# Album cover art that references other album cover art **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989 "2018-08-02T17:00:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/21 "2018-08-03T13:32:55Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’d say the cover of **Another Monty Python Album** , but I think that the “real” album cover underneath is a hack\*. At any rate, I can’t find it anywhere: > > [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/ANOTHER\_MONTY\_PYTHON\_RECORD.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/ANOTHER_MONTY_PYTHON_RECORD.jpg) > > Too bad, in a way. The Pieter Brueghel painting would make a great Beethoven album sleeve. > \*Especially because the “notes” on the back are clearly a joke. A classical music expert pointed out to me that the second symphony doesn’t have a solo part. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/22 "2018-08-03T14:28:19Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’d say the cover of **Another Monty Python Album** , but I think that the “real” album cover underneath is a hack\*. At any rate, I can’t find it anywhere: > > [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/ANOTHER\_MONTY\_PYTHON\_RECORD.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/ANOTHER_MONTY_PYTHON_RECORD.jpg) > > Too bad, in a way. The Pieter Brueghel painting would make a great Beethoven album sleeve. One of them has been used by [Fleet Foxes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Foxes_(album)#/media/File:Fleet_foxes.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/23 "2018-08-03T14:53:24Z")
In interviews I’ve seen Nile Rogers state that the album cover of Chic was taken from one or several Roxy Music album covers (which he denied at the time). j ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/24 "2018-08-03T15:11:48Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > In metal, **Black Sabbath** is not just a baseline but a benchmark. Their cover for [_Master Of Reality_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Reality#/media/File:Bsmor.jpg), arguably one of the worst album covers of all time, has been copied/parodied/satired/respected over the years by numerous other bands. > > For instance: > > Al Jourgenson and Paul Barker (both of **Ministry** , etc.) did a one-off project called **1000 Homo DJs** that not only gave us one of the best Sabbath covers ever with their version of [Sweet Leaf](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjho-zVgDXo), they copied this cover art too for the 12" release. > > **Mister Bones** was a Canadian stoner/doom band that released a couple of albums in the Oughts; their second long player, [_Monster Burn and the Power Seekers_](https://www.discogs.com/Mister-Bones-Monster-Burn-And-The-Power-Seekers/release/2261782), used the MoR concept. They were a pretty good band but they changed their name to **The Georgian Skull** (terrible band name, btw) and then that band broke up 2 years later; check out [Road Saw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVJR84ECeq0). > > A rapper that goes by the name **Blacastan** copped the concept a couple of years ago, too, for his album _The Master of Reality_. Here’s a track from him, too: [Crac-A-Stan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rL_7cqPkxw) which makes me laugh because that song has a sample from the era and even the genre, kinda, but it’s not **Black Sabbath**. Bonus points for anyone who recognizes it :D, but if you don’tIt’s the opening keyboard riff from [**Iron Butterfly** ’s _In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4/new). > > Prolly my favorite tho, is from a band called **Church of Misery**. They’re a doom band from Japan. For those who don’t know, doom metal is a genre that specifically cites **Black Sabbath** as the start of and the epitome of what it’s all about, both musically and lyrically. **Church of Misery** is a “theme” band tho, in that all their songs are about serial killers. And they basically copied/paid respect to/one-upped Sabbath with their cover for [_Master of Brutality_](https://www.metalblade.com/us/releases/church-of-misery-master-of-brutality/). Here’s a track from them, too: [Megalomania (Herbert Mullin)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVEob6Ed6j0). Crac-a-Stan is awesome! COM ain’t bad either. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/25 "2018-08-03T16:05:21Z")
The cover of _Bringing It All Back Home_ by Bob Dylan features several album covers, including; The Impressions (Keep on Pushing) Robert Johnson (King of the Delta Blues Singers) Ravi Shankar (India’s Master Musician) Lotte Lenya (Sings Berlin Theatre Songs by Kurt Weill) Eric Von Schmidt (The Folk Blues of Eric Von Schmidt). ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/26 "2018-08-03T16:45:18Z")
One more: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland (spoilered for extensive nudity): [Electric Ladyland](https://jamesostafford.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/hendrix-electric-ladyland-nude-cover.jpg) Die Toten Hosen - Reich und Sexy (spoilered for extensive nudity): [Reich und Sexy](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51BEQ2q%2Bh7L._SX355_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/27 "2018-08-03T17:45:14Z")
Paul McCartney’s _Ram_ [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram\_(album)#/media/File%3ARamMcCartneyalbumcover.jpg](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_(album)#/media/File%3ARamMcCartneyalbumcover.jpg) And the back of John Lennon’s \*Imagine \*[https://www.allmusic.com/album/imagine-mw0000198860](https://www.allmusic.com/album/imagine-mw0000198860) clicking on the large image on the left will give you front and back. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/28 "2018-08-03T20:53:30Z")
