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March 23, 2009

Album Covers That Look Like Other Album Covers

OK, so I've had this weird obsession for a long time, an obsession intensified by my iPod and the album cover art that constantly changes on its screen: I'm fascinated with album covers that resemble each other. So this extremely time-wasting blog entry has been brewing for a while. I limited myself to album covers that I actually have on my iPod--ones that, when I see on the screen, make me realize "Hey, there's another cover that looks kinda like that one..." So here goes.

(1) and (2): Annuals, Such Fun and Jeniferever, Choose a Bright Morning:

(3) and (4): Radiohead, Amnesiac and Interpol, Turn On the Bright Lights:

(5) and (6): Sonic Youth, Goo and The Twilight Sad, "Killed My Parents and Hit the Road" ep (this one, unlike most of the others, is completely purposeful):

(7) and (8): The Airfields, Up All Night and The Meeting Places, Find Yourself Along the Way:

(9) (10) and (11): Yume Bitsu, Yume Bitsu; Depeche Mode, A Broken Frame; and Antarctica, "23:03" ep:

(12) and (13): Ultravox, U-Vox and White Rainbow, Prism of Eternal Now:

(14) and (15): My Bloody Valentine, "Glider" ep and Bloc Party, Intimacy:

(16) and (17): Jesu, Silver and Gregor Samsa, 55:12:

(18) and (19): Harold Budd & Brian Eno, Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror and The Black Dog, Music For Adverts:

(20) (21) and (22): Mandalay, Instinct; Scala, To You In Alpha; and Loden, Valeen Hope:

(23) and (24): Rogue Wave, Asleep at Heaven's Gate and Friendly Fires, Friendly Fires:

(25) and (26) Spiritualized, Amazing Grace and Low, Trust:

(27) and (28) Ulrich Schnauss, Goodbye and Praveen & Benoit, Songs Spun Simla:

(29) and (30) Nine Horses, Snow Borne Sorrow and Orbital, The Middle of Nowhere:

(31) and (32): Jean Michel Jarre, Equinoxe and Yellow Magic Orchestra, X Infinity Multiplies:

(33) and (34): A Northern Chorus, The Millions Too Many and He Said, Hail:

(35) and (36): Catatonia, International Velvet and Why?, Alopecia:

(37) and (38): Siouxsie & the Banshees, Kaleidoscope and She, Sir, Who Can't Say Yes:

(39) and (40): Red House Painters, "Shock Me" ep and Do Make Say Think, You, You're a History In Rust:

(41) and (42) Explosions In the Sky, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place and Stars, Set Yourself On Fire:

(43) and (44) Bailter Space, "The Aim" ep and Pan-American, Quiet City:

(45) and (46) The Sight Below, Glider and Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago:

(47) and (48): The Late Cord, Lights From the Wheelhouse and Grizzly Bear, Yellow House:

(49) (50) and (51): Ministry, The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste; Orbital, The Altogether; and The Stills, Oceans Will Rise:

(52) and (53): Breathless, Blue Moon and Ellen Allien, Sool:

(54) and (55): Wilderness, Wilderness and Acid Horse, "No Name No Slogan" ep:

(56) (57) and (58): Bauhaus, The Sky's Gone Out; Jansen-Barbieri, Worlds In a Small Room; and Laurie Anderson, "O Superman" 45:

(59) and (60): Cindytalk, The Wind Is Strong and Flying Saucer Attack, Further:

(61) and (62): The Czars, Sorry I Made You Cry and Felt, Forever Breathes the Lonely Word:

(63) and (64): Ladytron, Velocifero and Menomena, Friend and Foe:

(65) and (66): The Daysleepers, "The Soft Attack" ep and Cranes, Cranes: