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4Music's way of straddling the line between NoTitle and InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt, a self-titled (or "s/t", or "eponymous") album is one that's named after the artist(s) who created it. Often used for debut albums or albums that mark a [[NewSoundAlbum change in an artist's sound]] or lineup.
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6For brevity's sake, the examples below are limited to unusual cases, as delineated in each section.
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8Occasionally overlaps with ChronologicalAlbumTitle and NumberedSequel. See also PrematureEncapsulation.
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17* Brave Belt's ''Brave Belt'' and ''Brave Belt II''. ''Brave Belt III'' turned into Bachman-Turner Overdrive's debut (see below).
18* [=BeForU=]'s ''[=BeForU=]'', ''[=BeForU=] [[NumberedSequels II]]'' and ''[=BeForU=] III: [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Breaking into the Probability Changes]]''
19* Music/BillyTalent's ''Billy Talent I'', ''Billy Talent II'', and ''Billy Talent III''.
20* Music/BlackSabbath technically released two self-titled albums, the second of which (''Black Sabbath Vol. 4'') is often shortened to simply ''Vol. 4''.
21* The entirety of Music/{{Chicago}}'s discography, with only a few exceptions, in the form of ''Chicago'' and a Roman numeral. (''The Chicago Transit Authority'', Chicago's debut, was also a self-titled release prior to a change of name due to legal trouble with the [[UsefulNotes/ChicagoL actual CTA]].)
22* The Chieftains' first ten albums were titled ''The Chieftains'', ''The Chieftains 2'', ''The Chieftains 3'' and so on. A few of them had subtitles: ''The Chieftains 6: Bonaparte's Retreat'', ''The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early'', and ''The Chieftains 10: Cotton-Eyed Joe''.
23* Music/ElectricLightOrchestra's first album was self-titled[[note]]the title ''No Answer'' used in the US was due to a miscommunication between their UK and US record labels[[/note]]. Their second album was ''ELO 2''.
24** Said second album should not be confused with ''Electric Light Orchestra Part II'', which is the self-titled debut for the spin-off band of the same name.
25* Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s first album was self-titled, and its second album was simply titled ''Kraftwerk 2'' (with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:K2-D-front.jpg artwork]] nearly identical to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:K1-D-front.jpg first]]).
26* Music/LedZeppelin's first three albums, titled ''Music/{{Led Zeppelin|1969}}'', ''Music/LedZeppelinII'', and ''Music/LedZeppelinIII''. The album usually referred to as ''Music/LedZeppelinIV'' or ''Zoso'' (after Jimmy Page's sleeve symbol) actually has NoTitle officially; the band refused to give it one as part of an experiment to see if they could sell a record without any of the Led Zeppelin branding attached to it.
27* Music/{{Neu}}'s entire official discography: ''Neu!'', ''Neu! 2'', ''Neu! '75'', and ''Neu! 4'' (which was rereleased later as ''Neu! '86'').
28* ''Music/{{Orbital}}'''s debut was named ''Orbital'', and its follow-up was named ''Orbital 2''. They're generally referred to instead as ''Green Album'' and ''Brown Album'', respectively.
29* Music/{{Queen}}'s first two albums, ''{{Music/Queen|1973}}'' and ''Music/QueenII''.
30* Music/RareAmericans follows this naming scheme, albeit 3 has a subtitle to it: ''Jamesy Boy & The Screw Loose Zoo''.
31* Every Music/RunTheJewels album title is (the group's name) + a number, with the latest being ''Run the Jewels 4''.
32* Kenji "Julie" Sawada released two albums called ''Julie'' and ''Julie II'', then five more (three of which were live) called ''Julie (number) (subtitle)'', followed by ''Jewel Julie 追憶'' before he finally started using proper titles.
33* Music/TheTravelingWilburys, as ''Vol. 1'' and ''Vol. 3''. [[UnInstallment There is no]] ''Vol. 2'' -- their second album was intentionally mistitled. Often put down to 'Music/{{George|Harrison}} being George'.
34* Music/VanHalen has ''Van Halen'', ''Van Halen II'' and ''Van Halen III'' (which is fact their ''eleventh'', but marks the third formation/singer).
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37* The 77's have two, though not by choice. They released ''The 77's'' in 1987. In 1992, they tried to release an album named ''Pray Naked''. The record label balked and {{bowdlerize}}d it without consulting the band, releasing it as ''The Seventy Sevens'' instead. But nearly everyone just calls the latter ''Pray Naked'' anyway, so there's not much confusion.
38* Music/AirSupply's debut album was self-titled and released in 1976. After getting some international success, their eighth album was also self-titled and released in 1985.
39* Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's first album is self-titled and self-released. Their third album, released after they were picked up by Interscope, is officially titled ''Americana Deluxe'' per the liner notes, but since the only text on the front cover is the band's name it's often thought to be self-titled as well. (To make matters even more confusing, both the self-titled album and ''Americana Deluxe'' contain many of the same songs.)
40* Music/MichaelBolton has two examples—his 1975 debut ''Michael Bolotin'', recorded under his birth name, and 1983's ''Michael Bolton'', his first album under his longstanding professional name.
41* Music/DavidBowie has two different self-titled albums; [[Music/DavidBowie1967 the first]] is virtually forgotten (most who ''do'' remember it generally regard it as mediocre at best), and the second is better known by its re-release title, ''Music/SpaceOddity'', added after Creator/RCARecords acquired the rights to it. He also has two self-titled albums named after his hard rock band, Tin Machine. ''And'' a self-titled song, as seen below.
42* Roberto Carlos has released 58 albums in a career spanning five decades; 35 of them are titled simply ''Roberto Carlos''.
