https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/55/Switch-album.jpg
INXS - Switch
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Monday, 19 September 2022 04:35 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81+HX3iHzjL.jpg
― giraffe, Monday, 19 September 2022 13:37 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
that one’s fun
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:17 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 year 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 year 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 year ago) link
Those are both amazing
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Saturday, 17 December 2022 16:19 (one year 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 year 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 year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 year 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 year ago) link
https://shirleygnome.bandcamp.com/album/ho-down
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 1 February 2023 03:06 (one year ago) link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Over_The_Top.jpg
― ringworm, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 10:53 (one year ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Over_The_Top.jpg
― ringworm, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 10:55 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
Not sure if this is quite the right thread for this but it is a fine Twitter thread
Show me your favourite bad graphic design by boomer bands in the 90s… pic.twitter.com/NL4NUeVma7— Bobby Lee (@BobbyLeeBoogie) February 21, 2023
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 08:31 (one year ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/aZv7Wz6Lpv_Tyr3QifDoTOAzsmdjXq5J-YAfxt6NFuM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:592/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI1OTEw/MTAtMTU3NTc1NjQx/OS0zOTk0LmpwZWc.jpeg
B.J. Cole – The New Hovering Dog
― visiting, Saturday, 25 February 2023 20:47 (one year ago) link
A+ cover
― into the crypt of ray reardon (Matt #2), Saturday, 25 February 2023 20:48 (one year ago) link
(is there anyone who has played on such a wide range of music as this guy?)
― visiting, Saturday, 25 February 2023 20:52 (one year ago) link
https://cdn.albumoftheyear.org/album/598519-the-girl-is-crying-in-her-latte_1600.jpg
Sparks - The Girl is Crying in Her Latte
― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 05:50 (one year ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/UE9c3ubeb7OXvRcg16gHJyBgTUyFZQRyw1PHaLNMS7U/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:497/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI3NjU3/MDUtMTMwMDA0MzEz/OC5qcGVn.jpeg
David Ruffing: My Whole World Ended
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 18 March 2023 20:15 (one year ago) link
https://new.openimp.com/tid/f8ad655d6b5308aafa754f27b3a053cea10de56f/fvhpcpk/foyignntpm/30266409540054.jpeg
Tommy Watt - Watts Cooking (sic)
Tommy Watt notable for a) bad album covers and b) being Ben Watt's dad (him off Everything but the Girl).
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 24 March 2023 22:14 (one year ago) link
Watt Where You Thinking
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Friday, 24 March 2023 22:32 (one year ago) link
Couple of classics of this genre discovered in the wild yesterday:
The Rubettes - Wear It's 'At
https://i.imgur.com/QX0B5Bk.jpg
Fats Domino - Fats On Fire
https://i.imgur.com/VYoEC3k.png
― "Spaghetti" Thompson (Pheeel), Thursday, 30 March 2023 13:22 (one year ago) link
more like Fighting Fire With Fats
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Thursday, 30 March 2023 13:28 (one year ago) link
True, but also the word "Fats" is literally on fire!
― "Spaghetti" Thompson (Pheeel), Thursday, 30 March 2023 13:29 (one year ago) link
oh, you’re right! a crucial detail I hadn’t noticed
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Thursday, 30 March 2023 14:15 (one year ago) link
loving Wear It's 'At
― got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 30 March 2023 14:32 (one year ago) link
this sounds like a disastrous idea tbh
― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Friday, 31 March 2023 10:01 (one year ago) link
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2946819062_10.jpgYaeji with a Hammer
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 17:00 (one year ago) link
sure this one's been in here before but I only just saw it the first timehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Waterbed_%28album%29.jpg
― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 14:00 (eleven months ago) link
Nice.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 14:11 (eleven months ago) link
Chris Gantry, "Motor Mouth"
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2737431336a5f15ef48793a03a3
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 June 2023 18:44 (ten months ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/WVOcF_wYI9-QGwhD7YCIfrqQhvpzlK36xT0Huf4FRac/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTg3NDIy/OTQtMTU4NTg5NjUw/Mi0zODExLmpwZWc.jpeg
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 17:36 (nine months ago) link