# For those who do not believe in extremely strange artist- or album names
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647
**Category:** Off-Topic
**Created:** [October 31, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647 "2020-10-31T13:39:07Z")
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/1 "2020-10-31T13:39:07Z")
Accidently I found an artist with a very rare album name:
> **[Release “█ ▄ █ █ ▄ ██ ▄ ██ ▄█” by ░▒▓ - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/release/1494935a-92f8-401a-9af7-f134eed40e46)**
Just for those believing strange artist names or even stranger album names doesn't exist 😇 🧐
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/2 "2020-10-31T14:25:33Z")
Ever since Prince turned into the unpronounceable "symbol" or "tafkap" I know that there are more things between heaven and earth that our taught knowledge could phantasize.
Although, to be honest, I don't understand why any artist should do this, esp. the one that @LyricsLover showed ...
Artists have to be known and they must be found to gain some kind of celebrity, they have to stand out from the masses - otherwise they simply vanish in the see of all the other names of artists.
Using such symbols guarantees to fade to oblivion before any kind of fame could come.
I would sack the person who tricked me into this, if I were the artist.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/3 "2020-10-31T15:18:25Z")
Just imagine:
You see this name on your random radio station playlist and think: How the hell should I anncounce this thing?
Where to place this in your collection? Where would you search in your favorite CD/Vinyl store for this album or artist?
BTW: The above artist is also called "ASCII 176 177 178" 😅
You have to press ALT + 176ALT + 177ALT + 178 to write his name. I think this artist overdid it a bit with the uniqueness of his name.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/4 "2020-10-31T16:18:47Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> The above artist is also called "ASCII 176 177 178"
Oh, dwelling on that idea I would have called myself "ASCII 32 27" which would decode to "Space Escape" ... that would have a nerdy ring to it, I think.
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### Author:  [@vilsen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vilsen)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/5 "2020-11-01T15:24:09Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> "ASCII 176 177 178"
What are the odds... Just a few days ago I was using exactly those 3 characters in an Action group. I needed unusual characters that wouldn't emerge in a title or filename, plus I wanted them to be very visible / easily spotted as they were cross-referenced within the Action group.
I didn't even bother to check around if those odd characters could appear in tags, somewhere out in the wild... But out of the plethora of unusual characters and alt-codes you can choose from, I managed to pick some that were already "taken" by this artist. Funny indeed.
Luckily I'm probably too old for their music anyway, so this won't affect my Action group which can remain as is.
...what was the approach when this artist's name came about? "Why don't we look up some cute alt-codes to make us really special"
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### Author:  [@MP3Freak\_Peter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MP3Freak_Peter)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/6 "2020-11-01T16:02:47Z")
You know about old ACII based DOS-GUIs?
It was common to use that chars for simple ascii "graphics"
[https://miro.medium.com/max/640/1\*micS3WjEhtch6IxqHHyCRQ.png](https://miro.medium.com/max/640/1*micS3WjEhtch6IxqHHyCRQ.png)
regards
Peter
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### Author:  [@vilsen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vilsen)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/7 "2020-11-01T21:17:06Z")
Thanks. The DOS reference didn't occur to me. You're probably right, but I don't remember them looking like the Alt+176/177/178 characters. Could be due to different fonts of course.
... or maybe my memory just doesn't serve me well
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### Author:  [@MP3Freak\_Peter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MP3Freak_Peter)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/8 "2020-11-02T16:41:43Z")
well, long time ago.
[https://i.stack.imgur.com/U4Ufy.gif](https://i.stack.imgur.com/U4Ufy.gif)
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/9 "2021-01-03T16:43:37Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
>
> Just imagine:
> You see this name on your random radio station playlist and think: How the hell should I anncounce this thing?
>
> Where to place this in your collection? Where would you search in your favorite CD/Vinyl store for this album or artist?
> [...]
And I would go with naming myself `Artist` and my tracks from my first album entitled `Album`: `Track #1`, `track #2`, `Track #3` etc.
And I would repeat that track naming scheme for `Album `. That is right: my second album would be entitled `Album `, not `Album` or `Album #2`
And later on I would add a twist to it by making an eponymous album title: `Artist`. And release singles from: `Album`, `Title`, `Song`- with the leading single called of course `Artist`
And then I would name my next album `From Album` and put tracks on it with titles like `Not From Album`, `Not By Artist`, `Album Not`, `Album Artist`. And repeat those titles on my next albums which would be entitled `By Artist` and `Album Artist`
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And I would get theatrically upset every time during an interview or during a hit-list airplay if anyone would make a mistake when referring to any element of my body of work. After all: how hard would it be for anyone to say `And now from "Album Not" by Artist the "Album " song!` - and for anyone listening to understand which was what?
