http://www.onefinalserenade.com/uploads/2/9/1/2/2912571/6380273_orig.jpg
Billy Joel - Turnstiles (1976). According to Joel, each of the characters on the album cover was meant to represent a particular song (e.g., the girl in headphones for "All You Wanna Do is Dance," the wealthy couple for "I've Loved These Days").[2]
― yellow is the color of some raisins (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/1ewt2CF51QPIEFC4qZIv2xfPMnw=/fit-in/600x592/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8483586-1488866440-4082.jpeg.jpghttps://img.discogs.com/tLcmxCi5vhYDGTf_AKF2Y1slmzM=/fit-in/600x594/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8483586-1488866442-7332.jpeg.jpg
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 19 August 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/XqrcUtPIOOipNWK0DHyg6lbNPkg=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1638164-1437087904-5537.jpeg.jpg
https://img.discogs.com/sC1-BQzYfznY29dj6cEM1wbd_C4=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1638164-1437087903-3048.jpeg.jpg
Fingerprintz - Distinguishing Marks
― got the scuba tube blowin' like a snork (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 15 September 2018 02:03 (five years ago) link
https://imagesaws.juno.co.uk/full/CS623234-01B-BIG.jpgThe Cure Three Imaginary Boys - Fire in Cairo, So What, Accuracy, Object, Subway Song, Meathook, 10:15 (?), It's Not You (?), Grinding Halt, Foxy Lady, Another Day (?).Also - how the hell have I never noticed that the landscape on the Around the World In a Day cover is a woman's body?https://rcgoodmanblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/prince-atwiad-full.jpg
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 15 September 2018 02:34 (five years ago) link
lol ditto
― got the scuba tube blowin' like a snork (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 15 September 2018 02:35 (five years ago) link
The booklet for Neko Case’s Fox Confessor... does this.
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Saturday, 15 September 2018 03:22 (five years ago) link
Siamese Dream (this may be covered by an “etc.” upthread)
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Saturday, 15 September 2018 03:25 (five years ago) link
(We are counting CD booklets where each song title gets a page/picture of its own, yeah?)
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Saturday, 15 September 2018 03:26 (five years ago) link
Case by case basis imho - I feel like with a lot of those the images are so abstract or vibe-oriented that they don't quite count as "illustrations" if you catch my meaning. Some pinch of literalism (bordering on the ridiculous) is essential.
At least some of of the ones in Superunknown clearly count for example - "Let Me Drown" shows a pool, "Head Down" is a photo of a fetus with its head towards the bottom of the page, etc.
― got the scuba tube blowin' like a snork (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 15 September 2018 04:01 (five years ago) link
Been mentioned?https://www.audiophileusa.com/covers400water/34855.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 15 September 2018 04:25 (five years ago) link
http://images.45worlds.com/f/cd/the-clash-sandinista-7-cd.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 15 September 2018 04:29 (five years ago) link
Had seen this cover for years, but it wasn't until this weekend that I actually looked hard at an LP copy and saw that it fits the criteria.
https://img.discogs.com/fUj2XsSTdFJnisLXkbrGvK-SUQk=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3066909-1314159128.jpeg.jpg
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
^^The Hollies' Greatest Hits, in case the link breaks.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
Smashing Pumpkins must have the greatest batting average for this category wouldn’t they? Just look at the Siamese Dream through Machina run.
