Note: for Parts I and II, see :
https://fox-actors.blogspot.com/2011/10/album-covers-that-look-like-other-album.html
https://fox-actors.blogspot.com/2021/03/album-covers-that-look-like-other-album.html
Here's some more album covers that look like oth album covers, a lot of them match very close by theme, if not by color palette, frame composition &c.:
Eminem's 'Kamikaze' art is a tribute/homage to the Beastie Boys' 'Licensed to Ill' :
Mark Knopfler's 'Privateering' cover is similar to the Black Keys' 'El Camino':
The Black Keys' 'Brothers' album also follows the format of this Howlin' Wolf album:
Here's 'Brothers' for comparison:
While we're mentioning Blues legends like Howlin' Wolf, how about some Keb' Mo? His 'Oklahoma' album, with the white background and colorful sort of collage objects remind me of Led Zeppelin III..
Collages, especially 'memorabilia' collages, were kinda a big idea for a lot of albums back then...
('Ramones Mania', Pink Fairies 'What a Bunch of Sweeties', Bang 'Music' ...)
Stray's 'Stand and Be Counted' has the four band members in graves on the cover. The 'four dead guys' thing is also seen with Grand Funk Railroad's 'Born to Die' :
The Stray alb also has a large graveyard full of white crosses, as with Scorpions 'Taken by Force'..and here you can see some of the greens, whites and reds match:
Finally, when thinking of rows and rows of white crosses, one can't forget Metallica's 'Master of Puppets':
Are you watching closely? Freak Scene's 'Psychedelic Psoul' is a lot like Nektar's 'Journey to the Centre of the Eye'. One might roll his/her eyes at some of these album comparisons, but this one is spot on you must admit, and both bands are quite psychedelic!
What next? This is not too close, but the style of Strawbs' 'Nomadness' reminds me of Pink Floyd or Syd Barrett cvr art:
There are probably a TON of albums with simple sparse blank backgrounds, and a few might have already been featured in these segments, but one notable example is the Beatles' 'White Album' and Brian Eno's 'Music for Films':
Van Morrison's old group 'Them' have an album 'Time in Time out for Them' that reminds me of Cream's 'Disraeli Gears':
While we're still in some trippy territory, chk out Santana's 'Supernatural'.. it looks a lot like Steve Winwood's 'About Time':
Well this one's easy actually, that's because both covers are by the same artist, Michael Rios!
Going back to the sort of collage thing earlier, the Go! Team's 'Proof of Youth' is similar to Beck's 'The Information' in that they have a sort of white design grid background and collage art. Actually, 'The Information' was such a cool concept because the cover was blank, and it came with random stickers where you could design your own cover! This means that the example you see below could in theory be EVEN closer to the Go! Team's art than what is seen..
Steve Miller's 'Bingo' reminds me a lot of Pink Floyd's 'Delicate Sound of Thunder':
We mentioned Grand Funk Railroad earlier. Their live album 'Caught in the Act' is similar to Pearl Jam's 'No Code', mainly because both have white backgrounds with an array of square photos:
Fellow Seattleites to Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains had a funny joke of a Greatest Hits cover, which is similar to Pantera's 'Vulgar Display of Power' (also AIC guitarist Jerry Cantrell was buddies with Pantera's Dimebag Darrell)..
you'd be surprised how many albums have a poor bloke getting socked in the face!
Well, let's go out with a WHAM then, and close of this article/post. MORE to come soon!