43* Eric Carmen has two of these: The first one, released in 1975 and the last one, in 1984 (at least for sixteen years, until he released a new studio album in 2000). Both are titled simply ''Eric Carmen''.
44* Music/CheapTrick's 1977 debut ''Cheap Trick'' and the band's 1997 thirteenth album of the same name.
45* Collective Soul's first album was self-titled, ten years later they released another self-titled album (although the latter is usually known as "Rabbit" due to the [[ShapedLikeItself rabbit on the cover]]).
46* Days of the New have three albums, all of which are self-titled. Fans usually differentiate the albums by the color of the disc itself (Yellow, Green, and Red) or by release order (I, II, and III). Their long-awaited fourth album is going to break the pattern by only being ''nearly''-eponymous: the title has been announced as ''Days of the New Presents Tree Colors''.
47* {{Music/Daughters}} has both a self-titled EP and a self-titled album.
48* Music/DuranDuran released two self-titled albums, one in 1981 and another in 1993. The second is often referred to as ''Music/TheWeddingAlbum'' due to its wedding-themed cover art.
49* All of Jacques Dutronc's albums released under the Vogue label were named ''Jacques Dutronc''. Fans and streaming services usually choose the most popular song on the albums to refer to them.
50* Music/FleetwoodMac had two eponymous albums, one in 1968 (the true debut album, also known as ''Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac'' after the frontman at the time Peter Green) and [[Music/FleetwoodMacWhiteAlbum one in 1975]] (the first album with Lindsey Buckingham and Music/StevieNicks), which some fans call ''The White Album'' (not to be confused with Music/TheBeatles' [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum self-titled album]].)
51* Music/PeterGabriel's first four albums, all literally titled ''Peter Gabriel'' -- though due to ExecutiveMeddling courtesy of [[Creator/GeffenRecords Gabriel's North American distributor]], the fourth was released in the U.S. and Canada as ''Music/{{Security}}'', and maintained that title in those territories until Gabriel reacquired the rights in 2010. The first three are often listed as ''Music/{{Car}}'', ''Music/{{Scratch}}'', and ''Music/{{Melt}}'', after their album covers. Gabriel intended to treat his albums like issues in a magazine, hence the repeated eponymous titles, but was eventually forced out of the practice completely by his U.K. label, Creator/CharismaRecords; Gabriel responded by giving his next three albums -- ''Music/{{So}}'', ''Music/{{Us}}'', and ''Music/{{Up|PeterGabrielAlbum}}'' -- curt, two-letter, [[OneWordTitle one-word]] anti-titles.
52* Music/TheHollies released an album called ''Hollies'' in 1964, and then another with that title in 1974 (after reuniting with original lead singer Allan Clarke). Some sources list the second album as ''Hollies '74'' to avoid confusion, but its official title is simply ''Hollies''.
53* Music/JimmyEatWorld briefly had two self-titled releases: The first was a 1998 self-titled EP, and the second was a 2001 album that ended up temporarily becoming self-titled when its original title, ''Bleed American'', was considered [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents to be in poor taste]] after September 11th. After enough time passed, ''Bleed American'' went back to its original title.
54* Music/KillingJoke has two self-titled albums: Their 1980 debut and a 2003 album.
55* Music/KillswitchEngage's debut album in 2000 and fifth in 2009, each featuring a different vocalist (Jesse Leach on the former and Howard Jones on the latter).
56* Leatherwolf's debut EP and first two albums were all self-titled. The EP and the first album even shared the same cover art.
57* The first two Lukas Graham albums are both titled ''Lukas Graham''. Their sophomore album is also known as ''Blue Album''.
58* CountryMusic band The Mavericks released two self-titled albums. One was their first; the other, their last until a 2012 reunion.
59* Music/MikeAndTheMechanics released two such albums, with [[Music/MikeAndTheMechanicsAlbum their debut album]] in 1985 using the plus sign (+) and a 1999 release substituting an ampersand (&).
60* Music/KylieMinogue has two, her debut and her fifth album. She briefly had three, when her sixth album ''Music/ImpossiblePrincess'' was retitled ''Kylie Minogue'' following [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents the death of]] UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales.
61* Michael Martin Murphey has two such albums—''Michael Murphey'' in 1973, when he did not use his middle name as part of his professional name, and ''Michael Martin Murphey'' in 1982, one of his first releases under his full name.
62* The punk band Music/{{Rancid}} did this. Their first album and fifth album were both simply titled ''Rancid''. The latter album is often called ''Rancid 2000'' after the release year to avoid confusion.
63* Music/RedHousePainters released two ''in the same year''. The two albums were later retitled based on their artwork (''Rollercoaster'' and ''Bridge''). This is one of those few times the band was actually deliberately trying to confuse people.
64* Music/DianaRoss has two solo albums named ''Diana Ross'', one released in 1970 (and retitled ''Ain't No Mountain High Enough'' when that single became a hit) and one released in 1976. Also the artwork for one of her nearly-eponymous albums ''Ross'' (1978) has ''Diana Ross'' on the front.
65* Music/{{Santana}}'s first and third albums are both named ''Santana''; the latter is often referred to as ''Santana III'' or just ''III'' to differentiate.
66* The Spits, a punk band, have released four full-length [=LPs=] all entitled ''The Spits'' (although the fourth one is unofficially titled ''Volume 4''). One theory says that they're all one album that they just can't stop writing.
67* Music/{{Starflyer 59}}'s first two albums were officially self-titled, but almost universally referred to as ''Silver'' and ''Gold'' (after the color of each album's [[MinimalisticCoverArt monochromatic cover]])--ten years later, these nicknames were used for the rereleased versions.