― Thebunk, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
I know it isn't precisely what is being asked for, but I always liked all the different photos/images in the Superunknown liner notes for each song's lyrics.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
yeah ditto. i think that one probably counts - "let me drown" has, like, a picture of a pool that you could imagine someone drowning in, iirc.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 21:22 (four years ago) link
oh wait lol i already posted about that a year ago
The Armagideon Times above puts me in mind of Lennon's Some Time in New York Cityhttps://www.discogs.com/John-Yoko-The-Plastic-Ono-Band-Some-Time-In-New-York-City/master/90418#images/33439359https://www.discogs.com/John-Yoko-The-Plastic-Ono-Band-Some-Time-In-New-York-City/master/90418#images/33439361
― screator, Thursday, 5 December 2019 07:02 (four years ago) link
not sure if this one has been mentioned yet since so many broken links upthread:
https://i.imgur.com/OuWsWiEh.jpg
― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Thursday, 5 December 2019 07:59 (four years ago) link
The album's outside cover consists of the words 'King Crimson' spelled out in ornate medieval lettering, the word 'King' on the back cover and the word 'Crimson' on the front cover, with each letter incorporating one or two discrete images. These images in turn represent Sinfield's lyrics from the album – the images in the word 'King' representing the lyrics of the various sections and subsections of track 5, "Lizard"; while the images in the word 'Crimson' represent the lyrics of tracks 1–4. Whereas the images representing "Lizard" are medieval in content – depicting Prince Rupert, his environs (including a peacock), and the Battle of Glass Tears – the images representing the other four tracks juxtapose medieval and contemporary scenes. The image around the letter 'i' in 'Crimson', for example, depicts the Beatles, corresponding with their pseudonymous appearance in the lyrics to "Happy Family". Around the "n" on the front cover, there is a depiction of Rupert the Bear piloting a yellow aeroplane.
― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Thursday, 5 December 2019 08:00 (four years ago) link
This seems to have disappeared to link rot upthread, so here it is again, sorry.
https://i.imgur.com/SNpgi39.jpg
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 5 December 2019 09:54 (four years ago) link
Kraftwerk, "Ralf & Florian"
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLtEjuuVYAAwK5B.jpg
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 January 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLtEfDgUQAUnZKp.jpg
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 January 2020 22:55 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLtEc4gVAAAwg06.jpg
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 January 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
https://cdn.smehost.net/billyjoelcom-uslegacyprod/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/15_riverofdreams_1000px.jpg
Billy Joel, River of Dreams (cover art by Christie Brinkley)
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Friday, 24 January 2020 00:30 (four years ago) link
https://imgur.com/download/CoW9sGchttps://imgur.com/download/TdsF8ws
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 24 January 2020 03:03 (four years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/sRg7WS7QbRQOtC7NFuD--2mOK0w=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-6611046-1509650617-9447.jpeg.jpg
― no lime tangier, Friday, 24 January 2020 05:52 (four years ago) link
http://www.aphextwin.nu/images/interviewsarticles/saw2faq-03-x.jpg
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 24 January 2020 10:52 (four years ago) link
Genesis, A Trick of the Tail.I'm not sure if all the songs are illustrated here, but all the illustrations are certainly taken from the lyrics on the album... the satyr from the title track, the old woman in the mirror from Ripples, the huntsman from Squonk, etc.
http://www.hipgnosiscovers.com/images/trickofthetail_uk_lp_front.jpg
http://www.hipgnosiscovers.com/images/trickofthetail_uk_lp_inner1.jpghttp://www.hipgnosiscovers.com/images/trickofthetail_uk_lp_inner2.jpg
― enochroot, Friday, 24 January 2020 12:31 (four years ago) link
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
― We Jam von Economo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 January 2020 12:38 (four years ago) link
great posts y'all. typing up some recent ones in case of later image loss:
Various Artists - The World of Rock n FunSuper Furry Animals - RadiatorMemphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug BandAphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 24 January 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2340796478_10.jpg
Darren Hayman (ex-Hefner frontperson) had a really lovely album called '12 Astronauts' last year - I got the package that came with nice collector cards for each astronaut.
1. Spaceman No More (Neil Armstrong) 2. Low Orbit (Buzz Aldrin) 3. Timber Cove (Pete Conrad) 4. Alan Bean (Alan Bean)5. Don't Clip My Wings (Alan Sheppard)6. Hard Disk in the Sky (Edgar Mitchell)7. Major Sunday (David Scott)8. Genesis Rock (James Irwin)9. 100% Oxygen (John Young) 10. Duke's Dream (Charles Duke)11. It's Geology (Harrison Schmitt)12. Things We Left Behind (Gene Cernan)
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 24 January 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
"Hits of '77" (comp of Mrs Pottinger productions):
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/HITS-OF-77-scaled.jpg
― Tim, Monday, 17 February 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
Nice one.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Monday, 17 February 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/vGEuMPS13PmcV2W-bqQ5r9Oh_0g=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-14366305-1573423706-5169.jpeg.jpg
dan hicks & his hot licks - where's the money?
