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Easter Everywhere by The 13th Floor Elevators.
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" by ABBA.
Back in Black by AC/DC.
Accept:
- From Accept we have its opening track, "Lady Lou".
- From Balls to the Wall we have "London Leatherboys" and "Head over Heels".
- From Metal Heart we have "Midnight Mover".
- Their 1986 album is called Russian Roulette. In addition to its title track, we have "Heaven is Hell".
- Their 1993 album is called Objection Overruled and its title track.
- From Predator we have "Diggin' in the Dirt".
- From Blood of the Nations we have "Teutonic Terror" and "Locked and Loaded".
- From Stalingrad: Brothers in Death we have "Shadow Soldiers".
- From Blind Rage we have "Trail of Tears".
- From The Rise of Chaos we have "Hole in the Head".
Friend or Foe (Adam Ant) by Adam Ant.
Amberian Dawn:
- "Sons of Seven Stars", from The Clouds of Northland Thunder.
- The album End of Eden, which also has "City of Corruption".
Metal on Metal by Canadian metal band Anvil. All their official albums fit that alliterative pattern.
"Astral America", "Bulletproof Blues", and "Rope, Rapture and the Rising Sun" by Apollo 440.
Many of Louis Armstrong's songs collected in The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings have alliterative titles: "Cornet Chop Suey", "Tight Like That", "Big Butter and Egg Man", "Willie the Weeper", "Georgia Grind", "I'm Gonna Gitcha", "Savoyagers Stomp", "Black and Blue", "Sweet Savannah Sue".
Backstreet Boys loves this trope:
- Their debut album is a Self-Titled Album.
- Their follow-up is Backstreet's Back.
- Their fourth is titled Black & Blue.
"Time of Times" by Badly Drawn Boy.
Moondog Matinee by The Band.
Smiley Smile by The Beach Boys.
Beastie Boys have two from the album Paul's Boutique: "The Sounds of Science" and "B-Boy Bouillabaisse".
Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles.
Skay Beilinson:
- "Boggart Blues", the closing song of Talismán.
- "'Canción de Cuna", from La Marca de Caín.
Bersuit Vergarabat's 1993 album is called Asquerosa Alegría. It also contains the song "Sin Son".
Diamond Dogs by David Bowie.
"Torn in Two" by Breaking Benjamin.
Benjamin Britten's Simple Symphony. The four parts have alliterative titles too: "Boisterous Bourrée," "Playful Pizzicato," "Sentimental Sarabande," and "Frolicsome Finale."
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah by Chris Brown.
Tailgates & Tanlines by Luke Bryan.
Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk by Jeff Buckley.
Bush:
- Sixteen Stone
- "Cold Contagious"
- "She's a Stallion"
- "Land of the Living"
The Touch by Stan Bush.
Let Love In by Nick Cave.
"Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke.
Summer Sunshine by The Corrs.
"Filthy Funky" by Papa John Creach, from, appropriately enough, Filthy!
Seventeen Seconds (Album) by The Cure.
Miles Davis:
- Bitches Brew
- Sketches of Spain
"Poems, Prayers, and Promises" by John Denver.
Dream Theater:
- When Dream and Day Unite has "Status Seeker".
- Images and Words has "Take The Time".
- Falling into Infinty has "Trial of Tears".
- Metropolis Pt. 2... ends with "Finally Free".
- Part 6 of the song "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" is called "Solitary Shell".
- Their 2003 album is called Train of Thought.
- A View from the Top of the World has "Trascending Time".
- Parasomnia has "Midnight Messiah".
Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan.
The title and eponymous restaurant in Flanger Moose's Billionaire Buffet, as well as some of the latter's dishes, particularly Corruption Crème Brûlée, Fascism Fries, Oligarchy Omlette, Robber Baron Roast Beef, Tyrant Tiramisu, and Voter Suppression Vanilla Shake.
Gamma Ray:
- Somewhere Out In Space has "Men, Martians and Machines".
- There's the album Power Plant.
- No World Order! has "Heaven or Hell".
"Sticks + Stones" by Girls Aloud's Nicola Roberts.
Andrew Gold's famously catchy "Spooky Scary Skeletons." The lyrics themselves delightfully use as many words beginning with "s" and "sh" as possible.
Gooseworx:
- The space girl songs each have a title of two words starting with the same letters: "Starlane Stroll", "Blackhole Blitz", and "Supernova Shakedown".
- "Slutty Spider Polka Pop"
Demon Days by Gorillaz.
Helloween:
- "Sole Survivor" from Master Of The Rings.
- "Mirror Mirror" from The Dark Ride.
