Album covers (and inserts) with little illustrations based on all the song titles

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http://eil.com/images/main/The+Drifters+Golden+Hits+-+Sealed+452270.jpg

The Drifters - Golden Hits

http://covers.discorder.com/fullsize/front/4988006859364.jpg

John Lennon - Shaved Fish

http://www.halfhearteddude.com/writegetkick/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/goodbye_yellow_brick_road_inside.jpg

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Monday, 18 January 2016 22:45 (nine years ago)

there can't be many of these!

skip, Monday, 18 January 2016 22:47 (nine years ago)

ballpark

https://dazzrecords.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/86-the-rolling-stones-some-girls-back.jpg

No stage school training, natural talent and attitude by the shed (Noodle Vague), Monday, 18 January 2016 22:49 (nine years ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/Cheapthrills.jpeg

Cheap Thrills

"Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 January 2016 22:51 (nine years ago)

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/B/Bowie/bowie_imagesF.jpg

No stage school training, natural talent and attitude by the shed (Noodle Vague), Monday, 18 January 2016 22:52 (nine years ago)

XTC - Nonsuch

http://chalkhills.org/images/cover/Nonsuch_LP_Back.jpg

soref, Monday, 18 January 2016 22:56 (nine years ago)

joanna newsom's Ys. can't find image of the liners online

flappy bird, Monday, 18 January 2016 22:57 (nine years ago)

the cd booklet for Electro-Shock Blues by Eels has cartoon strips for some of the song titles, but not all of them iirc

soref, Monday, 18 January 2016 23:08 (nine years ago)

oh man we're off to a good start

if it really peters out i would be down to open it up to Highlights-esque single images where the different songs/characters can all be found if you look carefully.

Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Monday, 18 January 2016 23:09 (nine years ago)

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/360/MI0003360655.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

Nilsson went the extra mile.

"Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 January 2016 23:11 (nine years ago)

buttholes hairway to steven had little illustrations on the label in lieu of any written song titles at all iirc

seb mooczag (NickB), Monday, 18 January 2016 23:17 (nine years ago)

Madness -The Madness

http://www.covershut.com/back_covers/Madness-The-Madness-1988-Back-Cover-80549.jpg

soref, Monday, 18 January 2016 23:23 (nine years ago)

wow at that Bert Jansch one, that's amazing.

the thirteenth floorior (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 07:07 (nine years ago)

Faust, "So Far"

http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/faust-so-far-lp-complete-original-german-w-all-inserts-krautrock-can-kraftwerk_8378337

The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 08:49 (nine years ago)

I used to own this and perhaps still do in a box at my parents house, but yeah, didn't seem so offensive when I was a kid, but if it were released now I think there would be a (justified) minor scandal.

http://eil.com/images/main/Various-Comedy+The+World+Of+Rock+n+Fun+526452.jpg

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 11:32 (nine years ago)

Phish - Rift

https://mrminer.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/pnt-4.jpg

how's life, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 11:36 (nine years ago)

http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/14/19/50/77/bbands10.jpg

Mark G, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 11:57 (nine years ago)

https://resources.wimpmusic.com/images/0f370131/4bee/4e9c/b295/dbaa67abf512/1280x1280.jpg

Prince's Around the World in a Day cover has picture elements for each song title, I think.

1. "Around the World in a Day"
2. "Paisley Park"
3. "Condition of the Heart"
4. "Raspberry Beret"
5. "Tamborine"
6. "America"
7. "Pop Life"
8. "The Ladder"
9. "Temptation"

Tuomas, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 12:07 (nine years ago)

...if you include the back cover, that is.

http://www.audiopreservationfund.org/graphics/acquisitions/COL_00005/Back%20Covers/Big/COL_00005_00041.jpg

Tuomas, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 12:09 (nine years ago)

mick softley's any mother doesn't grumble

thought there was an incredible string band cover that did this, but can't remember what it was

no lime tangier, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 12:37 (nine years ago)

Jethro Tull / Too Old to Rock n Roll:
http://jethrotull.com/wp-content/uploads/1976/04/too_old_cartoon2.jpg

mahb, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 13:52 (nine years ago)

Camper Van Beethoven: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
http://991.com/NewGallery/Camper-Van-Beethoven-Our-Beloved-Revol-529965.jpg

hardcore dilettante, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 14:09 (nine years ago)

Thriller sleeve (illustrations by Michael Jackson):

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3726/11772888764_2241154255_b.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7420/11772721893_1f1f1ef7a2_b.jpg

Professor Bworlph (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 14:17 (nine years ago)

I guess that's 'two' as opposed to 'all' but still.

