― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000013BQ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
― rw, Friday, 30 January 2004 00:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
You can't seem'em in a pic this small, but NRBQ themselves are sitting in the seats.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
The Springfield says something about American notions of "working class"!
― no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 06:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
well, the dog could be a waiter...
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― may pang (maypang), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 07:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 30 January 2004 07:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c019/c0197023990.jpg
― OleM (OleM), Friday, 30 January 2004 09:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 30 January 2004 09:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― BrianB (BrianB), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
OTM re: Salt Stained Rock Boots, AWESOME!
very punk.
― ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
who knew.
― ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 30 January 2004 19:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 30 January 2004 20:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 30 January 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 30 January 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
..or this?:
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre200/e249/e24927z3kre.jpg
― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
But the cover has a cock, not a chicken.Ahhhhhh...
― Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
*slaps forehead*
― Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― udu wudu (udu wudu), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 23:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 23:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 30 January 2004 23:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― may pang (maypang), Saturday, 31 January 2004 03:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 31 January 2004 03:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― may pang (maypang), Saturday, 31 January 2004 04:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 31 January 2004 04:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
The Colour and the Shape
I see the Colour, I see the Shape, but nothing else.
― Aja (aja), Saturday, 31 January 2004 07:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Saturday, 31 January 2004 07:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Saturday, 31 January 2004 07:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd300/d326/d326019tc21.jpg
img src=
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 31 January 2004 08:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 31 January 2004 08:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
And there's the other picture where they're making a moving picture about these people moving pictures. It's so...meta.
― weather1ngda1eson (Brian), Saturday, 31 January 2004 08:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.mothermetal.com/Images/movingpictures1.jpg
― weather1ngda1eson (Brian), Saturday, 31 January 2004 08:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Saturday, 31 January 2004 08:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002IRM.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
― may pang (maypang), Saturday, 31 January 2004 08:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― may pang (maypang), Saturday, 31 January 2004 08:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Saturday, 31 January 2004 17:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Sunday, 1 February 2004 01:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Sunday, 1 February 2004 01:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aja (aja), Sunday, 1 February 2004 01:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― no opinion, Sunday, 1 February 2004 06:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 13:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
Well, maybe if the album was called Crouching manfully next to a Panther maybe.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
yeah, on same theme I picked up a second hand copy of Big Jim Sullivan's LP "Big Jim's Back" yesterday. Guess what the cover pic is of?
― zebedee (zebedee), Sunday, 1 February 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.mothermetal.com/images/firehouse.jpg
Props to these guys for pulling this off on a self-titled album!
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Sunday, 1 February 2004 17:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Sunday, 1 February 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
Wall? check. Fly? check.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 18:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Sunday, 1 February 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 1 February 2004 18:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 1 February 2004 18:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick H (Nick H), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Neil Willett (Neil Willett), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aja (aja), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
ihhtp://spinaltapfan.com/images/intrav2.jpg
ihhtp://spinaltapfan.com/images/sharksandw2.jpg
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
Herbie Mann: Stone Flute. Great album. Everyone sounds stoned.
― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
You can be sure this isn't a photo of the first time Coltrane was going to play live at the village vanguard. Alice and Rashied look like some tourist couple who've stumbled into some sidewalk wax museum.
― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Sunday, 1 February 2004 19:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 1 February 2004 20:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 1 February 2004 20:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 1 February 2004 20:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 2 February 2004 13:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 2 February 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― JoB (JoB), Monday, 2 February 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 2 February 2004 15:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee, Monday, 2 February 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd100/d108/d10892b99cw.jpg
― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 2 February 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Bleach" features no bleach, "Cartoon Heroes" features no cartoon heroes (at least none I recognize),
Also, the "Water Babies" cover is actually an ironic twist on the Victorian concept; "Danse Macabre" is similar, a hipster reinvention of the graphic tradition. "Moving Pictures" is not "yawnsomely literal" because it employs a pun. Ditto "Rocks"--ok, it might not be Shakespeare, but it is sure trying harder than "The Raven."
Looks like AC/DC are the champions here!
― no opinion, Monday, 2 February 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 2 February 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Cartoon Heroes" features no cartoon heroes (at least none I recognize)If you are saying that Aqua aren't cartoon heroes, you haven't watched music videos for the past eight years.
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Monday, 2 February 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Monday, 2 February 2004 21:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Bleach" features no bleachWell, the photo is reversed, or, in a sense, bleached. Good enough for ya?
Note "in a sense"--i.e. not literal. Figurative. I would say that it doesn't even work very well, since the usual figurative sense of "bleach" is to whiten/make pale/washed out. But this image is simply a negative, with blacks as well as whites.
Evidently not enough of them, since I have no idea what you're talking about (and have never heard of Aqua till this thread). But I'm guessing they're actually a band. Either you're joking (i.e. it's not literal) or they are only cartoon heroes in a certain sense, or to a certain viewership, in which case "yawnsomely literal" is not going to cover it.
I also heartily object to the Betty Davis above--where is the literalness there...
― no opinion, Tuesday, 3 February 2004 07:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
Well, that explains a lot. How old are you? Are you telling me that you don't remember 'Barbie Girl'? Or 'Dr. Jones'??? Or The lawsuit against them from Mattel Inc.? The girl sings in a squeaky voice and the guy growls along. Cartoon Heroes if there ever were any.
Re. the 'Bleach' thing: The photo is clearly a tiresome and obvious pun on the title. That's yawningly literal enough for me.
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 08:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 08:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― no opinion, Tuesday, 3 February 2004 08:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
Re. the literal thing - are you then saying that the Tom Waits cover doesn't apply either, because the people sitting in the diner are not actual hawks as in the bird?
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 09:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 09:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 09:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― no opinion, Tuesday, 3 February 2004 09:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
You're right, at a certain point the figurative comes into play in all of language, nothing is purely literal. But I still see significant differences here.
Waits: "nighthawk" commonly means night owl, the album depicts people in a diner, presumably late at night. The idea is, teh title is "Nighthawks at the diner," let's show some nighthawks at a diner.
Joel: He wants to call the album Glass Houses, the suits say, great! Let's show you ready to throw a stone at, see, an actual glass house! Because that's the saying, you know! So we make the symbolism literal! Cool!
AC/DC: the phrase "Blow up your video" makes no sense at all, but the image is of a TV, with Angus Young on it, who could conceivably be in a vide being shown on that TV, and the TV is blowing up. It is a very lame attempt at a literal depiction of a silly idea.
In each case there is a phrase that is depicted visually in concrete terms.
Aqua: the thing is, they don't look like they're in a cartoon in that picture! I haven't seen the printed album, maybe it's different, but in the jpeg it looks like a photograph of the band. THey could have had them dressed as Superman, Power Rangers, whatever. So to see them as "cartoon heroes" I guess you're saying you need to rely on things you've seen in the past, subtexts, in which case we're clearly beyond the literal.
Nirvana: You're right, the image attempts to make a visual pun on the name. They don't say, "ok, bleach, let's show some bleach"--instead they think, how can we make a visual analog for "bleaching"? Let's use a negative image of the band performing live. YOu find this obvious--I don't since it inverts shades rather than erasing (bleaching) them--but literal it ain't.
― no opinion, Tuesday, 3 February 2004 09:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 February 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/9f/bb/84842-resized200.JPG
― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 07:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
spot on!
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 17:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
No, see. Angus did in fact blow up his video. Once his video blew up, well, that's when the TV went too. The above poster's comments are akin to saying that Timothy McViegh didn't blow up the Murrah Federal Building. Why, all he did was blow up a Ryder truck!
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― BrianB (BrianB), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
But what's really interesting is what some of these covers say about what the bands and/or record companies think of their audience! Esp. since album covers are often this moment of sophistication (since, when, the late 60s? early 70s?), semiotic complexity, whatever, where the relationship between word and image is a game or puzzle... and then there's AC/DC's "Flick of the switch"! (or the one above, a great example!)
― no opinion, Thursday, 5 February 2004 06:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jay Kid (Jay K), Thursday, 5 February 2004 09:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― BrianB (BrianB), Thursday, 5 February 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― no opinion, Thursday, 5 February 2004 17:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/Letyourhairdown.jpg
― fit and working again, Thursday, 18 April 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ntcTpXTCL.jpg
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
which Billy Joel cover is everyone talking about upthread? i can't see the picture my end and now i really want to.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 05:39 (eleven years ago) link
i'm guessing glass houses. he has two literal covers:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/Billy_Joel_-_Glass_Houses.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Billy_Joel_-_Turnstiles.jpg
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 06:42 (eleven years ago) link
actually he has a load of these.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Billy_Joel_-_Songs_in_the_Attic.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/Billy_Joel_-_River_of_Dreams.jpg
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 06:47 (eleven years ago) link
The River of Dreams cover was painted by Christie Brinkley!
― Walter Galt, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 08:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.recordsale.de/cdpix/t/the_mekons-the_quality_of_mercy_is_not_strnen.jpg
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 08:27 (eleven years ago) link
I know, but there isn't a thread called "Album titles that make no sense unless you see the sleeve picture"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 08:28 (eleven years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Steve_Hillage_Fish_Rising.jpg
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 01:03 (eleven years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Steve_Hillage_Fish_Rising.jpg
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 01:04 (eleven years ago) link
lol at all the argumentative nitpicking upthread from somebody calling themselves "no opinion"
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 02:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41662fb5TYL.jpg
― fit and working again, Sunday, 23 February 2014 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://img14.shop-pro.jp/PA01076/467/product/39520755.jpg?20120204195037
Pilot's second album, can't look at this without imagining the designers spending all of five minutes coming up with that title/cover image, and then sloping off to the pub for the rest of the day
― soref, Sunday, 23 February 2014 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
oops
― soref, Sunday, 23 February 2014 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
though it doesn't feature an actual pilot, so I guess it's more 'yawnsomely unimaginative/uninspired' than 'yawnsomely literal'
― soref, Sunday, 23 February 2014 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QjlWxeXKL._SY300__PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 24 February 2014 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
ok the "autorip" kinda kills it
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 24 February 2014 05:02 (eleven years ago) link
I think a lot of those are illustrating a visual pun on the title so not Yawnsomely Literal. Might have been thought of as quite imaginative at the time but got dulled by familiarity in the interval years. Not like somebody's come along and generically botched something up as a bad advertising company might. Seems to be some thought put into what has been illustrated and how. Also seems that a couple at least may have had the image in mind before naming.
― Stevolende, Monday, 24 February 2014 10:45 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/yJ6hOYd.jpg
― hhoffman, Monday, 24 February 2014 10:49 (eleven years ago) link
The font on that Pilot album! Is it made of Legos?
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbbryan ferry (Dan Peterson), Monday, 24 February 2014 12:38 (eleven years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/YouCanTuneaPianoButYouCantTunaFish.jpg
― clouds, Monday, 24 February 2014 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://eil.com/images/main/Donna+Summer+-+Greatest+Hits+-+On+The+Radio+-+Volumes+1+%26+2+-+DOUBLE+LP-522997.jpg
― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Monday, 24 February 2014 12:45 (eleven years ago) link
She's ON the radio! GEDDIT?
Dan Fogelberg - High Country Snowshttp://www.danfogelberg.com/albums/highcountrysnows.jpg
― is olympic hamsterwheel a thing? (staggerlee), Monday, 24 February 2014 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
Reflections a goldmine for yawnsome literality:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/405/MI0002405005.jpg?partner=allrovi.comhttp://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/69734360/Reflections.pnghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hYBelu-kL.jpghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EJ01VZT6L.jpghttp://www.recordsale.de/cdpix/p/peter_nero-reflections.jpghttp://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/4750/cover_61221882009.jpghttp://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/1540/cover_4953181822005.jpghttp://www.redtelephone66.com/albumart/reflections.jpghttp://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2011-03/1300980426_46fff9f4189ba838d97cf812169f6fee.jpghttp://images4.mtv.com/shared/media/images/amg_covers/200/drl500/l513/l51366w3bwm.jpg?width=300&height=300&enlarge=false&matte=true&matteColor=black&quality=0.85
just a taste... and that doesn't include any of the covers where the artist is looking winsomely inward, reflecting on his/her deepness.
― is olympic hamsterwheel a thing? (staggerlee), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
epic post
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.thelettermen.com/images/reflections1970.jpghttp://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_250/MI0001/588/MI0001588877.jpg?partner=allrovi.comhttp://enigmaticalchemy.com/sandrareflections.jpghttp://www.dejkamusic.com/images/album/large/steve_lacy/reflections.jpghttp://www.vinylvendors.com/Pictures/e/v/evelynthomas117443.jpg(Evelyn Thomas and Terry Knight refractions, actually)
― is olympic hamsterwheel a thing? (staggerlee), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
keep em coming, just an entire thread of these would be amazing
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
Haha, thanks, so tired of reflections. Will leave follow-through to others w/more stamina. Subgenre also not represented: Image of the band but the writing is reflected.
In other news:
Ramona the Pest - Little Kniveshttp://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/680/MI0001680765.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
― is olympic hamsterwheel a thing? (staggerlee), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
Fleetwood Mac - Bare Treeshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/Baretreescd.jpgYawnsomely literal, but a great cover nonetheless.
― is olympic hamsterwheel a thing? (staggerlee), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
Mithotyn - Gathered Around the Oaken Tablehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Mithotyn-Gathered_Around_The_Oaken_Table-Original.jpg
― is olympic hamsterwheel a thing? (staggerlee), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
Mott - Shouting and Pointinghttp://www.hunter-mott.com/discography/sleeves/shouting_and_pointing.jpg
― is olympic hamsterwheel a thing? (staggerlee), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
Wire - Pink Flaghttp://unpopular.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c365453ef011570135fcd970b-800wiAnother great cover despite.
― is olympic hamsterwheel a thing? (staggerlee), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
lolllll at "reflections" ad infinitum
Speedwagon is more "I've Got My Own Album To Do" thread, I think (though hilarious).
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 24 February 2014 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
James Taylor - Flaghttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31Un8fOzozL.jpg
― is olympic hamsterwheel a thing? (staggerlee), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
http://assets-s3.rollingstone.com/assets/images/album_review/f6781f50812ff2a98ff933ed2b193601ec785225.jpeg
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
Like, seriously guys:Hoodoo Gurus - Gorilla Biscuithttps://lh3.ggpht.com/_Ak0ucr3ZL4A/Sz-C9Zn6u8I/AAAAAAAACKY/eWDmkzbXLL8/s400/folder.jpeg
― is olympic hamsterwheel a thing? (staggerlee), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
Yawnsomely literal single:Fabulous Four - Sitting on a Fencehttp://mobile.collectorsfrenzy.com/gallery/250533008749.jpg
― is olympic hamsterwheel a thing? (staggerlee), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/47-1.jpg
― Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch!http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ic8OpSuCY2c/UPLGSOqBbcI/AAAAAAAAF4U/8dy-HBwbYvs/s1600/Dolphy03.jpg
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 24 February 2014 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
Roger really didn't have so many facets, huh?
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 24 February 2014 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
This is awesome
http://991.com/NewGallery/Ozark-Mountain-Daredevil-The-Car-Over-The-382165.jpg
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 01:02 (ten years ago) link
― Doctor Casino, Monday, February 24, 2014 12:37 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lolling
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 01:37 (ten years ago) link
the four corners are basically all the same emotion, and the bottom middle isn't really an emotion, it's just "looking away from camera"
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
http://www.antitheticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/smashing-pumpkins-siamese-dream.jpg
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 08:22 (ten years ago) link
Ha, I'd never considered that before.
― the drummer is a monster (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 09:12 (ten years ago) link
http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7mto72fjR1rsj69go1_r1_500.png
― fit and working again, Friday, 18 April 2014 02:19 (ten years ago) link
Painfully bad:
http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/118/cover_36261617102008.jpg
― A frenzied geologist (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 10:28 (ten years ago) link
aaaaahaa
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 13:05 (ten years ago) link
Was about to post Siamese Dream! Instead I'll go with:
http://s2.vagalume.com/pearl-jam/discografia/yield-W320.jpg
― LimbsKing, Thursday, 15 May 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/009/188/0000918839_500.jpg
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 June 2014 11:34 (ten years ago) link
awesome
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 26 June 2014 13:09 (ten years ago) link
some people call it a career arc, but I like to think of it as a...
http://i.imgur.com/zbjzx4Q.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/dy9NFpI.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/8EFuxfr.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/sry7bQ5.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/kRemcUA.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/ic5ic7J.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/TSyKVSN.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/33qNSeu.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/2lof8PM.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/cACXmih.jpg
― unregistered, Sunday, 10 August 2014 23:54 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ubczQfB.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/7zgG8jd.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/jfgJcTv.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/MSyl5MK.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/gfoW9lL.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/oaNBQoC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/ZCRAONG.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/1jilE2c.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Lr3kliX.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/bZUZCkv.jpg
Well done! Rupert Holmes ftw, looks like a pretty full life he's lived in that circle. We started at the Itsukushima Shrine, baby, and look where we've ended up.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 11 August 2014 01:15 (ten years ago) link
ha. scrolling through i thought for half a second that it was a band called full circle with all kinds of inexplicable album titles.
