I think it is the same album. The full name is “In a Metal Mood: No More Mister Nice Guy.” I heard a friend’s copy, it is sort of amusing, clearly done as a novelty album.
Sparks often overlooked has some brilliant albums and songs. If you haven't seen the Sparks Brothers movie it's well worth the watch and will give you an appreciation for this band.
USA prog band, Happy the Man had a few song tittles that were amusing:
Lunch at the Psychedelicatessen
Knee Bitten Nymphs in Limbo
I Forgot to Push It - The band just got done playing an especially strong take of the song, but the recording engineer forgot to push the button to start recording)
Do comedy tracks count? I like the Austin Lounge Lizard song which packs every line with redundancies. It is set in the old west. Some of the redundancies are sort of subtle, such as "As the sun sets in the west. . ." (which other direction would it set?). The name of the track has two redundancies: "Big Rio Grande River."
Not an amusing album or song title, but an amusing story involving one:
I was in Bleeker Bobs NYC record store in '82, looking for a copy of the female Rockabilly LP entitled Wild, Wild Young Women on Rhino Records. Bob had just told me he didn't have it when Peter Holsapple of the dB's (and in the 90's a member of L.A.'s The Continental Drifters, a fantastic band that included Susan Cowsill and Vicki Peterson of The Bangles) walked in. I knew he was a record collector, so I asked him "Hey, know where I can find Wild, Wild Young Women?" Without missing a beat he replied "Um, St. Marks Place." Those of you familiar with NYC will get the joke ;-) .
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