My Morning Jacket's new album,
Circuital, drops on Tuesday (it's amazing, by the way...streaming at
NPR).
Looking at the album artwork, it looked familiar; I've seen this before...somewhere:
![Circuital](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5025/5772765977_30f3311612_m.jpg)
After some reflection, it hit me. It's a version of album artwork I've seen too many times before (albeit considerable more robotic).
The earliest example in my collection of this cover is Scott Walker's
Scott 3 album, released in 1969:
![Scott 3](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5106/5772782301_2508822706_m.jpg)
In 1990, The La's released their self-titled (and only) album, with a very similar cover:
![The La's](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/5773341200_06fc4ffef0_m.jpg)
Finally, just last year, Rufus Wainwright released
All Days are Nights, this album's cover, too, had a oft-featured theme:
![All Days are Nights](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/5772828369_9a888b97c7_m.jpg)
All four covers are striking. It's better than a photo of the lead singer holding a guitar and at least MMJ's is a little different, but no else is allowed to this anymore (since I have so much say here), I'm putting my foot down.
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