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

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!

a-ha put an easter egg for Norwegians in the video for the single "Hunting High and Low": a couple of times at the word "high" in the chorus, the video shows a shark, which in Norwegian is "hai", pronounced just the same.

That's great!

...do Norwegian stoners wear shark tshirts and stuff?

Haha I believe not.

Fats Domino - Sleeping on the Job

https://i.discogs.com/48GcFPGbEAaWntwB4cA860uNYgVZc-Zo9TY5uA1NeX4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:589/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyMjcw/MTItMTM2Mjg5Njg5/Ny0xMDIwLmpwZWc.jpeg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61+JoSpVL6L.jpg

I was hoping for something similar for I’m Walking or Walking To New Orleans, but no.

the poignant simplicity of Here Stands Fats Domino more than makes up for it tho:
https://media.s-bol.com/g5y7v61QVG1j/550x550.jpg

apparently this variation also exists:
https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=gZzssbWd2077MQglSR2_Bg4Q1ghY8VaPylnm7PwcKNY=&f=4

see also (not too far) upthread for Fats On Fire.

Gunther Andernach, the sleeve designer, is also a washboard player

Boyd Tinsley - True Reflections

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71-nJINcvML._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

https://i.discogs.com/-YbRY-JutkXaY4Pcq6QJtxxZcEpdbYBHtW0_xtQXFuI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:583/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2OTM4/NzktMTU4MTY3MDY4/Mi04NzAwLmpwZWc.jpeg

Huey Lewis & the News - Small World

Ralph McTell, "Sand In Your Shoes"

https://i.discogs.com/2EXmKot-FF1tn9GFZKWzQ-W23n3_AsqudrhMrOAszsk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:509/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM5NDIz/ODQtMTQ2MjAxMjMx/Mi00NTA3LmpwZWc.jpeg

Suzi Quatro and KT Tunstall have released an album called “Face to Face”. You’ll never guess what it looks like. https://tinnitist.com/2023/08/11/albums-of-the-week-suzi-quatro-kt-tunstall-face-to-face/

Dee Dee Warwick, "Turning Around"

https://www.discogs.com/master/348376-Dee-Dee-Warwick-Turning-Around/image/SW1hZ2U6MjAwNzE0MTk=

https://i.discogs.com/UuSaP9J3irZK1tzLXc-TuYreDKwLs91Ojf3WE9YcCeU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:590/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQwOTAz/MTAtMTQ0MzAzNTUz/Mi0yOTk4LmpwZWc.jpeg

Frankie Valli, "Lady Put the Light Out"

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71PVRuGykDL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

So much chest hair the medallion does not, cannot lay flat.

Twist: that’s Frankie’s hand

He's giving Gene Simmons

When Frankie’s in town.

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/a8df2dde1bd86db165de803bfddef7a9/3291526/lunasa-redwood-Cover-Art.jpg

So much chest hair the medallion does not, cannot lay flat.

Nice of the lady to let Frankie borrow her lipstick too.

The O'Kaysions - Girl Watcher
https://i.discogs.com/Us6c8HWDo3NiId9VZtwAUYBWnj24ysOe6IhDsta94cE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQxNTY5/NTgtMTY2OTMwMzI0/OS0yMjg3LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music118/v4/6e/bf/af/6ebfaf1e-3f84-c5bc-b64b-2a22a18f4941/00602557639742.rgb.jpg/1200x1200bb.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQkCcbdhbxcFmBUCW8t8r5eD5cv3VRHcYNbSw&usqp=CAU

Marlana Shaw (RIP): Out of Different Bags

She’s not out of them, looks to me like she’s got plenty of bags. I suppose she could be out of some… different bags. Different different bags.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Donovan-Lady_of_the_Stars.jpg

Donovan - Lady of the Stars

https://i.discogs.com/NoZN2zLpJNqi3DfVO1Ptt-LOi3VR6K-m4Hl2iF5izUA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMzNTg1/Mi0xNjM3MzE3NDI1/LTU5OTYuanBlZw.jpeg

Yukihiro Takahashi – Murdered By The Music