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 11 August 2014 01:19 (ten years ago) link
That band would have ruled! Like, each time they're trying to make up a really generic name for a different style of artist that might put out an album called "Full Circle."
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 11 August 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
a lot of those albums can be summed up as "this is my first album in 20 years!" or "this is gonna be last album ever!" or "this is the album where I reflect upon my long and fruitful career." Rupert Holmes must have been an extraordinary human being in order to have gone full circle at age 34, just 2 years after his big hit.
― unregistered, Monday, 11 August 2014 01:49 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah, I forgot
http://i.imgur.com/LBcmZs2.jpg
(band name and album title)
― unregistered, Monday, 11 August 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
Full Oi'rcle
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 11 August 2014 01:57 (ten years ago) link
Leon Thomas managed to avoid using the circle motif, despite the album title:
http://underdesign.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/front6.jpg
Though funnily enough, he used it in an earlier album with a different title:
http://www.icrates.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Leon-Thomas-Spirits.jpg
― Tuomas, Monday, 11 August 2014 07:53 (ten years ago) link
http://stereocontrol.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/moon_antarctica.jpg
really happy they switched back to the original cover for at least the vinyl reissue. the one with the purple top and the ice hands shaking in the sky is amazing
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 11 August 2014 08:44 (ten years ago) link
http://lolymusic.com/uploads/posts/2014-10/1413642998_0934194875df.jpg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 26 October 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
the "full circle" album covers are killing it upthread
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 26 October 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
ahaha i had forgotten those... I was all ready to type "Rupert Holmes ftw" but discovered I already had, yikes. staggerlee's "reflections" series is also wonderful.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 26 October 2014 19:04 (ten years ago) link
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/Holger_Czukay%2C_Jah_Wobble%2C_Jaki_Liebezeit_-_Full_Circle.jpeg
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Monday, 27 October 2014 10:54 (ten years ago) link
note to self: do not title an album, should i ever make one, "full circle"
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 27 October 2014 17:33 (ten years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YxQetI0qL.jpg
― Gouty_Ted, Saturday, 8 November 2014 12:21 (ten years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8VcDplmfQ4c/T8W85lMvwpI/AAAAAAAABNs/R5cRtGKiLKo/s1600/John+Lee+Hooker+-+The+Cream.jpg
― the man with the black wigs (Eazy), Saturday, 8 November 2014 14:23 (ten years ago) link
That'd be funnier if it was an album called "John Lee Hooker" by a band called The Cream.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 10:32 (ten years ago) link
some people call it a career arc, but I like to think of it as a...lol
― fgtbaoutit (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 22:15 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/1/12/20120917042415!Too_hot_to_handle_heatwave_album.jpeg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
I feel like the cover of Udo Lindenberg's 1971 album "Lindenberg" qualifies here, at least to German speakers.
― rushomancy, Sunday, 23 November 2014 22:25 (ten years ago) link
new brian wilson album ftw
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/460_Width/1501/news-15-01-brian-wilson.jpg
― J. Sam, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:24 (ten years ago) link
alternate cover art: an elderly Brian Wilson is sitting on the beach with a margarita in hand, being fanned by two beautiful beach babes. nearby, five young men in green-and-white striped swim trunks are running down the pier, just about to jump in the water. the chubby one (representing a young Brian Wilson) is waving at the older Brian to join them, but the older Brian dismisses him with a smug grin and a flick of the wrist. No Pier Pressure.
― i ain't marchant anymore (unregistered), Monday, 2 February 2015 19:00 (ten years ago) link
(I really like the actual cover photo, though)
― i ain't marchant anymore (unregistered), Monday, 2 February 2015 19:01 (ten years ago) link
God, he couldn't have just called it "Pier Pressure"?
― how's life, Monday, 2 February 2015 19:37 (ten years ago) link
No.
― example (crüt), Monday, 2 February 2015 19:39 (ten years ago) link
brb starting a band called Partial Circle
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Monday, 2 February 2015 19:43 (ten years ago) link
http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/images/covers/bobby-shew-outstanding-in-his-field-20130808103520.jpg
...can't argue with that
― no lime tangier, Saturday, 28 February 2015 11:53 (nine years ago) link
Bobby Shew, Alan Titchmarsh impersonator.
― 0xFE Shades of Grey (snoball), Saturday, 28 February 2015 13:32 (nine years ago) link
(from the cover of his new album 'Fork Off')http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/240768_1.jpg
― 0xFE Shades of Grey (snoball), Saturday, 28 February 2015 13:33 (nine years ago) link
Back in 1984...http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00421/810359_a_421336b.jpg
― 0xFE Shades of Grey (snoball), Saturday, 28 February 2015 13:34 (nine years ago) link
'Go Fork Yourself'http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640x360/p01gzyfq.jpg
― 0xFE Shades of Grey (snoball), Saturday, 28 February 2015 13:35 (nine years ago) link
Feel like I'm just going to end up posting this on every album cover thread.
http://www.secondhandlps.de/pix_rb_soul/robinson_smokey_pocketful.jpg
― Pheeel, Saturday, 28 February 2015 16:08 (nine years ago) link
http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/11/44/89/15/nina_s12.jpg
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 28 February 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
HA!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 28 February 2015 17:25 (nine years ago) link
http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5013929044128.jpg
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 April 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
Img link upthread is broken so I'm reposting this one, it's a nice one!
http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/039/Music/69/1f/eb/mzi.frzvpkpv.600x600-75.jpg
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 April 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 23 April 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/0LeirJT.jpg
― scarlett bohansson (unregistered), Friday, 28 August 2015 01:02 (nine years ago) link
I'm glad they put the "POISON - BE CAREFUL" label there, otherwise you might think Thomas is merely showing his women in bottles collection to you.
― Tuomas, Friday, 28 August 2015 10:54 (nine years ago) link
I imagine you could pretty seamlessly merge this thread and the terrible 70s album names one.
― EDB, Friday, 28 August 2015 14:26 (nine years ago) link
http://cdn.discogs.com/Cn2igg8M98Gpaio2eRTJlnoJoEc=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc%28%29:format%28jpeg%29:mode_rgb%28%29/discogs-images/R-1676521-1303959840.jpeg.jpg
― best beloved george benson (The Reverend), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
hmmph
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0000/258/MI0000258883.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
― best beloved george benson (The Reverend), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 21:24 (nine years ago) link
this just came up on forgotify, though I guess the addition of the monkey keeps it from being altogether Yawnsomely Literal
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CVVaWSesL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
― soref, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
the cover kind of makes it look like Ed is the monkey and that the album is a collaboration between him and a real white guy with a guitar
― soref, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/CloudNineCover.jpg
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 22:01 (nine years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/Millie_Jackson_-_Back_to_the_S%2A%2At%21.jpg
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link
https://everyrecordtellsastory.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/aerosmith-rocks.jpg?w=700&h=698
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 22:09 (nine years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xFs5iPwDL._SY300_.jpg
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
https://metalodyssey.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/guns-n-roses-the-spaghetti-incident-x-large-album-pic.jpg
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link
better not to put spaghetti on your cover and be thought yawnsomely literal, than to put spaghetti on your cover and remove all doubt.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 22:17 (nine years ago) link
I see spaghetti, but where's the incident?
― EDB, Thursday, 17 September 2015 01:51 (nine years ago) link
it involves the really shitty off-brand sauce used to coat the pasta
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 17 September 2015 01:52 (nine years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V_EfVLdVT_U/U4mSYqYp0nI/AAAAAAABBDw/KRQ7FNhb5Hk/s1600/825.jpg
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/8/2/6/826.jpg
Accept: Balls to the Wall & Metal Heart
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Thursday, 8 October 2015 09:49 (nine years ago) link
http://s0.limitedrun.com/images/1121327/deftones-white-pony-2000-2lp.jpg
― Siegbran, Thursday, 8 October 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/interpolbrightlights.png
― flappy bird, Thursday, 8 October 2015 18:14 (nine years ago) link
http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/images/covers/kenny-burrell-both-feet-on-the-ground-20131006054513.jpg
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Saturday, 10 October 2015 15:48 (nine years ago) link
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/418/MI0002418527.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Daniel O'Donnell - Daniel In Blue Jeans
― strictly dream-bait fit for moon-gazing (soref), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 19:51 (nine years ago) link
moar like daniel in mom jeans
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 14 October 2015 02:46 (nine years ago) link
http://static.awkwardfamilyphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2015/03/enhanced-1877-1402519617-5/118503733.jpg
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 18 October 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link
lol that is pretty great if you fail to assume he's addressing The Lord.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 October 2015 03:58 (nine years ago) link
http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/1105/cover_4820122292009.jpg
Procol Harum - Exotic Birds and Fruit
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Thursday, 22 October 2015 15:01 (nine years ago) link
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.visualnews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F01%2Flukebaldwintatooonmychest1.jpg&f=1
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 10 December 2015 23:59 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/9Y05wPK.jpg
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Sunday, 20 December 2015 18:09 (nine years ago) link
http://cf-images.emusic.com/music/images/album/113/771/11377174/600x600.jpg
― remove butt (abanana), Saturday, 27 February 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/V4nMgpEx82dcYF5rv3veIJXplCQ=/fit-in/600x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-4507391-1367225349-9202.jpeg.jpg
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 15:34 (eight years ago) link
dunno why this one disappeared upthread
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.regrettablemusic.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F02%2Flukebaldwintatooonmychest1.jpg&f=1
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 April 2016 22:37 (eight years ago) link
http://pxhst.co/avaxhome/45/30/003d3045_medium.jpg
Ace Frehley - 12 Picks
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Friday, 13 May 2016 07:09 (eight years ago) link
I couldn't figure out which yawnsomely literal thread to put this one in
http://www.weedfarm.com/images/otherimages/CV13225.jpg
― great Canadian prog-psych debut from 1969 (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 29 August 2016 05:53 (eight years ago) link
ah shit meant for the puns on the artist's name thread too- triple crown winner
― great Canadian prog-psych debut from 1969 (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 29 August 2016 05:54 (eight years ago) link
it's also been posted to the Horrible '70s album titles like I've Got My Own Album To Do thread. - quad crown winner!
― Lee626, Monday, 29 August 2016 08:20 (eight years ago) link
aw hell, I thought i found a winner when I saw it over the weekend
― great Canadian prog-psych debut from 1969 (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 29 August 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
did we already catch this one?
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2F3%2F38%2FThat_Is_Why_You%2527re_Overweight.jpg&f=1
― Οὖτις, Monday, 29 August 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
Therapy, "Bringing the House Down"
http://images.45worlds.com/f/ab/therapy-bringing-the-house-down-ab.jpg
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 January 2017 22:00 (eight years ago) link
Not the Therapy I expected.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 29 January 2017 22:02 (eight years ago) link
Orchester Helmuth Brandenburg, "Here's A Train"
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nCEJXJfcDFY/WPMzqEdWsxI/AAAAAAAAa1Q/pZnV6UhG7F4soXwwuubz9w3HqnhgFLfNACLcB/s1600/front.jpg
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Saturday, 22 April 2017 18:02 (seven years ago) link
Images are breaking so hope this hasn't been posted before, Helix's No Rest for the Wicked
http://i.imgur.com/EFKZVXg.jpg
― Puke and Other Poems (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 14 July 2017 07:40 (seven years ago) link
Blammo!
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51TSp71HfeL.jpg
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 28 July 2017 09:23 (seven years ago) link
That's almost a different category – irritatingly non-literal album art. No punches there.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 28 July 2017 12:35 (seven years ago) link
http://images.eil.com/large_image/VENOM_CAST%2BIN%2BSTONE%2B-%2BEXPANDED%2BEDITION-361487.jpg
― mirostones, Friday, 28 July 2017 13:31 (seven years ago) link
Wow did someone approve that? What are the band called even?
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Saturday, 29 July 2017 08:47 (seven years ago) link
Venom, I think
― niels, Saturday, 29 July 2017 09:08 (seven years ago) link
there seems to be an alternative font versionhttp://musicmp3spb.org/images/v/venom/fcast_in_st8b21d8c059bde13d004615.jpg
― niels, Saturday, 29 July 2017 09:09 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/89e1lvn.png
― niels, Thursday, 3 August 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
oops that was supposed to behttp://i.imgur.com/W7FzbLw.pngperhaps a spotify only cover... still kinda weird
― niels, Thursday, 3 August 2017 17:49 (seven years ago) link
https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000226724612-14rshd-t500x500.jpg
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Sunday, 27 August 2017 02:05 (seven years ago) link
playing guitar for the dancers
― new noise, Sunday, 27 August 2017 03:24 (seven years ago) link
I can't believe he didn't work a clock in there somewhere
― mirostones, Monday, 28 August 2017 00:28 (seven years ago) link
Bobby Blue Bland
http://i.imgur.com/Hf1gFMd.jpg?1
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 23:42 (seven years ago) link
haha
― niels, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 06:24 (seven years ago) link
Saw this one in a thrift shop over the weekend:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Bette_Of_Roses.jpg
― "Celebration" encourages the listener to celebrate good times. (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 5 September 2017 14:07 (seven years ago) link
Mose Allison - Mose In Your Earhttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/618DhFPNUcL._SS500.jpg
― enochroot, Saturday, 7 October 2017 13:34 (seven years ago) link
One from Pickwick’s literal sleeve department #vinyl #charityshops #motown pic.twitter.com/tiPfOxm3By— Simon Galloway (@simongmusic73) October 11, 2017
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 16:13 (seven years ago) link
http://exclaim.ca/images/fieldy.jpg
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 October 2017 17:36 (seven years ago) link
El Gato: The Human Glacier by Gucci Mane:
https://sslf.ulximg.com/image/355x355/cover/1513870756_157503c21bb3d7ab0610108e5383b674.jpg
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 23 December 2017 12:23 (seven years ago) link
Barry Crompton, "Don't Look Down"
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o-HrV2AlG38/VVPLJgvNUHI/AAAAAAAAqOY/F0qRcOdMTL4/s1600/BarryCrompton1983.jpeg
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:17 (seven years ago) link
oh my god tom i'm slowly losing it over "Here's a Train"
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:48 (seven years ago) link
LOL.
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:51 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTb_6FlXcAETcB5.jpg:large
operation boogie grass
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 13 January 2018 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Sweet.
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Saturday, 13 January 2018 19:02 (seven years ago) link
Jay and the Americans - Sands of Timehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/Sands_of_Time_%28Jay_and_the_Americans_album%29.jpeg
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 04:49 (seven years ago) link
Also from the "Here's a Train" guy, here's "Please Smile Again":https://img.discogs.com/fjNNYUa5fowu2_d8ACtbJl_IJio=/fit-in/305x320/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2692009-1296767710.jpeg.jpg
and "Happy Blue Piano"https://img.discogs.com/c5kkl5_oxrPXfOeD7GDAChZHXMU=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-7815817-1449367273-2778.jpeg.jpg
― everything, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 05:40 (seven years ago) link
"Here's a Train"... this thread is complete
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 05:51 (seven years ago) link
one of my favorite threads
― adam the (abanana), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 15:46 (seven years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/TheFlamingLips-YoshimiBattlesThePinkRobots.jpg
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 17:23 (seven years ago) link
And was this done yet?
https://img.discogs.com/9w3oMXXYFP_ZNHFqRNSCIXLgO0M=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-2363401-1303260935.jpeg.jpg
Do singles count?
https://streamd.hitparade.ch/cdimages/toto-africa_s_1.jpg
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 17:42 (seven years ago) link
think probably this has been posted but i'm not seeing it and it's just so good. saw it in the wild the other day:
https://img.discogs.com/z4lssUxpbLIqo7TrfGDQc8JgnPg=/fit-in/537x544/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2831313-1303004317.jpeg.jpg
― budo jeru, Saturday, 27 January 2018 04:54 (seven years ago) link
So many aspects of 60s titles carry the seeds of the thread genre - the jazz albums punning on the artists' name thread really opens out that territory. It's really hard to articulate what feels different about the lame and terrible jokes or proclamations of casual-ness from the later period. Maybe the sense that the artist came up with the title themselves and feel it represents their DGAF Good-Times Young Dude Swag, versus the studio titles cooked up by the advertising boys down the hall.
― Righteous wax chaperone, rotating Wingdings (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 27 January 2018 05:09 (seven years ago) link
haha oh wait that was me thinking i was in the Horrible 70s thread, n/m
― Righteous wax chaperone, rotating Wingdings (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 27 January 2018 05:11 (seven years ago) link
looking at the "horrible" thread i now see that you and i had an exchange that sort of touched on what you're getting at in that post. perhaps these questions will never be resolved.
