What are some album covers you know of that are paying tribute to another musician?

Question

What are some album covers you know of that are paying tribute to another musician?

Answer 1

Elvis Costello's My Aim Is True is a straight-up Buddy Holly reference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MyAim_isTrue.jpg

http://www.elvisblog.net/Buddy%20Holly/With%20Guitar%20.jpg



The Clash's London Calling references Elvis Presley's eponymous debut.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/TheClashLondonCallingalbumcover.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/Elvispresleydebutalbum.jpeg



Also, do you count Weird Al, although he's a bit of a gimme? How about Amish Paradise and Coolio?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/200px-AmishAl.jpg

http://www.songonlyrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/coolio.jpg



I am 80% sure this is not an intentional tribute, but check out XTC's Go 2 and the Black Keys' Brothers:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/XTC_Go_2.jpg

http://www.donewaiting.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Free-Download_TheBlack-Keys_Brothers_Album-Cover.jpg

Answer 2

The Iced Earth album "Tribute to the Gods"

It's a cover album and the cover art shows off some of the bands featured in the twisted Iced Earth style.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribute_to_the_Gods



http://www.icedearth.com/system/files/cover/c_tribute_400.jpg?1272551165

Answer 3

Here's a good example of a two-way tribute between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones:

http://www.feelnumb.com/?p=3191



Someone else did a cover that was a tribute to the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band cover a few years ago, but I can't remember who it was now.



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Here's a Simpson's tribute to the Sergeant Peppers LHCB cover

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__rFbJEJywr8/SWnPzrl0SSI/AAAAAAAAAbI/MpFQf4WI_qk/s400/30a.jpg

Answer 4

Jimi Hendrix- Band of Gypsys. In the UK the album was released with a cover photograph that featured dolls of Hendrix, Brian Jones, Bob Dylan and British DJ John Peel, an early supporter of Hendrix.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bog_puppet.jpg

Answer 5

"We're Only In It for the Money" by Frank Zappa parodies "Sgt Pepper's" by the Beatles

http://rockpopgallery.typepad.com/rockpop_gallery_news/2007/10/cover-story-fra.html