Album Cover Look-Alikes Mix
January 28, 2009
Inspired by the whole U2-ripping-off-our-album-cover controversy (if you haven’t already heard, read about it here), I’ve decided to make a mix featuring album covers that have striking, and seemingly accidental, similarities to one another. It’s like that movie where the Olsen twins run into each other at summer camp and discover they are “identical strangers”. Except none of these albums feature the talents of Steve Guttenburg and Kirstie Alley, which is disappointing to say the least. So here you are. Enjoy!
MP3 Explosions in the Sky – Your Hand in Mine
MP3 Stars – Ageless Beauty
MP3 Broken Social Scene – Ibi Dreams Of Pavement (A Better Day)
MP3 Parts and Labor – Fractured Skies
MP3 Mountain Goats – Cubs in Five
Youtube: Coldplay – Shiver
MP3 Radiohead – Knives Out
MP3 Interpol – NYC
MP3 Ratatat – Wildcat
MP3 Against Me! – Borne On The FM Waves
MP3 Feist – Mushaboom
MP3 Eagle*Seagull – Your Beauty is a Knife I Turn on my Throat
MP3 Massive Attack – Teardrop
MP3 Flying Lotus -Parisan Goldfish
Credit to this message board thread to many of these finds. If you have some more oddly similar album covers I didn’t mention? Let me know in the comments…
And hey I got a new post up at MTVU on Lily Allen. Go, read now.
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Tags: Against Me!, Broken Social Scene, Coldplay, Eagle Seagull, Explosions in the Sky, Feist, Flying Lotus, Interpol, Massive Attack, Parts and Labor, Radiohead, Ratatat, Stars, The Mountain Goats, U2
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I absolutly love it!
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January 28th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
It takes two is my favooooooooorite! Lo–ove it! Nice post!
January 28th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
Sun Kil Moon – April
http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/uploaded_images/vampire-weekend.jpg
http://images.quickblogcast.com/6/5/8/4/1/123040-114856/SunKilMoon_April.jpg
It’s not really THAT similar. Just interesting how two albums released 3 months apart feature both a close shot of a chandelier.
January 28th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Good observations anyway! I know all of those records (except the Flying Lotus one) and I never noticed the similarities. Especially the first two couples are great findings!
January 28th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
I noted the similarity of Ola Podrida and Interpol’s albums cover not too long ago….
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/43615-album-art-cop-interpol-vs-ola-podrida
Heatmiser’s Mic City Sons looks dead on with this other album cover that I can’t remember for the life of me at the moment…
January 29th, 2009 at 5:57 am
God i loved that Eagle*Seagull album! i think their new one is coming out soon! actually they have got a few songs from it on their myspace. AWESOME.
January 29th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Nice job there! The BSC vs Parts & Labor one is particularly striking – I knew I’d seen it somewhere else…! Amnesiac and TOTBR both were 2001, no? And anyway, when it comes to ripping off Mr Donwood, no one has done it as mercilessly as this.
January 29th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Yea, I’ve been looking forward to Year of the How-To Book for a while. I’ve loved all the demoes from the album I’ve heard.
January 30th, 2009 at 12:45 am
Wow the EITS and Stars albums are way too similar. Doesn’t hurt they’re two of my favorite bands ever. But seriously, striking. Makes you think there was some sort of collaboration….even though one is from texas and the other from Canada….
Best,
Lee
Knox Road
January 31st, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Great post Taylor – awesome idea!
February 2nd, 2009 at 7:56 am
Bloc Party’s Intimacy:
http://www.blocparty.com/_graphics/release_intimacy.jpg
and
My Bloody Valentine’s Glider EP:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a9/MyBloodyValentineGlider.jpg/200px-MyBloodyValentineGlider.jpg
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Neat post concept!
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Also the Telepathetics ripped-off Coldplay’s X&Y cover
The Telepathetics – Ambulance
http://rjominn.is/images/1162816920.jpg
Coldplay – X&Y
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/XYCoverBig.jpg/600px-XYCoverBig.jpg