Album Covers featuring Yawnsomely Literal Cover Art in regards to said album's title.

all-time cover. terrified me as a kid.

in my cover-connections fantasy, i like to imagine that black sabbaths paranoid is his hallucinating POV and this is the reverse shot, as you calmly approach.

"Shel? Shel? Why dont you come inside and have some water bud, OK? Nice and easy"
"grmfmrmrmSWORD?!"

lmao definitely looks like he's in the midst of a trip that's starting to go bad

Okay, it turns out I know nothing about Shel Silverstein, I thought he wrote a couple of books for kids and that was about it. What an interesting dude.

(I say this not just from the cover posted here, it spurred me on to read more about him)

I think everyone at some point has that same realization, extremely interesting dude

I love that song he wrote "Big Four Poster Bed"

Silverstein is the best and that's as good a picture of him as i've ever seen
and yeah "hey did you know BOY NAMED SUE etc etc" but how about this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMuQTN7Xo4w

very thankful the youtube clip of that song does not feature yawnsomely literal cover art

friggin hapsburg chin there!

black flags damaged belongs here imo, honestly a pretty LOL cover

https://img.discogs.com/H5Q74sYOX_k0J_7qPCYMeSf0e3k=/fit-in/600x601/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6842321-1427766011-5427.jpeg.jpg

Ferlin Husky ‎– Sittin' On A Rainbow

good one, love "the world on a string" to go with it

first track is "I've Got The World On A String"!!

Looks like this excellently monikered dude has some others:

https://img.discogs.com/RvUIbxwomB4pmtWbrPZrn1XYW6U=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-6625053-1475120554-6305.jpeg.jpg

(God, do I wish his self-titled LP depicted him rubbing the belly of a big husky dog)

lol I read that as "Feelin Husky"

Frottin' Husky.

Good work from Ferlin there.

in today's edition of Phrases that, when you see them, you inexplicably start singing them to the melody of something else (and then will forever be associated with that):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgS1_-oWkzY

also, was immediately reminded of Feargal Sharkey (yeah, yeah), but Mr Husky actually predates him by quite a lot.

Thanks to Kenny Everett I am familiar with this classic track by Ferlin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH-kykDYQw0

NV knew where it was at.

― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Thursday, 10 March 2005 00:51 (fifteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

https://img.discogs.com/_UEzfnBDRzsZOTrctODuLR43lxw=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1153716-1581377233-1938.jpeg.jpg

Up Pops Ramsey Lewis

i don't think this ever showed up here, surprisingly

https://img.discogs.com/oQGy5QUc-KFBfZgVixHQwFRPf30=/fit-in/600x586/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-915034-1333909319.jpeg.jpg

Can - Opener

1981 seems decidedly late to the party for yawnsomely literal album covers, but there you have it.
https://img.discogs.com/qE3cWACkDDqtCPgFi2fBVcz03Zw=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-465716-1289888832.jpeg.jpg
Bob James - Hands Down

Yawnsome literalness can strike at any time in any era.

That's a cool cover - I'd contend literal but not yawnsome. Is the album any good?

https://img.discogs.com/Ykrl4lQk3EtfUcdChCG2kdq0jaI=/fit-in/600x593/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5819875-1547613772-2920.jpeg.jpg

Teddy Charles - Vibe-Rant

Just 40 minutes of Teddy vocally berating his tuned percussion.

really love that cover

that is awesome!

beautiful cover. looks like that heavy, glossy kind of cardboard sleeve, too.

would buy for 4.98 3.98

Jimmy Cleveland - Map of Jimmy Cleveland

https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0411/02/jimmy-cleveland-map-mint-orig-1959_1_4ffdcafb8f22a433fa06b7131998b0ac.jpg

https://d1e9ycqe323hkh.cloudfront.net/items/400701802819.jpg

love that teddy charles cover. Also, teddy charles is really good.

1981 seems decidedly late to the party for yawnsomely literal album covers, but there you have it.

It's 2021 and Zara Larsson Poster Girl wants the party to carry on.

https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-covers/500/0005/339/0005339223.jpg

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

This thread is an embarrassment of riches

wow "Lipseye"

hoping thats pronounced "Lie-Psi"

now do Lipseye Buck-in’-Ham

I don't understand why they didn't call their record "Reaching for Gulls." I do respect the pixelated font though

https://img.discogs.com/AnpEa0iC0U3GMABZT59glEV94tM=/fit-in/493x484/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2573356-1291136278.jpeg.jpg

Allan Clarke ‎– Headroom

Nice.

https://img.discogs.com/KDP4nddocRpGB0gbtkZXS0PQCnI=/fit-in/375x373/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7131791-1434421699-9183.jpeg.jpg

Enticing.

Nailed it!

also a very viable title