68* Music/StoneTemplePilots had two. The 2010 album marked their reunion after disbanding from 2002-2008. The 2018 album marks their reformation with a new singer after the death of original singer Scott Weiland in 2015.
69* Thalía has three self-titled albums: her 1990 debut, then two consecutive albums in 2002 and 2003. The 2003 album is commonly known as ''The English Album'' since it was her only LP predominantly in English.
70* Music/ThrowingMuses have two, their 1986 debut ''Throwing Muses'' and their 2003 regroup album ''Throwing Muses''.
71* Tokyo Blade's debut album and one of their compilations were self-titled. Their fourth album ''Ain't Misbehavin''' was reissued as a self-titled album at one point.
72* Music/KeithUrban has two: a rare self-titled album released only in his native Australia[[labelnote:*]]Urban was actually born in New Zealand, but his family moved to Australia when he was three.[[/labelnote]] in 1991, and his first solo American album in 1999. In between, he was one-third of a trio called The Ranch, who put out an album in the US in 1997; after Urban became popular, the Ranch album was reissued in 2004 as ''Keith Urban in The Ranch''.
73* Music/TheVelvetUnderground, both with (''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'') and without Music/{{Nico}} (''Music/{{The Velvet Underground|Album}}'').
74* Music/{{Weezer}}'s color albums ("[[Music/WeezerTheBlueAlbum blue]]", "[[Music/WeezerTheGreenAlbum green]]", "[[Music/WeezerTheRedAlbum red]]", "white", "[[Music/WeezerTheTealAlbum teal]]", and "black").
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77* Bachman-Turner Overdrive's first two albums, ''Bachman-Turner Overdrive'' and ''Bachman-Turner Overdrive II''. Eleven years later, the band released ''another'' album titled ''Bachman-Turner Overdrive'', without a number.
78* Hardcore punk and alternative rock band The Bronx have released six albums under that name, of which only the fifth and sixth were numbered. They also put out some mariachi music under the side project Mariachi El Bronx, and all of those albums are named ''Mariachi El Bronx''. (Though the third album is sometimes called ''Mariachi El Bronx III'' instead.)
79* Music/{{Crystal Castles|Band}}' 2008 debut LP and 2010 sophomore album. The latter was dubbed ''Crystal Castles II'' by fans and digitally reissued as such, sometimes dropping the group name altogether.
80* Music/DoctorSteel's albums ''Dr. Steel'', ''Dr. Steel II: [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Eclectic Boogaloo]]'', ''The Dr. Steel Collection'' and the ''Dr. Steel Read-A-Long''. (Also extends to his video series, ''The Dr. Steel Show''. And his songs, "Dr. Steel" and "The Dr. Steel Show".)
81* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' debut UK album in 1964 is their [[Music/TheRollingStones1964 self-titled album]]. Their EP that predates their debut album is also called ''The Rolling Stones''. Their self-titled debut album was followed by ''The Rolling Stones No.2''.
82* Music/{{Seal}} released two consecutive albums named ''Seal'' (the second is often called ''Seal II'' since the fourth is ''Seal IV'').
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87* Many artists have released albums titled ''The (name of artist) Album''.
88** ''The Music/RodStewart Album'' was called ''An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down'' outside North America (but was released in North America first).
89* !!!'s ''Thr!!!er'' (they also have a regular self-titled album).
90* The 13th Floor Elevators' ''The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators''.
91* Music/TheAquabats have ''The Return of the Aquabats'' (which was actually their ''first'' album), ''The Fury of the Aquabats!'', and ''The Aquabats! vs the Floating Eye of Death''
92* Music/BarenakedLadies have the two albums ''Barenaked Ladies Are Me'' and ''Barenaked Ladies Are Men''.
93* Music/TheBeachBoys' ''Music/TheBeachBoysToday'' and ''Music/BeachBoysParty''
94* Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/WithTheBeatles'' and ''Music/BeatlesForSale''. Many of the band's American releases also included the word Beatles in the title, including ''Meet The Beatles'', ''Beatles VI'', and ''Beatles '65''.
95* Music/BonIver's sophomore album uses the band's name twice, so it's called ''Bon Iver, Bon Iver''.
96* Buffalo Springfield's self-titled debut was followed by ''Buffalo Springfield Again''.
97* Music/{{Cream}}'s ''Fresh Cream''.
98* Terence Trent D'Arby's ''Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby''.
99* Dag Nasty's ''Dag With Shawn''. The Shawn in question is original vocalist Shawn Brown: The album is a set of previously unreleased demos they recorded with Brown, all of which would be remade with Dave Smalley for their proper debut ''Can I Say''.
100* ''Music/DeLaSoul is Dead''.
101* Music/DeepPurple's ''Shades of Deep Purple'' and ''Music/DeepPurpleInRock''.
102* Music/{{Devo}} has three: ''Music/QAreWeNotMenAWeAreDevo'' ''Oh, No! It's Devo'' and ''Total Devo''
103* The Dismemberment Plan's ''The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified''.
104* Divine Fits' debut, ''A Thing Called Divine Fits''.
105* Music/BobDylan's ''Music/TheFreewheelinBobDylan'' and ''Music/AnotherSideOfBobDylan'', both of which followed a proper self-titled release.
106* Music/{{Eels}}'s GreatestHitsAlbum ''Meet The Eels''. There's also ''The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett'', which contains the full name of [[IAmTheBand the band's principal member]], who usually goes by E.
107* Music/{{Eminem}}'s ''Music/TheEminemShow''.
108* Music/ArethaFranklin's ''Aretha Arrives'', ''Aretha Now'', ''Aretha in Paris''...
