― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― vahid (vahid), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― vahid (vahid), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000013BQ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
― rw, Friday, 30 January 2004 00:17 (twenty-two years ago)
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-two years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)
The Springfield says something about American notions of "working class"!
― no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 06:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:46 (twenty-two years ago)
well, the dog could be a waiter...
― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:47 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:47 (twenty-two years ago)
― may pang (maypang), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 07:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 30 January 2004 07:15 (twenty-two years ago)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c019/c0197023990.jpg
― OleM (OleM), Friday, 30 January 2004 09:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 30 January 2004 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― BrianB (BrianB), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)
OTM re: Salt Stained Rock Boots, AWESOME!
very punk.
― ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)
who knew.
― ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)
― ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 30 January 2004 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 30 January 2004 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 30 January 2004 20:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 30 January 2004 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)
..or this?:
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre200/e249/e24927z3kre.jpg
― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)
But the cover has a cock, not a chicken.Ahhhhhh...
― Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:31 (twenty-two years ago)
*slaps forehead*
― Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― udu wudu (udu wudu), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)
Daniel Moore, "Riding a Horse & Holding Up the World" (though tbf he's only doing the latter not the former)
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2HoAAOSwsANk5pDe/s-l400.jpg
― Massage Attack (Tom D.), Tuesday, 4 November 2025 17:31 (seven months ago)
you had one job, cover artist!
― bendy, Tuesday, 4 November 2025 19:12 (seven months ago)
They decided that the horse might get hurt trying to carry Daniel and the world.
― A floating crown, but an extremely small one (President Keyes), Tuesday, 4 November 2025 19:16 (seven months ago)
Once they got the photos back, they should have pivoted and retitled to "The Dan Who Stole the World."
― Hiphoptimus Rhyme (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 4 November 2025 19:30 (seven months ago)
Doesn't seem to have been posted?https://i.discogs.com/LkqJ6t1BjS5JMnXfMk5RnXNN_RaQyqyj8b5IhKNNwo0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:588/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1NjIw/ODYtMTQyMzgzNjk4/Ny0yMTE2LmpwZWc.jpeg
Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes
The sleeve-art is by British artist Jeff Cummins and Hipgnosis, though has been described as "one of [Hipgnosis]' very worst; in fact, so bad, it taints the music."[8]
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 8 November 2025 18:47 (six months ago)
From what I recall of that album the music didn't require a lot of tainting. Hipgnosis did far worse covers later on (Audioslave!) but fortunately none of them were yawnsomely literal...I don't think?
― migraine ex machina (Matt #2), Saturday, 8 November 2025 19:05 (six months ago)
Rubinoos - Back to the Drawing Board!https://i.discogs.com/TuJblETLXG3SIt2nEfNaU8ckNNs-3HHntL_q1LthdU4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:540/w:543/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI2MDcz/MDgtMTQyNTA2MzQ3/Mi04NTY4LmpwZWc.jpeg
― enochroot, Saturday, 15 November 2025 21:58 (six months ago)
that's the most hardcore power pop cover art imaginable.
― bendy, Tuesday, 18 November 2025 20:17 (six months ago)
The only time the phrase "back to the drawing board" has ever been exclaimed? I usually think of a bruised and smushed Wile E. Coyote moping back to his cave.
― cryptosicko, Tuesday, 18 November 2025 22:15 (six months ago)
https://i.ibb.co/hRKyk8cn/Tesla-Bustanut.jpg
― Edward Albee Sure (Neanderthal), Saturday, 29 November 2025 04:10 (six months ago)
https://i.discogs.com/sF8JmD0WgKO8CtG16v4TioJJGWl_scsuA6DdVXvxJ_s/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:349/w:351/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMxMjEy/OTctMTMxNjc4Mjgx/NC5qcGVn.jpeg
Clarence Carter – Singing For My Supper
― Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 4 December 2025 19:37 (six months ago)
https://i.discogs.com/HuJoZiuc2qV7wPGl9TFvBwmg8ImXm9Mks2mAX6iIRJ4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:468/w:460/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1ODY1/MjktMTcwMjczNDk1/Ny0zOTE0LmpwZWc.jpeg
Shelly Manne – Hot Coles
(Nice back cover too.)
― visiting, Sunday, 7 December 2025 21:51 (five months ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Big_Country_-_Why_the_Long_Face.jpg
Big Country, Why the Long Face
― cryptosicko, Sunday, 14 December 2025 03:49 (five months ago)
https://i.discogs.com/tZHPXKQCXhRAAioNFFMAjsAxOXccuLpzQ7G6gtJrIk8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:499/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI5NTA4/NDEtMTMzMDcwNTAw/OC5qcGVn.jpeg
The Chantells - Waiting In the Park
― JoeStork, Sunday, 11 January 2026 03:09 (four months ago)
lol. special subcategory of this thread, where they just have some generic quickie promo shoot and come up with the title to match. hell of a band logo though, nobody phoned it in on that part.
