they kicked Throwing Muses out of the studio while the Muses were making their debut, for THIS
https://i.discogs.com/p0CD8AYUZ1Wo4FeL8Xngxv2e8rHVfuGdLzE06IvauUE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2NDE1/MDgtMTUwNzU1MTIx/OC02NDc2LmpwZWc.jpeg
― dead precedents (sleeve), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:51 (two years ago)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91KckQ9b10L._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
― fourth world problems (Matt #2), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:52 (two years ago)
Great pick
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:52 (two years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/IggyPopParty.jpg
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:52 (two years ago)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71vqweeQBUL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
― fourth world problems (Matt #2), Saturday, 27 January 2024 20:57 (two years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/AVlD_9XOnZ2GbRcvKlKW6Sg8A_pFT0sWmYWpm3n7Lwc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:578/w:593/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwMTU0/MjQtMTIwMDgzODQy/Mi5qcGVn.jpeg
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:05 (two years ago)
https://waxvinylrecords.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/05021207.jpg
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:05 (two years ago)
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273dd621caf7254f8f32579c98b
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:15 (two years ago)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Wap7lDPhL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:20 (two years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/GYfgWS9fESGRD9BhV6CxaJPhUbNKYKyNpD0EV-Pofgw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:599/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTUwMDQ3/NjEtMTU5ODgzNTIw/My03NTAwLmpwZWc.jpeg
― Florin Cuchares, Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:21 (two years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/4XCNeY_vbRk5d5xWIRWE9IK00RVPf7cMV6ambIuGBfw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:597/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3MDUz/OTgtMTM3MDYyODA1/My04ODk0LmpwZWc.jpeg
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:24 (two years ago)
https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_865041-MLM40246738774_122019-O.webp
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:28 (two years ago)
man, that Village People sleeve
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:28 (two years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/48OiKsJLwexQnTNpPmnLp1J5ug3vv2eqH-tYcAHo_-E/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:593/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1OTY1/MTUtMTI0MTAxNTA5/MS5qcGVn.jpeg
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:28 (two years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Album_cover_I_Am_What_I_Am_by_Jerry_Lee_Lewis.jpg
― fourth world problems (Matt #2), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:29 (two years ago)
Imagine the 80s Elvis album covers that never were
― fourth world problems (Matt #2), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:30 (two years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/HaruomiHosonoSFX.jpg
― fourth world problems (Matt #2), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:31 (two years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/ETZ-Z-xo_NPD_-rc7fYFU8W8-k9GNlTHsiHREt195sg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI3NjM5/NzEtMTI5OTk2Njk3/NC5qcGVn.jpeg
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:35 (two years ago)
... Schmitt, that is (though even his mother wouldn't recognize him)
https://www.classicpopmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ksh8pfwyxav0kfowy1un.jpg
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:36 (two years ago)
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2735753a5a5feb434432ad55265
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:38 (two years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/1_0Ik37Mcj9A7FrekuG1jauRI6AXvsQZhzbXGOmnO0g/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:400/w:404/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTUxNTMz/NzItMTM4NTkzNDQx/Ni03NTA5LmpwZWc.jpeg
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:41 (two years ago)
I've seen some outtakes from a rejected Born In The USA cover photo shoot featuring the whole band. They're...bad.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:42 (two years ago)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91ALadZaKZL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:44 (two years ago)
LOL
So many of these make the artists look like kids who raided the back of their mothers' closets and just pulled stuff out at random.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:45 (two years ago)
wonder what Roy Wood's mother thought of that sleeve
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:45 (two years ago)
https://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/443/cover_634102272009.jpg
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:45 (two years ago)
I KNEW there was a CSN cover like this, tyvm
― dead precedents (sleeve), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:49 (two years ago)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7125fAMngFL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:49 (two years ago)
XP Covers
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273baaf9ca39a546781597b0d03
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:51 (two years ago)
^^Went Platinum in '88!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:52 (two years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/qz7VPzCo_RWmWDPQFXmbuZTe6guePYqsJpWZdhIpHFk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1NjY5/OTMtMTY0OTc5OTM3/OC00MTE3LmpwZWc.jpeg
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:56 (two years ago)
This is fun, but surely the greater challenge would be to find artists who didn't adapt their personal style or packaging at all in the 80s? Only one who leaps to mind is the fiddler from Kansas.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:58 (two years ago)
Roy Wood looks like he's auditioning for Sigue Sigue Sputnik.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:59 (two years ago)
Eric Clapton, 'August'https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71f4qyIYBvL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Saturday, 27 January 2024 22:01 (two years ago)
I think these photos from Santana's 1980 album The Swing of Delight are worse:
https://i.discogs.com/m5FmoVe6kRhDYL22iudGnV6UDoI4xGbt8AIOAn6TIX8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:596/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2MzE0/NzItMTU3Njk1NDAz/MC0yMTQyLmpwZWc.jpeg
https://i.discogs.com/qu-Bo8NU2frWCvJKof6l_-UFIqEQHnTZsduPvoaADuM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:592/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2MzE0/NzItMTU3Njk1NDAz/MC04NDY4LmpwZWc.jpeg
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 27 January 2024 22:03 (two years ago)
lol excellent
― dead precedents (sleeve), Saturday, 27 January 2024 22:03 (two years ago)
I love the economy with which 'New Sensations' screams 80s - Lou Reed is wearing the same clothes he wore throughout the 70s and the only thing that says it's not a 70s album is that he's holding a joystick and maybe the TV also.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Saturday, 27 January 2024 22:08 (two years ago)
Halfway OTM… not to be wet blanket, but dome of these are just, y’know, standard ‘80s album covers, featuring artists who changed their hair a bit since the ‘60s.
