― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:15 (nineteen years ago) link
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000013BQ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
― rw, Friday, 30 January 2004 00:17 (nineteen 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 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:32 (nineteen years ago) link
The Springfield says something about American notions of "working class"!
― no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 06:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:46 (nineteen years ago) link
well, the dog could be a waiter...
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― may pang (maypang), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 07:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 30 January 2004 07:15 (nineteen years ago) link
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c019/c0197023990.jpg
― OleM (OleM), Friday, 30 January 2004 09:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 30 January 2004 09:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― BrianB (BrianB), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:49 (nineteen years ago) link
OTM re: Salt Stained Rock Boots, AWESOME!
very punk.
― ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:12 (nineteen years ago) link
who knew.
― ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 30 January 2004 19:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 30 January 2004 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 30 January 2004 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 30 January 2004 21:48 (nineteen 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 (nineteen years ago) link
But the cover has a cock, not a chicken.Ahhhhhh...
― Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link
*slaps forehead*
― Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― udu wudu (udu wudu), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 23:19 (nineteen 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 (nine months 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 (nine months 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 (nine months ago) link
Wow.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 17 April 2022 03:07 (nine months ago) link
Haha! Everyone’s having fun with that one, it looks like.
― Josefa, Sunday, 17 April 2022 03:30 (nine months ago) link
Anitta cover is a bit creepy
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 17 April 2022 03:32 (nine months 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 (nine months 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 (seven months 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 (seven months 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 (seven months 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 (seven months 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 (six months 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 (six months 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 (six months 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 (six months 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 (six months 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 (six months 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 (six months 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 (four months 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 (four months 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 (four months ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81+HX3iHzjL.jpg
― giraffe, Monday, 19 September 2022 13:37 (four months 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 (four months 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 (four months 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 (four months 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 (four months 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 (four months 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 (four months 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 (three months 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 (three months ago) link
that one’s fun
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:17 (three months 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 (three months 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 months 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
Those are both amazing
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Saturday, 17 December 2022 16:19 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (three weeks 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 weeks 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 (one week 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 (one week ago) link
https://shirleygnome.bandcamp.com/album/ho-down
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 03:06 (one week ago) link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Over_The_Top.jpg
― ringworm, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 10:53 (one week ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Over_The_Top.jpg
― ringworm, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 10:55 (one week 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 (five days 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 (five days ago) link