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### Author:  [@Jimmy\_Neutron](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jimmy_Neutron)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/10 "2021-01-05T17:58:08Z")
Meghan Trainor has an album with the title of "Title".
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/11 "2021-01-05T21:42:30Z")
Collective Soul (track 2 from their self-titled album) and Eminem (track 17 from "Recovery") have songs called "Untitled" on them. I'm sure there are many others but these stand out. That doesn't include the multiple albums with hidden tracks on them that are either separate tracks on the disc not listed on the cover, or buried several seconds or minutes after the end of a song.
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### Author:  [@Jimmy\_Neutron](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jimmy_Neutron)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/12 "2021-01-05T22:18:18Z")
> [@MotleyG](#):
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> I'm sure there are many others but these stand out.
Just for fun, I checked "untitled" against my collection and beyond the ones you mentioned, found 11 more bands/albums, including Crash Test Dummies, The Cure, Flake Music, Oasis (which might not count since it is "Untitled (The Swamp Song #1)" and #2, Pearl Jam, They Might Be Giants, and Truffle.
Hidden tracks are another head-game entirely.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/13 "2021-01-05T23:07:53Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Neutron](#):
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> Untitled
There are many many more recordings without a name, just called "untitled":
[https://musicbrainz.org/search?query=Untitled&type=work&method=indexed](https://musicbrainz.org/search?query=Untitled&type=work&method=indexed)
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### Author:  [@Jimmy\_Neutron](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jimmy_Neutron)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/14 "2021-01-06T01:15:42Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> There are many many more recordings without a name, just called "untitled":
Thanks. It's a good idea to to musicbrainz. Didn't think of it.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/15 "2021-03-06T17:20:13Z")
One more of this strange album names, this time from nano
[https://musicbrainz.org/release/1b7751f5-b0e3-4f90-96b0-5395dc09befb](https://musicbrainz.org/release/1b7751f5-b0e3-4f90-96b0-5395dc09befb)
In addition to the Album name, please have a look at the [ASCII-Art](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_art) titles #10 or #12:
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/16 "2021-07-22T06:52:18Z")
The newest PR attempt ([Music of the Spheres](https://musicbrainz.org/release/b2de889c-6940-49ac-84be-3c0ea8733621) from Coldplay)
Track titles with Emoji's only.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2022, 8:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/17 "2022-04-29T08:02:06Z")
I've just came across this impressive list of
> **[Horrible edge cases to consider when dealing with music](https://dustri.org/b/horrible-edge-cases-to-consider-when-dealing-with-music.html)**
>
> Personal blog of Julien (jvoisin) Voisin
An example:
> [@](#):
>
> If you're on Linux, you might appreciate [///////-//-/////](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/75cae6b7-cd33-4e2b-9058-a7d709f7e42d) from [The You Suck Flying Circus](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5ab0da1c-110a-416d-865d-e619db54d934).
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/19 "2022-08-28T13:27:50Z")
Another example, not quite as spectacular. If you see the single title name, you can just imagine what's the difference between track #2 and #3 (`o`) or track #10 and #11 (`t`).
This would also be a good example why the track sort order can be crucial 🧐
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/20 "2022-09-02T09:19:12Z")
[(̸̢̛̼̞̭͋ͅ)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀̿͒͂v̴̢͚͚͎ȯ̶̞̮͖̑̈́)̸̳̥̰̜̥̺̐ͅ)̴͎̜͍̱̋̌͋̓̾̚ ̷̨ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(Ɵʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(̸̢̛̼̞̭͋ͅ)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀̿͒͂:̴͓̞̑̌̂̆̊͋̀:̸͎̟̯̂̓̌:̶̢͙͙͕̠̩͆(̷̮͍͚̫͚͂̍)̵̳̗̊(Ɵʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(̸̢̛̼̞̭͋ͅ)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀̿͒͂v̴̢͚͚͎ȯ̶̞̮͖̑̈́)̸̳̥̰̜̥̺̐ͅ)̴͎̜͍̱̋̌͋̓̾̚ ̷̨ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡](https://00000ooooo.bandcamp.com/track/v-v) by [⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ](https://00000ooooo.bandcamp.com)
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### Author:  [@phw](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phw)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2024, 9:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-those-who-do-not-believe-in-extremely-strange-artist-or-album-names/50647/21 "2024-09-08T09:08:59Z")
Also the artist name and complete discography is all random Unicode symbols:
> **[⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2d9745dd-5dc6-4145-9453-fec582cfa9b8)**
>
> Person, United Kingdom, 1977-09
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