When I'm shopping for CDs, which I still like to do despite my halfhearted embrace of the digital revolution, it doesn't take much for me to pick something up. A recommendation from a friend, a half-remembered entry from an old music reference book, a $3.99 price tag, all these can lead me to bring a disc up to the counter. A title alone isn't enough. But sometimes it's almost enough. Here are four albums I've come close to purchasing just because I like the title. Am I missing anything?
1. Fear, Have Another Beer With Fear
I like punk just fine and some of it I love. But my love is limited to the early, obvious stuff and pretty much anything from after the golden is a mystery to me, except for the stuff you'd guess. (There are plenty of staffers whose devotion more than makes up for my own.) Beyond X I've never had a lot of love for West Coast punk, so the chances of me picking up a mid-'90s comeback (of sorts) album from the infamous Fear isn't too likely. But Have Another Beer With Fear is an awesome title. Could the music even come close to matching it?
2. Salt N Pepa, A Salt With A Deadly Pepa