their debut album The Crossing, which benefited from radio help and MTV airplay of “In a Massive Nation.” Bandleader Stuart Adamson, guitarist Bruce Watson and producer Steve Lillywhite tweaked results pedals to imitate bagpipes, a key factor to their sound. The epic title observe, operating seven minutes, was reserved for the Wonderland EP launched in 1984.

Blind Melon, “Soup”

Blind Melon’s 1992 debut turned a shock hit because of the success of “No Rain,” a people/psychedelic/alt-rock hybrid remembered for its “Bee Lady” video. Their second LP, Soup, launched three years later, had no such luck. Singer Shannon Hoon’s drug-related demise two months later stalled the band’s momentum. In 1996 they gathered leftovers for the Nico compilation, which included “Soup,” left off their second album.

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, “Protected as Milk”

Protected as Milk, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band’s 1967 debut, did not stray removed from the blues-based storage rock that outlined their cowl of Bo Diddley’s “Diddy Wah Diddy.” However traces of the psychedelia and avant-garde experimentalism of their later work had been already creeping inward. Protected as Milk‘s title tune was slated for an deserted double LP, It Involves You in a Plain Brown Wrapper, later streamlined as Strictly Private.

Julian Cope, “World Shut Your Mouth”

The Teardrop Explodes frontman Julian Cope introduced his solo profession in 1984 with the World Shut Your Mouth album, a continuation of the psych-pop he performed together with his former band. It will take two extra years earlier than he recorded a tune with that title for his third LP, Saint Julian. It was definitely worth the wait: “World Shut Your Mouth” was Cope’s greatest hit, making the High 20 in his native U.Okay. and gracing the U.S. charts.

Elvis Costello, “Imperial Bed room”

One 12 months earlier than “Imperial Bed room” the tune was left off Imperial Bed room the album, Elvis Costello carried out the same trick with Nearly Blue. However “Imperial Bed room” wasn’t an outtake from the 1982 art-rock LP; it is not even credited to Costello and the Sights. As a substitute, the tune – initially discovered on the B-side of the Imperial Bed room single “Man Out of Time” – is attributed to Napoleon Dynamite & the Royal Guard.

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Elvis Costello & the Sights, “Nearly Blue”

Elvis Costello entered the ’80s with a brand new dedication to not repeat himself. 1980’s R&B throwback Get Comfortable!! was adopted a 12 months later with the nation tribute Nearly Blue, consisting of songs from the ’50s by means of the ’70s. There was no tune named “Nearly Blue” on there, however the next 12 months’s baroque pop masterpiece Imperial Bed room features a tune by that title, a Chet Baker-influenced jazz temper piece.

Counting Crows, “August and The whole lot After”

Counting Crows got here out of nowhere in 1993 with their intriguingly named debut album August and The whole lot After. The lyrics for a tune with that title are scrawled on the LP’s entrance cowl, nevertheless it is not amongst the 11 tracks contained inside. It isn’t included in a 2007 reissue both. The band debuted “August and The whole lot After” onstage within the mid-’00s; in 2019, the practically 10-minute tune lastly surfaced on streaming providers.

Tradition Membership, “Color by Numbers”

Tradition Membership wasted little time delivering new music to their followers. After “Do You Actually Need to Damage Me” hit No. 1 within the U.Okay. in 1982, a number of singles (with non-LP flips) and two albums had been launched by the tip of the next 12 months. Color by Numbers topped the chart of their residence nation and reached No. 2 within the States, thanks to 5 hit singles. The album’s title observe, MIA on the LP, surfaced because the B-side to “Victims.”

Def Leppard, “On By the Evening”

Def Leppard’s debut album – 1980’s On By the Evening – rode in with the New Wave of British Heavy Steel earlier than they changed into one of many decade’s greatest bands after streamlining their music. The 1981 follow-up LP, Excessive ‘n’ Dry, is extra of the identical, with new producer Robert John “Mutt” Lang inching them towards pop chart success. “On By the Evening,” named after their first album, retains the sooner LP’s rock muscle.

