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OK - so here are 5 random albums that for me have entirely useless titles that fail spectacularly to help anyone with what's inside...or sometimes may contain a message about the artist's career (see #4 below). What others do you have for discussion?!

1) "Exciter" - Depeche Mode...quite frankly their dullest ever album which failed to get above a slow-burn setting on any tracks. Such a shame coming after the excellent "Ultra" - thank God it appears to have been a one-off blip!

2) "Dance" - Gary Numan...but you couldn't. Not when listening to this particular album anyway. Despite containing gems such as She's Got Claws, Night Talk, Slowcar To China it certainly wasn't D.I.S.C.O. was it?

3) "Erotica" - Madonna...more like flaccid soft-porn I think most will agree. Especially following on so quickly from the 'SEX' book fiasco. By this time no-one wanted to see / hear any more of her for quite a while to come...

4) "Here's To Future Days" - Thompson Twins...there really weren't many at all for them after this quite patchy album. Some good tracks lurking in there, but overall tired and a little too rocky (a muddy cover of The Beatles' 'Revolution' anyone?)

5) "Jagged" - Gary Numan...see Exciter above. One of Numan's most disappointing studio albums, which drones on at the same pace / with the same atmosphere all the way through! Each stifling, endless intro is like Chinese water torture as you hope for a different beat or arrangement to come - but no. Disappointment around every corner.

"4:13 Dream" - The Cure... their worst album by far, "4:13 nightmare" would have been way more appropriate

The Best of Howard Jones - well, that's just ridiculous in'it?

"Packed!" - The Pretenders... Should have been called "Padded Bra Stuffed with Tissues"

[quote][i]Originally posted by Frau_Blucher[/i]
<br>The Best of Howard Jones - well, that's just ridiculous in'it?
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[quote]Originally posted by thorpy2112
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1) "Exciter" - Depeche Mode...quite frankly their dullest ever album which failed to get above a slow-burn setting on any tracks. Such a shame coming after the excellent "Ultra" - thank God it appears to have been a one-off blip!
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Agreed. Smacks of wishful thinking on behalf of those promoting it. Like naming the Julia Louis-Dreyfus vehicle 'Watching Ellie' because they knew nobody would, and they were right.

The Police- Synchronicity

Aside from the Jungian description, I think of synchronicity as separate parts working together as one in a mental and spiritual unison.

According to Wikipedia, during the recording of "Every Breath You Take", Sting and Copeland came to blows with each other, while engineer and producer Hugh Padgham nearly quit the project.

The album and subsequent tour enjoyed massive success. The members of The Police went off to record solo projects but their relationships with each other remained acrimonious. They never made any more original music together and officially announced their break up in 1987.