Professor Bworlph (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 14:17 (nine years ago)

http://eil.com/images/main/The+Bloodied+Sword+The+Bloodied+Sword+207903.jpg

The inner sleeve and booklet have more, but struggling to find pics. Coincidentally one of the worst records I was ever bought.

suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 14:22 (nine years ago)

Damn, I should have remembered the Dookie illustrations...used to read along to the lyrics in the cassette foldout

skip, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 14:24 (nine years ago)

willie nelson - red headed stranger
http://superhypeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Willie-Nelson-Red-Headed-Stranger-Back.jpg

mizzell, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 14:25 (nine years ago)

willie nelson - tougher than leather
http://www.music-bazaar.com/album-images/vol15/735/735732/2584823-big/Replay-Music-2-picture.jpg

mizzell, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 14:26 (nine years ago)

http://images.45worlds.com/f/cd/the-beach-boys-la-light-album-cd.jpg

The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 14:29 (nine years ago)

https://thriftyvinyl.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/sam_1365.jpg

There Goes Rhymin' Simon

the thirteenth floorior (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 19:00 (nine years ago)

Oops, looks like the one I posted didn't work. Try again. Beach Boys, "Light Album":

http://img.cdandlp.com/2013/06/imgL/115995302.jpg http://img.cdandlp.com/2013/06/imgL/115995302-2.jpg

The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 20:48 (nine years ago)

Tori Amos: Strange Little Girls

http://www.danner.dk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Strange-Little-Girls-504x252.jpg

A different character for each song (album art differs slightly)

"Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 21:05 (nine years ago)

Friends of mine recently released this:

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12360287_1084764554889290_9019213311727891094_n.jpg?oh=e31e5ca3e40aea51e168dbb8bc890cbb&oe=573B49B1

Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 21:32 (nine years ago)

Which reminds me a little of the Drifters album in the OP.

Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 21:33 (nine years ago)

how about song titles based on all the little illustrations included on the inserts:

art bears' winter songs

no lime tangier, Wednesday, 20 January 2016 21:41 (nine years ago)

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

http://cdn.discogs.com/UOOznM5FRFx4HyoYHUSNLuwKXv0=/fit-in/586x586/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-367739-1258476251.jpeg.jpg

etc.

J. Sam, Wednesday, 20 January 2016 21:44 (nine years ago)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7tj18c8kfz8/VhqOqt98t_I/AAAAAAAANyA/DXT24IYgWlc/s1600/front.JPG

Paul, Wednesday, 20 January 2016 21:47 (nine years ago)

Dan, your friend's album cover is great!

the thirteenth floorior (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 21 January 2016 05:07 (nine years ago)

six months pass...

The 2004 Smile gatefold is one of these; the only image I can find is hueg so just linking it here.

we're gonna live in spatula city (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 18:56 (eight years ago)

Supposedly this album, "Paranoia Picknick" by Ernst Schultz, fits the bill, though as all the lyrics are in German I couldn't say for sure:

http://www.covershut.com/covers/Ernst-Schultz-Paranoia-Picknick-Front-Cover-33491.jpg

Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 20:38 (eight years ago)

The inner sleeve/lyric sheet of Todd Rundgren's 'A Wizard/A True Star'.

The only site where I can find pics won't allow direct linking to images but you can check them out here:
http://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/br2133

Bloody Snail, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:52 (eight years ago)

It's a huge photo and a bit NSFW, so I'll only link to it, but the booklet for Ghost's Infestissumam seems to fit the bill.

Ex Slacker, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 01:52 (eight years ago)

http://www.asburyrecords.com/public/cover/24459.jpg

Related: The song titles appear as headlines on the cover of Heartattack and Vine, with the lyrics making up the stories.

Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 03:09 (eight years ago)

Grimes did this for Art Angels:

http://diymag.com/2015/10/27/grimes-has-shared-artwork-for-the-tracks-on-art-angels

you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:29 (eight years ago)

Fila Brazillia's Power Clown has a basic, wordless but good comic strip for each track in the inlay drawn by one of the duo - doesn't seem to be online tho.

nashwan, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 15:05 (eight years ago)

The Raven and La Folie by The Stranglers both have illustrations for each song on the inner sleeve.

the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 16:09 (eight years ago)

george clinton/pedro bell must have done this.... computer games? shouldn't nuf bit fish?

m0stlyClean, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 19:33 (eight years ago)

http://www.fromthearchives.com/gc/GCFire2_b.jpg

Stevolende, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 19:45 (eight years ago)

Gun Club Fire Of love back sleeve

Stevolende, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 19:46 (eight years ago)

http://www.tenhomaisdiscosqueamigos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/The-Rise-and-Fall.jpg

seem the remember that the band dressed as the main character from each song ..

mark e, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 22:43 (eight years ago)

back row from left: Carl = Mr. Speaker (Gets the Word), Mike = That Face, Bedders = Calling Cards, Lee = ???

front row from left: Suggs = New Delhi, Woody = ???, Chris = the Dad from Our House, maybe?

soref, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 23:02 (eight years ago)

I'm assuming that the photo is taken on Primrose Hill, so that's another song covered

soref, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 23:04 (eight years ago)

Woody's newspaper says "Sunday" on the front, so I guess he's meant to be Sunday Morning (also the lyric about "glass of fizzy water helps to start the day")?

soref, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 23:10 (eight years ago)

two weeks pass...

https://img.discogs.com/OKhbf2k75zrmodDXQsVob-FcyEE=/fit-in/599x596/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5732410-1401154887-4051.jpeg.jpg

The Temptations - Greatest Hits II. Kind of a sad example of the form - feels like SOMEONE had faith in the big letters to convey the idea, but someone else insisted on the band/title being repeated at the top with a group photo so small it can't satisfy any fan, in the process shortchanging the main concept.

Silence, followed by unintelligible stammering. (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 18 August 2016 16:35 (eight years ago)

two months pass...

http://www.musicchartheaven.com/beatles/maccabest.jpg

Paul McCartney - All The Best!

DOCTOR CAISNO, BYCREATIVELABBUS (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 22 October 2016 03:06 (eight years ago)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/2911915351_09d2e6cd42_o.jpg

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol 2

Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Saturday, 22 October 2016 13:46 (eight years ago)

nine months pass...

http://www.onefinalserenade.com/uploads/2/9/1/2/2912571/6380273_orig.jpg

Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976). According to Joel, each of the characters on the album cover was meant to represent a particular song (e.g., the girl in headphones for "All You Wanna Do is Dance," the wealthy couple for "I've Loved These Days").[2]

yellow is the color of some raisins (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:42 (seven years ago)

one year passes...

https://imagesaws.juno.co.uk/full/CS623234-01B-BIG.jpg
The Cure Three Imaginary Boys - Fire in Cairo, So What, Accuracy, Object, Subway Song, Meathook, 10:15 (?), It's Not You (?), Grinding Halt, Foxy Lady, Another Day (?).
Also - how the hell have I never noticed that the landscape on the Around the World In a Day cover is a woman's body?
https://rcgoodmanblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/prince-atwiad-full.jpg

an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 15 September 2018 02:34 (six years ago)

lol ditto

got the scuba tube blowin' like a snork (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 15 September 2018 02:35 (six years ago)

The booklet for Neko Case’s Fox Confessor... does this.

stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Saturday, 15 September 2018 03:22 (six years ago)

Siamese Dream (this may be covered by an “etc.” upthread)

stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Saturday, 15 September 2018 03:25 (six years ago)

(We are counting CD booklets where each song title gets a page/picture of its own, yeah?)

stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Saturday, 15 September 2018 03:26 (six years ago)

Case by case basis imho - I feel like with a lot of those the images are so abstract or vibe-oriented that they don't quite count as "illustrations" if you catch my meaning. Some pinch of literalism (bordering on the ridiculous) is essential.