― budo jeru, Saturday, 27 January 2018 05:31 (seven years ago) link
An easy mistake to make.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 January 2018 10:49 (seven years ago) link
https://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/wtf-bad-album-covers-dolly-parton-bubbling-over.jpg
Dolly Parton - Bubbling Over
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 28 January 2018 20:10 (seven years ago) link
Seriously?!
― Tuomas, Thursday, 1 February 2018 14:14 (seven years ago) link
http://www.monkeeslivealmanac.com/uploads/7/8/9/5/7895731/p-tork-single-front.jpg
Peter Tork - Peter's Back!
― Senior Soft-Serve Tech at the Froyo Arroyo (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 February 2018 14:36 (seven years ago) link
lol
― niels, Saturday, 3 February 2018 18:44 (seven years ago) link
Popular joke
https://www.joesalbums.com/images/product/nina-simone-back-record-lp.jpeg
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 3 February 2018 21:56 (seven years ago) link
Ian Thomas, "Add Water"
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/lyricwiki/images/6/67/Ian_Thomas_-_Add_Water.jpg
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:37 (six years ago) link
... bugger, bigger:
https://img.discogs.com/BDm1n2-iUZq1LRrNqRg2WrXuJ-g=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5651847-1435355042-6949.jpeg.jpg
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
https://s.s-bol.com/imgbase0/imagebase3/extralarge/FC/4/6/6/2/9200000050962664.jpg
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 1 March 2018 11:51 (six years ago) link
That's actually a nice cover.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 1 March 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link
Agreed, but also very literal.
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:12 (six years ago) link
https://t2.genius.com/unsafe/300x0/https%3A%2F%2Fimages.genius.com%2F4c7065848378e144d191ac6cf493ef87.1000x947x1.jpg
surely this has been posted?
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 4 March 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link
i think it appeared in the got my own album to do thread.
― new noise, Sunday, 4 March 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
haha yeah, i saw that in the wild a while ago and ran straight to Horrible 70s
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 March 2018 23:25 (six years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Made_in_Cork.jpg
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 04:40 (six years ago) link
What was that "Here's a Train" one?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 11:23 (six years ago) link
What do you mean, what was it?
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 11:56 (six years ago) link
Has anyone done the Millie Jackson one yet?
https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uuuploads/worst-album-covers/worst-album-covers-millie-jackson.jpg
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 12:39 (six years ago) link
sorry for that...
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 12:40 (six years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61byM-kytcL._SX355_.jpg
― enochroot, Thursday, 8 March 2018 03:05 (six years ago) link
This one's kind of cool tbh. Houston Person, "Suspicions"
https://img.discogs.com/Tzk63PJij1lweCbf8UAIrco_p-o=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1136748-1198273581.jpeg.jpg
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Monday, 12 March 2018 19:20 (six years ago) link
Bob Bailey, "I'm Walkin'"
https://img.discogs.com/osLhkSUp2tj190ynH1vbDqNj4fc=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6583868-1435487423-6112.jpeg.jpg
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Saturday, 17 March 2018 12:44 (six years ago) link
Gene Dunlap, "Party in Me"...
https://img.cdandlp.com/2015/10/imgL/117730537.jpg
― davey, Sunday, 18 March 2018 21:51 (six years ago) link
lol that is just perfect
― new noise, Sunday, 18 March 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
my roommate got a copy on vinyl in the mail last week, and we both were very impressed
― davey, Sunday, 18 March 2018 22:45 (six years ago) link
Lou Donaldson - Hot Dog
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51JWKLtiKpL.jpg
Maybe not peak Blue Note graphic design.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Thursday, 22 March 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link
hall & oates
whole oatshttp://www.hallandoates.de/Covers_Albums/1972%20Whole%20Oats.jpgabandoned luncheonettehttps://img.discogs.com/9PBEYQ-VkQ-9Q7SwJ0BucZmKbkI=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5231927-1413829278-1241.jpeg.jpgbigger than both of ushttps://img.discogs.com/VnoP93_L4htI0oAgBxc1Wypm1DY=/fit-in/585x585/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1202865-1200426385.jpeg.jpgwar babieshttps://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/865/MI0001865311.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 2 April 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link
Is the product placement on Bigger Than Both Of Us significant or something? Seems to be consciously conspicuous in a way that doesn't seem accidental. but Ritz crackers as a lifestyle choice?
― Stevolende, Monday, 2 April 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
Yeah that's weird, can't recall seeing anything like that on an LP cover (except "The Who Sell Out").
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Monday, 2 April 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
are those ritz crackers on the war babies cover? maybe they just like Ritz
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 2 April 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
A Millennial band should do an album called "Cola War Babies," with a cover depicting (similarly arranged) 1980s ephemera...
(With ideas like this, it's amazing I need to work for a living!)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Monday, 2 April 2018 23:09 (six years ago) link
Doug Stevenson, "Steel On My Mind"
https://img.discogs.com/mYF7sB9SXQKge7KXnwQFt4yNj2s=/fit-in/512x538/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7582072-1444503608-9494.jpeg.jpg
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link
I'm sure a whole 'On My Mind' subthread is possible.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Thursday, 5 April 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
We had this?
https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0000/290/MI0000290774.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 6 April 2018 08:58 (six years ago) link
Don't know about 'yawnsomely' literal, exactly, but yeesh.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 6 April 2018 08:59 (six years ago) link
Mentioned on the Buffalo Springfield thread - Yellow Hand, by Yellow Hand.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41zZVeAfdcL._SY355_.jpg
― Does anybody remember laughter? *audience screams* (Matt #2), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 22:27 (six years ago) link
I'm finding the Evenflo product placement on the War Babies cover to be a bit distracting.
― Ex Slacker, Thursday, 3 May 2018 01:16 (six years ago) link
Kossie Gardner, "Pipes of Blue"
https://img.discogs.com/dB-T6ogfqKsTJMsRxWhJ9ZchiX4=/fit-in/600x612/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3742336-1444970046-8803.jpeg.jpg
― Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 22:53 (six years ago) link
Rob Galbraith, "Throw Me A Bone"
https://img.discogs.com/sx89i-u2r7aW0xQYpyXKjM5WsvM=/fit-in/600x601/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5066040-1507601240-4463.jpeg.jpg
https://img.discogs.com/BMoN22MRsb1gZLJdr42VVqvSsps=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5066040-1383575816-8788.jpeg.jpg
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 May 2018 22:29 (six years ago) link
omg that rules!
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 24 May 2018 22:31 (six years ago) link
Would like to see a follow up called Bow Me a Throne
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 25 May 2018 00:50 (six years ago) link
that is a great one
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Friday, 25 May 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
Fuck
― flappy bird, Friday, 25 May 2018 05:08 (six years ago) link
wow. his face on the back.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 23:33 (six years ago) link
Holy shit listening to Rob Galbraith's first album Nashville Dirt... this is great! Funky, folky, soulful country stuff.
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 8 June 2018 08:37 (six years ago) link
Ted Taylor, "Keepin' My Head Above Water".
https://img.discogs.com/y64lP121fzXeM8LYQ4L96qHW3lI=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2326743-1281468534.jpeg.jpg
Those are bills and final demands floating in the water DO YOU SEE, though I think they put a fish in there in case you weren't sure it was water.
― womp womp that sucker (Tom D.), Monday, 25 June 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
Chris Ducey - Duce of Hearts
https://pmcdn.priceminister.com/photo/Chris-Ducey-Duce-Of-Hearts-33-Tours-1094890587_ML.jpg
― even in your onion (Dan Peterson), Monday, 25 June 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
I posted this in some other album cover thread but it should be here too. But it's not yawn-inducing. It's brilliant and magnificent and we should all bask in its splendor.
http://www.kesteloo.net/image/cache/data/LPs-4/omdam64549-1000x1000.jpg
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 25 June 2018 18:37 (six years ago) link
Ozark Mountain Daredevils, The Car Over the Lake Album
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 25 June 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
I have never seen this album cover before and seriously WTF
https://img.discogs.com/pQH9Xyhz-plGqxlkWpEY3YudU-w=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1431998-1221024602.jpeg.jpg
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 July 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
That one is hardly "yawnsomely literal", wow.
― Tuomas, Monday, 9 July 2018 06:20 (six years ago) link
lol well it's definitely overly literal, I agree it isn't exactly yawnsome as much as it is disturbing
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 July 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
I got this for $2 in California a couple days ago.
https://img.discogs.com/aZiG-py0B7sl_fs53vvOE5IAm7U=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6331081-1416658105-5614.jpeg.jpg
― flappy bird, Monday, 9 July 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/371794558167_/TIM-BOGERT-VANILLA-FUDGE-Progressions.jpg
Tim Bogert: Progressions
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 05:07 (six years ago) link
Y'know, I've glanced at that Child is Father to the Man cover many times and somehow never realized there are mini-mes on their knees! Shows you how much attention I ever paid to BS&T I guess...
― Get aboard the flappy bird, departing gate 19 (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
That cover is the best thing they ever did.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51XoZYllkSL.jpg
found thru the vinyl scams thread
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 July 2018 12:22 (six years ago) link
https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1080/MI0004/433/MI0004433254.jpg
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 21 July 2018 07:29 (six years ago) link
two very good ones
― flappy bird, Sunday, 22 July 2018 08:00 (six years ago) link
I just got this from a neighborhttps://flic.kr/p/2a7PYD7
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 18 August 2018 01:15 (six years ago) link
that is wonderful
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Saturday, 18 August 2018 01:39 (six years ago) link
It really commits to the concept
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 18 August 2018 01:50 (six years ago) link
spotted in the wild
https://i.imgur.com/CiUVp7D.png
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 19:36 (six years ago) link
points off for neither rock nor sock being visible
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 19:38 (six years ago) link
yeah what's that doctor doing, take of the boot jeez
― niels, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
$6.90 looks pricey for that LP(?)
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 21:24 (six years ago) link
that cover raises a lot of questions
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 23:52 (six years ago) link
jfc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_hsC0xUhUU
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 00:27 (six years ago) link
this almost sounds like music recorded specifically for children, like it's about losing a tooth or something
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 00:28 (six years ago) link
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joshuababcock/44053163232/
was staring at this the other day and thinking it would really be perfect if the flute was playing a saxophone, for maximum "I JUST HAD SEX IN THE EARLY 80s" cliche-ness
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 21:18 (six years ago) link
er//c1.staticflickr.com/2/1877/44053163232_2255f5b8fa.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 21:20 (six years ago) link
I mean I guess it *is* smoking but still
the piano looks dejected; like it's recoiling in shame after a bad encounter
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 21:28 (six years ago) link
"don't touch me"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
Already been posted but still excellent. Maybe was on the other thread.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 6 September 2018 17:24 (six years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/W7RfTIkJ-JtURSlq8IJmhvRPObc=/fit-in/600x589/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2493820-1507187710-3839.jpeg.jpg
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 23:45 (six years ago) link
lol wtf
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 00:04 (six years ago) link
discovered that via his playing on a wolfgang dauner record!
― no lime tangier, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 00:25 (six years ago) link
I didn't even notice the tits on the guitar too, awesome.
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 00:26 (six years ago) link
And the tailpiece makes a crotch and defines the thighs. Stay classy, Pierre!
― nickn, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 00:34 (six years ago) link
Taking a Dump in My Guitar amirite
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 02:05 (six years ago) link
Boy, I used to have a lot of free time for this stuff.
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
What are you up to these days, Alex?
― growing up in publix (morrisp), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 15:43 (six years ago) link
I don't find this one yawnsome at all, but I wasn't sure where else to put it, and I recently learned of its existence (Herb Ellis gave Larson guitar lessons in exchange for drawing this cover)
https://www.joesalbums.com/images/product/ellis-mitchell-doggin-around-record-lp.jpeg
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 8 October 2018 15:33 (six years ago) link
That's actually pretty cool and I want a t-shirt for The Stuffed Cat
― DEATH PUPPET (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 8 October 2018 22:00 (six years ago) link
fuck yes
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 8 October 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
If I ever release a solo record I may title it "Live at the Stuffed Cat"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 8 October 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
I looked at this like "That's a Gary Larson cover, isn't it?" and then I saw the signature at the bottom.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Friday, 9 November 2018 10:58 (six years ago) link
http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/343/cover_2423161142016_r.jpg
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Saturday, 10 November 2018 00:19 (six years ago) link
Incredible. Where tf do these keep coming from?
― flappy bird, Saturday, 10 November 2018 02:46 (six years ago) link
the 70s my friend, the decade that is now in its 5th decade
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 10 November 2018 02:52 (six years ago) link
swear I've been hearing "that's so 70s" as a positive descriptor a lot more in the past 1-2 years
― flappy bird, Saturday, 10 November 2018 03:18 (six years ago) link
everything is folding over on us
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/pauldoyle/AOOFC%20BLOG%20ALBUM%20PHOTOS%202/JackBruceBillLordanRobinTrower-BLT-1981.jpg
Jack Bruce/ Bill Lordan/ Robin Trower, "B.L.T."
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 00:58 (six years ago) link
Dave Peabody & Colin Earl - Frets & Keys. Ex Mungo Jerry guys play the pub rock. Looks dull.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41YL8LD0U%2BL._SX355_.jpg
― GG Allin: The Musical (Matt #2), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:39 (six years ago) link
LOL that is so lame.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:41 (six years ago) link
Circa - Valley Of The Windmill, featuring Billy Sherwood of shit era Yes fame.
http://melodicrock.com/sites/default/files/field/image/circa-valleyofthewindmill.jpg
― GG Allin: The Musical (Matt #2), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:42 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/wA0J9OB.jpggene simmons, asshole (2004)
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 01:51 (six years ago) link
“my popularity among women is indicated by this album cover in which i paid 11 to pose”
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 02:55 (six years ago) link
some great covers today. that BLT looks good
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 03:22 (six years ago) link
But the windmill isn't in a valley, it's on a hill. Why would you put a windmill in a valley? The album should be called Hill of the Windmill.
Or "Valley From Which You Can See the Windmill". Imagine if it was called Whirlpool of the Meerkats or Ocean of the Spiders. It wouldn't make sense. I'm sure there are whirlpools from which you can see meerkats but that doesn't narrow things down enough.
Otherwise every place on Earth would be called Location From Which You Can See the Moon, except for caves.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 19:44 (six years ago) link
I think the windmill rules over the valley with its metallic sails of doom, is the idea. Ocean of the Spiders would've been better for sure.
― GG Allin: The Musical (Matt #2), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/507/MI0001507434.jpg?partner=allrovi.comOzark Mountain Daredevils - 'The Car Over The Lake Album'
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
p sure it's upthread but it's v good
― niels, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 18:58 (six years ago) link
I figured, it's getting hard to keep track
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
Toefat - Toefat
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dw9t5A4XgAANkWy.jpg:large
― Neil S, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 16:08 (six years ago) link
That Toe Fat cover used to freak me out in the record store when I was a kid. And they had a second album, what the hell is that stuff?
https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1139/1387337035_68be94e9a8_b.jpg
― composed of atoms just as all posters have been (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 16:18 (six years ago) link
It's mostly the leavings from a roast chicken I think? I've looked at that second LP a few times but I had never even noticed the characters from the first LP (even the lamb!) before.
I think these Toe Fat records are too weird to be fully yawnsome. And the toes themselves are maybe not fat enough to be literal?
― Tim, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 16:26 (six years ago) link
(Always a strange kind of pleasure to see them though)
― Tim, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 16:32 (six years ago) link
Both designed by Hipgnosis.
― composed of atoms just as all posters have been (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 16:35 (six years ago) link
Not literal though are they?
― Never Turn Your Back On Virginia Woolf (Tom D.), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 16:42 (six years ago) link
kind of amazing how small they made the people in that second, equally disgusting one. they are very easily missed subtleties!
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 18:41 (six years ago) link
yeah I agree the first one isn't strictly literal, but it seemed to good/weird not to share
― Neil S, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 18:46 (six years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/BkpaWcxq-TpVin_LxFQobA6i7tw=/fit-in/600x591/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2617200-1326637906.jpeg.jpg
― enochroot, Thursday, 21 March 2019 22:56 (five years ago) link
Ronnie Paisley's Band, "Smoking Mirror"
https://img.discogs.com/TEFKfcEMDJlYHPz1nmmbkhCRXy0=/fit-in/280x281/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2757899-1351346521-7473.jpeg.jpg
― Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 11:18 (five years ago) link
https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=zIeiqKL5aUtNMTmhSi8IqB_TZlp6n_cq-Emr2zx15tU=&f=6
Pile - Green and Gray
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 6 May 2019 06:42 (five years ago) link
I did not know until today that this album existed. REO Speedwagon - The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/REO_-_The_Earth_A_Small_Man_album_cover.jpg
― confusementalism (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 15:21 (five years ago) link
The Earth, a Huge Man, His Huge Dog, and a Huge Chicken more like.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 13 June 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
O V Wright: A Nickel, A Nail and The Ace of Spades (tremendous record BTW)
https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/957/MI0002957297.jpg
― Tim, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 09:37 (five years ago) link
Ugh (but agree about this being a great record)
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 12:32 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/lx2J4Ji.jpg
― hoostanbank de reason lyrics mp4 hd video download (unregistered), Thursday, 18 July 2019 01:32 (five years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51kRyQ4j9OL._SX355_.jpg
there should be a thread for depressingly bad covers of jazz albums.