Dokken, “Again for the Assault”

This one will get a bit complicated. In 1985 Dokken recorded a tune known as “Again for the Assault” in the course of the classes for his or her third album, Underneath Lock and Key. The observe was shelved however resurfaced two years later as a part of the “Dream Warriors” single, from the A Nightmare on Elm Road 3: Dream Warriors soundtrack. The following 12 months, the Los Angeles steel band launched their fourth album known as – prepared? – Again for the Assault.

The Doorways, “Ready for the Solar”

An early instance of an artist holding again the title tune of one among their albums for later work, the Doorways’ third album, and their solely No. 1, 1968’s Ready for the Solar, did not embody a observe with that title amongst its 11 choices. Two years later, “Ready for the Solar,” the tune, appeared on the band’s fifth album, the back-to-basics Morrison Lodge, launched seven months after the experimental soft-rock of The Tender Parade.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer, “Mind Salad Surgical procedure”

1973’s Mind Salad Surgical procedure is mostly thought to be one among Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s best albums, however followers needed to wait 4 years to listen to the unreleased title tune that was recorded in the course of the LP’s classes. It first confirmed up because the B-side to the trio’s prog replace of Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Frequent Man” single; later in 1977 it appeared on ELP’s group-album-but-not-really assortment Works Quantity 2.

Foo Fighters, “The Color and the Form”

Recording with a band for the primary time – Foo Fighters’ self-titled debut was a Dave Grohl solo report – the previous Nirvana drummer had a stockpile of leftover songs for his group’s second album. Even at 13 songs deep, The Color and the Form left off the title observe, which first surfaced as a bonus observe on the “Monkey Wrench” single. The observe additionally appeared on the Tenth-anniversary version of the album that shares its title.

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Light Large, “The Energy and the Glory”

Like many prog albums of the interval, Light Large’s sixth, 1974’s The Energy and the Glory, is a free idea report. Even so, its eight tracks are comparatively lean, averaging lower than 5 minutes every. Nonetheless, its lasting affect could be traced to rapper Travis Scott’s No. 1 2023 LP Utopia, which samples Energy‘s opening “Proclamation.” The LP’s title tune, nevertheless, was launched as a stand-alone single across the similar time.

Guided by Voices, “Bee Thousand”

DIY revolving-door indie band Guided by Voices launched a nine-minute EP in 1993 known as The Grand Hour. Amongst its six songs are “Bee Thousand” and “Alien Lanes,” each of which had been granted second lives because the titles of two of the prolific band’s greatest albums, from 1994 and 1995, respectively. Even with 20 tracks, the career-best Bee Thousand disregarded the tune that gave the album its title.

Daryl Corridor & John Oates, “Larger Than Each of Us”

1976’s Larger Than Each of Us gave Daryl Corridor and John Oates their first No. 1 with “Wealthy Lady.” Seven months after the discharge of the LP they returned with their sixth album, Magnificence on a Again Road, which didn’t yield a High 40 hit. (The album hit the High 30, although.) However it did embody the tune “Larger Than Each of Us,” a soulful slice of precision pop that may have effortlessly match onto any of the duo’s ’70s albums.

PJ Harvey, “Dry”

PJ Harvey’s 1992 debut Dry arrived nearly totally shaped, the interaction amongst bassist Steve Vaughan, drummer Rob Ellis and the guitar-wielding singer and songwriter calling the pictures zeroing in on a post-rock, various blues. Tracks resembling “Costume” and “Sheela-Na-Gig” sparked an electrical new voice, nevertheless it wasn’t till the follow-up LP in 1993, the extra abrasive Rid of Me, that the tune “Dry” discovered a spot in her canon.

Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians, “Queen Elvis”

Years, and 6 albums, as a left-of-center cult artist lastly paid off for Robyn Hitchcock in 1989, who had a Trendy Rock radio hit with “Madonna of the Wasps.” A lot of the remainder of Queen Elvis is almost as accessible, discovering crossover attraction in alt-rock’s rising affect. The title observe, nevertheless, did not seem till 1990’s Eye, a solo acoustic report made with out his backing band the Egyptians.