At least some of of the ones in Superunknown clearly count for example - "Let Me Drown" shows a pool, "Head Down" is a photo of a fetus with its head towards the bottom of the page, etc.

got the scuba tube blowin' like a snork (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 15 September 2018 04:01 (six years ago)

Been mentioned?
https://www.audiophileusa.com/covers400water/34855.jpg

Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 15 September 2018 04:25 (six years ago)

http://images.45worlds.com/f/cd/the-clash-sandinista-7-cd.jpg

Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 15 September 2018 04:29 (six years ago)

one year passes...

Had seen this cover for years, but it wasn't until this weekend that I actually looked hard at an LP copy and saw that it fits the criteria.

https://img.discogs.com/fUj2XsSTdFJnisLXkbrGvK-SUQk=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3066909-1314159128.jpeg.jpg

a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 19:13 (five years ago)

^^The Hollies' Greatest Hits, in case the link breaks.

a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 19:14 (five years ago)

Smashing Pumpkins must have the greatest batting average for this category wouldn’t they? Just look at the Siamese Dream through Machina run.

Thebunk, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 19:19 (five years ago)

I know it isn't precisely what is being asked for, but I always liked all the different photos/images in the Superunknown liner notes for each song's lyrics.

soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 20:24 (five years ago)

yeah ditto. i think that one probably counts - "let me drown" has, like, a picture of a pool that you could imagine someone drowning in, iirc.

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 21:22 (five years ago)

oh wait lol i already posted about that a year ago

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 21:22 (five years ago)

not sure if this one has been mentioned yet since so many broken links upthread:

https://i.imgur.com/OuWsWiEh.jpg

van dyke parks generator (anagram), Thursday, 5 December 2019 07:59 (five years ago)

The album's outside cover consists of the words 'King Crimson' spelled out in ornate medieval lettering, the word 'King' on the back cover and the word 'Crimson' on the front cover, with each letter incorporating one or two discrete images. These images in turn represent Sinfield's lyrics from the album – the images in the word 'King' representing the lyrics of the various sections and subsections of track 5, "Lizard"; while the images in the word 'Crimson' represent the lyrics of tracks 1–4. Whereas the images representing "Lizard" are medieval in content – depicting Prince Rupert, his environs (including a peacock), and the Battle of Glass Tears – the images representing the other four tracks juxtapose medieval and contemporary scenes. The image around the letter 'i' in 'Crimson', for example, depicts the Beatles, corresponding with their pseudonymous appearance in the lyrics to "Happy Family". Around the "n" on the front cover, there is a depiction of Rupert the Bear piloting a yellow aeroplane.

van dyke parks generator (anagram), Thursday, 5 December 2019 08:00 (five years ago)

This seems to have disappeared to link rot upthread, so here it is again, sorry.

https://i.imgur.com/SNpgi39.jpg

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 5 December 2019 09:54 (five years ago)

one month passes...

Kraftwerk, "Ralf & Florian"

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLtEjuuVYAAwK5B.jpg

Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 January 2020 22:49 (five years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLtEfDgUQAUnZKp.jpg

Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 January 2020 22:55 (five years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLtEc4gVAAAwg06.jpg

Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 January 2020 22:56 (five years ago)

https://cdn.smehost.net/billyjoelcom-uslegacyprod/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/15_riverofdreams_1000px.jpg

Billy Joel, River of Dreams (cover art by Christie Brinkley)

Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Friday, 24 January 2020 00:30 (five years ago)

https://imgur.com/download/CoW9sGc
https://imgur.com/download/TdsF8ws

Deflatormouse, Friday, 24 January 2020 03:03 (five years ago)

http://www.aphextwin.nu/images/interviewsarticles/saw2faq-03-x.jpg

doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 24 January 2020 10:52 (five years ago)

Genesis, A Trick of the Tail.
I'm not sure if all the songs are illustrated here, but all the illustrations are certainly taken from the lyrics on the album... the satyr from the title track, the old woman in the mirror from Ripples, the huntsman from Squonk, etc.

http://www.hipgnosiscovers.com/images/trickofthetail_uk_lp_front.jpg

http://www.hipgnosiscovers.com/images/trickofthetail_uk_lp_inner1.jpg
http://www.hipgnosiscovers.com/images/trickofthetail_uk_lp_inner2.jpg

enochroot, Friday, 24 January 2020 12:31 (five years ago)

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Also Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

We Jam von Economo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 January 2020 12:38 (five years ago)

great posts y'all. typing up some recent ones in case of later image loss:

Various Artists - The World of Rock n Fun
Super Furry Animals - Radiator
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Band
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II

Doctor Casino, Friday, 24 January 2020 15:43 (five years ago)

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2340796478_10.jpg

Darren Hayman (ex-Hefner frontperson) had a really lovely album called '12 Astronauts' last year - I got the package that came with nice collector cards for each astronaut.