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 18 July 2019 02:05 (five years ago) link
Saw this at the record store the other day:
https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/455/MI0003455453.jpg(Charles Earland - Earland's Jam)
― Tuomas, Saturday, 20 July 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Contrastsgarner.jpg
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 20 September 2019 21:11 (five years ago) link
DB Band - Stranger In The Alps(this is a Supergrass offshoot btw)
https://img.discogs.com/DHryQdBFLDSd0UXvNg_O5RAdYw0=/fit-in/551x551/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3139282-1317583008.png.jpg
― funnel spider ESA (Matt #2), Sunday, 22 September 2019 11:30 (five years ago) link
This thread started before my children were born. They're teenagers now. Odd, that.
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
Argent - In Deep. A Hipgnosis cover apparently.
https://img.discogs.com/Sh-RbZVRyWWrZLiUxka-WYZuDP4=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7262297-1443098696-2414.jpeg.jpg
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 19:55 (five years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Holding_Back_The_River.jpg
wet wet wet - holding back the river
― visiting, Thursday, 31 October 2019 14:06 (five years ago) link
LOL, shocker
― Michael Oliver of Penge Wins £5 (Tom D.), Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
This one isn't yawnsome, in fact I kind of like it...
https://img.discogs.com/KZUfJkxp0l1Q-Lae_rwr0vkGxnQ=/fit-in/600x602/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1386976-1215255157.jpeg.jpg
― Michael Oliver of Penge Wins £5 (Tom D.), Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:11 (five years ago) link
Sucks when you're trying to hold back the river and you got an itch on your nose... hate that
― Evan, Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:51 (five years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81Sb2BqrgeL._SY355_.jpg
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
This is the front cover of Rufus's Seal In Red:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71xm4y%2Bl-ML._SX355_.jpg
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
and this is what the back of it looks like:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81n4sxybdqL._SX355_.jpg
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
No pinnipeds were harmed in the making of this album cover.
― Michael Oliver of Penge Wins £5 (Tom D.), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link
Genulol at that. Magnificent.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:15 (five years ago) link
totally got the giggles when i saw that in the record shop tbh
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 18:27 (five years ago) link
Two Guns - Balls Outhttps://www.discogs.com/Two-Guns-Balls-Out/master/635584
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 23:41 (five years ago) link
Just spotted in the wild
I almost feared to click on that link tbh.
― 'Skills' Wallace (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 23:44 (five years ago) link
It’s really the back cover that clinches it
They could’ve thrown an apostrophe in there I suppose
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 28 November 2019 00:20 (five years ago) link
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2969476577_16.jpg
A Tuba to Cuba
If it sells well, they're going to take a guitar to Qatar
― sbahnhof, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/OU3nyACh38JZ3PXfl-4h-YwYL44=/fit-in/600x603/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1131497-1537042584-4720.jpeg.jpg
― enochroot, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 01:47 (five years ago) link
that's just sad
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 02:09 (five years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/X-c5Nxky74tKF8ZsxmUdKvxgVfs=/fit-in/600x589/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8197527-1456962625-8746.jpeg.jpg
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 07:29 (five years ago) link
I think the horrible animal mutilation makes that one a bit more than just yawnsomely literal.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 10:53 (five years ago) link
Also, to be pedantic, Snakefinger is the name of the artist not the album.
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 12:17 (five years ago) link
it's a great record tho
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 14:45 (five years ago) link
And that Grosswendy is astounding
-wendt
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 14:46 (five years ago) link
High Fido-elity.
― nickn, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 17:38 (five years ago) link
Johnny Lytle, "Fast Hands"
https://www.recordsbymail.com/uploads/3-11-16-6/682749.jpg
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link
The Big Ball
https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/323995923942_/Collectors-Warner-Reprise-Loss-Leader-2-LP-Sampler.jpg
― A breezy pop-rock feel fairly typical of the mid-'80s (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/xixCaUoa5Ar3A4ZwA933l-YKzHI=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6872771-1428439195-9099.jpeg.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:45 (five years ago) link
Ha ha, love it
― Don’t yell ‘Judas!’ in a crowded theater (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:47 (five years ago) link
Whoa, Goose Creek Symphony almost simultaneously on two different threads and from two different posters.
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:49 (five years ago) link
tbh one led to the other
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:50 (five years ago) link
Seemed to good to be true.
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:51 (five years ago) link
Spotify just threw this at me
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71bfzR--nOL._SX355_.jpg
Steve Cropper, Pops Staples, and Albert King: Jammed Together
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 23 January 2020 08:07 (five years ago) link
I have flipped past Rufus' Seal in Red in the bins countless times, yet never looked at the back cover. That one's amazing. (xpost to 2 months ago)
― A perfect transcript of a routine post (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 23 January 2020 14:46 (five years ago) link
Man that Cropper/Staples/King album is pretty cool. Never heard of it before.
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 23 January 2020 19:24 (five years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/L1-b1AlEocU0FUGhD_5RcqhXGwo=/fit-in/500x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2338452-1277994046.jpeg.jpg
Irma Thomas - In Between Tears
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 24 January 2020 07:17 (five years ago) link
Ouch.
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Friday, 24 January 2020 07:32 (five years ago) link
Such a great record though.
― Tim, Friday, 24 January 2020 11:42 (five years ago) link
There should be a thread for "I have a friend that draws" album covers
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 24 January 2020 14:04 (five years ago) link
I'd like to make one called "The Heat Is On" and it's just a finger pointing to a thermostat that clearly has an switch in the "on" position
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 24 January 2020 14:41 (five years ago) link
Or maybe even better, not a real thermostat, just a very crude, old-looking switch labeled "HEAT" with "ON" and "OFF labels for the positions.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 24 January 2020 14:42 (five years ago) link
Dragon - Fallen Angel
https://img.discogs.com/j9u_B19LlvLFgFi4L5gx_hBJEKk=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-2041143-1260305011.jpeg.jpg
― it's after the end of the world (Matt #2), Friday, 24 January 2020 15:07 (five years ago) link
Bob Lenox, "Leanin' on the Wall"
https://img.discogs.com/uOKnyPVTtza01kKb6-jcsgSKtPA=/fit-in/596x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5342290-1391612178-7643.jpeg.jpg
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Sunday, 26 January 2020 19:35 (five years ago) link
Okay, that one is kind of freaking me out with its yawnsome literalness.
― TS: Kirk/Spock vs. Marat/Sade (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 January 2020 19:45 (five years ago) link
NOT impressed with that guy's leaning technique
― nothing in the dialog (unregistered), Sunday, 26 January 2020 22:06 (five years ago) link
at least they didn't call it "Hands in my Pants"
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 27 January 2020 18:48 (five years ago) link
I can't help but assume they had one photo of the guy and then just decided what to call the album based on the photo
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 27 January 2020 18:49 (five years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/N3IZx2Mbksr-rIrQhtKjTDyguTQ=/fit-in/421x421/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3627558-1337958130-1022.jpeg.jpgseveral yawnsome layers of literal here: Jim Horn, 'Jim's Horns'
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 06:09 (five years ago) link
i kinda love the images
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 13:04 (five years ago) link
that bob lenox is what it's all about baby
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:08 (five years ago) link
Jim Horn image is very meme
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:28 (five years ago) link
the surfers, on the rockshttps://img.discogs.com/1hdwN5kr1gdbiZluUs_F9VTRIgI=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1855534-1248094714.jpeg.jpg
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:35 (five years ago) link
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:35 (five years ago) link
a lot of the "on the rocks" albums—and there are a lot—are pretty bad but not nec yawnsomely literal.
i would like them to be standing on surfboards on top of those rocks please
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:37 (five years ago) link
the cover for wailing souls' on the rocks has me confused, however.https://img.discogs.com/foYSWABLprWb85l-qK0BsdHsfEw=/fit-in/600x588/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-602316-1209022645.jpeg.jpg
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:38 (five years ago) link
uh, fellas, that's hay
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:39 (five years ago) link
Bit late here, but: a flute is not a horn, Jim.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:39 (five years ago) link
how bout we change it to wailing souls hit the hay? no?
Jim's Horns and also Jim's Flute
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:40 (five years ago) link
\o/
― emil.y, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:42 (five years ago) link
"On the Bales"
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:43 (five years ago) link
Jim's Winds
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:44 (five years ago) link
Anyone remember the one season mid-70s US television show On the Rocks?
― TS: Kirk/Spock vs. Marat/Sade (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:45 (five years ago) link
Would shop at Jim's Winds for surexpost
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:45 (five years ago) link
wailing souls cover reminds me when my wife and i were looking to get some hay bales for a halloween party. her country-fried coworker says "you don't want hay you want straw-hay. hay-hay's got chopped up snakes and shit in there." i think of this at least a few times a year.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:48 (five years ago) link
the lesson: ask for straw hay, people.
I'm very anxious about getting The Surfers double bass back to shore without salt water damage.
― file of unknown origin (bendy), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:50 (five years ago) link
My computer might explode if I open all messages but was it this thread that had a big exploration of "Many Moods Of..." albums?
― emil.y, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:52 (five years ago) link
^ Albums covers that depict the artists hanging out with their clones?
― nothing in the dialog (unregistered), Thursday, 30 January 2020 07:59 (five years ago) link
Cool thread.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 January 2020 08:00 (five years ago) link
Wilbury Jam, the complete works:
...A Good Spread (1980):https://i.imgur.com/fSV7MoJ.jpg
...A Second Helping (1990):https://i.imgur.com/JEKbPWo.jpg
A Silver Spoonful (2002):https://i.imgur.com/tgirrpu.jpg
― nothing in the dialog (unregistered), Thursday, 30 January 2020 08:09 (five years ago) link
... also on the 'Horrible Album Titles Like...' thread!
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 January 2020 08:10 (five years ago) link
broad crossover appeal
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:07 (five years ago) link
unreg, yes, thank you!
― emil.y, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:27 (five years ago) link
http://www.rockofages.uk.com/stock/60753.jpgStatus Quo - Blue for You
― closed beta (NotEnough), Monday, 17 February 2020 10:49 (five years ago) link
Rush, "Moving Pictures"
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Rush-Moving-Pictures-Album-Cover-web-optimised-820.jpg
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Saturday, 22 February 2020 23:25 (five years ago) link
That one has always felt super corny to me because of the triple pun.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 07:39 (four years ago) link
Gentle Giant - Free Handhttps://img.discogs.com/GVpcIOIYBgq82l-VlB1j7iNbygM=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-367166-1387108842-2106.jpeg.jpg
At the last minute, the art director got worried this wasn't obvious enough, so added some Bound Hands for contrast.
― enochroot, Friday, 6 March 2020 02:23 (four years ago) link
Has been posted before tbh.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Friday, 6 March 2020 07:45 (four years ago) link
John Mayall, "Looking Back"
https://img.discogs.com/ZqeAVaCWjvBO3Mrj9ho1_PB9UBY=/fit-in/600x596/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8650272-1472158772-3150.jpeg.jpg
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Saturday, 25 April 2020 00:22 (four years ago) link
The High Level Ranters, "Four in a Bar" (which I'm assuming is a musical pun, which makes it even better)
https://img.discogs.com/yHugEgrnlQpPD2HsPcnhitnLqf4=/fit-in/500x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2960386-1309261187.jpeg.jpg
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 May 2020 11:15 (four years ago) link
... those two covers go nicely together.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 May 2020 11:27 (four years ago) link
I've never contributed anything here but this might be the most consistently satisfying thread I know of. Bless you all.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 3 May 2020 12:58 (four years ago) link
This one's probably a bit subtle for this thread but I like it...
Widowmaker, "Too Late to Cry"
https://img.discogs.com/kZXliSvEGXYkQeJ0ENlw_XIWu_E=/fit-in/600x597/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3670190-1481569447-4547.jpeg.jpg
... the cat has spilled the milk, DO YOU SEE?
― Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 00:07 (four years ago) link
Wild Turkey – You & Me In The Jungle
https://img.discogs.com/FKDqXEJtNfTG8KLZJSPsqO-ZX1U=/fit-in/600x586/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8644357-1465796994-1821.jpeg.jpg
― all things must pasteurize (Matt #2), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 00:29 (four years ago) link
*gulp*
― Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 07:56 (four years ago) link
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - Reaching for the World
https://img.discogs.com/Z_R9ms5G6JkyFnUeuc4AaS5RRi0=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-327763-1172921636.jpeg.jpg
― visiting, Sunday, 24 May 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
bahahaha
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 24 May 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
yawnsomely literal and also forced and nonsensical
https://i.imgur.com/F1g1r6a.png
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 13 August 2020 09:20 (four years ago) link
“does what it says on the package”
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 13 August 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
that's a really nice cover tho
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:28 (four years ago) link
i do love it. great record too tbh.
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 14 August 2020 03:12 (four years ago) link
Humble Pie, Go for the Throathttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Humble_Pie_Go_for_the_throat_album_cover.jpg
― Get your filthy hands off my asp (morrisp), Friday, 14 August 2020 22:20 (four years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Image_Knock_On_Wood_cover.jpg
Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 18:49 (four years ago) link
https://ecsmedia.pl/c/down-to-earth-b-iext55324715.jpg
Down to Earth - Eddie Floyd
― visiting, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 18:57 (four years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Beggar_On_A_Beach_Of_Gold.jpg
Mike & the Mechanics: <i>Beggar on a Beach of Gold</i>
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 21 November 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link
Oh my.
― Naughty Boys Hoo! (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 November 2020 23:19 (four years ago) link
The well just never goes dry.
― enochroot, Sunday, 22 November 2020 01:54 (four years ago) link
Chris Rea, "God's Great Banana Skin"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/God%27s_Great_Banana_Skin.jpg
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 28 November 2020 18:14 (four years ago) link
Has this ever been posted here?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/Beatles_-_Abbey_Road.jpg
It just hit me that this "iconic" album title and cover is actually horribly unimaginative, literally named after the fucking recording studio and the cover is just them walking on a road. It's not far off from calling a song "Untitled Original." Still one of my favorite records of all time.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 30 November 2020 06:11 (four years ago) link
In 1970, the studio was renamed from EMI in honour of the group's 1969 album Abbey Road.
― visiting, Monday, 30 November 2020 06:32 (four years ago) link
could have counted if they had dressed up as monks
― Running up that hill but fleeting (a deal with Gop) (breastcrawl), Monday, 30 November 2020 06:58 (four years ago) link
Is "God's great banana skin" some known expression/metaphor that I'm just not familiar with, or did Rea come up with it himself? What does it even mean?
― Tuomas, Monday, 30 November 2020 07:54 (four years ago) link
Ah, it's explained at the Wiki page for the title song:
Rea was inspired to write the song after he noticed his daughter was tempted to laugh at "somebody who'd been giving her a hard time". Rea told John Pidgeon in 1992: "I told her 'don't laugh when people go down even if they've been awful to you because you're tempting God to throw you a banana skin'. It's half moral and half superstition. Anybody who's done me a disservice in life, and I see them go down, you get tempted to laugh. I don't know whether it's superstition or not, or I daren't laugh just in case God throws me a banana skin as well."
― Tuomas, Monday, 30 November 2020 07:56 (four years ago) link
xp ok whatever named after the road the studio is on, still extremely uninspired
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 06:30 (four years ago) link
it had no weighted meaning to anyone else before they named the album that though!
― huge rant (sic), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 08:51 (four years ago) link
That banana skin just doesn't seem that great imho.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 09:21 (four years ago) link
Shel Silverstein - "Crouchin' On The Outside"
https://i.imgur.com/CQID7kV.jpg
― huge rant (sic), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 09:29 (four years ago) link
Bizarre.
― ILXceptionalism (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 11:35 (four years ago) link
killer cover imo
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 13:20 (four years ago) link
yeah that's extremely weird and striking, and I'm also confused about what the title means - is that an idiom or a play on an idiom?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 14:57 (four years ago) link
he looks feral
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
all-time cover. terrified me as a kid.
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
in my cover-connections fantasy, i like to imagine that black sabbaths paranoid is his hallucinating POV and this is the reverse shot, as you calmly approach.
"Shel? Shel? Why dont you come inside and have some water bud, OK? Nice and easy" "grmfmrmrmSWORD?!"
