songs that aren't on the albums named for them

Led Zeppelin - "Houses of the Holy"
The Smithereens - "Especially for You"
PJ Harvey - "Dry"

Any others? Also, why do musicians do this?

Title tracks that weren't on the album

Although the name of the song is "Houses of the Holy," the track does not appear on the earlier-released album Houses of the Holy. It was originally set to be the title track of that album but was removed when the band decided it did not fit.

Songs get written for albums, or are in live sets, and then not recorded for or left off albums.

This is a Robyn Hitchcock specialty.

'Queen Elvis'
'You and Oblivion'
'Black Snake Diamond Role'

Title tracks that weren't on the album

... and someone points out in that thread that it had been done in an earlier thread.

are there any confirmed cases where the album + album title came first, and the song with that name was written afterwards?

Mark Hollis didn't record a song called 'The Colour of Spring' until his solo album in 1998.

Gomez - 'Bring It On'

In the other thread it is also pointed out that such a thread already existed, need to go deeper ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=37458

soref
Posted: 19 September 2016 at 17:49:29
are there any confirmed cases where the album + album title came first, and the song with that name was written afterwards?

Screamadelica, for sure.

Waiting For The Sun iirc