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

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

Bobby Beausoleil – Running With The White Wolf

https://e.snmc.io/i/1200/s/48a767129d91bd460a0ca9ed14797197/5975586

https://i.discogs.com/-ACoUUpNl-hZbNmw66jlHMM9JCngwYBeMZ_fqROMSHY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:576/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExMjA5/MzI0LTE1MTE5MDI4/NjItOTU2My5qcGVn.jpeg

that one’s fun

Willis Jackson - Nothing Butt

Not exactly yawnsome, but(t)...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Nothing_Butt.jpg

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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Cedar%21_%28Cedar_Walton_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg

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

A few nice additions from Exclaim!'s 25 Worst Album Covers of 2022:

Vettor - Obstacle
https://exclaim.ca/images/vettor-obstacle.jpg

Jerry Paper - Free Time
https://exclaim.ca/images/jerry-paper-free-time-art.jpg

Those are both amazing

https://i.discogs.com/EeRsGIbxhoQEMg1-r0eh6WJhH7YkAyk4qIWLR5pIsw4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:595/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExODcw/NTMwLTE1MjM4MjM2/OTMtNzAxNS5qcGVn.jpeg

Paul Chambers - Go

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Go_%28Paul_Chambers_album%29.jpg

https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/63b8bf62198393ca23dbcca4/1:1/w_600/Belle-And-Sebastian-Late-Developers.jpg

Belle & Sebastian: Late Developers

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/aa837f88b264f07c335e9caad9283380/6565772/don-henley-the-boys-of-summer-Cover-Art.jpg

The Boys of Summer 1998 reissue

I can never quite get use to this embedding lark

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/aa837f88b264f07c335e9caad9283380/6565772/don-henley-the-boys-of-summer-Cover-Art.jpg

Robert Fleischman, "World In Your Eyes"

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27305088ea6f587d62c54c940b2

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

https://shirleygnome.bandcamp.com/album/ho-down

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Over_The_Top.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Over_The_Top.jpg

Orlando Johnson & Trance, "Turn the Music On"

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273df2fb696958bc88527ac1ef7

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

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

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

A+ cover

(is there anyone who has played on such a wide range of music as this guy?)

https://cdn.albumoftheyear.org/album/598519-the-girl-is-crying-in-her-latte_1600.jpg

Sparks - The Girl is Crying in Her Latte

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

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).

Watt Where You Thinking

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

more like Fighting Fire With Fats

True, but also the word "Fats" is literally on fire!

oh, you’re right! a crucial detail I hadn’t noticed

loving Wear It's 'At

more like Fighting Fire With Fats

this sounds like a disastrous idea tbh

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2946819062_10.jpg
Yaeji with a Hammer

sure this one's been in here before but I only just saw it the first time
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Waterbed_%28album%29.jpg

Nice.

Chris Gantry, "Motor Mouth"

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2737431336a5f15ef48793a03a3

https://i.discogs.com/WVOcF_wYI9-QGwhD7YCIfrqQhvpzlK36xT0Huf4FRac/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTg3NDIy/OTQtMTU4NTg5NjUw/Mi0zODExLmpwZWc.jpeg

I recently (re?)discovered, via MTV Classic, that the video for Erasure's "Respect" is an amusing longform exploration of this concept (as relates to the song's lyrics):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34icYC8zA0

https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/64af09acc789a3a5fc5f50b2/1:1/w_320,c_limit/Cory%20Hanson-%20Western%20Cum.png

disgusting

great EP but the cover fits here - how many times has this been done by now?

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273441f1e6077c84dc2d8d382de

returning to this one, obstacle by vettor.

https://exclaim.ca/images/vettor-obstacle.jpg

wouldn't steps make something accessible? an obstacle would be like a rabid hyena guarding the bottom step. not yawnsomelly literal imo.

for a person with mobility issues or a wheelchair user the steps would certainly be an obstacle, I guess. anyway, carry on!

Maybe the band are actually facing towards the camera, and they are the obstacle to you getting up the stairs.

for a person with mobility issues or a wheelchair user the steps would certainly be an obstacle, I guess. anyway, carry on!

Ditto Daleks.

I recently (re?)discovered, via MTV Classic, that the video for Erasure's "Respect" is an amusing longform exploration of this concept (as relates to the song's lyrics)

this is incredible!