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Album covers typically have two elements to them: text to tell you the name of the artist and the album, and artwork to catch your eye. A number of albums, however, lack text on the cover. This could be for a number of reasons: artists may want the audience to focus on the artwork, or they may be trying to de-emphasize their name, or they may be trying to catch attention through minimalism. Whatever the reason, a Textless Album Cover is an album cover lacking text at least on the front cover, and possibly also the sides and back cover.

See also MinimalisticCoverArt, a style of artwork that often accompany albums without cover text.

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!!Examples (may also count as MinimalisticCoverArt and[=/=]or DesignStudentsOrgasm):
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[[folder:Alternative Metal]]
* Every single album to date by Demon Hunter.
* Almost every Music/{{Tool}} album, save for ''Opiate'' (which was an EP anyway) and ''Lateralus'' (the title is on the album jacket, but not on the actual booklet).
* The original release of Music/{{Deftones}}' ''White Pony'' did have the album title and band name on the cover, but the reissue that added "Back to School (Mini-Maggit)" moved that text to the inside back cover, where it could be read through the clear inside tray when the case was closed.
** The cover of ''Ohms'' is simply a pair of eyes rendered in dots.
* Music/SystemOfADown's [[Music/SystemOfADownAlbum self-title debut]] has no text, and instead features an anti-fascist poster by German artist John Heartfield for the Communist Party of Germany in 1928.
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[[folder:Alternative Rock]]
* The albums ''Music/{{Screamadelica}}'', ''Give Out but Don't Give Up'' and ''More Light'' and singles "Ivy Ivy Ivy / You're Just Too Dark to Care" and "The Big Man and the Scream Team Meet the Barmy Army Uptown" by Music/PrimalScream.
* ''Nowhere'' by Music/{{Ride}}.
* ''Music/ARushOfBloodToTheHead'', (possibly) ''Music/XAndY''[[note]]The album cover is written in Baudot Code[[/note]], and ''Music/MusicOfTheSpheres'' by Music/{{Coldplay}}. ''Music/{{Ghost Stories|Album}}'' kinda counts (the artist and title are on [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z6RrvYOxHFM/U4zWbV1FTII/AAAAAAAABbk/lrnJMWrIj1A/s1600/2014-05-31+19.34.47.jpg the tray art]]).
* ''from the choirgirl hotel'' by Music/ToriAmos. Though there are some editions which have an "Explicit Content" warning stickered on.
* ''Lincoln'', ''The Else'', and ''Glean'' by Music/TheyMightBeGiants.
* ''Music/{{Absolution|Album}}'', ''Music/BlackHolesAndRevelations'' and ''Music/WillOfThePeople'' by Music/{{Muse}}. However, certain editions of the former two have the album and band name.
* ''They Want My Soul'' and ''Hot Thoughts'' by Music/{{Spoon}}.
* ''The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me'', an album by Brand New.
* Inverted with the Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} sleeve for the Music/{{XTC}} album ''Go 2'', in which the cover art is nothing but text, talking about how it's a RECORD (note the all caps) COVER, and how it functions in selling an album.
** Their last two albums, ''Apple Venus'' and ''Wasp Star'' have no text.
* ''Zeitgeist'' by Levellers.
* ''Music/WhitePepper'' by Music/{{Ween}}.
* ''Music/DangerDaysTheTrueLivesOfTheFabulousKilljoys'' by Music/{{My Chemical Romance}}.
* Music/{{Weezer}}'s ''Music/{{Hurley}}'' - The cover is a text-free picture of Jorge Garcia, aka Hurley from ''Series/{{Lost}}''. Once the cover was chosen, it nearly was going to be yet another SelfTitledAlbum, but then they decided to officially call the album what they predicted the fans would call it anyway.
* ''Music/AThousandSuns'', ''Music/{{The Hunting Party|2014}}'' and ''Music/OneMoreLight'' by Music/LinkinPark.
* Music/AliceInChains' self-titled album.
* ''Sky Blue Sky'' by Music/{{Wilco}}.
