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30 Outrageous Album Title Puns

From 'Willennium' to 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket,' here's a history of musical wordplay

Zach Dionne

November 6, 2015

We've compiled 30 album titles that flip, chop and mangle words for hilarious, clever results. Check out these puns-as-album-titles, featuring David Bowie, Kanye West, Lorde, Salt-N-Pepa, Snoop Dogg, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more.

1 / 30

Blink-182, 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'

Year: 2001
Punniness: 10/10
Other great Blink-182 album titles: 1999's Enema of the State

2 / 30

Will Smith, 'Willennium'

Year: 1999
Punniness: 10/10
Other great Will Smith album titles: 1988's He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (with DJ Jazzy Jeff), 1997's Big Willie Style

3 / 30

NOFX, 'Pump Up the Valuum'

Year: 1994
Punniness: 10/10
Other great NOFX album titles: 1994's Punk in Drublic, 2003's The War on Errorism, 2006's Wolves in Wolves' Clothing, 2012's Self Entitled, 1997's So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes

4 / 30

Frank Zappa, 'Sheik Yerbouti'

Year: 1979
Punniness: 10/10
Other great Frank Zappa album titles: 1969's Uncle Meat, 1970's Weasels Ripped My Flesh, 1975's Bongo Fury

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Salt-N-Pepa, 'A Salt With A Deadly Pepa'

Year: 1988
Punniness: 10/10
Other great Salt-N-Pepa album titles: 1990's Blacks' Magic, 1993's Very Necessary

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Snoop Dogg, 'Tha Doggfather'

Year: 1996
Punniness: 10/10
Other great Snoop Dogg album titles: 2002's Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss, 2009's Malice n Wonderland, 2011's Doggumentary

7 / 30

Red Hot Chili Peppers, 'Californication'

Year: 1999
Punniness: 7/10
Other great Red Hot Chili Peppers album titles: 1985's Freaky Styley, 1987's The Uplift Mofo Party Plan

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Ted Nugent, 'Intensities in 10 Cities'

Year: 1981
Punniness: 9/10
Other great Ted Nugent album titles: 2001's Full Bluntal Nugity, 2002's Craveman, 1988's If You Can't Lick 'Em...Lick 'Em

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Ludacris, 'Incognegro'

Year: 1999
Punniness: 10/10
Other great Ludacris album titles: 2015's Ludaversal

10 / 30

REO Speedwagon, 'You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish'

Year: 1978
Punniness: 10/10
Other great REO Speedwagon album titles: 1990's The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken, 1980's Hi Infidelity

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Beastie Boys, 'Licensed to Ill'

Year: 1986
Punniness: 6/10
Other great Beastie Boys album titles: 1998's Hello Nasty, 2011's Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

12 / 30

Nirvana, 'Incesticide'

Year: 1992
Punniness: 9/10
Other great Nirvana album titles: 1996's From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, 1992's Hormoaning

13 / 30

Ozzy Osbourne, 'Blizzard of Ozz'

Year: 1980
Punniness: 6/10
Other great Ozzy Osbourne album titles: 1995's Ozzmosis

14 / 30

Alkaline Trio, 'From Here to Infirmary'

Year: 2001
Punniness: 7/10
Other great Alkaline Trio album titles: 2003's Good Mourning

15 / 30

Lorde, 'Pure Heroine'

Year: 2013
Punniness: 7/10
Other great Lorde album titles: Make another album, Lorde!