― no lime tangier, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 10:36 (four years ago) link
Alison Statton & Spike: "Bimini Twist"https://i.imgur.com/AMecr7b.jpg
― ernestp, Thursday, 28 May 2020 03:26 (four years ago) link
Kevin BlechdomBitches without Britches
https://img.discogs.com/kStUnGjrmf2LIiGAqOgMopAJqfs=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-185041-1487334637-1742.jpeg.jpg
https://img.discogs.com/UVoZUPYW487ekYou4-BNcYiftCU=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-185041-1487334655-2245.jpeg.jpg
― ringworm, Thursday, 28 May 2020 07:11 (four years ago) link
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (back cover)
https://img.discogs.com/y7r-tmjqYexQkxPA6hFvVldTgOY=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-603424-1437940137-6249.jpeg.jpg
(wonder why "Amazing Grace" didn't get an illustration)
― Lee626, Thursday, 28 May 2020 08:51 (four years ago) link
great selections, all
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 28 May 2020 12:46 (four years ago) link
"Amazing Grace" is not listed on the label on most editions
― Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 28 May 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
The booklet for Taylor Swift’s Fearless: Platinum Edition features some amusingly cheesy (and, as they say, “yawnsomely literal”) photo tableaus illustrating many of the songs.
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Sunday, 28 March 2021 07:14 (three years ago) link
On the flip side, all of the song titles on Mike Watt's "hyphenated-man" are based on illustrations, specifically the creatures in Heironymous Bosch paintings, like "Arrow-Pierced-Egg-Man" and "Head-And-Feet-Only-Man."
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 28 March 2021 16:01 (three years ago) link
Saint Etienne - Tales From Turnpike House Booklet has little illustrations for each song
http://www.saintetiennedisco.com/full/tfth/b2cd/b2cd.html
― Kim, Sunday, 28 March 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
Not sure any of it was included in the original album packaging, but Peter Gabriel’s Us album had a set of art pieces inspired by each song that were used on posters etc
https://petergabriel.bandcamp.com/merch/art-from-us-catalogue
― Kim, Sunday, 28 March 2021 16:16 (three years ago) link
The gatefold of Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren has little photos illustrating each song, taken by Ron Mael of Sparks!
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 28 March 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
Rod Stewart's Foot Loose And Fancy Free came with a big booklet with illustrations for each track. Viewable here
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 28 March 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
Lou Reed's Berlin also came with a booklet with photos for each song, viewable here
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 20:22 (two years ago) link
Elsa Lanchester - Songs for a Shuttered Parlor
https://i.imgur.com/A9GVOs3.jpg
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Saturday, 2 April 2022 05:47 (two years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/KXS5PNhFGzuqkSPSORR4X5K80Xg=/fit-in/600x633/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8493406-1482988606-1227.jpeg.jpgthe moon - s/t (kind of, maybe? some of them at least)
https://img.discogs.com/CGTF0v3c3uYSNNAcU-ZRjWkFivs=/fit-in/600x605/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-4308014-1533137773-4744.jpeg.jpgjoe south - games people play (pickwick compilation)
― no lime tangier, Saturday, 2 April 2022 07:49 (two years ago) link
https://i.discogs.com/LlP7GI3XeFKFXo0SM-dXLXfCb51DToadve6gztjeCTA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:473/w:473/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTUyODgz/OS0xMTI3OTU0NTA1/LmpwZWc.jpeg
Future Bible Heroes – Memories Of Love booklet has a puzzle for every song.
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 2 April 2022 08:04 (two years ago) link