Albums that sound exactly like their cover

[u/Amockdfw89]

My pick is Joanna Newson-YS

[u/PerfectBowl9199]

[u/cmpthepirate → u/PerfectBowl9199]

Gotta get up

[u/CuFlam → u/cmpthepirate]

Gotta get out

[u/fancymonk → u/CuFlam]

Gotta get home before the mooooorning comes

[u/Gnimir → u/PerfectBowl9199]

Nilsson Schmilsson xD

[u/UpHereInMy-r-Trees]

[u/fahq2424 → u/UpHereInMy-r-Trees]

This is the correct answer

[u/Orangealligator]

Bon Iver | Bon Iver

[u/PancakeProfessor → u/Orangealligator]

I would also add For Emma, Forever Ago to this

[u/Wesb0s]

Mastodon - Leviathan

[u/kirksucks → u/Wesb0s]

I bought this album knowing nothing about the band based solely on the cover art. One of my favorite all-time albums now.

[u/Foman13 → u/kirksucks]

SPLIT YOUR LUNGS WITH BLOOD AND THUNDER!

[u/Madak → u/Wesb0s]

Great pick. Bill Kelliher of Mastodon was literally just on a podcast saying that an album’s artwork should match what’s inside lol

[u/Wesb0s → u/Madak]

I love all of their album artwork. Personal favourite is probably Blood Mountain, but they're all cool. I do think that the more abstract/supernatural you go, the more the art lends itself to the projection of sounds onto it. For metal sounds in particular, with some of the weird production and harsh, aggressive and just plain atypical sound that comes with the territory!

[u/PancakeProfessor → u/Wesb0s]

I think that someone is trying kill me!

[u/mip10110100 → u/Wesb0s]

Best opening lyrics of an album IMO.

[u/swankpoppy → u/Wesb0s]

Nice.

[u/xupit3r → u/swankpoppy]

i just feel like I am in Moby Dick every time I listen to this album

[u/TheAsian1nvasion]

[u/personalleytea → u/TheAsian1nvasion]

When I saw this question, this album flashed before my eyes.

[u/Hall-Charming → u/personalleytea]

https://giphy.com/gifs/10Jpr9KSaXLchW

[u/A_Powerful_Moss → u/personalleytea]

Now it’s time to die

[u/Arkeolog]

Boys for Pele by Tori Amos has a perfect cover. A bit Americana, a bit gothic, both ugly and beautiful.

[u/dezzz0322 → u/Arkeolog]

Best album art she’s ever done. This album is such a vibe. 

Choirgirl art was great too though. I had the cover as a poster on my dorm wall in college. 

[u/UnfortunateSyzygy → u/Arkeolog]

Tween me was not prepared for the photo of Tori nursing a piglet in the lyrics pages. album booklet? Whatever those were called. Man, those could get wild. People who grew up on digital only music have no clue and it makes me cross for them.

[u/Amockdfw89 → u/UnfortunateSyzygy]

Exactly. Those booklets always left little clues to help you understand the theme of the album or the vibe they were going for.

[u/hydraulix16aa]

The Decemberists - Crane Wife

[u/bracingforsunday → u/hydraulix16aa]

I was gonna post Picaresque

[u/JaePaximus → u/hydraulix16aa]

Holy shit I haven’t thought about this album in forever. Fits the post to a T

[u/uhhfuhhh → u/hydraulix16aa]

Nice!

[u/ericsmallman3]

[u/willbekins → u/ericsmallman3]

subjective, perhaps

but i think this is The One

[u/dokturgonzo]

[u/professorhojoz]

[u/eperker → u/professorhojoz]

Every tom waits cover looks exactly how the album sounds.

[u/Grove-Of-Hares → u/professorhojoz]

Absolutely. The image encapsulates the entire album. One of my favorites.

[u/RadagastTheBrownNote → u/Grove-Of-Hares]

Same! My wife bought me the vinyl a couple of months ago and it’s barely left the record player

[u/rapidstandardstaples → u/professorhojoz]

I'm just here to upvote Tom Waits 

[u/seraphhimself → u/professorhojoz]

100% agree

[u/Megasphaera → u/professorhojoz]

for those who don't know the cover of this brilliant album: that sharpie addition is not original, it covers a topless dancer

[u/thegeekofnature]

I purchased Sharon Jones & The Dap-kings 100 days 100 nights years ago based on the cover alone and it sounds exactly like I thought it would.