1. Spaceman No More (Neil Armstrong)
2. Low Orbit (Buzz Aldrin)
3. Timber Cove (Pete Conrad)
4. Alan Bean (Alan Bean)
5. Don't Clip My Wings (Alan Sheppard)
6. Hard Disk in the Sky (Edgar Mitchell)
7. Major Sunday (David Scott)
8. Genesis Rock (James Irwin)
9. 100% Oxygen (John Young)
10. Duke's Dream (Charles Duke)
11. It's Geology (Harrison Schmitt)
12. Things We Left Behind (Gene Cernan)

BlackIronPrison, Friday, 24 January 2020 16:14 (five years ago)

three weeks pass...

"Hits of '77" (comp of Mrs Pottinger productions):

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/HITS-OF-77-scaled.jpg

Tim, Monday, 17 February 2020 15:59 (five years ago)

Nice one.

Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Monday, 17 February 2020 18:08 (five years ago)

three months pass...

Alison Statton & Spike: "Bimini Twist"
https://i.imgur.com/AMecr7b.jpg

ernestp, Thursday, 28 May 2020 03:26 (five years ago)

Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (back cover)

https://img.discogs.com/y7r-tmjqYexQkxPA6hFvVldTgOY=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-603424-1437940137-6249.jpeg.jpg

(wonder why "Amazing Grace" didn't get an illustration)

Lee626, Thursday, 28 May 2020 08:51 (five years ago)

great selections, all

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 28 May 2020 12:46 (five years ago)

"Amazing Grace" is not listed on the label on most editions

Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 28 May 2020 13:12 (five years ago)

ten months pass...

The booklet for Taylor Swift’s Fearless: Platinum Edition features some amusingly cheesy (and, as they say, “yawnsomely literal”) photo tableaus illustrating many of the songs.

beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Sunday, 28 March 2021 07:14 (four years ago)

On the flip side, all of the song titles on Mike Watt's "hyphenated-man" are based on illustrations, specifically the creatures in Heironymous Bosch paintings, like "Arrow-Pierced-Egg-Man" and "Head-And-Feet-Only-Man."

Hideous Lump, Sunday, 28 March 2021 16:01 (four years ago)

Saint Etienne - Tales From Turnpike House
Booklet has little illustrations for each song

http://www.saintetiennedisco.com/full/tfth/b2cd/b2cd.html

Kim, Sunday, 28 March 2021 16:08 (four years ago)

Not sure any of it was included in the original album packaging, but Peter Gabriel’s Us album had a set of art pieces inspired by each song that were used on posters etc

https://petergabriel.bandcamp.com/merch/art-from-us-catalogue

Kim, Sunday, 28 March 2021 16:16 (four years ago)

The gatefold of Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren has little photos illustrating each song, taken by Ron Mael of Sparks!

Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 28 March 2021 16:43 (four years ago)

Rod Stewart's Foot Loose And Fancy Free came with a big booklet with illustrations for each track. Viewable here

"what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 28 March 2021 18:06 (four years ago)

eleven months pass...

Lou Reed's Berlin also came with a booklet with photos for each song, viewable here

Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 20:22 (three years ago)

two weeks pass...

Elsa Lanchester - Songs for a Shuttered Parlor

https://i.imgur.com/A9GVOs3.jpg

Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Saturday, 2 April 2022 05:47 (three years ago)

https://i.discogs.com/LlP7GI3XeFKFXo0SM-dXLXfCb51DToadve6gztjeCTA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:473/w:473/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTUyODgz/OS0xMTI3OTU0NTA1/LmpwZWc.jpeg

Future Bible Heroes – Memories Of Love booklet has a puzzle for every song.