109* Music/FranzFerdinand's ''Tonight: Franz Ferdinand'', though often referred to as just ''Tonight''.
110* Macy Gray's ''Macy Gray On How Life Is''
111* Heavenly (the indie pop band rather than the metal band) released four albums, all titled like this: ''Heavenly vs Satan'', ''Le Jardin de Heavenly'', ''The Decline and Fall of Heavenly'' and ''Operation Heavenly''. For good measure, they also had compilations called ''This is Heavenly'' and ''A Bout de Heavenly''.
112* Music/TheKinks' ''Kinda Kinks'', ''The Kink Kontroversy'', ''Something Else by the Kinks'', and ''Music/TheKinksAreTheVillageGreenPreservationSociety''. Also their compilation album ''The Kink Kronikles''.
113* The Knack's ''Get The Knack''.
114* Music/{{Korn}}'s 2010 album ''Korn III: Remember Who You Are.''
115** The 2007 untitled album can also be seen as this, but...you be the judge.
116* Lady Macbeth's debut EP, simply entitled ''The Lady Macbeth EP''
117* Long-running PopPunk group Music/{{Lagwagon}} have an EP with the [[SelfDeprecation somewhat self-effacing]] title ''I Think My Older Brother Used To Listen To Lagwagon''.
118* Music/LynyrdSkynyrd's first album is named ''(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)''. [[https://d24jnm9llkb1ub.cloudfront.net/icpn/00602537732760/00602537732760-cover-zoom.jpg The cover art]] is even framed so the album title is basically a subtitle for the band's name that functions as a pronunciation guide.
119* Madvillain's ''Madvillainy''.
120* The Mamas and the Papas' fourth was ''The Papas and the Mamas''.
121* Music/TimMcGraw's first album was self-titled. He later released an effectively self-titled album in 2001: ''Tim [=McGraw=] and the Dancehall Doctors''.
122* Jazz bassist and bandleader Music/CharlesMingus liked to play with his name for album titles. Examples include ''Charles Mingus presents Charles Mingus'', ''Mingus'', ''Music/MingusAhUm'', ''Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus'', ''Mingus Dynasty'', and ''Mingus Moves''.
123* Music/{{Miyavi}}: ''MYV☆POPS'', ''Miyavizm'', and ''Miyaviuta -dokusou-''.
124** His first two albums, ''Galyuu'' and ''Gagaku'', are written with the kanji for his name.
125** ''Room no. 382'', his remix album, also qualifies--382 is the ''kun-yomi'' for Miyavi.
126* Music/TheMonkees had 1967's ''More of The Monkees'', 1968's ''The Birds, The Bees and The Monkees'' and 1969's ''The Monkees Present''.
127* Creator/MontyPython's ''Audioplay/AnotherMontyPythonRecord'', ''Monty Python's Previous Record'', ''AudioPlay/MontyPythonLiveAtDruryLane'', ''AudioPlay/TheMontyPythonMatchingTieAndHandkerchief'', ''AudioPlay/MontyPythonsContractualObligationAlbum''
128* Music/{{Motorhead}} has "We Are Motörhead", from ''We Are Motörhead''.
129* Creator/EddieMurphy's ''Eddie Murphy: Comedian''
130* Music/{{Nayeon}}'s ''Im Nayeon''.
131* The O.C. Supertones had ''Adventures of the O.C. Supertones'', ''Supertones Strike Back'', and ''[[RevengeOfTheSequel Revenge of the O.C. Supertones]]''.
132* Phantom Planet's ''Phantom Planet Is Missing''. They also have a just plain Self-Titled Album.
133* Music/ElvisPresley did this all the time: ''Music/FromElvisInMemphis'', ''Music/HavingFunWithElvisOnStage''...
134* The Rentals' ''Return of the Rentals'' (though the title implies otherwise, it's their first release).
135* Music/{{Robyn}} has both ''Robyn Is Here'' and ''Robyn''. ''Robyn Is Here'' in particular is a nearly-eponymous album with a self-titled nearly-eponymous song also called "Robyn Is Here".
136* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}' ''The Rolling Stones, Now!''
137* Music/JillScott's ''Who is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1''.
138* Sebadoh's ''Sebadoh Vs. Helmet'' and ''The Sebadoh''.
139* The Music/SexPistols' ''Music/NeverMindTheBollocksHeresTheSexPistols''.
140* Music/PaulSimon's ''There Goes Rhymin' Simon''.
141* Michael W. Smith's first two albums were ''Michael W. Smith Project'' and ''Michael W. Smith 2''.
142* Music/{{Sparks}}' ''Introducing Sparks''. Which, despite the title, was their seventh album.
143* Music/TheSpiceGirls' second album, ''Spiceworld''.
144* Stanford University's band, officially known as the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band, was one of the first US college bands to release albums. Its first three releases, in 1970, 1972, and 1974, were all titled ''The Incomparable Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band''.[[note]]At home football games, the band is introduced as "The One, The Only, The Truly Incomparable Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band". The university's legal name is Leland Stanford Junior University.[[/note]]
145* Music/GeorgeStrait played with this a bit on some of his early albums, some of which were [[HurricaneOfPuns puns]] on his last name (e.g. ''Strait from the Heart''). Strangely, he did not release a truly self-titled album until 2001... and it was his worst-selling and -performing at the time.
146* Music/TheStranglers' debut album ''Stranglers IV''. No, there are no other releases beforehand, they simply chose that title to mess with people.
147* ''Suprême NTM'' (1998) by Music/SupremeNTM.
148* Music/TalkingHeads' debut album ''Music/TalkingHeads77'', with the "77" referring to the year of its release (1977).
