Albums covers that depict the artists hanging out with their clones

(xp) How did I miss that one!

I imagine this is one of the nameless broken links from up there, but it deserves a place here: Country and Western Meets Rhythm and Blues by Ray Charles:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/RayCharles_CountryAndWesternMeetsRhythmAndBlues_300px.jpg

https://img.discogs.com/GUGY7KlVWuILwpCFOCXL7l8gfH8=/fit-in/600x596/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-844476-1166059250.jpeg.jpg

https://img.discogs.com/SlRKwk9MwPhFgGne9KE8UYNQTbk=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-14099149-1586193256-4589.jpeg.jpg

A++ artwork/title combo

Some top quality work there.

I can't believe I'm the first person to post this, and I don't even like Lou Reed.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81XV9CoyCoL.jpg

I thought the same about the Dolly Parton album but there are a lot of broken links up there.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41PEJ9B5G9L._SX300_QL70_ML2_.jpg

https://img.discogs.com/Ka5iQxr4K1RhrFkzkvqs2B9E0R4=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2617343-1462201215-1363.jpeg.jpg

Actually the back cover for a 12", but, y'know:

https://img.discogs.com/oyYCmD296dIAPVemuO7JugL36LM=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1348855-1301761716.jpeg.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EoaQXalVQAA4g5H?format=jpg&name=large

Hanging out with their clones hanging out with their clones hanging out with their clones hanging out with their clones hanging out with their....

http://www.bestlivealbums.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pink_floyd_ummagumma.jpg

Hmm. Meant to post this
http://www.bestlivealbums.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pink_floyd_ummagumma.jpg

Dave Mason, "It's like You Never Left"

https://www.stereo-records.com/user/151/photo/sam/65748.jpg

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61gRUVuDf2L._SX450_.jpg

https://artistwaves-58a4.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/e831c-1qdfpyv7bwakkz_q9dnhkxg.jpeg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3AKitty_lonesomesad.jpg

https://img.discogs.com/jlZU5f8sMOtuUrnqxH-xPCzYYXc=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2819229-1455806224-9670.jpeg.jpg

https://img.discogs.com/uaL00ox98d3jOJoBN6AWXJiToto=/fit-in/587x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5385219-1392422005-8126.jpeg.jpg

Pensive, Dazed, and Gassy

Hah, that is what i tried to post and failed

that's why i posted it

https://img.discogs.com/Dt7PpU8mQmjGhDzlVoj9dp9UTqU=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-18899008-1622079189-4737.png.jpg

https://img.discogs.com/TX3_XLG1ep6DwyiZWAEQt4ZKrJU=/fit-in/510x510/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3304916-1324916622.jpeg.jpg

it was known as the mirror with all the little kissy marks on it

https://img.discogs.com/abKhYhG85KUf7kfUDyOyaFZGHAM=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-4896670-1599509523-4252.jpeg.jpg

I'm not 100% up on the plotline of the Janelle Monae Metropolis universe, but is that the first cover in this thread that actually literally features the artist hanging out with her clones? (OK, fellow identical androids I think, but the closest we've come?)

https://img.discogs.com/Epcqi634IhnHFz4JCFnHWAtxoc8=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-3198088-1513712213-6704.jpeg.jpg

Given that this album has a song called "Never Let Me Go", I'd venture to guess these are meant to be clones.

off topic, but is it more difficult to find good quality album cover art online than it was in the past? GIS doesn't seem to be coming through like it used to.

GIS just broadly getting worse for anything I think

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Parliament-The_Clones_of_Dr._Funkenstein_%28album_cover%29.jpg

so to clarify for future oral histories of this thread, monae first one posted but she just opened the floodgates

I think Clones of Dr. Funkenstein may have been posted before, but the link broke

Image search is too bound up with shopping to be of much use these days. Like if there were a way to search for an informative image without triggering the shopping algorithms that would be nice

Sorry, that internet officially ended 5 years ago, at least

Now, can I interest you in an an image of a parliament funkadelic throw pillow on Etsy?

sounds pretty sweet tbh

https://img.discogs.com/svkd1ywcHeWPLS0hjm6C7ObICes=/fit-in/420x424/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7409167-1440899941-5706.jpeg.jpg

https://img.discogs.com/U6IRyKddnhtOGhxrKtwwq0G0ndQ=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5677799-1439404583-6045.jpeg.jpg

ddgis gives you pxp and file size, and if you don't find one good enough you can tineye the best

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/7180aPBGrxL._SY355_.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Free_for_all.jpg

More Nuges on the back cover and gatefold.

No thanks, any number of Nugents is too many.

If there were a way to get negative Nugents I would probably want that option

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61C+4wLUO+L._SX522_.jpg

Two Doug Sahms on the back of Texas Rock For Country Rollers

Anitta sticking to the brief, while also being yawnsomely literal:

https://www.frontview-magazine.be/sites/default/files/news/174007-anitta-brengt-nieuw-album-versions-of-me-uit-1355737.jpg

I think those are just the "clones" (actual/human "artist" not depicted)!

Cliff Richard, "Every Face Tells a Story" (a perfect 70s album title cover)

https://i.discogs.com/uA-_GfaR4IJ0OlNCMuXuEWYVjfKo8UY7dSjKgTCuFQA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:598/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMwMDQw/NTgtMTY0MzkyMjQx/NC02Nzc4LmpwZWc.jpeg

Kate Bollinger - Look at it in the Light

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/719vsO9xTEL._SS500_.jpg

It was a sad day for both music and human genetic engineering in 1974 when a displeased Andy Williams beat his clone to death with a 3-iron for being 15% smaller than desired. pic.twitter.com/Vo7vShmQ4z

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) January 26, 2023

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