** Jeff Tweedy's first two solo albums, ''WARM'' and ''WARMER'', also qualify.
* The cover of Music/FooFighters ''There Is Nothing Left To Lose'' is a textless picture of the back of Dave Grohl's head (however, his neck has a temporary tattoo reading "FF" on it), ''Sonic Highways'' just shows a composite skyline of the eight cities in which the album was recorded, and ''Concrete and Gold'' simply features an "FF" logo in gold on a concrete background.
* Music/ArcadeFire ''loves'' doing this. Well, with the exception with ''Music/TheSuburbs'' which has the band name.
* ''Sea Change'' and ''Hell Yes/Gameboy Variations'' by Music/{{Beck|Musician}}.
* ''An Awesome Wave'' by Alt-J.
* ''Strangers to Ourselves'' by Music/ModestMouse, which instead opts for [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Strangers_to_Ourselves_cover.jpg a satellite photo of Venture Out RV Resort]] in Mesa, Arizona.
* Music/{{Deerhunter|Band}}'s ''Microcastle'', ''Halcyon Digest'', ''Cryptograms'' and ''Fading Frontier''
* Depending on which printing you got, ''Everything to Everyone'' by Music/BarenakedLadies featured the band holding either a blank white flag, or one with the title and name of the band printed on it.
* ''Då som nu för alltid'', ''Tigerdrottningen'' and ''Jag är inte rädd för mörkret'' by the Swedish band Music/{{Kent}}.
* ''Scaled and Icy'' by Music/TwentyOnePilots.
* ''Eat the Elephant'' by Music/APerfectCircle features the band's circular logo, but no text.
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[[folder:Avant-Garde Metal]]
* ''Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning'' and ''Skullgrid'' by Behold... the Arctopus.
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[[folder:Avant-Rock]]
* ''The Henry Cow Legend'' by Music/HenryCow.
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[[folder:Baroque Pop]]
* ''Safe As Houses'', ''(((grrls)))'', and ''Entanglements'' by Music/ParentheticalGirls.
* ''Front Row Seat to Earth,'' ''Titanic Rising,'' and ''And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow'' by Music/WeyesBlood.
* ''All Mirrors'' by Music/AngelOlsen.
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[[folder:Blues-Rock]]
* ''Blind Faith'' by Blind Faith, but on only one version of the cover. ''That'' one.
* ''Music/LaylaAndOtherAssortedLoveSongs'' by Music/DerekAndTheDominos.
* ''Santana III'' by Santana.
* ''White Blood Cells'', ''Elephant'', and ''Get Behind Me Satan'' by [[Music/TheWhiteStripes the White Stripes]].
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[[folder:Christian Rock]]
* Music/JarsOfClay: ''Furthermore''.
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[[folder:Death Metal]]
* Music/{{Behemoth}}'s ''The Satanist'' features the painting ''Chalice of Severance'', which was commissioned for the album and incorporates the lead singer's [[CouldntFindAPen blood]].
* Sulphur Aeon's ''Gateway to the Antisphere'' and ''The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos'' qualify, though their debut album ''Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide'' averts this
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[[folder:Drone Music]]
* Fuck Buttons' debut album, ''Street Horrrsing''.
* Anything by Music/SunnO EXCEPT ''Monoliths and Dimensions''.
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[[folder:Electronic]]
* ''...I Care Because You Do'' and ''Richard D. James Album'' by Music/AphexTwin only feature his signature creepy grinning face.
* Message to Bears' album ''Folding Leaves'' and the single ''Explode''.
* Music/PurityRing's albums ''Shrines'' and ''Another Eternity''.
* ''Tweekend'' by The Crystal Method.
* The cover art of ''Tri Repeatae'' by {{Music/Autechre}} is just a brown square. That's it.
* Music/FlyingLotus's albums ''Los Angeles'', ''Cosmogramma'' ''You're Dead!'' and ''Flamagra'' feature no text.
* Music/{{Sophie}}'s album ''OIL OF EVERY PERSON'S UN-INSIDES'' consists of an artistic photoshoot of Sophie herself, with the title nowhere to be found. The only text present is the word "NOTHINGNESS" stuck onto her right arm, and it's only half-visible due to the angle.