149* Played for laughs by Ten Masked Men (hey, they are a death metal group that does covers of pop songs), who inject a Star Wars theme: ''Ten Masked Men'', ''Ten Masked Men Strike Back'', ''Return of the Ten Masked Men'' and ''The Phanten Masked Menace''.
150* Music/{{Twice}}'s ''Music/{{Twicetagram}}''
151* The Vaccines' ''[[SelfDeprecation What Did You Expect From]] The Vaccines?''
152* Wavves have one self-titled album and one album that's so "nearly-eponymous" that it might as well be self-titled: the debut is ''Wavves'', while the second album is ''Wavvves'' (yes, with three v's this time). To further the confusion, both albums have {{Textless Album Cover}}s with different pictures of the same kid skateboarding in a backyard.
153* Weezer's 2021 album ''Van Weezer'', a ShoutOut to [[Music/VanHalen a famous rock band from the 1970's and 1980's]].
154* Music/TheWho's ''[[Music/MyGeneration The Who Sing My Generation]]'', ''Ready Steady Who'', ''Music/TheWhoSellOut'', ''Music/WhosNext'', ''The Who By Numbers'', ''Who Are You'', ''Who's Last'' and ''Who''.
155* Wilco released ''Wilco (The Album)'', on which the first track is entitled [[RunningGag "Wilco (The Song)"]].
156* Some Music/{{Wings}} albums include "Wings" in their true title -- most notably ''Wings at the Speed of Sound'' and ''Wings Over America.'' This also makes ''Wings Greatest'' an awkward compilation to talk about.
157* [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic "Weird Al" Yankovic's]] ''"Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D''
158* After several nearly-eponymous albums including ''Earth vs. the Wildhearts'' and ''The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed'', Music/TheWildhearts' 2007 self-titled album was their fifth or sixth (depending on how you count during 1994-96), but marked a reformation, a new line-up and a partial return towards what most fans regard as their classic sound.
159* Music/{{Yes}}'s ''The Yes Album'' (1971 studio album) ''Yessongs'' (their 1973 live album), ''Yesshows'' (1980 live album), ''House Of Yes'' (2000 live album), ''Yesterdays'' (their first greatest hits record) ''Yesyears'' (a 4-CD box set of their career up to 1990), and ''Yesstory'' (a 2-CD version of the box set). All came after their first album, ''Yes'', which is completely different.
160* Music/{{ZZ Top}}'s first album is appropriately named ''ZZ Top's First Album''.
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163* Mary J. Blige's ''Mary''.
164* Music/BobbyBrown's ''Bobby''
165* Music/BoyzIIMen's ''[[Music/TwoAlbum II]]'' doubles as this and a {{Numbered Sequel|s}}.
166* Music/CamilaCabello's ''Camila''.
167* Music/BobDylan's 1973 release called ''Dylan'', but the artist has officially [[CanonDiscontinuity disavowed]] that one (since it was cobbled together from unreleased outtakes by his former label after he signed with a different label).
168* Music/ArethaFranklin has released three albums titled ''Aretha'' over the course of her career.
169* Music/DeltaGoodrem 's ''Delta''.
170* Music/GrandFunkRailroad's ''Grand Funk''
171* Paul Hardcastle's smooth jazz albums are named ''Hardcastle'' followed by number or Roman numeral (except the first, which lacks a number). As of this writing, he's gotten up to ''Hardcastle X''.
172* Music/WhitneyHouston's ''Whitney'' (which followed ''Whitney Houston'')
173* Music/JanetJackson's fifth HotterAndSexier album ''Music/JanetPeriod''
174* Music/GordonLightfoot's ''Lightfoot!''
175* Music/PaulMcCartney titled his first solo album ''Music/McCartney'', a solo album released in 1980 ''[=McCartney=] II'' and another one in 2020 called ''[=McCartney=] III''. They're named so because they're the only "fully solo" albums, where he played all instruments.
176* Music/ElvisPresley has ''two'' albums just titled ''Elvis'' from 1956 and 1973.
177* Diana Ross (see above) also has two albums named ''Ross'' from 1978 and 1983, respectively, and one album named ''diana'' (1980).
178* Music/EarlSweatshirt's debut mixtape ''Earl''.
179* Music/BritneySpears' third album is titled ''Britney''.
180* Music/TheSpiceGirls' ''Spice''.
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183* Average White Band's ''AWB'', based on the official abbreviation of the band's name.
184* Music/TheClickFive's ''TCV'' (V being 5 in Roman numerals, of course).
185* Music/MissyElliott's ''Miss E...So Addictive''
186* Music/MyBloodyValentine's comeback album ''m b v''.
187* Music/{{POD}}'s ''Payable on Death''.
188* {{Music/Pentatonix}} are sometimes referred to by the nickname PTX. Their three non-holiday albums are titled PTX Volume 1, 2, and 3 respectively. Their first Christmas album? [=PTXmas.=]
189* Rocket from the Crypt's ''RFTC''.
190* School of Seven Bells' final album is ''SVIIB'', based on the official abbreviation for their name (using the Roman numeral for seven).
191* Music/TheVelvetUnderground's outtakes compilation ''VU''. The cover is also a VisualPun as it shows a VU meter.
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195* This effect is given off in musical cast recordings where all the songs are attributed to the cast of the show as opposed to the individual singers. For example, "Phantom of the Opera", by the Cast of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', on the Original Broadway Cast Recording of ''The Phantom of the Opera''.
196* "The 1975" by Music/The1975, the opening track of every one of their albums, including the self-titled debut.
197* "Amesoeurs", from the album ''Amesoeurs'', by the now broken up French shoegaze-black metal band Amesoeurs.