Hideous Lump, Saturday, 2 April 2022 08:04 (three years ago)

Great additions. The Elsa Lanchester one is quietly very strange.

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 2 April 2022 11:41 (three years ago)

Elsa Lanchester bravely paving the way for Tori & the Strange Little Girls booklet.

Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 2 April 2022 13:12 (three years ago)

Mrs Badger-Butts???

emil.y, Saturday, 2 April 2022 13:35 (three years ago)

The Madness by The Madness #onethread

The album's sleeve was designed by Dave Gibbons and Rian Hughes.[10] On the back-sleeve each song listed was accompanied with a small drawing in similar style to the album's cover – resembling a face.[11]

https://i.discogs.com/YAYcvLz3TUYn9puRh65m2kU8M2PXXt-OGJJW9KJsoOg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyMzA1/MTkzLTE2NDU4Mjkx/ODEtOTIyNS5qcGVn.jpeg

visiting, Saturday, 2 April 2022 19:25 (three years ago)

huh, nobody said "rocket to russia" yet unless it was one of the numerous broken pic links

unknown or illegal user (doo rag), Saturday, 2 April 2022 19:45 (three years ago)

I did the sleevenotes for the The Madness reissue!

politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Saturday, 2 April 2022 19:51 (three years ago)

Cool!

Never Mind the ILX, Here's the Blecch Pistols (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 April 2022 22:56 (three years ago)

one year passes...

https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/63ff7c7bbf5a7e7985f23002/1:1/w_600/Young-Nudy-Gumbo.jpg

young nudy - gumbo

devvvine, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 13:12 (one year ago)

eight months pass...

excellent

not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Monday, 15 April 2024 18:37 (one year ago)

niiice. that one's a legend in other threads for the title; had no idea the insides delivered as well. the "It's All Right" one has a hilarious desperation about it.

not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 14:04 (one year ago)

ELP's Tarkus has this in the gatefold, seven drawings which correspond to the different sections of the title track, although the lyrics don't really match the drawings. though they do match the titles of the section. it's kinda weird, I suspect there's no overarching concept just the band doing two things at once

frogbs, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 14:10 (one year ago)

three months pass...

Level 42's Staring at the Sun does this. So does The Style Council's Confessions of a Pop Group

The Beautiful South's 0898 Beautiful South has a full page illustration that corresponds to each song

The cover of Blur's fanclub single "Colours" has a symbol for all 25 songs supposedly worked on in the Think Tank sessions

you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 11 August 2024 13:55 (ten months ago)

common's electric circus does this.

interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Sunday, 11 August 2024 15:21 (ten months ago)

six months pass...

Rosalía's El Lal Quarter does this too, with full page images for each song in a booklet insert if that counts

octobeard, Sunday, 23 February 2025 19:11 (four months ago)

El Mal!!

octobeard, Sunday, 23 February 2025 19:11 (four months ago)

Omg I need to stop posting here from my phone

octobeard, Sunday, 23 February 2025 19:12 (four months ago)

Lotta yawnsomely literal there.

Also, Aretha and the Nazz forced to share an image.

Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 5 March 2025 17:32 (three months ago)

yeah its almost like those puzzles where you need to guess the song titles

frogbs, Wednesday, 5 March 2025 18:16 (three months ago)

three months pass...

https://i.discogs.com/PYCoe3rWphMW1Cgbc9QHj9NpCO8yLWbmisHymqW31ys/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:534/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI3MDQ5/MDMtMTM3OTk2MDIy/OC00NTU2LmpwZWc.jpeg

Brian Wilson: Gettin' In Over My Head

Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 June 2025 02:19 (five days ago)

The Super Hits Volume Five

The picture for "Ride Captain Ride" seems to think you take a saddle on board a boat.

Halfway there but for you, Monday, 23 June 2025 02:31 (five days ago)

from the choirgirl hotel by Tori Amos includes a hand-drawn map with various doodles in different locations each corresponding to a song.

Halfway there but for you, Monday, 23 June 2025 02:34 (five days ago)

lol re: "Ride Captain Ride"

Doctor Casino, Monday, 23 June 2025 16:37 (five days ago)


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