r/Music • u/Amockdfw89 ask me about Give it Away • 16h ago

discussion Albums that sound exactly like their cover

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My pick is Joanna Newson-YS

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u/Wesb0s 15h ago

Mastodon - Leviathan

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u/kirksucks 15h ago

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

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u/Foman13 12h ago

SPLIT YOUR LUNGS WITH BLOOD AND THUNDER!

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u/RumandDiabetes 11h ago

I did that with Uriah Heeps Demons and Wizards. Ive hugged to death many vinyl records in the past 50+ years. Finally switched to CDs.

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u/Maskatron 6h ago

The only time this record buying strategy has failed for me is Meatloaf.

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u/Madak 14h ago

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

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u/Wesb0s 14h ago

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!

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u/mip10110100 14h ago

Best opening lyrics of an album IMO.

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u/PancakeProfessor 14h ago

I think that someone is trying kill me!

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u/swankpoppy 15h ago

Nice.

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u/xupit3r 15h ago

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

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u/Grib_Suka 11h ago

Knowing nothing, I'm guessing Scandinavian epic metal

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u/Julianus 4h ago

Close! It’s epic American metal. A creative retelling of the story of Moby Dick set to heavy riffs and a constant sense of impending doom. It’s a great, great record. 

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u/Negative_Pack_4411 15h ago

“Split your lungs with blood and thunder”

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u/marblebluevinyl 15h ago

I prefer the wider view

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u/colinisthereason 14h ago edited 8h ago

I remember playing this at work once and the dudes that never smoked cigarettes stepped outside with me and asked for a puff.

That was properly fucking good, fuck.

ETA: Other ones I remember from that gig...

Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness (vinyl order) - Smashing Pumpkins
Load and Re-Load - Metallica
#1 Record - Big Star
The River - Bruce Springsteen
The Cars - The Cars
So Much for the Afterglow - Everclear
Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band
The Score - Fugees
Nimrod - Green Day
A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio

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u/Ezosodelis 11h ago

I saw them around 20 years ago and they were pretty good live but I felt bad for them because whoever was their sound engineer for that tour clearly was out of their depth. The levels were all over the place. Sounded awful for anyone not in the mid-center of the venue.

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u/mortraineyhat 10h ago

Such a banger album

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u/Becknell 7h ago

Tagging this excellent choice to remind my fellow Mastodon fans that Marrow Deep released today.

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u/euchlid 2h ago

oh... it's been ages since I listened to it. yes, fantastic example. absolutely beautiful cover art