198** Similarly, from the same album is "I XIII V XIX XV V XXI XVIII XIX – IX XIX – IV V I IV". When letters are substituted in place of the numbers, [[FridgeBrilliance this translates to "AMESOEURS IS DEAD".]]
199* "Angel Witch", Angel Witch, ''Angel Witch''.
200* Downplayed with Music/BabyMetal, the album ''BABYMETAL'' and the song "BABYMETAL DEATH".
201* "Bad Company", Bad Company, ''Bad Company''.
202* "Bang Camaro", Bang Camaro, ''Bang Camaro''.
203** Lyrics: "Bang! Camarooooooo..." (repeats)
204* "Big Time Rush" by Music/BigTimeRush, although technically the album is titled ''BTR''.
205* "[[TitleTrack Black Sabbath]]", Music/BlackSabbath, ''Music/{{Black Sabbath|Album}}''
206* "Blackfield" by Music/StevenWilson's side project Blackfield, from their debut album ''Blackfield''.
207* ''[[Music/BlueOysterCult1972 Blue Öyster Cult]]'' by the Music/BlueOysterCult. The band also has a song known as "Blue Oyster Cult", but it does not appear on the self-titled album.
208* "Body Count", Music/BodyCount, ''Music/{{Body Count|Album}}''. The self-titled album also featured two more songs with the band's name in their titles, "Body Count's in the House" and "Body Count Anthem".
209* [[Music/BuenaVistaSocialClub "Buena Vista Social Club"]]... rinse and repeat.
210* "Carolina Rain", etc., etc.
211* "Damn Yankees", Music/DamnYankees, ''Damn Yankees''
212* "Death Grips (Next Grips)" by Music/DeathGrips off of their EP ''Death Grips''.
213* "Deep Forest", etc., etc.
214* "Deicide", by Music/{{Deicide}}, off their debut ''Deicide''.
215* Music/DschinghisKhan had an album called ''Dschinghis Khan'', featuring their song "Dschinghis Khan".
216* Eisbrecher did this as well.
217* "Music/ElectricWizard", etc., etc.
218* Funker Vogt's first demo tape was self-titled and included a song of the same name, which also appeared on their commercial debut album ''Thanks for Nothing''.
219* For a particularly hellish example, "The Good, The Bad, And The Queen". According to the band's frontman, [[Music/{{Blur}} Damon]] [[{{Music/Gorillaz}} Albarn]], the band was [[NoTitle nameless]] and ''TGTB&TQ'' was just the title of the album, but everyone ended up calling the band by the album's name for the sake of sanity.
220* "The Music/GraveDigger", so on and so forth.
221* Great Big Sea's debut album was ''Great Big Sea'', and its first track was "Great Big Sea/Gone By the Board".
222* Before Music/GreenDay was Green Day, they were Sweet Children, and had songs written under both names before the name change, but not recorded and released until after the fact: "Green Day" appeared on their 1990 debut LP ''39/Smooth''[[note]]recorded around late December 1989 and early January 1990, released in April[[/note]], while "Sweet Children" appeared on the EP of the same name[[note]]recorded in July 1990, released circa August[[/note]].
223* "Hellyeah", [[Music/{{Mudvayne}} Hellyeah]], ''Hellyeah''...HELL YEAH!
224* "Music/IcedEarth"... you know the drill.
225* "Iona - Mother of Lindisfarne" by Christian progressive rock group Iona, from their self-titled 1990 debut album.
226* "Iron Maiden", Music/IronMaiden, ''Music/{{Iron Maiden|Album}}''.
227* "Music/IronSavior", etc., etc.
228* Barely averted by Music/KingCrimson, with "Music/InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing" from ''In the Court of the Crimson King''.
229** King Crimson did this twice, actually. In 1981, having just changed their name back from "Discipline" to "King Crimson", they put out the album "Discipline" containing the tracks "Discipline" and "Indiscipline".
230* Music/LaDusseldorf's debut album, ''La Düsseldorf'', contains the tracks "Düsseldorf" and "La Düsseldorf".
231* "Living in a Box" from the album ''Living in a Box'' by the band ... wait for it ... [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_in_a_Box Living in a Box]].
232* "Meat Puppets", Music/MeatPuppets, ''Meat Puppets''.
233* "Megasus", on the album ''Megasus'', by the band Megasus.
234* "Metal Church", by the band Metal Church, on their debut album, ''Metal Church''.
235* "Music/{{Motorhead}}", etc., etc., which is a rerecording of the last song that frontman Lemmy wrote for his previous band, Music/{{Hawkwind}}.
236* Hey, Hey! Music/TheMonkees, ''The Monkees'', "(Theme From) The Monkees".
237* "My Indigo", My Indigo, ''My Indigo''. Side project of Music/WithinTemptation's lead singer Sharon den Adel.
238* "October Country", the debut single by the obscure PsychedelicRock band October Country, which became the opening track on their 1968 album ''October Country'', all obviously a ShoutOut to Creator/RayBradbury's book ''The October Country''. Alas, [[OneBookAuthor it was their only album]].
239* "Outworld", by the band Outworld, on their debut/only album, ''Outworld''.
240* K-pop girl group Playback's debut single "Playback", from the single album ''Playback''..
241* Double slightly averted? Slightly double averted? "Killer Music/{{Queen|Band}}" from ''Music/SheerHeartAttack'', as well as "White Queen" and "March Of The Black Queen" from ''Music/QueenII''.
242* Music/{{Queensryche}} come close with the song "Queen of the Reich" on their first, self-titled, EP. ("Rÿche" isn't a real word in any language, but is pronounced roughly the same as the German "reich".)
243* The ''Film/SchoolOfRock'' soundtrack has a song called "School of Rock" by School of Rock.