* Almost all of Music/{{Arca}}'s albums have no text, with the only exception being the physical editions of her album ''[=KiCk i=]''.
* Music/{{Grimes}}: The streaming versions of ''Music/MissAnthropocene'' are this trope, though the standard vinyl version is subverts it, as it contains lots of text and details. Part of why Grimes changed the cover on streaming was because the details were so small that she felt the effect was lost on small screens.
* Many of Music/FkaTwigs' albums and [=EPs=], like ''[=M3LL15X=],'' ''[=LP1=],'' and ''MAGDALENE.''
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[[folder:Electropop]]
* Music/{{Aurora|Singer}}'s ''All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend'' and most of her singles.
* ''Future Nostalgia'' (standard, bonus, and French release covers) by Music/DuaLipa.
* Noosa's ''Wonderland'' and the single "Halo".
* Some of {{Music/Perfume}}'s singles.
* ''You Know You Like It EP'' and the singles "Your Drums, Your Love" and "Attracting Flies" by [=AlunaGeorge=].
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[[folder:Electroswing]]
* Music/CaravanPalace's album [[http://store.hmv.com/HMVStore/media/product/44530/01-44530.jpg ]], aka "Robot".
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[[folder:Experimental]]
* Most albums and singles by Music/{{Bjork}}. ''Vespertine'' takes it a little further by having no text on the sides of CD edition either, with only a removable white sticker on the back identifying the artist and album title, alongside a track-list and copyright information.
* ''Disco Volante'' by Music/MrBungle.
* Every major release from the experimental drone band Growing to date have been designed without text.
* Every album by Music/{{Jandek}} has a textless photograph as the cover; generally it's either a picture of the artist himself or a bit of still-life photography.
* ''All Hour Cymbals'', ''Odd Blood'' and ''Fragrant World'' by Yeasayer.
* ''Rabbit Habits'', ''Life Fantastic'', and ''On Oni Pond'' by Music/ManMan.
* In {{vaporwave}}, this is the standard.
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[[folder:Folk Metal]]
* [[http://www.metalwyrd.com/photos/uden_uni.jpg One]] of the two different covers for Music/{{Moonsorrow}}'s ''Suden Uni''.

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[[folder:Folk Rock]]
* Music/FairportConvention's ''Music/{{Unhalfbricking}}''.
* Music/GordonLightfoot's ''Sit Down Young Stranger'' (a.k.a. "If You Could Read My Mind") have some very early copies without an artist and title on the cover and later copies do have the artist and title on the cover.
* Marika Hackman's ''That Iron Taste'', ''We Slept At Last'' and ''I'm Not Your Man''. Also applies for the "Sugar Blind EP", "Deaf Heat EP", and the singles "Boyfriend" and "My Lover Cindy".
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[[folder:Hardcore Punk]]
* Music/TheDeadKennedys' ''Music/{{Frankenchrist}}''. The title was on the contemptible inner sleeve.
* The anthology album for The Germs ''MIA'' simply had the germs blue circle logo.
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[[folder:Hard Rock]]
* ''Music/LedZeppelinIV'' (which has no official title), ''Music/HousesOfTheHoly'', ''Presence'' and ''In Through the Out Door'' by Music/LedZeppelin.
** ''In Through the Out Door'' was originally issued in a paper sleeve with the title on it, beneath which was one (at random) of six textless photo covers. Some CD editions replicate this; conventional plastic CD cases have the textless photos on the booklet (any one can be displayed depending on how the booklet is folded).
** The vinyl album covers for ''Presence'' initially had the band name and album title embossed, but the same colour as the rest of the album cover.
* ''Draw the Line'' by Music/{{Aerosmith}}.
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[[folder:Heavy Metal]]
* Music/{{Avenged Sevenfold}}'s [[Music/AvengedSevenfoldAlbum self-titled 2007 album]] has a black Deathbat with an all-white background, contrasting the very busy cover of their previous album ''Music/CityOfEvil'' − just like the album itself contrasts it musically.