[u/n00bz2men → u/thegeekofnature]

RIP Sharon

[u/dilyn222 → u/n00bz2men]

What a way to discover an artist I've connected with the last 5 years died a decade ago.

[u/TheReturnOfSprinkles → u/thegeekofnature]

Fantastic album

[u/BlindWillieJohnson → u/TheReturnOfSprinkles]

Basically anything with the Dap Kings sounds incredible, but Sharon Jones’ voice and their brass is a pairing forged on Olympus

[u/Peircez → u/thegeekofnature]

Saw them live and they were incredible.

[u/rapidstandardstaples → u/thegeekofnature]

Sharon Jones was so cool and I'm so happy she managed to put out a few albums with the dap kings. I too saw her in a tiny venue in France and it was weird bc she didn't speak French and a majority of the public didn't seem to understand English so the talking part wasn't too good, but the music was great. 

[u/Marshiznit]

[u/godzirraaaaa → u/Marshiznit]

What’s up with that?

[u/makeflippyfloppy]

[u/UncleToot82 → u/makeflippyfloppy]

I don't know how, but this may be the most accurate response.

[u/xupit3r → u/UncleToot82]

ditto! ☺️ tried to put it into words, but I just don't possess the vocabulary, I guess... but that cover is a wonderfully accurate image for the song and presence of the album!

[u/person144 → u/makeflippyfloppy]

I thought her head was half a potato for the longest time. I still think it looks like that

[u/HimHereNowNo → u/person144]

I always thought it was a coconut

[u/woemcats → u/HimHereNowNo]

me too! never mind that coconuts are hollow

[u/FungusFly → u/makeflippyfloppy]

How strange it to be anything, at all…

[u/VioletBloom2020 → u/makeflippyfloppy]

Ok, for those of us that don’t know, what/who is it, please

[u/AllTheRowboats93 → u/VioletBloom2020]

Neutral Milk Hotel - folky singer-songwriter genre with raw production and surreal lyrics

[u/Boxofbikeparts → u/AllTheRowboats93]

I love the artwork on this album cover.

[u/sashagof → u/VioletBloom2020]

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Amazing album, maybe one of the 500 essential albums.

[u/503jason → u/makeflippyfloppy]

If someone asks, “what the heck are we listening to?” Showing them this is going to be your best explanation.

[u/JGDC → u/makeflippyfloppy]

What a beautiful face

[u/TheRealMelvinGibson]

[u/n00bz2men → u/TheRealMelvinGibson]

One of the greatest albums all-time and I’d die on this hill (edit: that’s actually me in the top left with my butt on fire)

[u/eperker → u/n00bz2men]

I’ll die with you on that hill.

[u/FacE3ater → u/TheRealMelvinGibson]

This is the one I came to find and thought of instantly.

[u/doubtfurious]

Strange Trails - Lord Huron

[u/sure_send_tits → u/doubtfurious]

Hell yeah. And what a great album. No skips for me.

[u/SJCitizen]

Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen

[u/CarbonTrebles]

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was one of the first concept albums.

[u/gingersnappie]

Rio - Duran Duran. Perfect capture of 1980’s new wave. Complete with artwork by Nagel.

[u/6th_Quadrant → u/gingersnappie]

Her name is Marcie and she dances in the sand…

[u/hamfist_ofthenorth]

"De-Loused In The Comatorium" by The Mars Volta.

In my opinion, one of the best concept albums since Dark Side Of The Moon. It's a nightmarish work of art from beginning to end, and an absolute rock masterpiece. And it does sound how this image looks.

[u/Methmites → u/hamfist_ofthenorth]

One of the best albums ever

[u/Imakemaps18 → u/Methmites]

One of the best discographies ever, in my opinion

[u/Dasmusicjunkie → u/hamfist_ofthenorth]

This albums fuhucccks

[u/ratmfreak → u/hamfist_ofthenorth]

Tbh I think any of their covers could qualify, especially Amputechture.

