Weirdly Similar Record Sleeves

[curiousoranges]

New page another half-illuminated back and white head cunt.

[purlieu]

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Well, if we're going down that route...

[Enzo]

Ok maybe not weirdly similar as one influenced the next in turn.

[The Mollusk]

Wow I've just noticed the apostrophe in track 1 of that Manics album. Just when you think a song title can't get any more cringe you notice a grammatical error.

[TheMonk]

[JesusAndYourBush]

Ha, scrolling through all those Mike Oldfields by the time I was near the end I was going 'Aargh please make it stop!'

[purlieu]

[Head Gardener]

[Brundle-Fly]

Wow, that can't be a coincidence. I hope Adele gets into acting and makes a lighthearted biopic about Ma Barker called Barker and rips off this album cover, right down to the soppy grin.

[DJ Bob Hoskins]

Well, if we're going down that route...

Fuck me, that's so awful it hurts my eyes. Although appositely, it is a great example of the kind of 'thrown together on a Gateway 2000' aesthetic which was common at the turn of the millennium.

[purlieu]

It's also remarkably similar to the final 30 seconds of his 'Pictures in the Dark' video from a decade earlier:

[Petey Pate]

If Mike Oldfield counts then we can have John Zorn's 50th birthday celebration.







etc. etc.

[Head Gardener]

[lazyhour]

To be fair, that similarity isn't *that* weird.

[curiousoranges]

[Head Gardener]

spooky

[Famous Mortimer]

Not sure parodies or homages count as "weirdly similar", myself.

[The Mollusk]

Yeah c'mon man

[Art Bear]

Not sure parodies or homages count as "weirdly similar", myself.

even if they were owned by the Krays?

[Head Gardener]

even if they were owned by the Krays?

haha, yeah exactly!

[Ambient Sheep]

Hah, I have that Oldfield v. The Orb CD, had never realised the design was a riff on Tubular Bells until now!

[Critcho]

This thread moved me to dust off the CAB account I didn't realise I had, because years and years ago I noticed a funny trend of album covers based around hands and arms, and started a silly habit of noting the name down every time I came across a new one. It's all paying off now!!

Without further ado, here is my hand/arm album cover compendium, loosely grouped by similarity:

System Of A Down - s/t



George Harrison - Living In The Material World



Chet Faker - Built On Glass



Hiss Golden Messenger - Bad Debt



The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whatever



Atmosphere - The Family Sign



Devotchka - A Mad & Faithful Telling



Stars - Set Yourself On Fire



Subtle - A New White



Savages - Adore Life



Metallica - St. Anger



Okkerville - The Stage Names



Clinic - Winchester Cathedral



NNAMDI - Are You Happy EP



Alcest - Shelter



Moonface - With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery



Spiritualized - Amazing Grace



Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz



Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans



Low - Trust



Andy Votel - All Ten Fingers



Spoon - Kill The Moonlight



Autre Ne Veut - Age Of Transparency



Machinedrum - Human Energy



Illium Sphere - Ghosts Of Then And Now



Fugazi - The Argument



Actress - AZD



Cameron Avery - Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams



Land Of Talk - Life After Youth



Sea Olina - Shallow



SBTRKT: Wonder Where We Land



aya - im hole



David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time



Spoon - They Want My Soul



Suuns - Felt



Howl - This Routine Is Hell



Jess Williamson - Native State



Skaters - Manhattan



Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists



The Antlers - Hospice



Run The Jewels 1



Run The Jewels 2



Run The Jewels 3



Run The Jewels 4



The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me



The Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock



Bob Dylan - Saved



Adult Jazz - Gist Is



Chairlift - Does It Inspire You



The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead



Bodies Of Water - Twist Again



Wilco - Being There



Eric Clapton - Slowhand



YAITW - When Life Comes To Death



Mike Shiflet - Merciless



Scott Walker - Tilt



Skinny Puppy - Handover



Clark - Feast/Beast



Bonus limbs:

Mystery Jets - Twenty One



Coachwhips - Hands On The Controls



I hope this has enriched your lives in some small way.

[Autopsy Turvey]

The Hexenhaus/Morbid Angel one is obvious, but this is less commented upon, perhaps because only about twelve people noticed the career of Year Zero. The Liverpool doomsters' second and last album from 1995:



And the bum-free alternate sleeve of the Strokes debut:



Eventually ending up on a science book:

[buzby]

The Hexenhaus/Morbid Angel one is obvious, but this is less commented upon, perhaps because only about twelve people noticed the career of Year Zero. The Liverpool doomsters' second and last album from 1995:



And the bum-free alternate sleeve of the Strokes debut:



Eventually ending up on a science book:

that's less 'weirldy similar' and more 'used the same library image', which in this case is "Big Bang', a particle collision trace that was recorded in the CERN Big European Bubble Chamber:

[Autopsy Turvey]

that's less 'weirldy similar' and more 'used the same library image',

Quite so, I was responding here more to the OP's observation that "It's also interesting when different artists use the same (or similar) archive photo, and you get to ponder over who used it more appropriately." In this case, I think the book uses it best.

which in this case is "Big Bang', a particle collision trace that was recorded in the CERN Big European Bubble Chamber:

Glad to pin the source down, many thanks! The mind boggles.

[The Mollusk]

Great collection @Critcho ! Really enjoyed having a scroll through all that.

Have you considered adding this Converge album to the collection?

[chutnut]

I've got one I've got one!

[chutnut]

First thing I thought was 'I wonder how far I'll have to scroll to get to GYBE', and the answer was surprisingly far

[Critcho]

Ah, that's only because I grouped it with the 'two disembodied, drawn hands' sub-category of hand album sleeves! The ordering says nothing about what I think of them (or if I've even heard them) - Skinny Fists is definitely an essential hand album in my book.

And thanks for the new additions, they're going on the list! The project never ends...

[jobotic]

I've got two!