Albums covers that depict the artists hanging out with their clones

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

https://www.discogs.com/DcaYUdy6Osud6rvuFl3hHMjJyhE6WPbzbkuAGCaVSvY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY5OTA1/OS0xMTQ5MDk5NzQ1/LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/DcaYUdy6Osud6rvuFl3hHMjJyhE6WPbzbkuAGCaVSvY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY5OTA1/OS0xMTQ5MDk5NzQ1/LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.zIB8_fjyytLy4FgVX9AJhAHaHa?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

https://i.discogs.com/MmnOLRQnT8CymOKiYr3GaJlTa8jYURJnL6IF-jWoEeY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0MzA1/MTE0LTE1NzI4OTg3/ODUtMTU5OC5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/DcaYUdy6Osud6rvuFl3hHMjJyhE6WPbzbkuAGCaVSvY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY5OTA1/OS0xMTQ5MDk5NzQ1/LmpwZWc.jpeg
Kevin Cummings, the photographer who took the shot this is based on is on the latest Oh! Brother taking about Mark E Smith snipping the image of himself out of a photo he got from said photographer without sorting out rights. That among other stuff about the Manchester scene etc, good episode

https://store.udiscover-music.de/assets/asset_480x480/Ringo-Starr-Rewind-Forward-EP-Vinyl-504512-397771.png

this explains his unusual long life, this whole time they've been breeding an army of Ringos in the axlotl tanks of Bene Tleilax

Ringo feels like an excellent candidate for the thread of artists whose visage appears on all/most of their album covers.

https://i.discogs.com/AeeaxTe793xqg9-tFF9SmkS0NnMESsb3pfFafT_6OtE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE3NDAy/NTI3LTE2MTMyNTE0/MDctNjc5NC5qcGVn.jpeg

i always hate it when i run out of crank

At least one of those Keiths can hook you with some more

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music116/v4/e7/54/ab/e754ab3d-69e6-377c-5a3e-2a4f69c178b3/197187897445.jpg/600x600bf-60.jpg

Karabalik Beatz, General Kara

Senegalese producer par excellence helms his own project

One of the alt covers for the new Ariana Grande album:

https://i.imgur.com/ET9Asan_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand

just pricing this today. what's weird is that the back cover is a continuation of the front cover (his hair wraps around the cover) with another picture of richie all wet.

https://i.discogs.com/yL1E6QmImz6wQyo6K--GX6kKwzYtbUjAqAJGGFrfyP0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyMzg3/ODAtMTY5OTU0Njk3/My0yMDg3LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/4pFf3B6ux71H0LGn70liZd17wkkfqEYFVNg_yogTX_U/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:595/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyMzg3/ODAtMTY5OTU0Njk3/NC0xMTE0LmpwZWc.jpeg

wait, i'm not done yet. this was his previous record. (!!!!)

https://i.discogs.com/BqhS7N4SCPsdyuAs0H7KV0Uh7lEUXrY1JKQEPoMH-M0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQ4MTM3/MTItMTQ0ODczMTg2/MC05NDQwLmpwZWc.jpeg

Excellent.

Dude qualifies for multiple threads with those covers.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Rl3GnPqxL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02610bd83b94fe2dfe271f391e

Semloh Trepur is my new band name, thanks

wait, i'm not done yet. this was his previous record. (!!!!)

https://i.discogs.com/BqhS7N4SCPsdyuAs0H7KV0Uh7lEUXrY1JKQEPoMH-M0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQ4MTM3/MTItMTQ0ODczMTg2/MC05NDQwLmpwZWc.jpeg

― scott seward, Saturday, January 27, 2024 2:17 PM (five hours ago)

wow, I'm not sure whether I should praise this motherfucker for mastering this trope or scold him for demystifying it

magnifiCathy: the many voices of Cathy Berberian

https://i.imgur.com/6vWCIFW.jpg

The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba

https://i.imgur.com/inIvl9y.jpg

(yo dawg, we heard you like dancing, so we're gonna make your body dance for them while we make your body dance for them while we make your body dance for them)