244* "Sierra" by Christian pop trio Sierra, from their self-titled 1994 debut album.
245* "SPRORGNSM" (pronounced superorganism), Superorganism, ''Superorganism''.
246* "Theocracy", on ''Theocracy'', by Music/{{Theocracy}}.
247* "Tin Machine", ''Music/{{Tin Machine|Album}}'', [[Music/DavidBowie Tin Machine.]] There was also a ''Tin Machine II'', but no title track for that one.
248* Music/{{Train}}'s debut album, which has a self-titled HiddenTrack.
249* "Victor" by Victor from ''Victor'', the solo project of Alex Lifeson from Music/{{Rush|Band}}.
250* "Wavves", from the album ''Wavves'', by the bedroom-musician-turned-noise-pop-band Wavves.
251* White Dynomite, etc. For extra redundancy, the self-titled album makes BookEnds of the title song, starting with the song itself and ending with a short reprise of it.
252* "Wilco (The Song)", Wilco, ''Wilco (The Album)''.
253* Witchfinder General, etc., etc.
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257* The Advantage have an album with the PunBasedTitle ''Elf-Titled''.
258* The Audition's third album is actually titled ''Self-Titled Album''.
259* Music/{{Filter}} has an album called "Title of Record".
260* Metal band Music/{{Ghost|Band}} has its first album, called ''Opus Eponymous''.
261* Similarly, Karp have an album called ''Self-Titled LP''.
262* Lampshaded by rap artist Lifeseeker (he did the theme song for the convicts in ''VideoGame/DeadRising'') with his debut album ''Self Titled Debut Album''.
263* NOFX punned on this by calling an album ''Self-Entitled''.
264* Music/{{REM}} has a compilation album called ''Eponymous''.
265* ''Music/TheTragicallyHip'' made fun of this concept with the Greatest Hits album ''Hipeponymous''.
266* Music/TrebleCharger had an album called ''self=title''
267* Zao has an album named ''[Self Titled]''.
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271* Albums that have text other than the artist name on the front cover, but are still officially considered self-titled or untitled:
272** Music/TheB52s' self-titled debut has the text "High Fidelity" alongside the band's name on the cover, which is sometimes mistaken for a title - instead the slogan was just intended to add to the artwork's {{retraux}} look.
273** Fantômas' debut album has the text "Fantômas amenaza al mundo" on the cover, which would be GratuitousSpanish for "Fantômas threatens the world" - however, this is just because the album artwork was taken from a poster for the Spanish dub of the French film ''Fantômas se déchaîne'', and the album is officially self-titled.
274** Music/HouseOfPain's first album has the text "Fine Malt Lyrics" underneath the band's name. Rather than a title, it was meant to be understood as a slogan for the group (punning on "fine malt liquor", a phrase which appeared on the packaging for Mickey's beer, since the logo used for the group's name was meant to look like a beer bottle label).
275** Music/{{KMFDM}}'s twelfth album is officially known as [[LuckyCharmsTitle Symbols]]), however some people simply call it "KMFDM".
276** Music/{{Kyuss}}' third album was originally intended to be self-titled (as can be seen on promotional copies of the album, and the CD and cassette cases having no text other than "Kyuss" written on their spines). Ultimately, the album ended up being called ''Sky Valley'' (as can be seen on the cassette shell and the LP's centre label) after the "Welcome to Sky Valley" sign on the cover.
277** Technically, Music/{{Rammstein}}'s seventh album has NoTitle, however, for indexing purposes, most retailers refer to it as ''Rammstein''. They also have a ''song'' named "Rammstein".
278** Trouble's self-titled has the text "psalm 9" on the corner of the cover art, but this was similarly never meant as a title.
279** Music/TheYardbirds' ''Music/RogerTheEngineer'' was originally meant to be a self-titled album - the text "Roger the engineer" was just included in the front cover artwork because it was a caricature of Roger Cameron, the album's audio engineer, as drawn by member Chris Dreja. It caught on enough as a title that it was later officially reissued as ''Roger The Engineer'', with that text appearing elsewhere on the packaging rather than just on the front.
280** Music/YeahYeahYeahs' self-titled EP has a close-up of Karen O wearing a necklace that reads "MASTER" on the cover, which became a FanNickname for the EP itself.
281* Albums that are named after the artist's real name:
282** Music/FiftyCent[[note]]Curtis James Jackson III[[/note]]'s ''Curtis''.
283** Music/AphexTwin[[note]]Richard David James[[/note]]'s ''Music/RichardDJamesAlbum''.
284** Music/BobbyDarin's self-explanatory ''Born Walden Robert Cassotto''.
285** Music/{{Eminem}}[[note]]Marshall Bruce Mathers III[[/note]]'s ''Music/TheMarshallMathersLP'' and ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2''.
286** Music/JackHarlow's[[note]]Jackman Thomas Harlow[[/note]] third studio album ''Jackman''.
287** Music/JanetJackson[[note]]Janet Damita Jo Jackson[[/note]]'s ''Damita Jo''.
288** Music/LLCoolJ[[note]]James Todd Smith[[/note]]'s ''Mr. Smith'' and ''Todd Smith''.
289** Music/{{MIA}}[[note]]Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam[[/note]]'s ''MAYA'' and ''Mathangi''.
290** Music/MandyMoore[[note]]Amanda Leigh Moore[[/note]] has her sixth album ''Amanda Leigh''.
291** Music/QueenLatifah[[note]]Dana Elaine Owens[[/note]] released a CoverAlbum entitled ''The Dana Owens Album''.
292** Music/BritneySpears'[[note]]Britney Jean Spears[[/note]] 8th album is titled ''Britney Jean''.