The cover of Paul is Live is an obvious reference to Abbey Road. > > > en.wikipedia.org This image may be subject to copyright. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/29 "2018-08-04T20:54:24Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#): > > And the back of John Lennon’s \*Imagine \*[https://www.allmusic.com/album/imagine-mw0000198860](https://www.allmusic.com/album/imagine-mw0000198860) clicking on the large image on the left will give you front and back. The guy was a dick. (Largely ameliorated by Rain, Strawberry Fields, Tomorrow Never Knows, Across the Universe, She Said She Said, Julia, In My Life, Dear Prudence, All You Need is Love, Come Together, Cry Baby Cry, Revolution, Sun King, Don’t Let Me Down, Hey Bulldog, Please Please Me.) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/30 "2018-08-04T23:20:31Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > The guy was a dick. > (Largely ameliorated by Rain, Strawberry Fields, Tomorrow Never Knows, Across the Universe, She Said She Said, Julia, In My Life, Dear Prudence, All You Need is Love, Come Together, Cry Baby Cry, Revolution, Sun King, Don’t Let Me Down, Hey Bulldog, Please Please Me.) That’s not the original rear cover of the Imagine album. That image of John with the pig was on a postcard included with the record. Just saying that I don’t think it was his intention to put it out on the cover. ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/31 "2018-08-05T07:05:53Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > ['Nuff sed.](https://i.chzbgr.com/full/2341142272/hD99C2DA7/) Does anyone know if Weird Al gets approval from the artists he, ahem, “covers”, before he does his thing? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/32 "2018-08-05T07:17:36Z")
yes he normally asked except for one song …….Coolio was a self important dick so al’s studio told al to put amish paradise on the album anyway Coolio later apologized for being that way Of course the supreme court later decided the matter once and for all …… ---
**Author:** ![da\_pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@da\_pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/da_pope)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/33 "2018-08-05T20:07:13Z")
4 times + Gigi! > **[Pink Floyd Ummagumma (Vinyl Records, LP, CD) on CDandLP](https://www.cdandlp.com/en/pink-floyd/ummagumma/album/)** > > Shop 610 records for sale for album Ummagumma by Pink Floyd on CDandLP in Vinyl and CD format ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/34 "2018-08-05T21:44:58Z")
> [@LLCoolL](#): > > Does anyone know if Weird Al gets approval from the artists he, ahem, “covers”, before he does his thing? He asked, but he has never been required to. As long as you pay royalties, you can change the lyrics any way you want. This was a principle long before Campbell v. Acuff-Rose. The court case just affirmed it. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/35 "2018-08-05T22:22:03Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Wasn’t the Rolling Stones’ “Her Satanic Majesties Request” cover meant to be a sarcastic take on the Beatles’ Sargeant Pepper’s album? > > Wikipedia says it was thought to be similar > [Their Satanic Majesties Request - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Their_Satanic_Majesties_Request) And _Golden Throats_ did another version: > **[golden throats cover - Bing](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=sH6C24Ul&id=BB513A46AEAB2F4F933C32D78D2B8D90DCC66234&thid=OIP.sH6C24UlmfbvPOnTX2hBoQHaHV&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2f564x%2f57%2f76%2f2f%2f57762fdefe539d57dd0d17d0c16730eb.jpg&exph=495&expw=500&q=golden%2Bthroats%2Bcover&simid=608052055996039914&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0)** > > Intelligent search from Bing makes it easier to quickly find what you’re looking for and rewards you. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/36 "2018-08-05T22:37:09Z")
Does this count? If Monty Python counts, this counts: [![](https://athenae25.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/6f1ab-6a00d8341c5ced53ef01a511ec2e14970c-pi.jpg) ](https://athenae25.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/6f1ab-6a00d8341c5ced53ef01a511ec2e14970c-pi.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/37 "2018-08-05T23:53:42Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > [Sesame Street was a big fan of that album too.](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yG0nQ-_OhS8/TUH5pa6dEFI/AAAAAAAAACA/kSRmFroaQ-o/s1600/DSCN5734.JPG) And of Saturday Night Fever: [Sesame Street Fever - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street_Fever) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/38 "2018-08-05T23:54:50Z")
AxCx references [the Bee Gees](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oWdRUKSC0E) (don’t worry - mild oi version) > [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > …Rain, Strawberry Fields, Tomorrow Never Knows, Across the Universe, She Said She Said, Julia, In My Life, Dear Prudence, All You Need is Love, Come Together, Cry Baby Cry, Revolution, Sun King, Don’t Let Me Down, Hey Bulldog, Please Please Me.)[/SIZE] Thank-you for spotting “Bulldog”. I’d also throw in there “It’s Only Love”, “Sexy Sadie”, “Norwegian Wood”, “Lucy…”, “Glass Onion”, (which, heh, “references” other Beatles tunes), “I Am the Walrus”, “I’m Only Sleeping” (_LOVE_ that song), “Everybody…Monkey”, “I’m So Tired”, (some consider those last two as confections; I think they’re great little numbers), “If I Fell”, “Ticket to Ride”, “You’re Going to Lose that Girl”. /derail ETA - heh - somewhat ninja’ed by **JKellyMap** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/39 "2018-08-06T00:13:21Z")
Missed edit window Doggy Style does [Zep](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KipClS1Ik-4) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-cover-art-that-references-other-album-cover-art/818989/40 "2018-08-06T04:01:07Z")
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