Iron Butterfly, “Scorching Magnificence”

4 years after they broke up, drummer Ron Bushy reunited with guitarist Erik Brann (who left after Iron Butterfly’s third album) for the group’s fifth LP in 1975. Scorching Magnificence stalled at No. 138, however that did not cease them from releasing one other report 9 months later. Solar and Metal did not chart altogether and turned out to be Iron Butterfly’s final album. Included: “Scorching Magnificence,” a tune left off the earlier LP.

The Jayhawks, “Tomorrow the Inexperienced Grass”

Minneapolis-based alt-country group the Jayhawks lastly cracked the charts with their third LP, 1992’s Hollywood City Corridor. Their subsequent album, 1995’s Tomorrow the Inexperienced Grass, gave them their highest-charting report thus far. It was additionally the final album to incorporate singer, songwriter and cofounder Mark Olson. The guitar-heavy sing-along title tune was left off the album however confirmed up as a observe on the “Blue” single.

The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Psychocandy”

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s 1985 debut, Psychocandy, instantly discovered an viewers with its distorted noise rock tethered to traditional ’60s melodies. The album helped spur a motion in Nineteen Eighties U.Okay. indie rock, finally setting the template for shoegaze over the following decade. The LP’s title observe – barely altered to “Psycho Sweet” – first appeared on the Some Speaking EP and in a while the B-sides assortment Barbed Wire Kisses.

Led Zeppelin, “Homes of the Holy”

The king of lacking title tracks, “Homes of the Holy” was first the title of Led Zeppelin’s fifth album, however the tune, recorded for the LP however left off, did not seem till the following report, Bodily Graffiti. Like “The Rover” and “Black Nation Lady” – different outcasts from Homes of the Holy – the tune joined with different Zeppelin outtakes and a few newly recorded songs for the band’s 1975 double-album chart-topper.

The Mars Volta, “Frances the Mute”

The Mars Volta’s second LP is crammed with sometimes advanced and time-stretching songs by the new-school prog rockers. Despite the fact that Frances the Mute contains solely 5 tracks, they clock in at greater than 75 minutes, with not a lot room left for any outcasts labored on in the course of the classes. The epic title tune, which runs practically quarter-hour, was one of many left-off casualties. It later appeared as a bonus reduce on the LP’s Japanese version.

The Moms of Invention, “Completely Free”

The Moms of Invention’s first three albums – Freak Out!, Completely Free and We’re Solely in It for the Cash – nearly hyperlink collectively as a single piece, unified of their defiant spirit and takedowns of Summer time of Love vacancy. Frank Zappa’s avant-garde music pushes towards the conventions of psychedelia – “Completely Free” is a main instance: We’re Solely In It for the Cash spotlight shares its title with the band’s earlier album.

Alan Parsons, “The Secret”

In 2019, Alan Parsons launched his fifth solo album (after years of fronting the Alan Parsons Mission) with assist from unique Foreigner singer Lou Gramm, former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and ’00s singer-songwriter Jason Mraz. What The Secret did not have was the title tune – new-century prog-rock with a lean towards pop – which was held over for Parsons’ subsequent report, 2022’s From the New World.

Primal Scream, “Screamadelica”

Primal Scream’s Screamadelica is a landmark report in early ’90s acid-house-influenced various rock. However good luck discovering its title tune on the 1991 launch. As a substitute, search for it on the Dixie-Narco EP launched a 12 months later to advertise the album observe “Movin’ On Up.” (The later report additionally features a cowl of the Seaside Boys’ “Carry Me Dwelling.”) The practically 11-minute “Screamadelica” sounds like a bit with the LP.

Public Picture Ltd., “Comfortable”

Public Picture Ltd.’s sixth album, 1987’s Comfortable?, coyly references chief John Lydon’s plastered-on sneer and distress, ever-present traits relationship to his Intercourse Pistols days. Its opening tune “Seattle” was a dance membership favourite later that 12 months. When the band returned two years later with 9 (confusingly, their seventh studio LP), the lead observe shared a title with PiL’s earlier album – sans query mark, although.

