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

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

The Drifters - Golden Hits

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

John Lennon - Shaved Fish

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

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

there can't be many of these!

ballpark

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

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

Cheap Thrills

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

XTC - Nonsuch

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

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

Green Day - Dookie

http://cdn.discogs.com/IEQeomyeCM8bQlvrmvOjDpASv_U=/fit-in/600x587/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-367129-1415275470-1174.jpeg.jpg

etc.

Charles Mingus - Oh Yeah

http://cdn.discogs.com/xtvffoFBx0xtsgCNgjr-89z_I0I=/fit-in/600x602/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-708743-1429963531-8043.jpeg.jpg

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

oh man we're off to a good start

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

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

Nilsson went the extra mile.

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

Madness -The Madness

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

http://eil.com/images/main/Pentangle+Solomons+Seal+189592.jpg
http://www.music-graffiti.com/pentangle_sweet_child_rear.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XMkLATGL6cI/U_eKZKzpR_I/AAAAAAAAOc4/wUY7XUoFSek/s1600/rear.jpg

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

Faust, "So Far"

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

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

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

Phish - Rift

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

mick softley's any mother doesn't grumble

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

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91MEVviYOlL._SL1500_.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/919oSBfN85L._SL1500_.jpg

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

http://www.happybirthdayvinyl.co.uk/images/album-artwork/big/the-cure-three-imaginary-boys-back.jpg

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

Thriller sleeve (illustrations by Michael Jackson):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There Goes Rhymin' Simon

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

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

Tori Amos: Strange Little Girls

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

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

Friends of mine recently released this:

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

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

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

art bears' winter songs

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

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

etc.

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

Dan, your friend's album cover is great!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grimes did this for Art Angels:

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

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

https://img.discogs.com/sRg7WS7QbRQOtC7NFuD--2mOK0w=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6611046-1509650617-9447.jpeg.jpg

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

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

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

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

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nice one.

https://img.discogs.com/vGEuMPS13PmcV2W-bqQ5r9Oh_0g=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-14366305-1573423706-5169.jpeg.jpg

dan hicks & his hot licks - where's the money?

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

Kevin Blechdom
Bitches without Britches

https://img.discogs.com/kStUnGjrmf2LIiGAqOgMopAJqfs=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-185041-1487334637-1742.jpeg.jpg

https://img.discogs.com/UVoZUPYW487ekYou4-BNcYiftCU=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-185041-1487334655-2245.jpeg.jpg

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

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

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

great selections, all

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elsa Lanchester - Songs for a Shuttered Parlor

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

https://img.discogs.com/KXS5PNhFGzuqkSPSORR4X5K80Xg=/fit-in/600x633/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8493406-1482988606-1227.jpeg.jpg
the moon - s/t (kind of, maybe? some of them at least)

https://img.discogs.com/CGTF0v3c3uYSNNAcU-ZRjWkFivs=/fit-in/600x605/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-4308014-1533137773-4744.jpeg.jpg
joe south - games people play (pickwick compilation)

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

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

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

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

Mrs Badger-Butts???

The Madness by The Madness #onethread

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

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

I did the sleevenotes for the The Madness reissue!

Cool!

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

young nudy - gumbo

Traffic, "When the Eagle Flies"

https://i.discogs.com/dxOc-0yN8OpR-kAtjKPQhhNEUXDONMOw5OrmwB4ptWQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:572/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQyNTE3/NS0xMzUwMzIzMzk4/LTY5MTguanBlZw.jpeg https://i.discogs.com/5tMdpV7dh_96mhqujfbKnQC_vnzQ3wCQX26Qgbi2p7U/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:579/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQyNTE3/NS0xMzUwMzIzNDE1/LTQ5OTQuanBlZw.jpeg

excellent

From another Traffic related album - Jim Capaldi, "Whale Meat Again"

https://i.discogs.com/Oi0_9QCZUvO7LTALjQUblVHAeWYiftt3rhjSRfm_nm4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMzMDg4/MTMtMTM4MjgwNzgx/NC0xOTg5LmpwZWc.jpeg https://i.discogs.com/ViApYa9_lTCljeYSQdzXeQQ3RstTr2XNjIOJ6ilveG8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMzMDg4/MTMtMTM4MjgwNzc1/NS0zMDg3LmpwZWc.jpeg

... oops...

https://i.discogs.com/-x0vZNGtw_gnQU5wu5UteN4DXlGYQhMkcASPEi0F9rM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMzMDg4/MTMtMTM4MjgwNzc1/NS0zMDg3LmpwZWc.jpeg

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

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

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

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

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

common's electric circus does this.

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

El Mal!!

Omg I need to stop posting here from my phone

https://i.discogs.com/6hSvaxtHFor1Biru_8ZHYDr-B1npKIZE9Ohz54GflHk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:585/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEyNzE1/OTIxLTE2NTkzMDM3/ODQtMTQyMy5qcGVn.jpeg

Various artists - The Super Hits Volume Five

Lotta yawnsomely literal there.

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

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

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

Brian Wilson: Gettin' In Over My Head

The Super Hits Volume Five

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

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

lol re: "Ride Captain Ride"