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

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stevem (blueski), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:07 (twenty years ago) link

i may have confused this thread with the Album Covers featuring Twats actually

stevem (blueski), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:08 (twenty years ago) link

vahid (vahid), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:09 (twenty years ago) link

wait i take that back

vahid (vahid), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:10 (twenty years ago) link

on the left 'Keep on Pushing'

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000013BQ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

rw, Friday, 30 January 2004 00:17 (twenty years ago) link

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001FCG.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


You can't seem'em in a pic this small, but NRBQ themselves are sitting in the seats.

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:17 (twenty years ago) link

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000024MZ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:19 (twenty years ago) link

That Impressions record is the dorkiest album cover I've seen in a long long time.

Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:31 (twenty years ago) link

I think it's terrific!

jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:32 (twenty years ago) link

You can't seem'em in a pic this small, but NRBQ themselves are sitting in the seats.
This makes it not so literal, doesn't it? Since the record is of them performing, not attending?

The Springfield says something about American notions of "working class"!

no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 06:21 (twenty years ago) link

No, it's a studio record. The cover depicts them literally at Yankee Stadium. It's a joke, geddit?

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:34 (twenty years ago) link

Where approximately are they seated?

jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:46 (twenty years ago) link

The Springfield says something about American notions of "working class"!

well, the dog could be a waiter...

jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:47 (twenty years ago) link

Upper decks somewhere, if I remember correctly. "Green Light" is on this record (easily their most enjoyable track).

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:47 (twenty years ago) link

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000025BI.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

may pang (maypang), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:54 (twenty years ago) link

It's a joke, geddit?
I do now! Guess it worked...

no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 07:15 (twenty years ago) link

also rick springfield's australian

cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 30 January 2004 07:15 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.weezer.com/info/tunes/weezercover.jpg

DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 30 January 2004 09:57 (twenty years ago) link

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/MrHCIHF/RecCovrs/oof.gif

Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:09 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.rollingstones.cwc.net/81.jpg

mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago) link

Err...but Mark, that album's called Sucking in the 70's. I don't see in sucking go on.

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:23 (twenty years ago) link

i see a lot of sucking going on with regard to that record

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:26 (twenty years ago) link

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc500/c578/c57845x1b6e.jpg
Believe it or not, the name of this album is "The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken"

BrianB (BrianB), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:28 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.lp-cd.de/1/14120_01.jpg

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:29 (twenty years ago) link

billy joel looks so cool in that! I wonder if he went to see The Dictators back in the day, or something... maybe The Hassle even opened for them!

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:37 (twenty years ago) link

on his foot there, do you think that's wear-and-tear on the album cover or is it salt-stains on his zippered ankle boots? salt stains on rock boots are awesome.

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:39 (twenty years ago) link

billy definitely could have hung out with these dudes:
http://thedictators.com/pix2000/prayos.jpg

Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 January 2004 15:49 (twenty years ago) link

Billy is looking so WILLIAMSBURG HIPSTER in that PIC...those jeans alone would probably go for $125 now days.


OTM re: Salt Stained Rock Boots, AWESOME!


very punk.

ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:12 (twenty years ago) link

Do my eyes deceive me...or is that a LITTLE bit of SIDEPIPE there too?

who knew.

ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:14 (twenty years ago) link

Billy looks cool, but his reflection is the campest way to have a chest-burster kill you ever.

Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:33 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.unitedmanchester.com/music/photos/ThinLizzy-jailbreak.jpg

ddb, Friday, 30 January 2004 16:34 (twenty years ago) link

Good lord! That Foghat cover is absolutely brilliant.

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:46 (twenty years ago) link

also rick springfield's australian
Yeah but I bet the genius execs who came up with/approved the cover were not.

no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 18:14 (twenty years ago) link

There's probably 100 better examples of this one, but this was all I could find...
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f684/f68455dz5c6.jpg

dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 30 January 2004 20:27 (twenty years ago) link

It depends, OleM, are you talking about this?:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c019/c0197023990.jpg

..or this?:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre200/e249/e24927z3kre.jpg

donut bitch (donut), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:27 (twenty years ago) link

"Believe it or not, the name of this album is "The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken"
-- BrianB"

But the cover has a cock, not a chicken.
Ahhhhhh...

Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:31 (twenty years ago) link

Hmm... I was thining of 'hen'...

*slaps forehead*

Stupid (Stupid), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:32 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.mindcrime.biz/holy.jpg

udu wudu (udu wudu), Friday, 30 January 2004 22:36 (twenty years ago) link

What's the title of the above?

no opinion, Friday, 30 January 2004 23:19 (twenty years ago) link

disgusting

your original display name is still visible (Left), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 18:02 (nine months ago) link

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

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

your original display name is still visible (Left), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 18:07 (nine months ago) link

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.

andrew m., Wednesday, 19 July 2023 18:29 (nine months ago) link

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

andrew m., Wednesday, 19 July 2023 18:32 (nine months ago) link

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

enochroot, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 18:53 (nine months ago) link

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

Ditto Daleks.

John Donne In Concert (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 19:17 (nine months ago) link

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 holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 20:59 (nine months ago) link

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.

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 21:30 (nine months ago) link

That's great!

m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 21:33 (nine months ago) link

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

m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 21:34 (nine months ago) link

Haha I believe not.

anatol_merklich, Thursday, 20 July 2023 13:33 (eight months ago) link

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.

slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 17:40 (eight months ago) link

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

serving aunt (stevie), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 21:49 (eight months ago) link

Boyd Tinsley - True Reflections

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

Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 21:35 (eight months ago) link

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/

Dan Worsley, Saturday, 19 August 2023 10:24 (eight months ago) link

one month passes...
one month passes...

Frankie Valli, "Lady Put the Light Out"

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

The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 12:24 (four months ago) link

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

bendy, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 16:29 (four months ago) link

Twist: that’s Frankie’s hand

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 16:40 (four months ago) link

He's giving Gene Simmons

This field is required (morrisp), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 17:18 (four months ago) link

When Frankie’s in town.

Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 17:24 (four months ago) link

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

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

The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 17:51 (four months ago) link

two weeks pass...
one month passes...

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.

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 14:05 (two months ago) link

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

Donovan - Lady of the Stars

Kim Kimberly, Sunday, 28 January 2024 06:54 (two months ago) link

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I hate it when I start seeing Trump everywhere

Hideous Lump, Saturday, 3 February 2024 07:27 (two months ago) link

wondered what was going on with the pattern on her dress there... it's a skull, like this Victorian postcards

koogs, Saturday, 17 February 2024 13:52 (two months ago) link

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/45/8e/5c/458e5c3b6ee4a24074c6dc22fd20ca03.jpg

Peter Bardens - Write My Name In The Dust

nickn, Sunday, 25 February 2024 18:35 (one month ago) link

Although he doesn't have his name written in the dust, so maybe it doesn't belong here.

nickn, Sunday, 25 February 2024 18:37 (one month ago) link

Wonder if there was a conversation about whether the artist and title should be switched, and it got nixed bc someone thought that would be too yawnsomely literal

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Sunday, 25 February 2024 18:42 (one month ago) link

Steve Hackett – The Circus And The Nightwhale

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91yHhoSFIzL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

doleful lundgren (Matt #2), Thursday, 29 February 2024 19:23 (one month ago) link

that's something else right there.

andrew m., Thursday, 29 February 2024 19:24 (one month ago) link

literal for sure, yawnsome idk, that rules!

not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Friday, 1 March 2024 11:22 (one month ago) link

one month passes...

I finally got a copy of Fire Of Unknown Origin, and I never before noticed how literal the cover art is (though, it's the opposite of yawnsome, to be fair).

https://i.discogs.com/ZDmm-2xCdeS4Paef2BskjDHNa-uNqE1tN4mVLBrmTI4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTYzMDMx/Ni0xNTQ0MzY0NDUz/LTczMjYuanBlZw.jpeg

Also, I now see where Ghost got all their best ideas (they even kinda stole the band logo?)

enochroot, Sunday, 7 April 2024 18:08 (one week ago) link

Human Pesticide – Mutilated in a Bathtub (NSFW)

ArchCarrier, Friday, 19 April 2024 08:30 (twenty-seven minutes ago) link


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