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 16:29 (four years ago) link
lmao definitely looks like he's in the midst of a trip that's starting to go bad
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 17:00 (four years ago) link
Okay, it turns out I know nothing about Shel Silverstein, I thought he wrote a couple of books for kids and that was about it. What an interesting dude.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
(I say this not just from the cover posted here, it spurred me on to read more about him)
― emil.y, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 18:57 (four years ago) link
I think everyone at some point has that same realization, extremely interesting dude
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 18:59 (four years ago) link
I love that song he wrote "Big Four Poster Bed"
― meditate in my direction (morrisp), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 19:14 (four years ago) link
Silverstein is the best and that's as good a picture of him as i've ever seenand yeah "hey did you know BOY NAMED SUE etc etc" but how about thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMuQTN7Xo4w
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 21:33 (four years ago) link
very thankful the youtube clip of that song does not feature yawnsomely literal cover art
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 21:41 (four years ago) link
friggin hapsburg chin there!
― brimstead, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 23:02 (four years ago) link
black flags damaged belongs here imo, honestly a pretty LOL cover
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 16:29 (four years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/H5Q74sYOX_k0J_7qPCYMeSf0e3k=/fit-in/600x601/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6842321-1427766011-5427.jpeg.jpg
Ferlin Husky – Sittin' On A Rainbow
― visiting, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 02:26 (four years ago) link
good one, love "the world on a string" to go with it
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 04:19 (four years ago) link
first track is "I've Got The World On A String"!!
― visiting, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 05:04 (four years ago) link
Looks like this excellently monikered dude has some others:https://img.discogs.com/RvUIbxwomB4pmtWbrPZrn1XYW6U=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-6625053-1475120554-6305.jpeg.jpg
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 05:10 (four years ago) link
(God, do I wish his self-titled LP depicted him rubbing the belly of a big husky dog)
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 05:11 (four years ago) link
lol I read that as "Feelin Husky"
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 05:12 (four years ago) link
Frottin' Husky.
― nickn, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 06:32 (four years ago) link
Good work from Ferlin there.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 12:00 (four years ago) link
in today's edition of Phrases that, when you see them, you inexplicably start singing them to the melody of something else (and then will forever be associated with that):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgS1_-oWkzY
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 12:24 (four years ago) link
also, was immediately reminded of Feargal Sharkey (yeah, yeah), but Mr Husky actually predates him by quite a lot.
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 12:25 (four years ago) link
Thanks to Kenny Everett I am familiar with this classic track by Ferlin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH-kykDYQw0
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 12:53 (four years ago) link
NV knew where it was at.
― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Thursday, 10 March 2005 00:51 (fifteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 13:21 (four years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/_UEzfnBDRzsZOTrctODuLR43lxw=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1153716-1581377233-1938.jpeg.jpg
Up Pops Ramsey Lewis
― visiting, Thursday, 31 December 2020 23:49 (four years ago) link
i don't think this ever showed up here, surprisingly
https://img.discogs.com/oQGy5QUc-KFBfZgVixHQwFRPf30=/fit-in/600x586/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-915034-1333909319.jpeg.jpg
Can - Opener
― visiting, Saturday, 13 February 2021 19:49 (four years ago) link
1981 seems decidedly late to the party for yawnsomely literal album covers, but there you have it.https://img.discogs.com/qE3cWACkDDqtCPgFi2fBVcz03Zw=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-465716-1289888832.jpeg.jpgBob James - Hands Down
― enochroot, Monday, 8 March 2021 00:39 (three years ago) link
Yawnsome literalness can strike at any time in any era.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Monday, 8 March 2021 09:55 (three years ago) link
That's a cool cover - I'd contend literal but not yawnsome. Is the album any good?
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 19:08 (three years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/Ykrl4lQk3EtfUcdChCG2kdq0jaI=/fit-in/600x593/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5819875-1547613772-2920.jpeg.jpg
Teddy Charles - Vibe-Rant
― bulb after bulb, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
Just 40 minutes of Teddy vocally berating his tuned percussion.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 16:28 (three years ago) link
really love that cover
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
that is awesome!
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
beautiful cover. looks like that heavy, glossy kind of cardboard sleeve, too.
― honkin' on bobo, honkin' with my feet ten feet off of beale (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
would buy for 4.98 3.98
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
Jimmy Cleveland - Map of Jimmy Cleveland
https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0411/02/jimmy-cleveland-map-mint-orig-1959_1_4ffdcafb8f22a433fa06b7131998b0ac.jpg
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:10 (three years ago) link
https://d1e9ycqe323hkh.cloudfront.net/items/400701802819.jpg
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
love that teddy charles cover. Also, teddy charles is really good.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
1981 seems decidedly late to the party for yawnsomely literal album covers, but there you have it.
It's 2021 and Zara Larsson Poster Girl wants the party to carry on.
https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-covers/500/0005/339/0005339223.jpg
― punning display, Sunday, 21 March 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/OrAxIXX.jpg
― skip, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
This thread is an embarrassment of riches
― enochroot, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 23:12 (three years ago) link
wow "Lipseye"
― sgt. pepper's one-and-only bobo honkin' band (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 8 April 2021 00:10 (three years ago) link
hoping thats pronounced "Lie-Psi"
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 8 April 2021 05:51 (three years ago) link
now do Lipseye Buck-in’-Ham
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 8 April 2021 06:00 (three years ago) link
I don't understand why they didn't call their record "Reaching for Gulls." I do respect the pixelated font though
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 8 April 2021 15:05 (three years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/AnpEa0iC0U3GMABZT59glEV94tM=/fit-in/493x484/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2573356-1291136278.jpeg.jpg
Allan Clarke – Headroom
― visiting, Monday, 12 April 2021 01:20 (three years ago) link
Nice.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Monday, 12 April 2021 08:53 (three years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/KDP4nddocRpGB0gbtkZXS0PQCnI=/fit-in/375x373/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7131791-1434421699-9183.jpeg.jpg
― Indexed, Monday, 12 April 2021 13:38 (three years ago) link
Enticing.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Monday, 12 April 2021 13:43 (three years ago) link
Nailed it!
― nickn, Monday, 12 April 2021 16:47 (three years ago) link
also a very viable title
― sgt. pepper's one-and-only bobo honkin' band (Doctor Casino), Monday, 12 April 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link
Hopefully not a duplicate of, like, an unlabelled dead link from 2004. (Whatnauts - On the Rocks)
https://img.discogs.com/2dg2s__1WYtMGc7asKF4_3Kn7HM=/fit-in/586x573/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1910855-1336028273.jpeg.jpg
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 03:05 (three years ago) link
Doubly yawnsomely literal.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 09:07 (three years ago) link
still looking pretty cool tbh, dig that title design
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 11:55 (three years ago) link
While we're on the rocks, seems like this has to already be here somewhere, but didn't find it:
https://www.discogs.com/Deep-Purple-Deep-Purple-In-Rock/master/1439#images/7097910
Deep Purple - In Rock
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
oops https://img.discogs.com/fO6FEybVIJxqX31bpi3tSYPYpD0=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1849291-1340887670-6848.jpeg.jpg
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
https://e-cdns-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/0874665ef50a151c6d1b6d0566b3ce41/500x500.jpgRusty Wier • Black Hat Saloon
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link
That's kind of amazing faux Hipgnosis work
― Shaidar Logoff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 02:27 (three years ago) link
I have a feeling this is sardonically the other way round, as in the image came first and they literally named the album after it.
Motorpsycho - Still Life With Eggplant
https://www.discogs.com/release/4469750-Still-Life-With-Eggplant/images
― Legitimate Interest (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 09:05 (three years ago) link
I love that, aside from the band logo, Kim Hiorthøy did the layout as one of his Rune Grammofon covers. Same typeface and all.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 11:11 (three years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61Mz4uB5eML._SL1050_.jpg
Album covers featuring literally yawnsome cover art
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
In memory of Tawny Kitaen:https://sleazeroxx.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2018-08-23-at-12.19.58-AM-e1534998039712.png(…though I guess they’re technically mice)https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81dYq65Y20L._AC_SL1417_.jpg
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Saturday, 8 May 2021 15:51 (three years ago) link
Addie Harper & the Wick Trio, "On the Road By the River"
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/jvsAAOSw8xxchWgJ/s-l1600.jpg
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Thursday, 13 May 2021 10:10 (three years ago) link
lol, going beyond yawnsomely literal to the level of "google image search results for said album's title"
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Love_bomb_album_cover.jpg
The Tubes - Love Bomb
― visiting, Thursday, 24 June 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
This one cracks me up whenever I see it... someone decided at the last minute that the cover needed some yawnsome literal-ness.
https://img.discogs.com/OO8CB-49rpIHLnhVJbTgulb9TXQ=/fit-in/600x592/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-242463-1555774616-6361.jpeg.jpg
René & Angela – Wall To Wall
― visiting, Thursday, 24 June 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
they knew that you haven't really made it until you're in this thread
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 25 June 2021 15:55 (three years ago) link
it also positions itself quite awesomely literally as a follow-up to MJ’s Off the Wall...https://media.s-bol.com/k2xPMDGL7Z4N/550x554.jpg...which is a prime example of the thread premise itself (and may or may not have been posted here before)
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Friday, 25 June 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Worlds_in_Collision_%28album%29.jpg
Pere Ubu - Worlds in Collision
― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 13:49 (three years ago) link
Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71%2BG3i1DcuL._AC_SX355_.jpg
― SPaDs (Matt #2), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 14:01 (three years ago) link
That Pere Ubu cover might be the worst cover I've ever seen
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link
I originally posted this in the metal thread. Defacement, s/t:
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1502519686_10.jpg
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link
Literally yawnsome (sort of)
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 15:57 (three years ago) link
Michael Henderson - Slingshothttps://img.discogs.com/2SHNGY3DIM6qdG--SFP6VS9_sZo=/fit-in/600x591/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-546162-1550431823-6592.jpeg.jpg
― enochroot, Monday, 19 July 2021 00:02 (three years ago) link
Because THE MAN wouldn't let it be called Banana Hammock.
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 19 July 2021 00:26 (three years ago) link
before my eyes focused, i read the towel and the dangling jacket sleeves as being his arms... like he was some Aphex Twin monster man or something
― I honk along darkened Bobo-doors (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 July 2021 01:53 (three years ago) link
XP - I actually think "Slingshot" is just subtle enough to tip it from yawnsome to hilarious.
― enochroot, Monday, 19 July 2021 02:16 (three years ago) link
What could be holstered around his thigh?
...a slingshot, perhaps?
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Monday, 19 July 2021 07:58 (three years ago) link
Diving knife?
― peace, man, Monday, 19 July 2021 10:52 (three years ago) link
Yep, it's a diving knife. You can see it clearly on the back cover.
― enochroot, Monday, 19 July 2021 11:41 (three years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/lyCGkfdHNnDvkLt6dk6h65odJ7I=/fit-in/600x587/filters:strip_icc():format(webp):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5092900-1504286245-2511.jpeg.jpg
Bonnie Raitt – Home Plate
― visiting, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 01:03 (three years ago) link
wtf kind of slide is that?!
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 02:10 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/DancerandtheMoon.jpg
Blackmore's Night - Dancer and the Moon
― visiting, Monday, 2 August 2021 05:33 (three years ago) link
Paul McCartney, 'Pipes Of Peace'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/PaulMcCartneyalbum_-_Pipesofpeace.jpg
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Sunday, 8 August 2021 15:39 (three years ago) link
so close to actually making the peace sign out of woodwinds. ideal would be peace sign made out of plumbing, with macca in coveralls, gripping a wrench to tighten up the last leaky pipe.
― I honk along darkened Bobo-doors (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 8 August 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
I'm fixing a hole...in this drainpipe!
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 8 August 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
hahaha
― I honk along darkened Bobo-doors (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 8 August 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
http://www.website.com/image.jpeg
mick moloney strings attached
― no lime tangier, Monday, 9 August 2021 01:23 (three years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/nODC9JLi4nRtfDpsA_PaOtGeltY=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(webp):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5440056-1509891705-1668.jpeg.jpg
― no lime tangier, Monday, 9 August 2021 01:24 (three years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/bfJl7T162WIk4HN06UTBf6tt6Rc=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1399361-1527702103-6787.jpeg.jpgWishbone Ash - There's the Rub
― I have no couch and I must stream (NotEnough), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
I would opine that is playing on two meanings of the phrase, or illustrating a different meaning than Shakespeare intended. Great album in any event.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
For our American friends. Bowlers in cricket will routinely keep one side of the cricket ball shiny by rubbing it on their trousers - it helps the bowler to swing the ball through the air - hence the red mark on this fellow's trousrs.
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link
Thanks for that – I was assuming it was something scandalously dirty, good to know it's cricket.
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
Apparently Wishbone Ash had a penchant for literal cover art / visual puns.
Their self-titled debuthttps://img.discogs.com/qp7LLcV7Szm674gBXX6EMcL19Fg=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1689482-1237135711.jpeg.jpg
"Live Dates"https://img.discogs.com/QBF9AWP_DeXGTcJfs5nHRIFDqMc=/fit-in/600x612/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-14651473-1629802726-5495.jpeg.jpg
"Locked In"https://img.discogs.com/iSzN5gmFufYYnR22I9HU0zRfNqc=/fit-in/567x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1515738-1332861855.jpeg.jpg
― enochroot, Thursday, 9 September 2021 01:32 (three years ago) link
Don’t forget Argus (“a watchful guardian”):https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Wishbone_Ash_-_Argus.jpg
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Thursday, 9 September 2021 01:48 (three years ago) link
I didn't know what an argus was until now, so to me that's not "yawnsomely" literal.
― nickn, Thursday, 9 September 2021 02:26 (three years ago) link
Well, it’s literal cover art (per preceding post)
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Thursday, 9 September 2021 02:27 (three years ago) link
(all these Wishbone covers have a certain non-yawnsome degree of creativity to my eyes)
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Thursday, 9 September 2021 02:28 (three years ago) link
That's because they're mostly hipgnosis covers. Agree that they're a cut above the usual fare in this thread.
― enochroot, Thursday, 9 September 2021 02:46 (three years ago) link
Had genuinely never spotted the 'dates' pun before
― john landis as man being smashed into window (uncredited) (Matt #2), Thursday, 9 September 2021 21:10 (three years ago) link
A non-global-sport-specific semipun playing on a quote from a famous play... There's the Rub doesn't belong anywhere near this thread.
The self-titled I'd allow.
Hipgnosis covers are generally vile and horrendous.
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 9 September 2021 22:27 (three years ago) link
Apologies if this has been mentioned upthread (I couldn't find it) but force it/faucet:
https://img.discogs.com/UuLMNK913NlBciJKnMJnO-CJXxU=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-12143606-1529173933-2984.jpeg.jpg
― giraffe, Friday, 10 September 2021 09:28 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/BelaFleck_Drive.jpg
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 13 September 2021 03:27 (three years ago) link
"Force It" doesn't work very well in the U.S., where in most inflections "force it" and "faucet" don't sound at all alike
― Lee626, Monday, 13 September 2021 04:03 (three years ago) link
yes, that one took me a really long time to understand
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 13 September 2021 05:13 (three years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/NQyHIklwoEMwnJLB2gNErunIKrE=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1675565-1507913453-3014.jpeg.jpghttps://img.discogs.com/fImWKQOn11EBc7nWQWFz_Ocy5jo=/fit-in/599x594/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8598881-1464822541-2749.jpeg.jpghttps://img.discogs.com/UMjS_Yq4cb4PFzgbBEcICRjWD4c=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2767045-1501452915-6518.jpeg.jpghttps://img.discogs.com/FR0WjdoDr72JE8U7zfkfu8mhIgU=/fit-in/600x603/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6123023-1411638631-3923.jpeg.jpghttps://img.discogs.com/wksWv9ay6g3BfMJEL6lGcL_iZa0=/fit-in/600x591/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8558822-1464022453-8836.jpeg.jpg
― swim, Monday, 13 September 2021 05:41 (three years ago) link
And of course:
https://img.discogs.com/gCVGzRcpRCfKtI7NdecXSRFc8KY=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2756628-1529784127-9401.jpeg.jpg
― swim, Monday, 13 September 2021 05:44 (three years ago) link
It doesn't work in the UK either where no-one uses the word faucet.
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Monday, 13 September 2021 07:18 (three years ago) link
Hold on, how do Americans pronounce faucet? Fowse-it? Or force-ay?
― john landis as man being smashed into window (uncredited) (Matt #2), Monday, 13 September 2021 08:35 (three years ago) link
I imagine the point is Force It and Faucet don't sound the same... unless you're from Boston.
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Monday, 13 September 2021 08:48 (three years ago) link
Not sure what accent they would sound the same in, tbh. The vowel sounds are different, for a start.
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Monday, 13 September 2021 08:56 (three years ago) link
Maybe they sound the same in a posh Cambridge accent like the Hipgnosis chaps had.