- "Final Fortune" from Gambling With The Devil.
- "World of War" from Straight out of Hell.
- "Russian Roulé" from My God-Given Right.
- "Fear of the Fallen" and "Down in the Dumps" from Helloween (2021).
- "This is Tokyo" from Giants and Monsters.
Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock.
Moanin' in the Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf.
Moody Motorcycle by Human Highway - the album also has a Title Track, as well as a song called "What World".
Lust for Life by Iggy Pop.
Iron Savior:
- "Eye to Eye" from Unification.
- "Hall of the Heroes" from The Landing.
- "Sinner or Saint" from Kill or Get Killed.
Ready to Roll by Jet Black Stare.
"Rockin' With the Rhythm of the Rain" by The Judds.
Kraftwerk:
- "Kling Klang", from Kraftwerk 2.
- The Man-Machine.
"Constant Craving" by k.d. lang.
"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by Tom Lehrer.
Linkin Park:
- Their third ^noteDiscounting their first remix album album is titled Minutes to Midnight.
- They have a single released in 2017 titled "Good Goodbye".
Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye by Michael Logen.
Bang, Bang, Boom! by The Moffats.
"Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky" by The Monkees.
Muscle Museum by Muse.
"Make a Move on Me" by Olivia Newton-John.
Noah:
- The titles of their two primary albums after the name change to Noah are both alliterative coincidentally: Seperti Seharusnya and Keterkaitan Keterikatan.
- Their songs with alliterative title include Hari yang Cerah tracks "Sally Sendiri" and "Lihat Langkahku" and their collaboration with Iwan Fals "Para Penerka".
"Friendly Fire", by Nothing More.
"Bye, Bye, Bye" by *NSYNC.
Origami Angel has GAMI GANG, which also has a track called "Bed Bath & Batman Beyond".
Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton.
Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota:
- "Vencedores Vencidos", from Un baión para el ojo idiota.
- "Toxi-Taxi", from La Mosca y la Sopa.
- "Sorpresa de Shangai", from Lobo suelto / Cordero atado.
Pink Floyd:
- A Saucerful of Secrets, which also contains "Corporal Clegg".
- Wish You Were Here (1975)
Revolution Roulette, the third album from Poets of the Fall and its Title Track, a song about courting the possibility of Full-Circle Revolution.
beerbongs & bentleys by Post Malone.
The Sun Sessions by Elvis Presley.
Maria, Maria by Project J & B and Santana.
"Come Clean", the second studio album of Puddle of Mudd.
"Street Spirit (Fade Out)" by Radiohead.
Ramones:
- Road to Ruin.
- Rocket to Russia.
Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed.
La Renga has "Blues de Bolivia", from Esquivando Charcos.
The Rolling Stones:
- Beggars Banquet
- Between the Buttons
- A Bigger Bang
- Black and Blue
- Bridges to Babylon
- "Cold, Calm and Collected"
"Free Form Funkafied Filth" by Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles, a Meaningful Name as it is a 25-minute jam from Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!
"Meet Me in Montana" by Dan Seals and Marie Osmond.
Songs for Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra.
"Awake and Alive" by Skillet.
"Ngayon Na"^noteRight Now or This Moment in Filipino by Slapshock.
The Smiths have a short album's worth of these: "Death of a Disco Dancer," Meat Is Murder, "Rubber Ring," "Rushholme Ruffians," "These Things Take Time," "Well I Wonder," "What's the World," "Wonderful Woman."
"Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol.
Indio Solari:
- "El Charro Chino", from El Tesoro de los Inocentes (Bingo Fuel).
- "Submarino Soluble", from El Perfume de la Tempestad.
John Philip Sousa:
- "Sabre and Spurs"
- "The Fairest of the Fair"
- "Bullets and Bayonets"
- "March of the Mitten Men"
Price to Play by Staind.
"Crua Chan" by Sumo.
Safe and Sound and Bad Blood by Taylor Swift.
Tears for Fears:
- "Head over Heels"
- "Gas Giants"
- "Humdrum and Humble"
"Tip-Toe Through the Tulips" by Tiny Tim (whose stage name also goes on alliterative "T"s).
"Slim Slow Slider" by Van Morrison.
Velvet Underground has "Femme Fatale", from The Velvet Underground & Nico.
"Heart in Hand" by Vertical Horizon.
Bish Bosch by Scott Walker.
Back to Black by Amy Winehouse.
Stevie Wonder:
- Fulfillingness' First Finale.
- Music of My Mind.
"Sea Song" by Robert Wyatt.
Xdinary Heroes:
- "Break the Brake"
- "Again? Again!"
- "Money On My Mind"
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