16 / 30

2Pac, '2Pacalypse Now'

Year: 1991
Punniness: 9/10
Other great 2Pac album titles: 1996's The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

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Dr. Octagon, 'Octagonecologyst'

Year: 1996
Punniness: 9/10
Other great Kool Keith (Dr. Octagon's an alias!) album titles: 2013's Magnetic Pimp Force Field (with Big Sche Eastwood), 2015's Time? Astonishing! (with L'Orange), 1997's Sex Style

18 / 30

Butthole Surfers, 'Hairway to Steven'

Year: 1988
Punniness: 9/10
Other great Butthole Surfers album titles: 1986's Rembrandt Pussyhorse, 1993's Independent Worm Saloon

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Ministry, 'The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste'

Year: 1989
Punniness: 7/10
Other great Ministry album titles: 1999's Dark Side of the Spoon, 2013's From Beer to Eternity

20 / 30

Genesis, 'Nursery Cryme'

Year: 1971
Punniness: 7/10
Other great Genesis album titles: 1981's Abacab

21 / 30

Big Daddy Kane, 'Long Live The Kane'

Year: 1988
Punniness: 7/10
Other great Big Daddy Kane album titles: 1993's Looks Like a Job For...

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David Bowie, 'Aladdin Sane'

Year: 1973
Punniness: 8/10
Other great David Bowie album titles: 1969's Space Oddity, 1980's Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), 1972's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

23 / 30

Two Nice Girls, 'Like a Version'

Year: 1990
Punniness: 6/10
Other great Two Nice Girls album titles: 1991's Chloe Liked Olivia

24 / 30

Megadeth, 'Rust In Peace'

Year: 1990
Punniness: 5/10
Other great Megadeth album titles: 2007's United Abominations, 1985's Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!

25 / 30

Eazy-E, 'Eazy-Duz-It'

Year: 1988
Punniness: 8/10
Other great Eazy-E album titles: 1995's Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton

26 / 30

Iron Maiden, 'Piece of Mind'

Year: 1983
Punniness: 9/10
Other great Iron Maiden album titles: 1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1985's Live After Death

27 / 30

Jr. Walker, 'Sax Appeal'

Year: 1976
Punniness: 8/10
Other great Jr. Walker album titles: 1971's Rainbow Funk, 1970's A Gassssssssss!, 1977's Whopper Bopper Show Stopper

28 / 30

Action Bronson, 'Saaab Stories'

Year: 2013
Punniness: 3/10
Other great Action Bronson album titles: 2012's Rare Chandeliers, 2015's Mr. Wonderful

29 / 30

Kanye West, 'Yeezus'

Year: 2013
Punniness: 6/10
Other great Kanye West album titles: 2010's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2008's 808s & Heartbreak

30 / 30

Buckethead, 'Slaughterhouse on the Prairie'

Year: 2009
Punniness: 9/10
Other great Buckethead album titles: 2005's Kaleidoscalp, 2008's Albino Slug (by the way, Buckethead has released 239 studio albums; what the hell)

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Blink-182, 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'

Will Smith, 'Willennium'

NOFX, 'Pump Up the Valuum'

Frank Zappa, 'Sheik Yerbouti'

Salt-N-Pepa, 'A Salt With A Deadly Pepa'

Snoop Dogg, 'Tha Doggfather'

Red Hot Chili Peppers, 'Californication'

Ted Nugent, 'Intensities in 10 Cities'

Ludacris, 'Incognegro'

REO Speedwagon, 'You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish'

Beastie Boys, 'Licensed to Ill'

Nirvana, 'Incesticide'

Ozzy Osbourne, 'Blizzard of Ozz'

Alkaline Trio, 'From Here to Infirmary'

Lorde, 'Pure Heroine'

2Pac, '2Pacalypse Now'

Dr. Octagon, 'Octagonecologyst'

Butthole Surfers, 'Hairway to Steven'

Ministry, 'The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste'

Genesis, 'Nursery Cryme'

Big Daddy Kane, 'Long Live The Kane'

David Bowie, 'Aladdin Sane'

Two Nice Girls, 'Like a Version'

Megadeth, 'Rust In Peace'

Eazy-E, 'Eazy-Duz-It'

Iron Maiden, 'Piece of Mind'

Jr. Walker, 'Sax Appeal'

Action Bronson, 'Saaab Stories'

Kanye West, 'Yeezus'

Buckethead, 'Slaughterhouse on the Prairie'

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