The Fab Faux: A Collection of Beatles Parody Album Covers

Once another band parodies your album cover, you know you've arrived. Once tens, even hundreds of other bands have done it, you know you're ... well, the Beatles. The Fab Four's iconographic legacy is so deeply ingrained in our collective unconscious that musicians old and new (and even the Beatles themselves) can't resist the urge to "cover" their covers. Here are just a few of our favorite Beatles album-art homages.

The Beatles
'With the Beatles' (1963)












The Residents
'Meet the Residents' (1974)










Genesis
'Land of Confusion' (1986)












The Stone City Band
'Meet the Stone City Band: Out From the Shadow' (1983)










Young Black Teenagers
'Young Black Teenagers' (1991)









The Smithereens
'Meet the Smithereens' (2007)

















The Beatles
'A Hard Day's Night' (1964)










Original Soundtrack
'High Fidelity' (2000)












The Damned
'Marvellous: The Best of the Damned' (2000)










Nick Heyward
'A Hard Day's Nick' (1996)











R. Stevie Moore
'Glad Music' (1986)
















The Beatles
'Help!' (1965)












Tater Totz
'Mono Stereo!' (1990)











Charta 77
'Hel!'(1994)
















The Beatles
'Rubber Soul' (1965)












Superdrag
'Señorita' EP (1999)











The Monkees
'More of the Monkees' (1967)















The Beatles
'Revolver' (1966)












Cathy Berberian
'Revolution' (1969)











Mina
'Mina Canta I Beatles' (1993)











The Bartlebees
'What Is It All About' (1994)















The Beatles
'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' (1967)











The Mothers of Invention
'We're Only in It for the Money' [Inner Gatefold] (1968)








Def Leppard
'Songs From the Sparkle Lounge' (2008)











Devendra Banhart
'Cripple Crow' (2005)











The Rolling Stones
'Their Satanic Majesty's Request' (1967)















The Beatles
'Magical Mystery Tour' (1967)











Beatallica
'Masterful Mystery Tour' (2009)














The Beatles
'The Beatles' (The White Album) (1968)










Metallica
'The Black Album' (1991)












Prince
'Black Album' (1994)












Spinal Tap
'This Is Spinal Tap' (1984)











Danger Mouse
'The Grey Album' (2004)











Dennis Miller
'The Off-White Album' (1988)










Lewis Black
'The White Album' (2000)


















The Beatles
'Yellow Submarine' (1969)












The Canadian Brass
'All You Need Is Love' (1998)










PPT
'Denglish: A State of Mind' (2008)











Tater Totz
'Alien Sleestacks from Brazil' (1988)















The Beatles
'Abbey Road' (1969)












Booker T & the MGs
'McLemore Avenue' (1970)










Red Hot Chili Peppers
'The Abbey Road EP' (1988)











Paul McCartney
'Paul is Live' (1993)











Chubb Rock
'The Mind' (1997)











Kanye West
'Late Orchestration' (2006)
















The Beatles
'Let It Be' (1970)












The Buzzcocks
'Singles Going Steady' [Back Cover] (1979)










Caetano Veloso
'Qualquer Coisa' (1975)












Gorillaz
'Demon Days' (2005)











Laibach
'Let It Be' (1988)











The Geto Boys
'The Geto Boys' (1995)











U2
'Pop' (1997)
















The Beatles
'Please Please Me' (1963)












The Beatles
'1967-1970' (The Blue Album) (1973)













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