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Monday, 13 September 2021 08:57 (three years ago) link
'British pronunciation' at the top here sounds a) like i would say it and ii) exactly like 'force it':
https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+faucet&oq=pronounce+faucet
― ledge, Monday, 13 September 2021 09:14 (three years ago) link
LOL British pronunciation
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Monday, 13 September 2021 09:25 (three years ago) link
I'm in the UK and have also always assumed it's pronounced force it (well, force ett but still very similar)
― groovypanda, Monday, 13 September 2021 09:42 (three years ago) link
fossit
― aegis philbin (crüt), Monday, 13 September 2021 09:57 (three years ago) link
I'm in the UK and I pronounce the r in force and pronounce the vowels differently in both words.
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Monday, 13 September 2021 10:05 (three years ago) link
crut otm.
― peace, man, Monday, 13 September 2021 11:59 (three years ago) link
Maybe the pun doesn't work well in the UK either. Maybe they FORCED IT
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 13 September 2021 12:26 (three years ago) link
Lenny MacDowell, "Magic Flute" (not yawnsome per se, actually kinda funny)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61FtMQVNhKS._AC_SL1420_.jpg
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/iky8Vc_hGvFQ6raJYQo1Wu5w6zM=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-2553043-1290119026.jpeg.jpg
Sonny Rollins: The Solo Album
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 18 September 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 September 2021 22:29 (three years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/0lfF5e5xfWPWKLdMlo7gRza2KiI=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-2493052-1287038615.jpeg.jpg
Tom T. Hall: We All Got Together And...
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 18 September 2021 22:52 (three years ago) link
https://e.snmc.io/i/600/s/7bbf4b6cb5edbeb0d33c341d0916654c/6284383/snowblind-snowblind-Cover-Art.jpg
Snowblind by, er, Snowblind
― it's gonna take a spiracle (Matt #2), Saturday, 18 September 2021 23:40 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Barbra_Streisand_%E2%80%93_ButterFly.jpg
Barbra Streisand: Butterfly
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 27 September 2021 18:34 (three years ago) link
I didn't know Barbra Streisand went though a phase where she decided she was so famous she could just go by "Barbra" and people would know it was her, even without a pic.
― Lee626, Monday, 27 September 2021 19:53 (three years ago) link
Just listened to her Bob Marley cover on that record. Steel drum accents for the Caribbean feeling!
― Citole Country (bendy), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 18:23 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/rFIJYpH.jpg
― Alba, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/244618429_10221010191466880_7599069972375287013_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=POgq6tJA9O4AX9jfB-b&tn=trgXPOBaEZV0ORCK&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.xx&oh=d6b41b59414dac99b01609767b99d94b&oe=61640EE0
Fable - Get The "L" Out Of Here
― nickn, Thursday, 7 October 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link
wtf?
― Starmer: "Let the children boogie, let all the children boogie." (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 October 2021 06:58 (three years ago) link
A Canadian trio I saw mentioned in a fb prog rock group. "Fabe" doesn't mean anything as far as I know, so there's no extra joke.
― nickn, Thursday, 7 October 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
such a weird way to pose that hand
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 7 October 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
With titles like this I always imagine joke-deflating stage banter at the gig as a band member explains the name of the new album.
― Citole Country (bendy), Thursday, 7 October 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link
That one is a belter. Is the hand supposed to resemble a black angel or is that just me?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 9 October 2021 10:17 (three years ago) link
I thought it was a falcon (or some bird of prey) at first, swooping down and grabbing the L.
― nickn, Saturday, 9 October 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
https://scontent-den4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/247147025_4582466975150691_9057203037831022900_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=hBOqyXcjbD4AX_G3OY3&_nc_ht=scontent-den4-1.xx&oh=cac6c4fbed598b796ce1b29051aa555e&oe=6197B0C7
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 22 October 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
Man, that title could be a great dirty pun, in the right hands
― juristic person (morrisp), Friday, 22 October 2021 23:45 (three years ago) link
It already is ("What's better than roses on your piano ...")
― nickn, Saturday, 23 October 2021 00:30 (three years ago) link
Franquito looks like he's in on the joke
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 23 October 2021 00:49 (three years ago) link
Ah, ok, lol
― juristic person (morrisp), Saturday, 23 October 2021 00:58 (three years ago) link
Fake?
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 23 October 2021 05:28 (three years ago) link
I believe so.
― nickn, Saturday, 23 October 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
franquito is real, if you believe
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Saturday, 23 October 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/cHCYkSUooAZmrLiD38QpKeFTyWE=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-3597264-1336776773-6869.jpeg.jpg
― enochroot, Monday, 25 October 2021 01:57 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/41/69/qNU2hciu_o.pngSmokey Robinson & The Miracles – A Pocket Full Of Miracles
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 22 November 2021 10:53 (three years ago) link
https://images2.imgbox.com/e1/17/lAj8ed53_o.pngTrevor Dandy – Don't Cry Little Tree
Literally a literal tree, at least.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 22 November 2021 11:03 (three years ago) link
Literally little, rather.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 22 November 2021 11:04 (three years ago) link
wtf
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Monday, 22 November 2021 12:23 (three years ago) link
That Miracles cover is A+
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 01:32 (three years ago) link
Woody & Jeremy - Gravy in my Coffeehttps://img.discogs.com/tfdNsLb1jtlKyc6l4cjMsYhIQKw=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-20309884-1632183427-8131.jpeg.jpg
― enochroot, Thursday, 16 December 2021 00:16 (three years ago) link
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/411XWBZZTTL.jpg
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 3 March 2022 03:32 (two years ago) link
To be fair, that one is kind of unavoidable: if you name your album "Circles", and there's nothing circular on the cover, then somebody in the art department was trying to get cute.
https://i.discogs.com/O7jO19p0YJvfUDA2hvLvk163TO4GKwpo-KC_hYUegs4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:398/w:400/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMxODI1/My0xMTkzMjE3NDk1/LmpwZWc.jpeg
― enochroot, Thursday, 3 March 2022 03:42 (two years ago) link
Circles is even better than that picture portrays. The vinyl had a die-cut cover around the largest photo of William and it was also a circle, of course.
(Album is decent, btw. Very Bitches Brew and Hendrix-inspired fusion.)
Fleet Foxes Shore is also another one where it's like, "Yeah, what else could possibly go on the cover?"
― Rest assured: the author of this post was smiling whilst writing it. (Austin), Thursday, 3 March 2022 03:48 (two years ago) link
^https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000518574897-blw1pa-t500x500.jpg
― Not Dork Yet (alternate toke) (morrisp), Thursday, 3 March 2022 03:56 (two years ago) link
I stand corrected.
And obviously the correct version of that cover art going forward, I've just decided. Thank you.
― Rest assured: the author of this post was smiling whilst writing it. (Austin), Thursday, 3 March 2022 04:05 (two years ago) link
Foundars 15 - Fire Womanhttps://i.discogs.com/GCdgymNGcZM2r-86gViGlLSsJYdmDQkwoXFeIe4jfg0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwOTE4/MzE0LTE1MDY1MTE4/OTAtODUyMC5qcGVn.jpeg
― enochroot, Friday, 18 March 2022 18:34 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/2LmaZ9X.png
Moon Ray - Tornado Shout
― skip, Sunday, 3 April 2022 00:41 (two years ago) link
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Eddie-Floyd-Down-To-Earth-album-cover-web-optimised-820.jpg
Eddie Floyd - Down To Earth
― enochroot, Sunday, 3 April 2022 01:15 (two years ago) link
Tangentially related: this old hype sticker.https://i.imgur.com/ATZ2ztA.jpg
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Monday, 4 April 2022 01:06 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/V8kHoEW.pngDr. John City Lights
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 8 April 2022 16:02 (two years ago) link
lol, that rules
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 8 April 2022 16:11 (two years ago) link
hey, it's a howlin wolf moaning in the moonlight
https://i.imgur.com/2XJ9QIX.jpg
― bendy, Friday, 8 April 2022 16:35 (two years ago) link
are these all the versions of you, Anitta, or do you have more?https://www.frontview-magazine.be/sites/default/files/news/174007-anitta-brengt-nieuw-album-versions-of-me-uit-1355737.jpg
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Friday, 15 April 2022 21:18 (two years ago) link
I realize this one is a mock up, but I LOLed
https://ksassets.timeincuk.net/wp/uploads/sites/55/2012/10/AlbumKateBush011012-2.jpg
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 15 April 2022 21:42 (two years ago) link
https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/754/MI0001754911.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Jonah Jones: I Dig Chicks!
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 16 April 2022 20:57 (two years ago) link
Wow.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 17 April 2022 03:07 (two years ago) link
Haha! Everyone’s having fun with that one, it looks like.
― Josefa, Sunday, 17 April 2022 03:30 (two years ago) link
Anitta cover is a bit creepy
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 17 April 2022 03:32 (two years ago) link
https://e.snmc.io/i/1200/s/e15e472e0f4f187ea10db82f00d531f6/1759628
Ambrosia: Road Island
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 23:04 (two years ago) link
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273c548d3b2a5ba7d24d3ae3d82Bisa Kdei • Break Through
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 25 June 2022 17:28 (two years ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/rJB-CoUkQ06R8jVbYrqEI4wzVwFoxHcytdNIhRcKhSY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIwOTQw/OTQtMTI2MzY1NTE5/NC5qcGVn.jpeg
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 6 July 2022 12:19 (two years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/6IUjRtIJd6AxeWJaWSP9YYwK2UA=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1672902-1235988304.jpeg.jpg
― no lime tangier, Thursday, 7 July 2022 06:12 (two years ago) link
ha, thought it said “The Book” at first. could have ..almost.. worked
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 7 July 2022 06:17 (two years ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/h0YSS0Y1q96HH8SSCqAGe44uSEjbSYDP8DmoqYIb5-0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0Nzk5/OTY5LTE1ODE4NDM0/NDktNDY1OS5qcGVn.jpeg
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 18:19 (two years ago) link
One of the other threads prompted me to look through Hipgnosis' portfolio, which was about 1% greatness and 99% terrible puns. I was slightly surprised that Herman Rarebell's Nip in the Bud wasn't a cutting-edge 1970s photo collage of e.g. a Japanese woman curled up inside a flower. Or a cartoon of a Japanese man emerging from the mouth of Bud Flanagan. I don't know.
But for every record that subverted my expectations there were e.g.:https://i.discogs.com/jmwFe8CMWGMTebwwg6Zyl025k8_rmMQcSs1TMUzDgnk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:596/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI4MTk4/ODMtMTM1MzcwMjU0/Ni01ODI4LmpwZWc.jpeghttps://i.discogs.com/HYyu7Aq6s54H_wEbN0HIO0C0kHZztznhl10nYBba12M/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:484/w:493/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1NzMz/NTYtMTI5MTEzNjI3/OC5qcGVn.jpeghttps://i.discogs.com/TA1FtI02uBHilzt6hJyWtMGtzyiNbLu9VFKR1WR9iQw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM2Mjc3/MDktMTQxODMxNTQ3/Ni0zNTk2LmpwZWc.jpeg
― Ashley Pomeroy, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 20:57 (two years ago) link
And also Big Jim's Back by Big Jim Sullivan - it's a photo of his back. But that seemed too obvious. It must have been posted already.
Scrolling through all those records I am again struck by how utterly, totally, inconceivably alien the likes of Third World War, Toe Fat, Ancient Grease, the Edgar Broughton Band etc are to my Depeche Mode-trained ears. It's as if the British music industry decided in 1970 that Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth were the future, so they signed up loads of scuzzy British blues-rock bands that sounded like Slade - but slower and without the catchy melodies - and then realised a year later that it was a bad idea and dropped them all.
Meanwhile the public rejected them, they were erased from the collective public memory by pub rock, and they never ever had a revival anywhere on Earth ever.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 21:05 (two years ago) link
would that Winkies album possibly be a Christopherson photo
also moving in between my laptop camera and my Third World War, Toe Fat, and Edgar Broughton albums just in case
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 28 July 2022 09:25 (two years ago) link
not sure if “yawnsomely” is the most appropriate adjective here:
https://queermusicheritage.com/OCT2012/mckuenLP1.jpgRod McKuen - Slide… Easy In…
(his 1978 criscodisco album)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 22:26 (two years ago) link
Well some guy slides easy in, lookin' a bit like Rod McKuenHe moves just like Crisco Disco, breath a hundred-percent listerine
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 22:39 (two years ago) link
I've always felt the first two Wire albums had brazenly literal covers. The first is simply a flagpole with a Pink Flag, and the second a table with Chairs Missing.
I find both covers charmingly artful and humourous rather than yawnsome, however. I actually laughed out loud the last time I pulled out Chairs Missing.
― The Ghost Club, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 22:53 (two years ago) link
https://images.roughtrade.com/product/images/files/000/247/141/hero/ValerieJune_UnderCover_FINAL-1656368048.jpg?1656486636
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 17 September 2022 16:52 (two years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/55/Switch-album.jpg
INXS - Switch
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Monday, 19 September 2022 04:35 (two years ago) link
I fell asleep just imagining what that cover would look like before I clicked to show image. When I woke up, yep.
― an incomprehensible borefest full of elves (hardcore dilettante), Monday, 19 September 2022 13:05 (two years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81+HX3iHzjL.jpg
― giraffe, Monday, 19 September 2022 13:37 (two years ago) link
(Forgive me if this^ one has already been done)
i'd argue this cover is AWESOMELY literal: https://i.imgur.com/OGDR6AR.jpg
the album name is "ただいま" (tadaima) which is what one might say when they've arrived home and walked in the door
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 17:00 (two years ago) link
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81B0jSP3pGL._SY355_.jpg
Jim Glaser: The Man In The Mirror
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 25 September 2022 19:06 (two years ago) link
Pallas - The Wedge
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KqhFhLrzOCM/hqdefault.jpg
― I've seen things you people wouldn't belieeeeeeve!!! (Matt #2), Sunday, 25 September 2022 21:38 (two years ago) link
Wesley Gonzalez, Wax Limousine
https://www.normanrecords.com/artwork/large/201/189201-wesley-gonzalez-wax-limousine.jpg
― ledge, Monday, 26 September 2022 14:40 (two years ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/MH2KEWl-OWOpJjBHxw59EJ1OOPSGj9Yh1LDZMpFdVus/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI0NTIw/OTQtMTI4NDgyOTMx/MS5qcGVn.jpeg
― henry s, Monday, 26 September 2022 15:57 (two years ago) link
Davy Graham - Hat. Although it's a great hat so awesomely literal I guess.
https://www.folkradio.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Davy-Graham-Hat.jpg
― pick the mouse that can reach all the cheese in the maze (Matt #2), Saturday, 8 October 2022 20:27 (two years ago) link
Bobby Beausoleil – Running With The White Wolf
https://e.snmc.io/i/1200/s/48a767129d91bd460a0ca9ed14797197/5975586
― pick the mouse that can reach all the cheese in the maze (Matt #2), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 22:26 (two years ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/-ACoUUpNl-hZbNmw66jlHMM9JCngwYBeMZ_fqROMSHY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:576/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExMjA5/MzI0LTE1MTE5MDI4/NjItOTU2My5qcGVn.jpeg
― BrianB, Thursday, 13 October 2022 18:17 (two years ago) link
that one’s fun
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link
Willis Jackson - Nothing Butt
Not exactly yawnsome, but(t)...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Nothing_Butt.jpg
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 17:07 (two years ago) link
Mike Harding - The Red Specs Album
https://i.discogs.com/ipAnkejFRnXEPT1RZPB5AtJKbzOph02hcVplpHVQB74/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:590/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQzMTE5/NDgtMTQwNjY2NTk5/Ny0xMzQxLmpwZWc.jpeg
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Sunday, 4 December 2022 07:47 (two years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Cedar%21_%28Cedar_Walton_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 12 December 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
I don't know what this show is, but I saw this promo image and it made me think of this thread:
https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/fetch/w_2000,h_2000,c_fit/https%3A%2F%2Famazonadviser.com%2Ffiles%2Fimage-exchange%2F2017%2F07%2Fie_94698.jpeg
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Monday, 12 December 2022 16:52 (two years ago) link
A few nice additions from Exclaim!'s 25 Worst Album Covers of 2022:
Vettor - Obstaclehttps://exclaim.ca/images/vettor-obstacle.jpg
Jerry Paper - Free Timehttps://exclaim.ca/images/jerry-paper-free-time-art.jpg
― enochroot, Saturday, 17 December 2022 15:19 (two years ago) link
Those are both amazing
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Saturday, 17 December 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/EeRsGIbxhoQEMg1-r0eh6WJhH7YkAyk4qIWLR5pIsw4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:595/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExODcw/NTMwLTE1MjM4MjM2/OTMtNzAxNS5qcGVn.jpeg
― no lime tangier, Monday, 2 January 2023 11:56 (two years ago) link
Paul Chambers - Go
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Go_%28Paul_Chambers_album%29.jpg
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 18:59 (two years ago) link
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/63b8bf62198393ca23dbcca4/1:1/w_600/Belle-And-Sebastian-Late-Developers.jpg
Belle & Sebastian: Late Developers
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 14 January 2023 18:44 (two years ago) link
https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/aa837f88b264f07c335e9caad9283380/6565772/don-henley-the-boys-of-summer-Cover-Art.jpg
The Boys of Summer 1998 reissue
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 19 January 2023 04:00 (two years ago) link
I can never quite get use to this embedding lark
Robert Fleischman, "World In Your Eyes"
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27305088ea6f587d62c54c940b2
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 21:41 (two years ago) link
Yolk - Solar (Yolk is the band name not the album title, but I like the image)
https://metalrock.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Yolk-Solar-2017.jpg
― nickn, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 23:10 (two years ago) link
https://shirleygnome.bandcamp.com/album/ho-down
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 03:06 (two years ago) link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Over_The_Top.jpg
― ringworm, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 10:53 (two years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Over_The_Top.jpg
― ringworm, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 10:55 (two years ago) link
Orlando Johnson & Trance, "Turn the Music On"
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273df2fb696958bc88527ac1ef7
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Friday, 3 February 2023 10:46 (two years ago) link
I'm of the opinion that punning album titles like the Cozy Powell one don't really count as yawnsomely literal. Since the Stranglers one that kicked the thread off seems to have disappeared, however, I think it needs a nudge:
https://i.discogs.com/HI-aRgs7ktYINQjbdFQjSW1TVnRqvV1is8-t1dlSVzA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM5MzE5/MzQtMTQ3MDA2NTc3/NC04MTY1LmpwZWc.jpeg
― a mix between aphex twin and nirvana with the swagger of count basie (Matt #2), Friday, 3 February 2023 10:59 (two years ago) link
Not sure if this is quite the right thread for this but it is a fine Twitter thread
Show me your favourite bad graphic design by boomer bands in the 90s… pic.twitter.com/NL4NUeVma7— Bobby Lee (@BobbyLeeBoogie) February 21, 2023
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 08:31 (two years ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/aZv7Wz6Lpv_Tyr3QifDoTOAzsmdjXq5J-YAfxt6NFuM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:592/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1OTEw/MTAtMTU3NTc1NjQx/OS0zOTk0LmpwZWc.jpeg
B.J. Cole – The New Hovering Dog
― visiting, Saturday, 25 February 2023 20:47 (one year ago) link
A+ cover
― into the crypt of ray reardon (Matt #2), Saturday, 25 February 2023 20:48 (one year ago) link
(is there anyone who has played on such a wide range of music as this guy?)