* The cover of Music/{{Danzig}}'s third album ''Danzig III: How the Gods Kill'' is a piece of artwork by Creator/HRGiger
* Both ''Blood of Gods'' and ''The New Dark Ages'' by [[Music/{{Gwar}} GWAR]] are without names or titles. They are also the first two albums released after Dave Brockie's death, implying that Brockie himself may have had some level of creative input for their past album covers.
* ''Loudness'' by Music/{{Loudness}}. This cover was painted by famed artist Tadanori Yokoo. Also ''Once and for All'' and ''Terror Hakuri'' by the same band.
* ''Balls to the Wall'' by Music/{{Accept}}. (Some CD reissues added text to the cover.)
* ''Rude Awakening'' by Music/{{Megadeth}}.
* ''St. Anger'' by Music/{{Metallica}}.
** ''Metallica'' (a.k.a. The Black Album) almost qualifies, because the only text is hard to see due to being nearly the same color as the background.
* ''Seasons in the Abyss'', ''Divine Intervention'' and ''Christ Illusion'' by Music/{{Slayer}}.
* Music/{{Slipknot}}:
** The original release of the band's [[Music/SlipknotAlbum self-titled debut album]] and ''Music/AllHopeIsGone'' have no text with the album title or the band's name. In the former case, releases of the album since the reissue do feature the band's logo.
** Zig-zagged with both the standard and Special Edition covers of ''Music/Vol3TheSubliminalVerses''. The former cover normally has text while the latter has none, but plenty of releases have them the other way around.
* In-universe, ''Smell the Glove'' by [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Spinal Tap]], which is so featureless and black it could of course be [[MemeticMutation none more black]]. The actual album released later by Spinal Tap, entitled ''This is Spinal Tap'' used [[BrickJoke this same blank black cover]].
* Music/{{Opeth}}'s first 3 albums, ''Orchid'', ''Morningrise'', and ''My Arms, Your Hearse'' as well as ''Ghost Reveries''.
* Music/IronMaiden released a GreatestHitsAlbum titled ''Edward the Great'' that only included a sticker outside the packaging on the LP to identify the album.
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[[folder:Hip Hop]]
* If we don't count the "Parental Advisory" stickers as text, then a majority of Music/InsaneClownPosse's studio albums.
* Music/KanyeWest's ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy''.
** ''Music/{{Yeezus}}'' takes this to absurd levels. Not only is there no artwork on the album itself, there is no artwork for the CD or disc at all either--it's all blank, and the only things keeping it from being too blank are a square and the PA sticker on the packaging and a sticker displaying the writing credits of the album on the back.
** Donda takes this even further as it's just solid black album cover.
* All of Music/TylerTheCreator's albums (except for ''Call Me If You Get Lost'') have some versions of cover without text, although only ''Flower Boy'' plays this trope straight (as in no text on the "main" version).
* ''Watch the Throne'' by Music/JayZ and Music/KanyeWest.
* Music/BeastieBoys' ''Music/PaulsBoutique'', sort of: The cover depicts a few storefronts on a street corner, one of which has a sign reading "Paul's Boutique". The "Paul's Boutique" sign isn't really the most prominent part of the cover though, and the band name doesn't appear on the front at all.
* Music/LupeFiasco's ''Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1''.
* The censored version of ''No Love Deep Web'' as well as the covers of ''Bottomless Pit'' and ''Year of the Snitch'' by Music/DeathGrips.
** Taken even further with their [=EPs=] ''Death Grips'', ''Fashion Week'', ''Interview 2016'', ''Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix)'' & ''Gmail and the Restraining Orders''.
* All of Music/TDCruze's projects except ''TDTV''.
* ''Because the Internet'' and some versions of ''Camp'' by Music/ChildishGambino.
* ''To Pimp a Butterfly'' by Music/KendrickLamar.
* ''Some Rap Songs'' by Music/EarlSweatshirt.
* Logic's first mixtape ''Young, Broke, and Infamous'', as well as ''The Incredible True Story'', ''Everybody'', and ''No Pressure''.