293** Tricky[[note]]Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws[[/note]]'s ''Adrian Thaws''.
294** Music/YoungThug[[note]]Jeffrey Lamar Williams[[/note]]'s mixtape ''JEFFERY''.
295* ''American Recordings'', the first album in what would come to be known as Music/JohnnyCash's "''American'' series", took this trope in a different direction. Instead of being named after an artist, it's named after the ''record label'' that released it.
296* ''The Beatles'', tenth album by Music/TheBeatles which, ever since its release, has been called Music/TheWhiteAlbum.
297* Music/TheBirthdayParty's self-titled is an inversion, originally being credited to their original incarnation, The Boys Next Door. The band changed their name to The Birthday Party, and the album was re-released with the credit changed.
298* Music/BlackSabbath released the album ''Heaven and Hell'' with Music/RonnieJamesDio on vocals. In later years, a lineup similar to what is on the album toured and released an album under the band name Heaven & Hell. Additionally, Black Sabbath albums released under the ''Heaven and Hell'' lineup have been included in the Heaven & Hell discography making this retroactively a Self-Titled Album.
299* Music/BlueOysterCult has a self-titled song not on their self-titled album, but one that was released 16 years later.
300* Music/{{Dismember}}: one of the tracks on ''Like an Ever Flowing Stream'' is close enough for a self-titled song ("Dismembered"), then ''ended'' their career on a self-titled album in 2008.
301* Music/{{Eminem}}'s ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP'', which is named after his alter ego.
302* Music/{{ETHS}} changed its name a few times before choosing the definitive one in 1999, and thus release two distinct self-titled with two different names: ''Melting Point'' (1998) and ''Eths'' (1999).
303* Music/FooFighters has ''Music/{{Foo Fighters|Album}}'', composed entirely by Music/DaveGrohl. Interestingly, Grohl had no intention of creating a band and intended it as a one-off side project, but it proved so successful that he continued the band and recruited members.
304* Music/FranzFerdinand originally planned to have ''every one of their albums self-titled'', with each album being distinguished by its cover (especially the color schemes) rather than its name. They did this with their [[Music/FranzFerdinand2004 first album]]. However, when the time came to actually title the second album, they ended up deciding that ''You Could Have It So Much Better'' was... well... so much better. On the other hand, ''YCHISMB'' doesn't have the title of the album anywhere on the cover; instead, it has Alexander Rodchenko's famous photo of Lilya Brik with the band name written on it.
305* Sean O'Hagan, after leaving the band Microdisney, released a solo album in 1990 titled ''High Llamas''. [[PrematureEncapsulation Shortly after,]] he started a band called The High Llamas.
306* Music/LinkinPark's first album, ''Music/HybridTheory''. Hybrid Theory was the band's original name before the members had to change it to avoid being confused with another band, but they decided to name their debut LP after their "actual" title.
307* The Living End has a song called "The Living End" on their first EP (''Hellbound''). Their first album was self-titled.
308* Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence frontman Jimmy Urine released a solo album titled ''Mindless Self Indulgence'' a few years before the actual band was formed; it's now something of a sought-out item among fans, and copies sell for hundreds of dollars on eBay.
309* Minus the Bear's 2005 album is titled ''Menos el Oso'', which is Spanish for "Minus the Bear."
310* Music/PinkFloyd[='s=] debut album ''Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn'' was retitled ''Pink Floyd'' for its U.S. release. However, since the British title [[TyopOnTheCover was still included on the back of the LP sleeve]], everyone refers to it as ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'' anyways.
311* Music/{{Prince}} and the New Power Generation's 1992 album, whose title was [[LuckyCharmsTitle a modified transgender symbol]] officially known as "Love Symbol No. 2," which Prince later used as his stage name between 1993 and 2000 to circumvent Warner Bros. Record's trademark on his given name.
312* Contrarian indie band R.O.C.'s debut was self-titled; they reportedly wanted their second album (and major-label debut) to be self-titled as well, but when this was refused, they named it after their record label instead, ''Virgin''.
313* Sant'''i'''gold's first album was ''Sant'''o'''gold''. It actually ''was'' eponymous, briefly, but the artist's stage name got tweaked after somebody else threatened to sue over a trademark claim. Confusion ensued.
314* Music/{{Stratovarius}} has a self-titled album, but their eponymous song features on the album ''Fourth Dimension''.
315* Music/TheyMightBeGiants have a [[Music/TheyMightBeGiantsAlbum self-titled album]], and a self-titled song on a different album (''Music/{{Flood|TheyMightBeGiants}}''). They also have a b-side compilation called ''Miscellaneous T'', named after the section their music is usually shelved in at record stores.
316* Music/{{Testament}}'s debut album, ''The Legacy'', was recorded while the band was named Legacy. The band had to change their name just over a month before the album was released because Legacy was registered by a jazz band, but the album title stuck.
317* Music/{{Voivod}}'s debut album contained a self-titled song, with an actual self-titled album released almost twenty years later.
318* {{Justified|Trope}} in the case of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra's [[Music/YellowMagicOrchestraAlbum eponymous debut album]] from 1978, as it was intended to be a one-off parody of Exotica; it wasn't until after the album proved to be a success that the band decided to keep going.
319* Music/FrankZappa's ''Music/ZappaInNewYork'' and ''Music/FrankZappaMeetsTheMothersOfPrevention'', which is also a PunBasedTitle on his band the Mothers of Invention. There's also the album ''Music/FrancescoZappa'', in which Zappa covers BaroqueMusic by a composer who coincidentally shared a nearly identical name, [[ZigZagged zig-zagging]] the self-titled idea a bit.
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