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Queen, “Sheer Coronary heart Assault”

Queen was beginning to develop their signature sound extra sharply on their third album, 1974’s Sheer Coronary heart Assault. “Killer Queen” and “Now I am Right here” are a launchpad for the international success of their subsequent album, A Evening on the Opera. However followers must wait one other three years for the tune “Sheer Coronary heart Assault” to seem on Information of the World, rerecorded by the band after it was shelved from the 1974 classes.

The Smashing Pumpkins, “Siamese Dream”

At 62 minutes, the Smashing Pumpkins’ breakthrough 1993 album, Siamese Dream, may have made time for the title tune, however as a substitute, the observe – like a number of others recorded for the LP – ended up as a single B-side. A 7″ single for “Disarm” launched in early 1994 was the primary to embody “Siamese Dream,” which later appeared on some Smashing Pumpkins compilations and the album’s 2011 three-disc reissue.

Elliott Smith: “Determine 8”

Singer-songwriter Elliott Smith’s fifth album dived additional into the chamber pop mapped out on predecessor XO in 1998. The minute-and-a-half-long “Determine 8” – written by Bob Dorough for the Schoolhouse Rock sequence – was left off the 2000 LP of the identical title, maybe as a result of of its minimalist instrumentation and hazy vocals that recall a demo nonetheless within the sketch stage. Discover it within the deluxe version of the album.

The Smithereens, “Particularly for You”

New Jersey power-pop purveyors the Smithereens arrived as faculty rock was making inroads into the mainstream in the course of the mid-’80s. Their 1986 debut album, Particularly for You, contains radio staples “Blood and Roses,” “Behind the Wall of Sleep” and “In a Lonely Place.” What it would not have is “Particularly for You,” which ended up on their subsequent LP, 1988’s Inexperienced Ideas, because the Aspect One nearer.

Discuss Discuss / Mark Hollis, “The Color of Spring”

Discuss Discuss traded their synth-pop success for one thing extra progressive and fewer chart-friendly on their third album, The Color of Spring, a religious ancestor to Radiohead’s mid-’90s makeover from 1986. After two extra LPs, frontman Mark Hollis broke up the group and began a solo profession, which resulted in only one album earlier than his 2019 demise: an eponymous 1998 LP. The opening reduce? The career-linking “The Color of Spring.”

Tv, “Journey”

Tv made two albums earlier than taking a 14-year hiatus damaged by their third and last self-titled LP in 1992. Whereas 1977’s debut Marquee Moon is the band’s undisputed masterpiece, the following 12 months’s Journey comes from the same place carved from traditional rock and new wave. The album’s title observe, a five-and-a-half-minute shuffle that includes a climaxing guitar solo, sat unreleased on the shelf earlier than a 2003 reissue resurrected it.

They May Be Giants, “They May Be Giants”

Brooklyn geek-rock duo They May Be Giants named their 1986 debut album They May Be Giants. Nineteen songs lengthy, the LP included their first faculty radio hit “Do not Let’s Begin” and fan favorites “Put Your Hand Contained in the Puppet Head” and “(She Was a) Lodge Detective.” What it did not embody was a tune known as “They May Be Giants.” That must wait for his or her third album and major-label debut, Flood.

Tom Waits, “Frank’s Wild Years”

After seven albums as a scat-talking, beat-influenced boho, Tom Waits turned his consideration to extra summary work with 1983’s Swordfishtrombones. The temporary, not-even-two-minute “Frank’s Wild Years” appears like a carryover from his previous – a spoken-word narrative atop a hip jazzy rhythm. 4 years later, Frank reappeared (with out apostrophe this time) as an idea album impressed by the sooner tune.

Neil Younger, “Journey By the Previous”

9 months after Neil Younger lodged his solely No. 1, Harvest, in 1972, a double LP named Journey By the Previous – a soundtrack to a little-seen movie – arrived with reside songs, TV performances and outtakes from 1966 by means of 1971. Among the many recordings are Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Younger songs. However the title observe, a Harvest outtake, sat on the shelf till the Archives nearly 4 many years later.