* Every mixtape by Jack Harlow (''Sweet Action'', ''Confetti'', ''Loose'', ''Gazebo'', and ''18'') as well as ''That's What They All Say''.
* Every album by Music/RunTheJewels, the covers for which are all variations on the band's iconic ArcSymbol.
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[[folder:Indie Folk]]
* ''Music/InTheAeroplaneOverTheSea'' by Music/NeutralMilkHotel.
* ''Strange Cacti'' by Angel Olsen.
* Though some versions of it have text written on the left side. ''Ys'' by Music/JoannaNewsom has no text on both the vinyl cover and the version on her Bandcamp.
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[[folder:Indie Rock]]
* ''It's Blitz'' by the Music/YeahYeahYeahs.
* ''xx'' and ''Coexist'' by the xx
** One could argue that the entire album art is just one big letter.
* Music/{{Starflyer 59}}: In addition to their [[MinimalisticCoverArt four monochromatic albums]], there's ''Old''.
** Bon Voyage: ''The Right Amount''.
* Mammút: ''Strondin'' and ''Salt''.
* The Brothers Martin's self-titled album.
* My Brightest Diamond: ''Bring Me the Workhorse''.
* ''Merriweather Post Pavilion'' and ''Strawberry Jam'' by Music/AnimalCollective.
* ''The Beta Band's'' SelfTitledAlbum, along with the compilation album "The Three E.P's".
* ''Blinking Lights And Other Revelations'' by Music/{{Eels}}.
* ''Vehicles And Animals'' and ''Beyond the Neighbourhood'' (although the lines and squares form an abstract "A") by Athlete.
* Wavves' first two albums, ''Wavves'' and ''Wavvves''. Both covers also use different pictures of the same kid doing skateboard tricks in a backyard.
* ''Ocean Beach'' and ''Old Ramon'' by Music/RedHousePainters.
* ''Teen Dream'' and ''Bloom'' by Music/BeachHouse.
* Phoenix's ''Bankrupt!''.
* ''Night Time, My Time'' by Sky Ferreira.
* ''I Love You.'' by Music/TheNeighbourhood.
* Some versions of ''Bummed'' by Music/HappyMondays.
* Every album by post-rock group Do Make Say Think.
* ''Breakup Song'' and ''Offend Maggie'' by Music/{{Deerhoof}}.
* ''MY WOMAN'' by Music/AngelOlsen.
* ''Tidal'' by Music/FionaApple.
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[[folder:Industrial Rock]]
* ''Music/YearZero'', ''The Slip'', and ''The Fragile'' (and like several times before some editions carry the band logo and album name) by Music/NineInchNails.
* ''Psalm 69'' and ''Filth Pig'' by Ministry.
* ''Music/MechanicalAnimals'' (although most versions have the artist and album name either on the slipcover or as a clear label), ''The Pale Emperor'', ''Heaven Upside Down'' and ''We Are Chaos'' by Music/MarilynManson.
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[[folder:Jazz]]
* The Japanese cover of ''Agharta'' by Music/MilesDavis, also by Tadanori Yokoo.
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[[folder:JPop]]
* "[=LOVE PiECE=]" by Music/AiOtsuka.
* Music/NamieAmuro has "Ballada", "FEEL", "LOVE ENHANCED♥ single collection", "Concentration 20", and "SWEET 19 BLUES".
* Music/AyumiHamasaki has "A Song for xx", "[=LOVEppears=]", and "(miss)understood".
* hitomi gives us "Spirit" and "TRAVELER".
* The CD-only cover for Perfume's third album, "Triangle". Unless the giant, 3D triangle they have tilted around them counts.
* The covers of Ami Suzuki's "DOLCE" and "CONNETTA".
* Music/UtadaHikaru seems to love this trope, with the majority of her album covers applying - "First Love", "Distance", "DEEP RIVER", "ULTRA BLUE", and "Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.2" all apply, with only her English albums, first Japanese single collection, and "HEART STATION" averting it.
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[[folder:Neo-Psychedelia]]
* ''Spanish Dance Troupe'' by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. (Also, ''Barafundle'' almost qualifies; the cover is a photo of a pin board with various pictures and objects on it, but some of those have writing on them.)