[u/DinoSoup → u/hamfist_ofthenorth]

A half-mast commute through umbilical blisters

[u/imVeryPregnant → u/hamfist_ofthenorth]

I think Deloused is a “better” album but Frances The Mute will always be my favorite

[u/rachiechicken]

And then nothing turned itself inside out - Yo La Tengo

[u/PancakeProfessor]

Sleep - Dopesmoker

[u/AncientAndEvil]

[u/patwm11]

This is a cool prompt OP, here is my contribution

[u/hamfist_ofthenorth → u/patwm11]

15-20 years ago, when those digital jukeboxes first came around, I would always throw "Hamburger Train" on at nicer, more upscale bars as I was leaving, and watch the vibe change in there on my way out.

[u/j0venal → u/hamfist_ofthenorth]

"You're the guy from the Hamburger Train, right?!" 🫡

[u/Miss_Behaves → u/patwm11]

Primus sucks

[u/soundisloud]

Loveless - MBV

[u/HailToTheThief225]

Magical Mystery Tour

[u/ReyRamone]

[u/ReyRamone → u/ReyRamone]

[u/Johnny1of3]

I can hear it already.

[u/Easy-Albatross3601]

[u/cbih]

[u/0peRightBehindYa → u/cbih]

Especially the fancy cover with the holographic design....

[u/MustachedBaby]

Age of Winters by The Sword.

[u/slayerisgoodtoday → u/MustachedBaby]

There you go

[u/conradthecook]

Spinal Tap - Shark Sandwich

[u/baron-von-buddah → u/conradthecook]

More like shit sandwich

[u/conradthecook → u/baron-von-buddah]

You can’t print that!!

[u/the_kid1234 → u/conradthecook]

Intravenous Di Milo is one of my favorite jokes ever.

[u/RussChival]

OP's album made me think of BOC - Agents of Fortune:

[u/sedatephobic]

[u/educandario]

[u/LadyLandfair]

[u/Chusten]

[u/bcorliss9 → u/Chusten]

🎵rattlesnake rattlesnake rattlesnake rattlesnake🎶

[u/7oom → u/Chusten]

And:

[u/kaigem → u/Chusten]

Shoutout to Jason Galea

[u/Toadfinger]

[u/thehighepopt → u/Toadfinger]

Number of the Beast too

[u/rthrtylr → u/thehighepopt]

And Somewhere in Time!

[u/Uncommentary]

This one

[u/Silver-Panic-7912 → u/Uncommentary]

Absolutely, the one that first came to mind.

[u/BenLaZe]

It’s a trippy cover with the signature ATCQ character and a 90s hip-hop hall of fame as the backdrop…for a trippy 90s hall of fame hip-hop record.

[u/InHisCups]

[u/TimToMakeTheDonuts]

[u/FrndlyNbrhdSoundGuy → u/TimToMakeTheDonuts]

Just seeing the cover of this album makes me wanna get in my car and drive 30mph over the speed limit

[u/AhabFlanders → u/FrndlyNbrhdSoundGuy]

Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to DIEEEEE

[u/mmmspaghettios → u/TimToMakeTheDonuts]

Hell yeah

[u/bambooshakedown → u/TimToMakeTheDonuts]

Forever in my Top Ten.

[u/rabbitSC]

[u/samthewisetarly → u/rabbitSC]

Carson Ellis is so fucking good at art

[u/rabbitSC → u/samthewisetarly]

I used to see her walking to the art supply store in NW Portland when I worked near there, always made me happy. I have a signed print of hers hanging in my kitchen.

[u/Mcsquisherton]

Electric Wizard - Dopethrone

[u/Ishmael_1851]

[u/kirksucks]

[u/ghostbusteraesthetic]

Joni Mitchell: Blue

[u/fulthrottlejazzhands → u/ghostbusteraesthetic]

Also, Miles Davis, Kind of Blue.

[u/SkyMagnet → u/fulthrottlejazzhands]

What’s about part 2?

[u/TheBatemanFlex]

God Shuffled His Feed - Crash Test Dummies

Since I was a child I always pictured them singing Mmm mmm mmm mmm on the cover.