― Hiphoptimus Rhyme (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 11 January 2026 13:07 (four months ago)
Listening to the song right now. It's incredible.
― jmm, Sunday, 11 January 2026 14:15 (four months ago)
I was once in a band that loved yawnsomely literal etc. We were working on an album to be called Movers and Shakers with the front cover being staged photos of us comically attempting to load furniture into a van. The other side was to be us playing maracas and presumably other shakers.
In a tragic series of events that will astonish exactly no one, the project fizzled and the band went nowhere. But... one can never truly stop wondering what if....
― calmer chameleon (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 11 January 2026 15:01 (four months ago)
https://i.discogs.com/N17RxgRFw1zOqsgMG_Iz60my0i17GMeirM0besT1azg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI0MTIx/NjItMTU4MjI4MjA5/Ny00MjcyLmpwZWc.jpeg
Claudja Barry – Feel The Fire
― visiting, Thursday, 22 January 2026 00:48 (four months ago)
I was scrolling through the Shanachie catalogue and came across this:
https://www.discogs.com/master/377016-Mary-OHara-Mary-OHara-At-The-Royal-Festival-Hall/image/SW1hZ2U6MTYwMjQ5OTg=
It's like she felt she needed to provide evidence
― clamage, Thursday, 22 January 2026 23:19 (four months ago)
Hmm... Looks like I ballsed that up. I'll try again in the morning.
― clamage, Thursday, 22 January 2026 23:27 (four months ago)
I see 2026's entries are still delivering the goods, including YMP's tragically non-existent instance lol.
― Heavy, downy baby goose (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Thursday, 22 January 2026 23:43 (four months ago)
Right, let's try that again shall we:
https://images2.imgbox.com/6e/ad/OFtOOEZP_o.jpg
― clamage, Friday, 23 January 2026 10:21 (four months ago)
hahahahaha that is so flat
― the important "maybe his head just did that" theory (stevie), Friday, 23 January 2026 10:43 (four months ago)
will never not love the RFH tho
I know! It's like the alt text of album covers :D
― clamage, Friday, 23 January 2026 14:36 (four months ago)
Yessss. Most of these are more "amusingly literal" but that one, that is truly yawnsomely literal.
― emil.y, Friday, 23 January 2026 15:14 (four months ago)
Can't decide whether I like Mary O'Hara's collar or the Thames' debris better.
― punchy wunchy wikipedia woo (bendy), Friday, 23 January 2026 21:23 (four months ago)
Rejected album title: Collar my World
― calmer chameleon (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 23 January 2026 21:26 (four months ago)
So don't be afraid to let them show
― calmer chameleon (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 23 January 2026 21:28 (four months ago)
Tom McConville, "Tommy on the Bridge"
https://i.discogs.com/YjF2_hD5oTZf6aQ02UolSxWfVtrp1YB95_GI4ujXjWY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:585/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTUxMzU4/MjktMTM4NTQ3MTA4/MS04MDQxLmpwZWc.jpeg
― The Olde, Old, Very Olde Man. (Tom D.), Saturday, 7 February 2026 12:39 (three months ago)
Yawnsome? This is riveting!
(sorry)
― clamage, Sunday, 8 February 2026 20:50 (three months ago)
Saw this album cover and thought of this thread:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beside_Myself_(DJ_Haram_album)#/media/File:Beside_Myself_(DJ_Haram_album).jpgDJ Haram - Beside Myself
and then thought, surely it didn't take until 2025 for someone to come up with this brilliant idea and sure enough:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Beside_Myself2.jpgRay Stevens - Beside Myself
― silverfish, Thursday, 12 February 2026 18:53 (three months ago)
first image was supposed to be
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/Beside_Myself_%28DJ_Haram_album%29.jpg
― silverfish, Thursday, 12 February 2026 18:54 (three months ago)
Pretty sure if you went to Discogs and typed in "beside myself" you could depress yourself in a hurry.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Thursday, 12 February 2026 20:26 (three months ago)
I'm seeing a "Depress Yourself" cover, with pictures of the band's faces on the keys of a computer keyboard.
― Who's going to stop 200 balloons? Nobody! (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 February 2026 21:01 (three months ago)
From the same great mind that brought you Beside Myself:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81bcPhYJ4jL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
Ray Stevens – #1 With A Bullet
His other albums include Have A Little Talk With Myself, Turn Your Radio On, There Is Something On Your Mind and Be Your Own Best Friend, none of them featuring yawnsomely literal album covers. Which seems a missed opportunity.
― you're doing that thing again (Matt #2), Thursday, 12 February 2026 21:29 (three months ago)
Oh, he's got some more literal ones.