― visiting, Saturday, 25 February 2023 20:52 (one year ago) link
https://cdn.albumoftheyear.org/album/598519-the-girl-is-crying-in-her-latte_1600.jpg
Sparks - The Girl is Crying in Her Latte
― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 05:50 (one year ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/UE9c3ubeb7OXvRcg16gHJyBgTUyFZQRyw1PHaLNMS7U/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:497/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI3NjU3/MDUtMTMwMDA0MzEz/OC5qcGVn.jpeg
David Ruffing: My Whole World Ended
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 18 March 2023 20:15 (one year ago) link
https://new.openimp.com/tid/f8ad655d6b5308aafa754f27b3a053cea10de56f/fvhpcpk/foyignntpm/30266409540054.jpeg
Tommy Watt - Watts Cooking (sic)
Tommy Watt notable for a) bad album covers and b) being Ben Watt's dad (him off Everything but the Girl).
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 24 March 2023 22:14 (one year ago) link
Watt Where You Thinking
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Friday, 24 March 2023 22:32 (one year ago) link
Couple of classics of this genre discovered in the wild yesterday:
The Rubettes - Wear It's 'At
https://i.imgur.com/QX0B5Bk.jpg
Fats Domino - Fats On Fire
https://i.imgur.com/VYoEC3k.png
― "Spaghetti" Thompson (Pheeel), Thursday, 30 March 2023 13:22 (one year ago) link
more like Fighting Fire With Fats
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Thursday, 30 March 2023 13:28 (one year ago) link
True, but also the word "Fats" is literally on fire!
― "Spaghetti" Thompson (Pheeel), Thursday, 30 March 2023 13:29 (one year ago) link
oh, you’re right! a crucial detail I hadn’t noticed
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Thursday, 30 March 2023 14:15 (one year ago) link
loving Wear It's 'At
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 30 March 2023 14:32 (one year ago) link
this sounds like a disastrous idea tbh
― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Friday, 31 March 2023 10:01 (one year ago) link
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2946819062_10.jpgYaeji with a Hammer
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 17:00 (one year ago) link
sure this one's been in here before but I only just saw it the first timehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Waterbed_%28album%29.jpg
― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 14:00 (one year ago) link
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 14:11 (one year ago) link
Chris Gantry, "Motor Mouth"
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2737431336a5f15ef48793a03a3
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 June 2023 18:44 (one year ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/WVOcF_wYI9-QGwhD7YCIfrqQhvpzlK36xT0Huf4FRac/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTg3NDIy/OTQtMTU4NTg5NjUw/Mi0zODExLmpwZWc.jpeg
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 17:36 (one year ago) link
I recently (re?)discovered, via MTV Classic, that the video for Erasure's "Respect" is an amusing longform exploration of this concept (as relates to the song's lyrics):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34icYC8zA0
― Bittern Storm Over My Hammy (morrisp), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 17:50 (one year ago) link
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/64af09acc789a3a5fc5f50b2/1:1/w_320,c_limit/Cory%20Hanson-%20Western%20Cum.png
― hardcore technician gimmicks are also another popular choice f (President Keyes), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 17:53 (one year ago) link
disgusting
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 18:02 (one year ago) link
great EP but the cover fits here - how many times has this been done by now?
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273441f1e6077c84dc2d8d382de
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 18:07 (one year ago) link
returning to this one, obstacle by vettor.
https://exclaim.ca/images/vettor-obstacle.jpg
wouldn't steps make something accessible? an obstacle would be like a rabid hyena guarding the bottom step. not yawnsomelly literal imo.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 19 July 2023 18:29 (one year ago) link
for a person with mobility issues or a wheelchair user the steps would certainly be an obstacle, I guess. anyway, carry on!
― andrew m., Wednesday, 19 July 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
Maybe the band are actually facing towards the camera, and they are the obstacle to you getting up the stairs.
― enochroot, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 18:53 (one year ago) link
Ditto Daleks.
― John Donne In Concert (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link
I recently (re?)discovered, via MTV Classic, that the video for Erasure's "Respect" is an amusing longform exploration of this concept (as relates to the song's lyrics)this is incredible!
― a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 20:59 (one year ago) link
a-ha put an easter egg for Norwegians in the video for the single "Hunting High and Low": a couple of times at the word "high" in the chorus, the video shows a shark, which in Norwegian is "hai", pronounced just the same.
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 21:30 (one year ago) link
That's great!
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 21:33 (one year ago) link
...do Norwegian stoners wear shark tshirts and stuff?
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 21:34 (one year ago) link
Haha I believe not.
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 20 July 2023 13:33 (one year ago) link
Fats Domino - Sleeping on the Job
https://i.discogs.com/48GcFPGbEAaWntwB4cA860uNYgVZc-Zo9TY5uA1NeX4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:589/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyMjcw/MTItMTM2Mjg5Njg5/Ny0xMDIwLmpwZWc.jpeg
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 14:58 (one year ago) link
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61+JoSpVL6L.jpg
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 15:01 (one year ago) link
I was hoping for something similar for I’m Walking or Walking To New Orleans, but no.the poignant simplicity of Here Stands Fats Domino more than makes up for it tho:https://media.s-bol.com/g5y7v61QVG1j/550x550.jpgapparently this variation also exists:https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=gZzssbWd2077MQglSR2_Bg4Q1ghY8VaPylnm7PwcKNY=&f=4see also (not too far) upthread for Fats On Fire.
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 17:40 (one year ago) link
Gunther Andernach, the sleeve designer, is also a washboard player
― serving aunt (stevie), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 21:49 (one year ago) link
Boyd Tinsley - True Reflections
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71-nJINcvML._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 21:35 (one year ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/-YbRY-JutkXaY4Pcq6QJtxxZcEpdbYBHtW0_xtQXFuI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:583/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2OTM4/NzktMTU4MTY3MDY4/Mi04NzAwLmpwZWc.jpeg
Huey Lewis & the News - Small World
― Kim Kimberly, Sunday, 6 August 2023 17:19 (one year ago) link
Ralph McTell, "Sand In Your Shoes"
https://i.discogs.com/2EXmKot-FF1tn9GFZKWzQ-W23n3_AsqudrhMrOAszsk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:509/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM5NDIz/ODQtMTQ2MjAxMjMx/Mi00NTA3LmpwZWc.jpeg
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Saturday, 19 August 2023 10:10 (one year ago) link
Suzi Quatro and KT Tunstall have released an album called “Face to Face”. You’ll never guess what it looks like. https://tinnitist.com/2023/08/11/albums-of-the-week-suzi-quatro-kt-tunstall-face-to-face/
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 19 August 2023 10:24 (one year ago) link
Dee Dee Warwick, "Turning Around"
https://www.discogs.com/master/348376-Dee-Dee-Warwick-Turning-Around/image/SW1hZ2U6MjAwNzE0MTk=
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Saturday, 14 October 2023 22:58 (one year ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/UuSaP9J3irZK1tzLXc-TuYreDKwLs91Ojf3WE9YcCeU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:590/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQwOTAz/MTAtMTQ0MzAzNTUz/Mi0yOTk4LmpwZWc.jpeg
Frankie Valli, "Lady Put the Light Out"
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71PVRuGykDL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 12:24 (one year ago) link
So much chest hair the medallion does not, cannot lay flat.
― bendy, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
Twist: that’s Frankie’s hand
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
He's giving Gene Simmons
― This field is required (morrisp), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 17:18 (one year ago) link
When Frankie’s in town.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/a8df2dde1bd86db165de803bfddef7a9/3291526/lunasa-redwood-Cover-Art.jpg
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 17:38 (one year ago) link
Nice of the lady to let Frankie borrow her lipstick too.
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 17:51 (one year ago) link
The O'Kaysions - Girl Watcherhttps://i.discogs.com/Us6c8HWDo3NiId9VZtwAUYBWnj24ysOe6IhDsta94cE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQxNTY5/NTgtMTY2OTMwMzI0/OS0yMjg3LmpwZWc.jpeg
― enochroot, Thursday, 7 December 2023 03:32 (one year ago) link
https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music118/v4/6e/bf/af/6ebfaf1e-3f84-c5bc-b64b-2a22a18f4941/00602557639742.rgb.jpg/1200x1200bb.jpg
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 05:29 (one year ago) link
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQkCcbdhbxcFmBUCW8t8r5eD5cv3VRHcYNbSw&usqp=CAU
Marlana Shaw (RIP): Out of Different Bags
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 06:21 (one year ago) link
She’s not out of them, looks to me like she’s got plenty of bags. I suppose she could be out of some… different bags. Different different bags.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 14:05 (one year ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Donovan-Lady_of_the_Stars.jpg
Donovan - Lady of the Stars
― Kim Kimberly, Sunday, 28 January 2024 06:54 (one year ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/NoZN2zLpJNqi3DfVO1Ptt-LOi3VR6K-m4Hl2iF5izUA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMzNTg1/Mi0xNjM3MzE3NDI1/LTU5OTYuanBlZw.jpeg
Yukihiro Takahashi – Murdered By The Music
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 3 February 2024 07:09 (one year ago) link
^||I hate it when I start seeing Trump everywhere
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 3 February 2024 07:27 (one year ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/CNQXKOjQvZ2c0ZNQ_YGN-ZA84mUb1SZ937juVOBaVQo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxNzI1/MjMtMTMwNDQ2MzI1/NS5qcGVn.jpeg
Cher - Heart of Stone
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Saturday, 17 February 2024 03:59 (one year ago) link
wondered what was going on with the pattern on her dress there... it's a skull, like this Victorian postcards[show hidden text]
― koogs, Saturday, 17 February 2024 13:52 (one year ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/45/8e/5c/458e5c3b6ee4a24074c6dc22fd20ca03.jpg
Peter Bardens - Write My Name In The Dust
― nickn, Sunday, 25 February 2024 18:35 (eleven months ago) link
Although he doesn't have his name written in the dust, so maybe it doesn't belong here.
― nickn, Sunday, 25 February 2024 18:37 (eleven months ago) link
Wonder if there was a conversation about whether the artist and title should be switched, and it got nixed bc someone thought that would be too yawnsomely literal
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Sunday, 25 February 2024 18:42 (eleven months ago) link
Head, Heart & Hands, s/t
https://i.discogs.com/3wxBVUkm0iwf0ylJyd1POc5NRXAYejMnBmPKGqmlnU8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI0MDU2/MzktMTU1OTgyODg1/OC05NDM3LmpwZWc.jpeg
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Sunday, 25 February 2024 20:13 (eleven months ago) link
Mick Jackson, "Step Inside My Rainbow"
https://i.discogs.com/up3r5G6d_OVVDkUCUjzLD5jLXIA_tI0abjdjxhmUTO8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:580/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI5OTg4/MjQtMTU1MzQxNTAz/NS01OTQ1LmpwZWc.jpeg
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Sunday, 25 February 2024 20:24 (eleven months ago) link
Steve Hackett – The Circus And The Nightwhale
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91yHhoSFIzL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
― doleful lundgren (Matt #2), Thursday, 29 February 2024 19:23 (eleven months ago) link
that's something else right there.
― andrew m., Thursday, 29 February 2024 19:24 (eleven months ago) link
literal for sure, yawnsome idk, that rules!
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Friday, 1 March 2024 11:22 (eleven months ago) link
I finally got a copy of Fire Of Unknown Origin, and I never before noticed how literal the cover art is (though, it's the opposite of yawnsome, to be fair).
https://i.discogs.com/ZDmm-2xCdeS4Paef2BskjDHNa-uNqE1tN4mVLBrmTI4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTYzMDMx/Ni0xNTQ0MzY0NDUz/LTczMjYuanBlZw.jpeg
Also, I now see where Ghost got all their best ideas (they even kinda stole the band logo?)
― enochroot, Sunday, 7 April 2024 18:08 (ten months ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Fire_Of_Unknown_origin.jpg
― enochroot, Sunday, 7 April 2024 18:09 (ten months ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/H5s6bcBAFPepzWibJq4fztT7a_84KGHsCRcqrRkoWsA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1OTI2/MzMtMTUxNzY3NDIw/OS0yMjQyLmpwZWc.jpeg
Placebo - Ball of Eyes
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 17:08 (ten months ago) link
Human Pesticide – Mutilated in a Bathtub (NSFW)
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 19 April 2024 08:30 (ten months ago) link
Martial Solal - Electrode
https://i.imgur.com/0GxJyQD.jpg
― hogarth brooks (unregistered), Saturday, 27 April 2024 01:16 (nine months ago) link
Doug and the Slugs - Cognac and Bolognahttps://img.discogs.com/ZC8g4j9yNF9ncKVSi6z9jaytQuY=/fit-in/600x618/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1903504-1469618697-5421.jpeg.jpg
― ArchCarrier, Sunday, 28 April 2024 07:31 (nine months ago) link
https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-wDYoEScexQ5N-0-t500x500.jpg
― giraffe, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 10:14 (nine months ago) link
(My 9-year old spotted this and said, wearily, 'that's just a bunch of *signs*')
― giraffe, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 10:16 (nine months ago) link
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2261196095_65
Torres: What An Enormous Room
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 30 May 2024 20:19 (eight months ago) link
^ should be a live album for a horrible 70s record!