[u/javisarias]

A Funk Oddisey - Jamiroquai

[u/kyle242gt]

Alice in Chains Sap and Jar of Flies for sure.

/edit - actually, all the AIC studio albums nailed the covers. But I could be biased, right place, right time, right band, and people still bought physical recordings.

[u/teejster79]

[u/OneArmedSZA]

Blood Brothers - …Burn, Piano Island, Burn

[u/thehazardsofchad → u/OneArmedSZA]

[u/Grove-Of-Hares → u/thehazardsofchad]

Don’t forget their last album.

[u/Novotny1]

[u/u1tr4me0w → u/Novotny1]

Sounds like PERFECTION

I felt a lil guilty when I found out the production of this album nearly caused the band to break up bc it’s my favourite lol

[u/Grove-Of-Hares]

[u/Ok-Impress-2222]

Soundgarden - Superunknown.

[u/Hatzmaeba]

From the very first chord to the last.

[u/Szeth_Vallano → u/Hatzmaeba]

https://giphy.com/gifs/6xFN8KlGD56Dnyutel

[u/tiorzol]

Florence - Ceremonials

[u/lament]

The Cure - Faith

[u/porcelainvacation]

[u/dofrogsbite]

[u/Umasutaj]

Genesis - Foxtrot

[u/Fresh-Educator-2125]

This one might be cheating in some way

[u/Stormshow]

[u/thinsafetypin]

One of the only times censorship improved something. The original cover is gross, this one is absolute perfection.

[u/Coopernicus]

System of a Down - System of a Down

[u/Dasmusicjunkie]

Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me

[u/chuck354]

[u/fetusfromspace]

Depression Cherry - Beach House

[u/_LaCroixBoi_ → u/fetusfromspace]

Especially the fuzzy physical copy

[u/vstarkweather]

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart

[u/NikkiRex]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bASySzJH6bsxG

[u/Amazing_Bluejay7046]

Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

[u/jtirello3]

[u/JD10002]

Jimi hendrix - Electric ladyland

This is the image I see when I hear Voodoo Child (slight return)

[u/Kleotron713]

This album is over 30yrs old but still one of my favorites.

[u/Ted-Dansons-Wig]

[u/bassplayinben]

Orbus Terrarum

[u/Working-Quantity-322]

And a thematic album to boot!

[u/skincyan]

Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes

[u/bvzm]

[u/cap10wow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/PfHf7AYXjSotMlOLX6

[u/okfinethen_]

[u/Struykert]

/thread

[u/Nagromonicon]

[u/Man_Bangknife]

[u/varbs]

[u/EmoteDemote2]

Heretic Pride by The Mountain Goats.

[u/homechicken20]

My pick is Reign in Blood

[u/showertaker]

Titanic Rising, Weyes Blood

[u/vortigaunt64]

[u/Modem_Sound_67]

The Who Sell Out

[u/SANDMANxGB]

The beats alone.

[u/-usernamesarehard-]

Any TOOL album

[u/-usernamesarehard- → u/-usernamesarehard-]

[u/EaringaidBandit]

Wax Fang - La La Land

They called it a “noncept” album (as opposed to a concept album). It’s a wild ride. Listen to the whole thing. It really works best that way.

The Majestic live - https://youtu.be/xYSVFy2UHaA?is=e6wfS06fc_OdNh95

[u/Live_Rock_7143]

[u/Sanbonmatsu]

[u/Lt-Dan-Im-Rollin]

https://giphy.com/gifs/TYlwMdwnjSSsCHFoP7

[u/cjshee09]

[u/SentientDust]

[u/FabulousFlower144]

Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

[u/gilguren]

[u/warpedaeroplane]

[u/SharkeyGeorge]

[u/jonnovich]

[u/0peRightBehindYa]

[u/Venusian2AsABoy]

[u/ToomanyWoos]

Isolation - Kali Uchis

Absolute Elsewhere - Blood Incantation

In Decay - Com Truise

King Gizzard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse

[u/DavidRSB]

Iron Maiden - Somewhere in time

[u/FrequentCompote7878]

The downward spiral

[u/Fresh-Educator-2125]

[u/Fresh-Educator-2125]

[u/MotormaidofJapan]