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[[folder:Noise Pop]]
* ''Treats'' by Music/SleighBells. There is a sticker with the band name and album name on the plastic wrap, though.
** The follow-up ''Reign of Terror'' also has no text. The artwork is, if anything, even more minimal - it's a pair of white sneakers (one of which is mysteriously stained red) over a beige background. Some editions of the album have the band and album name though.
** ''Bitter Rivals'' also opts out of having text.
* ''PREY//IV'' by Music/AliceGlass. Her self-titled album also comes off as this initially, but the cover does have her name written on it, it's just small and hard to see.
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[[folder:Pop]]
* Music/{{Prince}}'s ''Film/Batman1989'' [[Music/Batman1989 soundtrack album]] only features the movie's logo (taken directly from the poster; fittingly, the original VHS release of the film itself features no text on ''its'' cover).
** Also, the U.S. 7" singles for "Music/{{Purple Rain|Album}}" and "When Doves Cry", as well as ''The Hits/The B-Sides'', and certain prints of ''The Hits 1'' and ''The Hits 2''.
** ''The Black Album'' is a pretty extreme example, as the outside packaging is completely black with no text beyond a catalog number and copyright information from Creator/WarnerBrosRecords -- there are also no inside liner notes aside from a track-list printed on the CD itself, and the name of the artist or album isn't printed anywhere.
* ''Horizon'' by the Music/{{Carpenters}}.
* ''Face Value'' by Music/PhilCollins. On some editions, at least.
* ''Teenage Dream'' by Music/KatyPerry. A special edition has Katy Perry's logo and a logo for the album name.
** Also, the promotional artwork for "Circle the Drain" and "Not Like the Movies".
* Skylar Grey's ''Don't Look Down''.
* ''The Love Club EP'' and ''Melodrama'' by Music/{{Lorde}}.
* The official cover of ''Trouble'' by Bonnie [=McKee=].
* The cover of Music/MandyMoore's self-titled album.
* "Impossible Princess" by Music/KylieMinogue.
* "A Little More Personal (RAW)" by Creator/LindsayLohan.
* All of the singles from ''Older'' by Music/GeorgeMichael.
* Music/{{Madonna}}'s ''Music/TrueBlue'' album originally just had the cover be a picture of Madonna's head from the side.
* ''Não Para Não'' by Music/PablloVittar.
* Music/BillieEilish's EP ''Dont Smile At Me'' and her album ''Music/WhenWeAllFallAsleepWhereDoWeGo''.
* ''Chromatica'' and its remix album by Music/LadyGaga.
* Music/TaylorSwift's ''Music/Folklore2020'' and ''Music/Evermore2020'', as well as the re-recording versions of ''Music/{{Fearless}}'' and ''Music/SpeakNow''. Narrowly averted for ''Music/Red2012'' (Taylor's version) as Taylor is wearing a ring that spells "Red".
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[[folder:Post-Punk]]
* ''Music/UnknownPleasures'' by Music/JoyDivision and ''Music/PowerCorruptionAndLies'' by Music/NewOrder.
** Several singles by Music/NewOrder also had textless covers, in particular "Procession", "Temptation", "Blue Monday", "State of the Nation", "Bizarre Love Triangle", "True Faith", "Touched by the Hand of God", "Fine Time", "Round and Round", "Crystal", "60 Miles an Hour", and "Here to Stay".
** "Temptation" does have the title on the front, not printed, but embossed. Camouflaged by the multi-coloured background, it's almost invisible unless you tilt it at exactly the correct angle to the light.
** Most of Music/NewOrder's record covers, actually. ''Power, Corruption and Lies'' has the distinction of having '''no''' band name or album title information anywhere on either front or back covers ''or'' the record spine.
* The cover of Music/{{Wire}}'s album, ''Red Barked Tree''.
* ''Music/MoreSongsAboutBuildingsAndFood'' by Music/TalkingHeads.