― Bertold Brak (bendy), Friday, 31 May 2024 15:57 (eight months ago) link
yawnsomely literal album titleshttps://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41d7-mGzvjL._UX250_FMwebp_QL85_.jpg
― master of the pan (abanana), Monday, 29 July 2024 17:06 (six months ago) link
https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/6ee07b0f35d722e5cf33ec08ac4600f5/5482090/the-herb-ellis-trio-herb-mix-Cover-Art.jpg
Surprised I never posted this, it was one of a handful of jazz LPs my parents owned when I was little and I used to stare at it a lot for some reason.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 19 August 2024 18:02 (six months ago) link
Since he died recently I though I'd repost this one, a favourite yawnsomely literal album cover of mine.
https://i.discogs.com/dWmNHc3Fsb9I_IcjWH2sw5jbdaRb34sNDTJln-qMvOg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:596/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTg2NTAy/NzItMTQ3MjE1ODc3/Mi0zMTUwLmpwZWc.jpeg
― Defund Phil Collins (Tom D.), Monday, 19 August 2024 19:19 (six months ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/n3Dtxtaxi_0bkPsjr1y8kJQsY1kYDzi9es720pZzbPE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:569/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMxNTM0/OTctMTMyOTM5MDI3/MC5qcGVn.jpeg
pickin' around the cookstove (who are indeed) pickin' around the cookstove
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 20 August 2024 09:46 (six months ago) link
The Invaders - On the Right Track
https://i.discogs.com/jNEBQufWetuoACINVoPKi3OjzBzwG6ChhGrYs8vEdIY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTg2MTgy/OTQtMTQ2NTI0NzQw/Mi01MDQ3LmpwZWc.jpeg
― Theracane Gratifaction (bendy), Monday, 26 August 2024 19:56 (five months ago) link
be careful with that axe John Henry
― Theracane Gratifaction (bendy), Monday, 26 August 2024 19:57 (five months ago) link
Rune Gustafsson, "Out of My Bag" & "Plays Stevie Wonder"
https://i.discogs.com/RzsokFzxprWYdR73a9X0rwrLCUAVjxMxxp-T4qB7cdQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4NTc3/NTAtMTM1NDc4NTUx/Ny0xNTQwLmpwZWc.jpeg https://i.discogs.com/hVgqmOzOocNT-Sqx5WDPYVECe8myLxHbir8loe_k0HY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwMTky/NDYtMTU4ODE3MjQ4/NS0yMDYyLmpwZWc.jpeg
― pisspoor bung probe prog (Tom D.), Saturday, 7 September 2024 22:54 (five months ago) link
Thought the Mayall one said “Looking Hack”
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 8 September 2024 00:30 (five months ago) link
i only just recently looked at the cover of Rush's Moving Pictures closely enough to realize how corny it is, might have actually damaged my opinion of the album
― some dude, Sunday, 8 September 2024 00:57 (five months ago) link
https://www.bluenote.com/files/2019/03/JimmySmith_BackAtTheChickenShack-500x500.jpg
Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 16 November 2024 20:55 (three months ago) link
Compared to prime Blue Note graphic design, really illustrates the adage that black and white photographs people and color photographs clothes.
― Theracane Gratifaction (bendy), Monday, 18 November 2024 16:25 (three months ago) link
jimmy smith wore arguably the same shirt for another cover
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Jimmy-Smith-Midnight-Special-album-cover-web-optimised-740.jpg
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 18 November 2024 19:11 (three months ago) link
Same photo shoot probably (that looks like the same outfit exactly).
― enochroot, Monday, 18 November 2024 20:37 (three months ago) link
pink floyd - "cow"
― this train don't carry no wankers (doo rag), Monday, 18 November 2024 20:54 (three months ago) link
pink floyd - "man on fire shaking hands with man not on fire"
― this train don't carry no wankers (doo rag), Monday, 18 November 2024 20:55 (three months ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/fa7xCFRrgC-sdHwvZ2O4pkYdSjSQxTFNC-RqZm-ToHU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:597/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0OTQ3/ODYtMTYwMzkxMTc5/Ny01MTE4LmpwZWc.jpeg
Johnny Cash - Look At Them Beans
― visiting, Monday, 18 November 2024 22:04 (three months ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxes_(Goo_Goo_Dolls_album)#/media/File:Goo_Goo_Dolls_Boxes.jpg
― her pal Santa falls to the floor (Neanderthal), Sunday, 24 November 2024 05:47 (three months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/CwqCxm6/Goo-Goo-Dolls-Boxes.jpg
― her pal Santa falls to the floor (Neanderthal), Sunday, 24 November 2024 05:48 (three months ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/CoMtbHRLqxbPFPXpecJqtL7xG5SsZGR_OUuXbQJZKk0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:587/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1Nzky/ODEtMTUyNTkxOTcy/Ny0xMjEwLmpwZWc.jpeg
― Lee626, Sunday, 24 November 2024 06:54 (three months ago) link
https://fantasyrecordings.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ValerieJune_UnderCover_FINAL-small-1024x1024.jpg
Valerie June - Under Cover
To her credit, 'Pushin' Against a Stone' album cover resisted the yawnsome.
― punning display, Sunday, 24 November 2024 15:07 (three months ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/cxYF07ugbIv2IKTyZlIXRuPhSYi3oaBiZx6x7o0hrkY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:588/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0OTMx/MzQtMTU5ODIwOTQ0/MC00MTcyLmpwZWc.jpeg
Steeleye Span - Rocket Cottage
― Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 5 December 2024 20:48 (two months ago) link
excellent addition to the thread
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 6 December 2024 18:28 (two months ago) link
Billy Taylor: Four Flutes.
https://i.discogs.com/VO1b5KIJWr8eIgYpI9Eg6TdTRS1L1gZPAKzp681GqhM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTU0NzYw/OTAtMTM5NDMyODI2/MS0yNTUyLmpwZWc.jpeg
― Tim, Tuesday, 7 January 2025 11:41 (one month ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/gMpq_vETdPmdWn8XMUKFsFyIJonBPH-3BcY-xk8t6iU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:599/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTUxNDc4/ODYtMTUxODc0NDcz/Ny03NzQ3LmpwZWc.jpeg
so bad.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 7 January 2025 12:40 (one month ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/Mo8uO8uxY0CsSdlU2vYPeBiYgnMBvaSdMWU07M8xf9Q/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:593/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTUwOTY2/ODctMTUyMDg3NzAw/Ni04ODA5LmpwZWc.jpeg
― city worker, Tuesday, 7 January 2025 14:47 (one month ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/xptIgw72oJnxR0EfFQopOUPkeNJCJHTSuGs5yAgQ8SQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTU5MTM4/MjEtMTU2NjQwMTMx/My05NjgwLmpwZWc.jpeg
Tex Williams – Smoke Smoke Smoke
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 7 January 2025 16:47 (one month ago) link
Love that one.
― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 January 2025 16:56 (one month ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/rpIG69jdQVkCanFhzMJEldgKNIThGWryktvt-FM18BQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:561/w:537/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIwNzA1/NTEtMTI2MjI3ODc3/NC5qcGVn.jpeg
Jackie Davis – Tiger On The Hammond
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 7 January 2025 17:06 (one month ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/3ys3i8jgvcqOqmhBk5QjJ8zdW6nijG2NpxZNMr_Cfzs/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:589/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTg5OTU2/MTgtMTQ3NDY4MTQy/My04Njg4LmpwZWc.jpeg
Eric Jupp And His Orchestra – Rockin' Violins
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 7 January 2025 17:24 (one month ago) link
fantastic posts today!
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 7 January 2025 17:42 (one month ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/itC3CaOhPFLFf75poUVT-7709dx24L79UCnkxsZOpd8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTc1MDUy/MDMtMTQ1MzE3MDk2/NS03MDgwLmpwZWc.jpeg
Cliffie Stone – The Party's On Me
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 7 January 2025 19:41 (one month ago) link
The Tex Williams and Cliffie Stones ones are A+.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 8 January 2025 18:31 (one month ago) link
took me a second to get "Bell(e)s Are Ringing"
everything in this thread is top tier since revive but "The Party's on Me" is A++++++
― budo jeru, Thursday, 9 January 2025 20:58 (one month ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/CqjEJoEog7QRatSBsnKrKqUJYF2QEo9lIzV9Qr2i53c/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIzOTc3/MjY4LTE2NTg2MDQ2/MDMtMTAxOC5qcGVn.jpeg
The Leiber-Stoller Big Band – Yakety Yak
― visiting, Friday, 10 January 2025 20:38 (one month ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/rAw6_TVvZ0cki_pMKAt0IBVdgrMDmuWrwDMOi4MwTK8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:597/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIwODY4/OTU1LTE2MzYxNTc2/MzgtNjU1MS5qcGVn.jpeg
Chubby Jackson's Big Band – Chubby's Back!
― visiting, Friday, 10 January 2025 20:52 (one month ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/wFmUfOnBEnKDa3E5FxlxACH6yT6rE3BmGbD5XCobeCk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI5NzM1/NDUtMTYxMDk5NTUx/NS0yMDgyLnBuZw.jpeg
Hal Schaefer – Ten Shades Of Blue
― visiting, Friday, 10 January 2025 20:57 (one month ago) link
I'm enjoying the image of the office gofer assigned to call around to local zoos and private menageries in search of a yak available no later than tomorrow morning for a photo shoot.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 10 January 2025 21:05 (one month ago) link
Chubby's Back is brilliant. Simple but effective!
― Griff Sheridan, Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:25 (one month ago) link
Not uncommon though, I'm sure I've seen at least two other "So-and-so's Back" LP covers use the same idea.
― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:41 (one month ago) link
Big Jim Sullivan, of course,
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51qTtBtmKLL._AC_.jpg
― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:42 (one month ago) link
And let's not forget the Flannery O'Connor story "Parker's Back" - which, thinking about it, would have made a good Charlie Parker album cover.
― it's been almost a decade and I am still enraged about this (Matt #2), Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:45 (one month ago) link
There must be some kind of album out there called A Hard Man is Good to Find.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 11 January 2025 13:01 (one month ago) link
Or maybe just a lot of novelty gift mugs, greeting cards etc.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 11 January 2025 13:02 (one month ago) link
(oops - that's more of a "Horrible 70s Album Titles" idea)
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 11 January 2025 13:58 (one month ago) link
Chris Norman, "Man With the Wooden Flute"
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/64AAAOSwmO5efnBK/s-l960.webp
― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 January 2025 10:41 (one month ago) link
Jellyfish, 'Spilt Milk'https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2735559f02ba8d29c83b385c52ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH5XnbHbEks
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Sunday, 12 January 2025 11:19 (one month ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/5jPnw_8awmvhUyEjM4I_fy2a7qVWRhz4m2P64phSSAc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:550/w:550/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwNTc4/MTcyLTE1ODA0MjU4/ODctNTMxNC5qcGVn.jpeg
The Smith Connection - Under My Wings
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 14 January 2025 18:29 (one month ago) link
https://e.snmc.io/i/600/s/5a3d679fd3a35966945eca1e8ce027c6/4739301/willie-buck-with-the-rockin-johnny-band-cell-phone-man-Cover-Art.jpg
― Iza Duffus Hardy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 22:06 (three weeks ago) link
OK that one is phenomenal
― Judge Judy, executioner (stevie), Tuesday, 28 January 2025 22:11 (three weeks ago) link
It's just struck me that the Big Jim's Back t-shirt has been painted onto his torso. Bonus points.
― Griff Sheridan, Wednesday, 29 January 2025 23:48 (three weeks ago) link
also
Design, Photography By – Hipgnosis
― visiting, Thursday, 30 January 2025 00:02 (three weeks ago) link
Yawnsomely literal typography
https://i.discogs.com/4vMTcXS998VFXs4ulnejHteitSgzPXzov4mnzTzgBNs/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:595/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMwMzc0/NzctMTUxNzE2OTM4/NS02ODU1LmpwZWc.jpeg
Eddy Mitchell – Perspective 66
― visiting, Thursday, 6 February 2025 21:16 (two weeks ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/puQeEDb8OQhI6S7zhLv7mCEKTLSS06S0MeHC8rdkoQs/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:492/w:492/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI0ODkx/NzgtMTI4NjgxOTY0/Ni5qcGVn.jpeg
Anne Murray – There's A Hippo In My Tub
― visiting, Thursday, 6 February 2025 21:18 (two weeks ago) link
Do we know for sure that's her tub, though?
― conspiracitorial theories (stevie), Thursday, 6 February 2025 21:43 (two weeks ago) link
It seems p hippo-appropriate.
There’s a Murray in me frame
― Iza Duffus Hardy (President Keyes), Thursday, 6 February 2025 21:48 (two weeks ago) link
I like that Eddy Mitchell album cover.
― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 February 2025 21:53 (two weeks ago) link
Claude "Eddy Mitchell" Moine still with us at 82! Unlike the blue building on that cover, which a perusal of Google Maps tells me is now a dull-looking residential block.
― like watching brian eno dancing (Matt #2), Thursday, 6 February 2025 23:05 (two weeks ago) link
Dave Cartwright & Friends, "In the Middle of the Road"
― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Saturday, 8 February 2025 11:22 (two weeks ago) link
i posted this ten years ago and again six years ago but both are deleted now so let's post it again.
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils: The Car Over the Lake album. (Not yawnsome at all, it's spectacularly literal)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Car_Over_the_Lake_Album#/media/File:TheCarOverTheLakeAlbum.jpg
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 8 February 2025 15:54 (two weeks ago) link
Let's try that again...
https://images.app.goo.gl/7LU5zYgnQ3esoQ8E6
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 8 February 2025 16:06 (two weeks ago) link
Oh ffs, how do you post images now? pic doesn't work.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 8 February 2025 16:07 (two weeks ago) link
ihttps://images.app.goo.gl/7LU5zYgnQ3esoQ8E6
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 8 February 2025 16:11 (two weeks ago) link
https://solstarecords.com/cdn/shop/products/R-9799231-1486494574-4112_jpeg_540x.jpg
― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Saturday, 8 February 2025 16:31 (two weeks ago) link
Thank you! How do you post pics now? The directions listed below didn't work for me, obv.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 8 February 2025 16:34 (two weeks ago) link
Well I got the image directly from the website rather than using the Google search image. Just to make sure.
― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Saturday, 8 February 2025 17:15 (two weeks ago) link
xp It looks like you were linking to sites hosting the image, not the image itself. Some sites can be tricky with image links... When posting images I always double check by pasting my link into a new tab to check that I'm getting the image only.
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 8 February 2025 17:22 (two weeks ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/gMYfNAHnvSc-neMl1GViAtRC8qM497G6ZrhYI5XtzHQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM0ODUw/MDItMTQ0MjY4Mzc1/Ni0yMzc1LmpwZWc.jpeg
Scaffold – Fresh Liver
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 8 February 2025 18:07 (two weeks ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ii5FPIJ.jpeg
gary burton - new vibe man in town
― MUFFY TEPPERMAN WAS THE OG KAREN (Austin), Saturday, 8 February 2025 18:12 (two weeks ago) link
This thread needs to be a book a la The Worst Album Covers Ever.
― cryptosicko, Saturday, 8 February 2025 18:26 (two weeks ago) link
Bonus pun
https://i.discogs.com/BFywFPsrAL8vJjRWwJe9QIrQn8-TTo-v2PnsixuSTfk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQzOTU2/OTEtMTYzMTk4NDE4/MC05OTU1LmpwZWc.jpeg
Jim Nesbitt – Truck Drivin' Cat With Nine Wives
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 8 February 2025 18:40 (two weeks ago) link
Missing an actual, yawnsomely literal cat but yes.
― cryptosicko, Saturday, 8 February 2025 18:51 (two weeks ago) link
Lol i considered that but decided it was too good a cover to pass up.
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 8 February 2025 18:58 (two weeks ago) link
Don't sleep on Jim Nesbitt's follow-up Runnin' Bare
https://i.discogs.com/HDcxxV1oRMi32CWcfZURFNS3YQVIn9unB1r-T2xiBh0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExODc0/MzYzLTE1MjM4OTcz/MTMtODI1Mi5qcGVn.jpeg
― like watching brian eno dancing (Matt #2), Saturday, 8 February 2025 19:14 (two weeks ago) link
Missing an actual, yawnsomely literal bear, but yes.
― nickn, Sunday, 9 February 2025 08:48 (two weeks ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/ip0PecuvZQGnGYmdHGKzn5cdbt9SGVZHs-CBs-ufUM4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:595/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMyNDY3/NDUtMTM0ODE3MTMz/OS04OTg3LmpwZWc.jpeg
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 20 February 2025 19:59 (four days ago) link
missing actual rocks instead of ice cubes
― Iza Duffus Hardy (President Keyes), Thursday, 20 February 2025 20:15 (four days ago) link
I like this one
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 20 February 2025 21:27 (four days ago) link
So many missing images in this thread. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Jerry_Butler_-_The_Ice_Man_Cometh.jpg
https://i.discogs.com/49L6ee8O-Mz_98Yi2W0pY52ZBjT1tXUcp0PdSy4obN0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExNDgz/OTA1LTE1MTcxNTA1/MDctNTI2OS5wbmc.jpeg
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 February 2025 15:34 (three days ago) link
there are 10 lives on that cover
― Iza Duffus Hardy (President Keyes), Friday, 21 February 2025 15:41 (three days ago) link
Makes you think!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 February 2025 21:15 (three days ago) link
A recent one: Mamalarky - Hex Key
https://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2025/02/Mamalarky-Hex-Key-1739981430.jpg
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 22 February 2025 15:04 (two days ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/d_INm5-5YUJJr5EPiVdl7MbMJISs2QH1kAtqUWrH8Pk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0Njc5/NjAwLTE1Nzk0NzQ2/NjktMTA2My5qcGVn.jpeg
Ace Cannon – Ace Cannon And His Alto Sax In The Spotlight
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 22 February 2025 17:49 (two days ago) link
(There are lots of similar "In the Spotlight" styled album covers out there but I like the full title of this one.)
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 22 February 2025 18:16 (two days ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/tCRIBt8.jpg
― Ashley Pomeroy, Sunday, 23 February 2025 20:08 (yesterday) link
Great cover!
― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Sunday, 23 February 2025 20:14 (yesterday) link