Albums, Posters and Cover Art - Battle Royale V

Tyler, The Creator - Cherry Bomb (2015) vs Madonna - Like a Prayer (1989)

Leona Lewis - Glassheart (Deluxe Edition) (2012) vs Natalie Imbruglia - Left of the Middle (1997)

 

D:Ream - Do It Anyway (2025) vs The Killers - Rebel Diamonds (2023)

Magnum - Evolution (2011) vs Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World (2001)

The Damned - Darkadelic (2023) vs The Cure - Pornography (1982)

Dayseeker - Creature in The Black Night (2025) vs This Is The Kit - Careful of Your Keepers (2023)

Tears for Fears - Songs for a Nervous Planet (2024) vs Falling in Reverse - Coming Home (2017) 

Born of Osiris - Through Shadows (2025) vs Korn - Korn (1994)

Laufey - A Matter of Time (2025) vs Kylie Minogue - Step Back In Time: The Definitives Collection (2019)

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977) vs Sparks - Big Beat (1976)

Everything Everything - Mountainhead (2024) vs Royal Blood - Royal Blood (2014)

Sad Night Dynamite - Welcome the Night (27 September 2024) vs Becky Hill - Believe Me Now (31 May 2024)

'Surfing' principle remains.

Now things get really exciting.

Michael Jackson - Thriller (30 November 1982) vs Lionel Richie - You Are¹ (1982)

¹Exact release date of 7" vinyl single is unclear, but logically before...

SeeYouSpaceCowboy - Coup de Grãce (2024) vs Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)

And.

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985)

Adele - 21 (2011) vs The Very Best of... Sting & The Police² (2002 edition)

²Compilation album was initially released in 1997 with a different cover.

The above recycles:

Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987)

But hold the phone boys and girls.

Billy Joel - Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II (1985)

Nuff said.

Miscellany

Selena Gomez - Revival (2015) vs Striptease (1996)

Contra³ - Songs About Feelings (2004) vs Prom Night (1980)

³Also a 2010 album by Vampire Weekend.

Speaking of which.

Ann Kirsten Kennis sued XL Recordings and band for using the photo without permission.
In 2011, lawsuit was dropped after she was paid an undisclosed fee.

Porridge Radio - Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (2024) vs The Possession (2012)

You see it too, right?

Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) vs Fright Night (1985) 

Fright Night Part II⁴ (1988)
Apart from some superficial differences (building and the eyes of vampiric face), poster for Tommy Lee Wallace's muddled sequel is virtually the same, meaning artist Peter Mueller didn't have much to do.

⁴ntbcw Fright Night 2: New Blood (2013).

Wanna know something weird?

Great.

Fright Night: The Arcade Game
Amiga exclusive placed you in the role of Jerry Dandrige (surname spelled as Dandridge in other sources), who must turn victims into vampires before sunrise.

Whether coincidental or not, cover art used the same yellow moon as film sequel.

Amusingly, game and Part II were both released in December 1988.

Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000)

Title of twelfth album is a direct nod to Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel of same name, which itself is derived from Miranda's speech in Act V, Scene I of William Shakespeare's The Tempest.

"O wonder!

How many goodly creatures are there here!

How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,

That has such people in 't."

The upper half was created by band's perennial figure Derek Riggs, with the bottom half by digital artist Steve Stone.

While this iteration of "Eddie" is the same idea as Fright Night and/or Part II, what's more incredible is how ghostly face was 'discreetly' stolen.

Well SHIT.