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[[folder:Post-Rock]]
* Music/{{Slint}}'s ''Music/{{Spiderland}}''
* ''F# A# ∞'', ''Music/LiftYourSkinnyFistsLikeAntennasToHeaven'', ''Yanqui U.X.O.'', '''Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!'', ''Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress'' and ''[=G_d's Pee at State's End!=]'' by Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor.
* Music/SigurRos' albums ''Von'', ''Music/AgaetisByrjun'' and ''Kveikur''.
* Music/CultOfLuna has ''Vertikal'', which is dreary grey dripping paint. The ''Vertikal II'' EP does the same thing, but has it through a small semicircular window.
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[[folder:Progressive Rock]]
* ''Music/InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing'', ''Music/InTheWakeOfPoseidon'', ''Islands'', and ''Music/LarksTonguesInAspic'' by Music/KingCrimson. (Some reissues of ''Islands'' added text to the cover.)
* ''Traffic'' by Traffic.
* Music/PorcupineTree seems to enjoy doing this with eerily disturbing images. ''Metanoia'', ''Stupid Dream'', ''Lightbulb Sun'', ''In Absentia'', ''Deadwing'', ''Fear of a Blank Planet'', and the ''Moonloop'' EP all feature textless covers, though each would usually feature a sticker on the shrink wrap with the band and album name. Some reissues of these have added text to the covers.
** Also ''Unreleased Electronic Music Vol 1'', ''Insurgentes'', and ''The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)'' by Music/StevenWilson.
* Nearly all of Music/PinkFloyd[='s=] studio albums lack any sort of text on their covers, the exceptions being ''Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn'', ''Music/ASaucerfulOfSecrets'', ''Music/{{More}}'', ''Music/{{Ummagumma}}'', and ''Music/AMomentaryLapseOfReason''. ''Music/TheWall'' is unique in that the text appeared on a removable sticker (as was standard for the band), only for the text to be officially incorporated as part of the "canon" cover art. Then there's the Discovery reissues, which ''remove'' text from the album covers that feature them.
* Technically, ''Anoraknophobia'' by Music/{{Marillion}} qualifies; the title is not on the actual cover, but is printed vertically on the inside of the back cover, and visible next to the cover through the transparent CD case when it's closed.
* Music/PeterGabriel's ''Music/{{So}}'' featured text on a removable shrinkwrap sticker on LP copies, though features the text on all other formats. Meanwhile, ''Music/{{Passion}}'', ''Music/{{Us}}'', ''Music/SecretWorldLive'', ''OVO'', ''Long Walk Home'', ''Music/{{Up|PeterGabrielAlbum}}'', and ''Scratch My Back'' all officially go textless regardless of format (though feature text on shrinkwrap stickers and/or CD tray inlays).
* Thus far, almost every full length album by Music/TheMarsVolta. The exception is the LiveAlbum ''Scab Dates'', and they're also more likely to include a band name or album title on the front of singles or [=EPs=].
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[[folder:Psychedelic Pop]]
* ''[[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/MGMT_Congratulations.jpg Congratulations]]'' by Music/{{MGMT}}.
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[[folder:Pub Rock]]
* ''King of America'' by Music/ElvisCostello.
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[[folder:Punk Rock]]
* ''Revolution Radio'' by Music/GreenDay.
* ''The Empire Strikes First'' by Music/BadReligion.
* The Protopunk band Richard Hell and the Voidoids re-recorded lead guitar and vocals, and re-released their album ''Destiny Street'' as ''Destiny Street Repaired'' with an all new textless cover, unlike the original.
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[[folder:[=R&B=]]]
* ''My Love Is Your Love'' by Music/WhitneyHouston.
* ''Butterfly'' by Music/MariahCarey.
* ''Survivor'' by Music/DestinysChild.
* "This Moment Is Mine" by Chanté Moore.
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[[folder:Rock]]
* ''Music/AbbeyRoad'' by Music/TheBeatles.
** Some pressings of ''The Beatles'' (a.k.a. Music/TheWhiteAlbum) almost qualify, because the only text is embossed and is coloured the same as the rest of the cover. (Some more recent copies have the name in grey letters rather than embossed letters, and the earliest copies had serial numbers on the cover.)
