AllBum.Art - Alternative Art-Work for Album and Single Covers

The original cover of Food For Thought by British reggae band UB40 is extremely poor indeed (as those British say). But this was the band's first single so perhaps they were poor at the time and therefore unable to afford a proper cover. We, at AllBum.Art have therefore done them the honor of providing them with a cover that really does provide food for thought, well at least it provides food, and something worth some thought. Yummy!

A user submitted entry by Colin Hesketh of England. We will let Colin tell you the story.

The original of Four Little Heels by Brian Hyland doesn't have any heels on it at all. My remix has two women, both wearing heels, which maked 4 heels in total.

Quite right Colin. We note that they are taking pictures of each other too, which is an admirable passtime and very 1960s. Flash!

Rebekah Ryan sings You Lift Me Up. But the odd thing is that on the cover of her single, there is no evidence of any lifting going on. That being said, her feet are off the bottom of the picture and it is therefore quite possible that there is someone or something doing some lifting that is out of shot. On the remix we find a babe who is definitely being lifted. For some reason she is being lifted by a chain-mail clad knight. For some other reason she is also naked. Go figure!

One of those single covers where no effort whatsoever has been paid. Does it instruct us who Jem is? No. Does it show us the gems that are for Jem? No. Does it show us what is being lifted? No. Does it explain why it is being lifted higher and not lower? No. The remix answers many, though not all, of these questions. It shows us a babe. Who is lifting up her top. Higher than she really ought to. Vertical!

We would call the original cover of Ladyflash by The Go Team a complete failure. It does not show the band members at all, it doesn't have a lady on the cover, and there is no flash. The remix solves at least two of these problems, as we see what is definitely a lady, and in a pose where she is flashing just enough that she can remain ladylike but do the cheeky flashing bit as well. A difficult combination to pull off, but one she achieves admirably. Classy!

Not a bad effort from B.B.E. on the cover of their single Flash as they have used the idea of a lightning strike to illustrate a flash. Presumably the flash of light that it produces, or maybe the fact that it would zap anything it touches in a flash. Our remix therefore doesn't add that much to proceedings. Instead of a lightning flash we have a babe doing the flashing. Maybe she would zap anyone who touches her in a flash. It might be fun trying. Pow!

We might be wrong, but we think that this is the first remix here at AllBum.Art of the cover of a single that is not in English. Joe Le Taxi is by French singer and model Vanessa Paradis. Apparently it means 'Joe the cab driver' which is presumably why, on the original cover, Ms Paradis is looking out of the window of a car. On the remix, this confusing view is replaced by a girl who we understand to be called Jo, and who is clearly a cab driver given her uniform, or what remains of it. Taxi!

Use your Imagination and what would you come up with to remix the cover artwork of a song called Flashback? We used our imagination and came up with the idea of a babe, flashing her back at us. Such a simple idea, but the trick is to carry if off with finesse, and so we were particularly pleased with the end result. Why not use your imagination and come up with some ideas for remixes? Believe!

A week of remixes of superband Eagles would not be complete without a remix of their all time classic, Hotel California. Let's ignore the original cover which has an eagle, but little else to distinguish it, and instead focus on the remix. What would a hotel in California look like? Well, for one the sun would be shining. For another, it would have a red carpet leading to the building. And for another it would have some hot babe standing with her luggage waiting for the bell boy. Lucky bell boy!

OK. We give the Eagles almost full marks for the original cover of their album Desperado. Why? Well firstly it contains a picture of the band. And secondly, the band are dressed and are posing like a set of wild-west desperados. So the cover artwork reflects the band and the title, giving it an AllBum.Art thumbs-up. The remix, then, should score lower because gone are the band, and instead is just a single desperado. At least we hope she is single, and desperate, because that points to a whole lot of gun-slingin' promise. Bang!