Les reprises, emprunts, samples, voire plagiats, sont assez communs dans le monde musical. En ce qui concerne les pochettes, l’exercice est moins courant. Voici un florilège des hommages les plus connus. Les Beatles sont ici évidement largement représentés.
Comment ne pas commencer par le premier album d’Elvis Presley, premier disque de rock vendus en 1956 à franchir le million d’exemplaires . Bel hommage rendu par des Clash un peu énervés. Rendent-ils hommage à Jimi Hendrix en maltraitant leurs guitares?
Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley (1956) – The Clash – London Calling (1979)
Frank Zappa – Hot Rats (1969) – Baja Frequencia – Hot Kats (2019)
The Beatles – Revolver (1966) – Mina – Mina Canta I Beatles (1993)
Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends (1968) – Kruder & Dorfmeister – G-Stoned (1993)
Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963) – Chris Hunter – Early Days (1980)
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) – Booji Boys – Booji Boys (2017)
Beastie Boys – Licensed To Ill (1986) – Eminem – Kamikaze (2018)
Serge Gainsbourg Avec Alain Goraguer Et Son Orchestre (1959) – Nathaniel Merriweather – Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By (2001).
Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model (1978) – Theophilus London – This Charming Mixtape (2009)
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966) – The Surf Sluts – Pot Sounds (2000)
The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969) – Booker T. & The M.G.’S – McLemore Avenue (1970)
The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966) – Los Vegetales – Los Vegetales (2016)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Live Bullet (1976) – Kid Rock & The Twisted Brown Trucker Band – ‘Live’ Trucker (2006)
The Beatles – With The Beatles (1963) –The Residents – Meet The Residents (1974)
Roxy Music – Country Life (1974) – Sweet Apple – Love & Desperation (2009)
The Smiths – This Charming Man (1983) – Cyndi Lauper – True Colors (1986)
Harlem River Drive – Harlem River Drive (1971) – Compilation – The Rebirth Of Cool Six (1996)
Michael Jackson – Bad (1987) – Weird Al » Yankovic – Even Worse (1988)
Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra – Blue Midnight (1964) – Tindersticks – The Smooth Sounds Of Tindersticks (1995)
The Beatles – Help! (1965) – The Punkles – Punk! (2002)
Hommage aux Beatles par un certain Robert Steven Moore qui aurait par ailleurs enregistré et auto-produit près de 400 albums…
The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – R. Stevie Moore – Glad Music (1986)
Teddy Pendergrass – Teddy (1979) – Freddie Gibbs – Freddie (2018)
Perrey – Kingsley – The In Sound From Way Out! (1966) – Beastie Boys – The In Sound From Way Out! (1995)
Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire De Melody Nelson (1971) – Barbra Streisand – Streisand Superman ( 1977)
Sonny Rollins – Volume 2 (1957) – Joe Jackson – Body And Soul (1984)
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) – Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention – We’re Only In It For The Money (1968)
Nick Drake – Bryter Layter (1971) –Boris Akuma – No Uta (2003)
Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (1970) – Joe Lucazz – Carbone 14 (2018)
Isaac Hayes – Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak) 1976 – Allan Kingdom – Peanut Butter Prince (2018)
Robert Mitchum – Calypso – Is Like So! (1957) – Philippe Lavil – Calypso (2007)
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (1975) – Siniestro Tota l – Ojalá Estuvieras Aquí (1993)
Chico Hamilton Quintet – Chico Hamilton Quintet (1955) – Incognito – Positivity (1993)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland (1968) – Kristín Anna – I Must Be The Devil (2019)Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory (1970) / John Fogerty – Fogerty’s Factory (2020)
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma – pochette intérieure (1969) –I’m From Barcelona – Growing Up Is For Trees (2015)
King Crimson – Red (1974) – Mos Generator – The Dance Of Red (2017) The Kink – Kontroversy (1965) – Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out (1997)
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