― cellaring potential (morrisp), Saturday, 27 January 2024 22:27 (two years ago)
not to be wet blanket, but some of these are just, y’know, standard ‘80s album covers, featuring artists who changed their hair a bit since the ‘60s
With the best (worst) of them, though, there's something in the eyes (Dan Fogelberg, Robin Gibb, the Who) that makes them look like job applicants who really, really need the job and can tell the hiring manager isn't convinced.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 27 January 2024 22:50 (two years ago)
Yeah there’s a certain je ne sais quoi in the best, for sure
― cellaring potential (morrisp), Saturday, 27 January 2024 22:56 (two years ago)
Of all the people who jumped on the '80s bandwagon, I'm surprised and disappointed to find out that Cher was one of them.
https://i.postimg.cc/tgFr2nz2/cher.jpg
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:04 (two years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Starship-No-Protection.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:16 (two years ago)
it's the typefaces and design choices as well xps
― dead precedents (sleeve), Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:18 (two years ago)
https://de.rarevinyl.com/cdn/shop/products/the-manhattan-transfer-extensions-uk-vinyl-lp-album-record-k50674-290203_1280x1353.jpg
― MaresNest, Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:20 (two years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/jQgU3Cl4wEJLcmYWOC4VexdCp9OKYMmOM-XVZQQxbS8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxNDc3/MDUtMTUxOTcyNzEx/OS01ODE2LmpwZWc.jpeg
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:21 (two years ago)
there's something in the eyes
speaking of which, what is going on with diana ross's eyes up above
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:24 (two years ago)
xpost Wow.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:24 (two years ago)
wow I didn't even know that album existed (the byrds one)
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:25 (two years ago)
what is going on with diana ross's eyes up above
The photographer dared to address her directly.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:25 (two years ago)
Nitty, gritty dirt was actually that colour in 1987
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 18 August 2025 02:55 (ten months ago)
is there a thread about examples of peak 80s album art that predate the '80s?
Frampton's Camel (1973) looks like something from 1985.
― Kim Kimberly, Monday, 18 August 2025 18:14 (ten months ago)
Makes me think of Commodore Amiga graphics.
― Kim Kimberly, Monday, 18 August 2025 18:15 (ten months ago)
I remain unconvinced that Bill Evans' Undercurrent wasn't designed by a four year old Vaughn Oliver in 1962
https://i.discogs.com/4JIP20ABJe9H_s6pFhud9y0CqklthQZIaKduL3uJFP4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:598/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxODM3/NTgwLTE2NTMwMDg3/NTYtOTI1Ny5qcGVn.jpeg
― Primrose Cash Po (bendy), Tuesday, 19 August 2025 14:01 (ten months ago)
https://i.discogs.com/qeRJL29YeK1omC_3xUXZPAhvWYDTNtOGs0a1qpLrK94/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTk2ODQy/NC0xMjUzMTc4Mzky/LmpwZWc.jpeg
Average White Band – Cupid's In Fashion
― Kim Kimberly, Sunday, 26 October 2025 20:46 (seven months ago)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61cv6DRhieL._AC_SL1077_.jpg
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71soVS15OCL._AC_SL1072_.jpg
― She's the Tariff (cryptosicko), Sunday, 26 October 2025 21:18 (seven months ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/GreatestHitsETC.jpg
― the way out of (Eazy), Monday, 10 November 2025 23:29 (seven months ago)
Ornette Coleman - In All Languages (1987)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31ujjX0aB+L._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
― throbbing gristle vs the barron knights (Matt #2), Sunday, 16 November 2025 17:31 (seven months ago)
Will future generations realize what a big deal Miami ice was at one point?
― visiual system cohernent image. . fttf . equivament. for so (President Keyes), Sunday, 16 November 2025 19:20 (seven months ago)
Dean Martin, Martha Quinn & MTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t0NJJKCtAk
Proto-Palmer Girl Action
― Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 10 April 2026 00:15 (two months ago)
Thought of this thread last week when I came across Barry McGuire's Cosmic Cowboy in a thrift shop:
https://i.postimg.cc/fLv2NV0X/barry.jpg
Released in '78, so technically two years too soon, but close enough. (Did not buy...)
― clemenza, Friday, 10 April 2026 00:24 (two months ago)
B.J. Thomas, "Midnight Minute"
https://www.rhino.com/sites/g/files/g2000012691/files/styles/article_image/public/2020-08/603497866588.jpg
― Tom D, focussed with getting on with the job (Tom D.), Saturday, 20 June 2026 13:35 (two days ago)