― Who's going to stop 200 balloons? Nobody! (President Keyes), Thursday, 12 February 2026 21:34 (three months ago)
Missing a foam finger for extra literalness there.
― Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 12 February 2026 21:37 (three months ago)
He spent the whole budget on the oversized novelty bullet.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Thursday, 12 February 2026 21:44 (three months ago)
lol, nice work Matt #2 - missed opportunities indeed.
― Hiphoptimus Rhyme (Doctor Casino), Friday, 13 February 2026 11:44 (three months ago)
Jimmy Grierson, "A Series of Long Jumps"
https://i.discogs.com/Jtsf70k8BIc5-p_wTtkwDdnx5K47I_0kUtuIMyoNhdw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:599/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTU2MjI0/OTgtMTY5OTYxNDUw/MC0xNDk4LmpwZWc.jpeg
― Schlub 7 (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 March 2026 14:52 (two months ago)
Jimmy Grierson hopping towards you across an empty field is an unsettling image
― jmm, Saturday, 21 March 2026 15:02 (two months ago)
Coco Montoya, "Writing on the Wall"
https://i.discogs.com/jQyTJFfon_MFiGPjtVK3pMnaFem5ADkG99CBfoW2HhM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:537/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI4MTk2/NjQxLTE2OTQxMDE2/OTktNjY2MC5qcGVn.jpeg
― Clarinet Cop (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 April 2026 19:52 (two months ago)
I saw this and thought it was sufficiently strange.
https://mostlymusicstore.co.uk/cdn/shop/files/57_8b322dd2-04b3-417f-86d3-a94a0532133e.png?v=1761403429&width=1920
Bryan Adams - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
― earlnash, Monday, 13 April 2026 13:43 (one month ago)
https://i.discogs.com/GsvlpEM09DjJFnKWinGXyP2MZvzFA9UbTGlWDAod2aI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:592/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTcwMzY1/Ny0xNjIwODMyMzAx/LTg5MjAuanBlZw.jpeg
Kleeer – Taste The Music
― Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria de Episcopio, Friday, 17 April 2026 17:08 (one month ago)
https://e.snmc.io/i/600/s/39e1c950bc609cfaf56018b014019674/2363005/the-flirtations-love-makes-the-world-go-round-Cover-Art.jpg
The Flirtations - Love Makes the World Go Round
― The Quaker Gurvitz Army (President Keyes), Friday, 17 April 2026 17:20 (one month ago)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81b3W4tmw1L._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
David Bromberg Band – Bandit In A Bathing Suit
― change a word make a third (Matt #2), Monday, 11 May 2026 17:26 (three weeks ago)
"Kleeer – Taste The Music"
I learn from the internet that they were originally The Jam Band, but they changed their name in 1977 to avoid confusion with The Jam. Or at least that's what Discogs.com says. It doesn't pass the smell test, and Wikipedia has a different chronology. They're a pretty obscure band. But this is Ilxor, where the obscure is commonplace. It's not called Mission: Difficult.
I have to say that Kleeer immediately makes me think of Blakes Seven. It's a bad guy name. Comissioner Kleeer. Sector Chief Kleeer. Of the planet Sinofar. Series three, episode five. He probably dies a nasty death. Or alternatively the episode ends with him pulling off a latex facemask, and - surprise - it's Servalan!
"Jimmy Grierson, "A Series of Long Jumps""
I respect that cover. Because it actually has a series of long jumps. Not just one long jump. It has a series of them. Some of the yawnsomely literal album covers up the thread aren't completely literal and I disrespect them. Ray Stevens isn't holding a bullet. He's holding an artillery shell. And Mary O'Hara is not at the Royal Festival Hall. She's not at the Royal Albert Hall. She's clearly some distance away. The correct title should be Mary O'Hara Standing On the Hungerford Bridge, Overlooking the Royal Festival Hall.
But in Jimmy Grierson's case there actually is a series of long jumps. And they are long. It's hard to judge the scale, but each bound appears to be at least twice his height, so we're talking 10-12 feet. That's nowhere near Olympic standard, but it's still a long jump. I would have trouble jumping that far horizontally once, let along several times.
It's a good example of why Peter Saville is not necessarily the answer. Given the same brief, he would probably have delivered a black and white image of a Grecian bust with some fancy typography. Also Firefox has stopped checking my spelling. I can't tell if Firefox is broken or if this is an Ilxor thing. Is it a subtle way of winnowing out AI. Should I add some, or add more spelling errors, or take some away.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Monday, 11 May 2026 18:25 (three weeks ago)
They're a pretty obscure band.
They're pretty celebrated in funk and soul circles, and well-sampled.
― an uncharacteristically irritated Mr. Rogers (stevie), Tuesday, 12 May 2026 07:24 (three weeks ago)
OTM
― Clarinet Cop (Tom D.), Tuesday, 12 May 2026 08:35 (three weeks ago)