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The Fab Faux: A Collection of Beatles Parody Album Covers
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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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cheer.down
You did NOT get ONE, perhaps unintentional parody, of the "Meet the Beatles" or "With the Beatles" album(s): What about Three Dog Night's "Suitable for Framing?"
September 23 2012 at 2:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Joe
I like vw's parody of abbey road:
http://impressonme.com/2010/03/volkswagen-%e2%80%94-the-beetles/
John Walker
I wish I still had my original sealed "Meet The Residents" album. I saw one sell for over $400. The Beatles had a law suit against The Residents about that cover and they had to call back alL unsold copies and reissue a less copycat cover--also The Residents are a greater band then the Beatles ever were or could have become NUFF SAID YALL
January 30 2010 at 2:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
C.T.
Talking Heads's "Remain In Light" cover has been overlooked here, even with the early-80's computer graphics, it's definitely inspired by "Let It Be".
January 23 2010 at 2:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Rick Emerson
Another excellent parody of a Beatle album cover was of the Capitol USA release "Meet the Beatles," and it was "Get the Knack," by The Knack (My Sharona), of course...Forgot that one!! Rick
January 15 2010 at 2:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
nice guy
I was just kidding. The Beatles were, and alwasy will be the best rock & Roll Band in the world. Those who think otherwise are either to young or are music stupid!! The Beatle were first with so much and always did it right!
December 19 2009 at 1:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
nice guy
Wait a minute, how do we know that The Beatles were not making parodie of some obscure band themseleves? Parodies of all kinds have been around for many years before The Beatles. Look at the automobile for instance. First it was horse drawn, then there was a steam engine, then there was the Model T Ford, then one day we had Corvette Singray. Copy cats I tell you, copy cats.
December 19 2009 at 1:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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