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Quiz about Title Songs of Albums
Quiz about Title Songs of Albums

Title Songs of Albums Trivia Quiz

A quiz for album lovers. Did they include a title song or not? Some album titles converted in to song titles albums later. Also some interesting facts about title songs between the sixties and the eighties. Take your best shot!

A multiple-choice quiz by whizz. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
whizz
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
18,772
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
8 / 20
Plays
1752
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Question 1 of 20
1. Does the Elvis Costello album 'This Year's Model' include a title song?


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Question 2 of 20
2. Which of these describes the title song of the 10cc album 'How Dare You'? Hint


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Question 3 of 20
3. On what Led Zeppelin album can you listen to the song 'Houses of the Holy?' Hint


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Question 4 of 20
4. Does the 'Black and White' album by the Stranglers have a title song?


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Question 5 of 20
5. Which of the following artists did release an album with a title song (excluding compilations and live albums)? Hint


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6. Which of the following Frank Zappa albums does not have a title song? Hint


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7. Which of the following bands reached the summit: band-album-title song all by the same name? Hint


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Question 8 of 20
8. Remember the Iron Quadrant? 4 UK new wave bands released their debut albums around 1980. One of them didn't have a title song. Can you guess which one? Hint


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Question 9 of 20
9. Which of these three Moody Blues albums has a title song? Hint


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Question 10 of 20
10. Who wrote the title song of the famous Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "Deja Vu" album? Hint


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Question 11 of 20
11. The song 'Hemispheres' by Rush can be regarded as a semi-title song. What is its full title? Hint


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Question 12 of 20
12. What was the first Beatles album to have a title song? Hint


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Question 13 of 20
13. Which of the following title songs is the longest? Hint


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Question 14 of 20
14. Which of the following albums does not include a title song sung by Sting? Hint


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Question 15 of 20
15. Which of the following albums has the shortest title song? Hint


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Question 16 of 20
16. Which of these is actually an album title song? Hint


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Question 17 of 20
17. Seal, Peter Gabriel, Led Zeppelin and Chicago have this in common -- their first three albums had no title songs.


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Question 18 of 20
18. The debut album "Horses" by Patti Smith had a title song.


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Question 19 of 20
19. The Queen album 'Sheer Heart Attack' has a title song.


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Question 20 of 20
20. What British prodigy released his first album at age 19 with only the title song on it?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname ... think of 'The Exorcist')

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Does the Elvis Costello album 'This Year's Model' include a title song?

Answer: No

The song 'Chelsea' has the line: 'Capital punishment, she's LAST year's model.
2. Which of these describes the title song of the 10cc album 'How Dare You'?

Answer: The only lyric is the line 'How Dare You'

 Although conceived as an instrumental, the words 'How dare you' are spoken, probably caused by some imaginary indecent exposure.
3. On what Led Zeppelin album can you listen to the song 'Houses of the Holy?'

Answer: Physical Graffiti

 ...and The Song Remains the Same is on Houses of the Holy...!
4. Does the 'Black and White' album by the Stranglers have a title song?

Answer: No

The line 'It becomes black and white, is it true what they say, they turn the day into night, black and white becomes' is on the song 'Curfew'. On the Live XCert album, the song is announced as 'Black and White'
5. Which of the following artists did release an album with a title song (excluding compilations and live albums)?

Answer: Genesis

 These were the albums 'A Trick of the Tail', 'Abacab', 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway', 'Invisible Touch' and 'Calling All Stations'.
6. Which of the following Frank Zappa albums does not have a title song?

Answer: Hot Rats

 Captain Beefheart sings about hot rats in 'Willie the Pimp'
7. Which of the following bands reached the summit: band-album-title song all by the same name?

Answer: Sailor
8. Remember the Iron Quadrant? 4 UK new wave bands released their debut albums around 1980. One of them didn't have a title song. Can you guess which one?

Answer: U2 - Boy

 The Song 'I Will Follow' has the line: 'A boy tries hard to be a man, his father takes him by his hand, he stops to think, he starts to cry, oh why?' But there's no title song.
9. Which of these three Moody Blues albums has a title song?

Answer: none of these three

 The Moody Blues only produced concept albums.
10. Who wrote the title song of the famous Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "Deja Vu" album?

Answer: David Crosby
11. The song 'Hemispheres' by Rush can be regarded as a semi-title song. What is its full title?

Answer: Cygnus X-1 Book II : Hemispheres

 And do you remember where Cygnus X-1 Book I came from? It's in the semi-title song of the preceding album 'A Farewell to Kings'
12. What was the first Beatles album to have a title song?

Answer: Please Please Me
13. Which of the following title songs is the longest?

Answer: "Atom Heart Mother" by Pink Floyd

 Atom Heart Mother is just over 23 minutes, Close to the Edge and Get Ready are well over 20, The Geese and the Ghost is a mere 15-minutes song. By the way, Anthony Phillips was Genesis' first guitar player and left the band in 1970 for an interesting solo career.
14. Which of the following albums does not include a title song sung by Sting?

Answer: Ghost in the Machine

 'Ghost in the Machine' is nowhere near a title song. Regatta de Blanc has the famous 'Eeh-oh-yo' as only lyric. Synchronicity even has 2 title songs (I and II).
15. Which of the following albums has the shortest title song?

Answer: "The Dream of the Blue Turtles" by Sting

 It's just over a minute, and it's an instrumental.
16. Which of these is actually an album title song?

Answer: "This Is the Modern World" by The Jam

 The 'Sandinista!' line is in the song 'Washington Bullets'.
17. Seal, Peter Gabriel, Led Zeppelin and Chicago have this in common -- their first three albums had no title songs.

Answer: True

18. The debut album "Horses" by Patti Smith had a title song.

Answer: False

'Horses' is the first part of the song 'Land' that concludes the album.
19. The Queen album 'Sheer Heart Attack' has a title song.

Answer: False

'Sheer Heart Attack' is on 'News of the World'.
20. What British prodigy released his first album at age 19 with only the title song on it?

Answer: Mike Oldfield

The album is 'Tubular Bells', of course.
Source: Author whizz

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