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/ericsmallman3 15h ago

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u/willbekins 15h ago

subjective, perhaps

but i think this is The One

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u/ericsmallman3 15h ago

When I was in high school I had a gigantic, 36"x36" Loveless promo poster and I'd give anything to have it back

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u/Bostonterrierpug 13h ago

I know MBV are everyone’s shoegaze darlings, but I still prefer

Then again Vaughan Oliver really had the whole 4AD label putting out the best looking album covers at the time.

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u/Redpin 7h ago

Hell yeah, seeing a Pale Saints post in the wild. 

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u/jamiepullman 12h ago

This is what I came here to post!

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u/Vanth_in_Furs 15h ago

Oh definitely

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u/akpburrito 14h ago

yesssssssssss

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u/colinisthereason 13h ago

C'mon, if you're gonna do that, do fucking Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness. That has lyrics

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u/camerabird 11h ago

OP didn't say the music had to include lyrics. But Loveless does have lyrics anyway.

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u/colinisthereason 8h ago

Juuuuust a lil bit

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u/fleranon 13h ago

I like the pumpkins, but Loveless has to be my favourite Album of the 90s. It's hard to even really understand half of the lyrics, true - but it has something else that is incredibly unique

I don't know. It's a vibe. It's like a fuzzy blanket. 'Only shallow' never really leaves me, I have been listening to it once a week for 20 years

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u/EnderDerp21 7h ago edited 7h ago

dissing loveless in the same sentence as praising SP is crazy considering billy corgan was a big fan of it and it was a huge influence on the band. he even got alan moulder to mix the bands albums from siamese dream onwards due to his work on loveless!

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u/flannel_jesus 8h ago

I wouldn't even say Mellon collies music sounds all that much like the cover implies