* Played with in regards to ''[[Music/BlackstarAlbum ★]]'', the final album from Music/DavidBowie; while the album cover lacks any sort of text on it, the five stars on the bottom are missing points in just the right places to read "BOWIE".
** The initial US release of ''Music/HunkyDory'' also doesn't have text on the cover.
* ''Music/BlondeOnBlonde'', ''Music/NashvilleSkyline'', ''Music/SelfPortrait'', and ''New Morning'' by Music/BobDylan.
* ''Music/{{Elephant|Album}}'' by Music/TheWhiteStripes.
** And ''White Blood Cells'' and ''Get Behind Me Satan''.
*** Jack White's solo albums ''Blunderbuss'', ''Lazarettto'', and ''Boarding House Reach'' don't have any text on the covers either.
* ''Music/JohnLennonPlasticOnoBand'' and ''Music/YokoOno[=/=]Plastic Ono Band'' by who it says.
* ''Propaganda'' and ''Kimono My House'' by Music/{{Sparks}}.
* ''Pieces of Eight'' by Music/{{Styx}}.
* ''Music/ItsOnlyRockNRoll'' and ''Music/ABiggerBang'' by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}.
** Also the covers for their [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/rolling-stones/202-1.jpg first]] and [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/rolling-stones/32-1.jpg second]] albums in the UK, if you don't count the record company logo. These may be the UrExample of this trope, at least for pop music.
** ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' had one of these originally, although some later reissues add a title.
* ''Thank You'' by Music/DuranDuran.
* ''Music/AchtungBaby'', ''Boy'' and ''No Line on the Horizon'' by Music/{{U2}} (though the former has a picture of a ring written "U2" to at evoke the band).
* The Black Album by Kino, released after the death of frontman Music/ViktorTsoi.
* ''Music/ElectricLadyland'' by [[Music/JimiHendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience]].
* ''His Band and the Street Choir'' by Music/VanMorrison had one originally, although later reissues add a title.
** Morrison's former band, Them, also had a textless cover with ''The Angry Young Them'', excluding the logo from their label, Creator/DeccaRecords.
* The single cover of John Mayer's "Paper Doll".
* ''Straight Up'' by Badfinger.
* ''Wild Life'' and ''Back to the Egg'' by Music/{{Wings}}.
* Sade's "The Best of Sade".
* Music/ThePretenders' ''Pretenders II''.
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[[folder:Roots Rock]]
* ''Music from Big Pink'' by Music/TheBand.
* ''Music/BayouCountry'' by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival. (In its original LP release, anyway.)
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* Played with on Music/{{Sublime}}'s self-titled album, it's just a picture of lead singer Bradley Nowell's back... which happened to have the word Sublime written on it.
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[[folder:Space Rock]]
* ''Lazer Guided Melodies'', ''Let It Come Down'' and ''Amazing Grace'' by Music/{{Spiritualized}}.
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* Music/JoyElectric: ''The Ministry of Archers''.
* Music/{{HANA}}'s ''Hanadriel'' and the ''Moonstoned'' EP.
* Every Music/CrystalCastles album is this trope, though some versions of ''Crystal Castles I'' have text on the front.
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* Music/{{Orbital}}: ''In Sides'', ''The Middle of Nowhere'' and ''The Altogether'' (the title and band name are on a sticker on the case, but not the actual booklet).
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* [[Music/{{sixtyfivedaysofstatic}} 65daysofstatic's]] One Time for All Time is black with two sketchy white lines (and occasionally a compass north/true north diagram).
* All of Music/{{Swans}}' post-reformation studio and live albums have had textless covers in their regular editions.
* All but ''one'' of [[Music/TendonLevey Tendon Levey]]'s albums have had textless covers. [[note]]''Votcofifxa'' displays the title in [[MagicalLanguage Enochian]].[[/note]]
* The AlternativeCountry album ''I Feel Alright'' by Music/SteveEarle.
* ''Kashmir: Symphonic Music/LedZeppelin'' by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
* The cover for the soundtrack album for the film, ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' is completely black.
--> How much more black could this be? And the answer is none, none more black.
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