Basically title. What are albums that originally had another name, but then were scrapped for the released name. Here are Madonna's from the top of head. 

 

Madonna: Originally going to be named Lucky Star. There's even a scrapped album cover floating around on the internet. The released photoshoot is much superior, but I prefer the name Lucky Star. 

 

True Blue: Originally titled after the lead single Live To Tell. Madonna herself said this in an interview early 1986. Billboard magazine also reported the album title in one of their magazines, months before the album came out. 

 

The Immaculate Collection: Originally titled Ultra Madonna. Thankfully this was scrapped, it sounds so ugly. 

 

Erotica: Originally titled Girlie Show, which is a 1941 painting of a topless woman on stage. Not sure how true this is, I think a scrapped tracklist of the album has the title on top of the paper in her handwriting. The tour was later named after the painting. 

 

Ray of Light: Originally titled Mantra. There was another title too but I forgot. I think it's Sultra?

 

GHV2: Originally titled The Second Coming. This would've been perfect. It sounds iconic, and would've also been another clever religious pun like The Immaculate Collection. GHV2 is so boring. 

 

Hard Candy: Originally going to be titled "Give It 2 Me" with a boxing themed packaging (hence her outfit on the album cover). It was changed due to the Timbaland song being released around the same time. She then wanted "Candy Shop" - which was again changed because of the 50 Cent song.  

Britney's Blackout:

• OMG Is Like Lindsay Lohan Like Okay Like

• What If the Joke Is on You

• Down Boy

• Integrity

• Dignity

 

Ariana's Moonlight

 

6 minutes ago, UseYourIllusion2002 said:

GHV2: Originally titled The Second Coming.

I would live for this 

7 minutes ago, UseYourIllusion2002 said:

Hard Candy

wasn't it called "Black Madonna" and the cover had her with blackface?

Sam Smith's To Die For (OG SS3)

 

Free Woman -> Chromatica

Perfect Celebrity -> The Beast

 

I love Honeymoon as a title but Music To Watch Boys To would've been amazing

Björk 

 

Homogenic: Homogenous

Vespertine: Domestika

Medúlla: Ink/The Lake Experience/The Lake Album

Utopia: Cornucopia/Paradisa/Asgardia (rumoured)

Lana Del Rey - Melancholia -> Ultraviolence

Lana Del Rey - Music To Watch Boys To -> Honeymoon

Rihanna - Rated R was originally Dark Angels

Speak Now was originally going to be titled Enchanted

and Lover was going to be called Daylight until she wrote Lover which ended up as the album title 

3 minutes ago, R.E.M. said:

Lana Del Rey - Melancholia -> Ultraviolence

Lana Del Rey - Music To Watch Boys To -> Honeymoon

she has so many

 

Born to Die: The Revenge of Lana Del Rey

Norman F****** Rockwell: Bird World

Chemtrail Over The Country Club: Wild at Heart

Blue Banisters: Rock Candy Sweet

Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd: Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Pearl Watch Me on Ring a Bell Psycho Lifeguard

ultra Madonna ate

Ariana's Yours Truly was originally titled Daydreamin' and Dangerous Woman was Moonlight.

Sky Ferreira's Night Time, My Time:

- Wild at Heart

- I'm Not Alright

- I Will

*lists almost every Lana Del Rey album*

8 minutes ago, Josh said:

Rihanna - Rated R was originally Dark Angels

Thank God she changed it 

6 minutes ago, motherfossora said:

she has so many

 

Born to Die: The Revenge of Lana Del Rey

Norman F****** Rockwell: Bird World

Chemtrail Over The Country Club: Wild at Heart

Blue Banisters: Rock Candy Sweet

Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd: Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Pearl Watch Me on Ring a Bell Psycho Lifeguard

Wait this is a serve  she should re-release AKA with 20 unreleased tracks as a compilation album called "The Revenge of Lana Del Rey"

t.A.T.u.:

 

Upravlenie Otbrosami -> Vesyolye Ulybki (aka Happy Smiles).

 

7 minutes ago, Yog said:

Sam Smith's To Die For (OG SS3)

 

I still want to hear this album. I remember there was another Max Martin-produced song on the first tracklisting that featured Nicki Minaj. I wonder who that went to?

 

 

OT: Virtuoso Intellect Beyonce recorded an entire dance album after B'Day in 07/08 that evolved into I Am... Sasha Fierce. There is a registered song called "Fascination" written with Beyoncé's cousin Angie and the team behind Sol-Angel & The Hadley St. Dreams. Wouldn't be surprised if it was made for this. She primarily worked with British producers the Freemasons, and I wouldn't be surprised if "Why Don't You Love Me" and "Control" (unreleased) were also for this project.

 

She loved their "Green Light" (Remix) and just kept working with them.

 

 

3 minutes ago, R.E.M. said:

Wait this is a serve  she should re-release AKA with 20 unreleased tracks as a compilation album called "The Revenge of Lana Del Rey"

As long as she goes for anything up to when she met Beef Stroganoff, that would be dope. Rick Nowels, Justin Parker, Emile Haynie, Dan Heath, Jeff Bhasker, and The Nexus. No Jack. 

Wasn't Madonna's "Music" originally titled "Veronica Electronica"? 
 

I honestly don't hate that name. 

10 minutes ago, trainsskyscrapers said:

I still want to hear this album. I remember there was another Max Martin-produced song on the first tracklisting that featured Nicki Minaj. I wonder who that went to?

 

 

Love Goes was pretty much the same album but the Max Martin & Nicki tracks scrapped and some other tracks just simply retitled, maybe Sam might release them for vault tracks once the 10th anniversary edition hits.

Edited March 5, 20251 yr by Yog

most recent example I'm thinking of is So Close to What once being Star Child

Bionic was rumored to be titled Light & Darkness when it was supposed to be a fully electronic album