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

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great selections, all

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

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

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

ten months pass...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

eleven months pass...

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

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

two weeks pass...

Elsa Lanchester - Songs for a Shuttered Parlor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mrs Badger-Butts???

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

The Madness by The Madness #onethread

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

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

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

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

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

I did the sleevenotes for the The Madness reissue!

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

Cool!

one year passes...

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

young nudy - gumbo

devvvine, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 13:12 (eight months ago) link

eight months pass...

excellent

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

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

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

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

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


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