History CoversAlwaysLie / Music

* The cover for the single release of the Music/{{Genesis|Band}} song "The Knife" is a group picture of the classic line-up, including Steve Hackett and Phil Collins, who don't perform on the track in question (the album it came from, ''Trespass'', was made before either of them joined the band, and it featured Anthony Phillips and John Mayhew on guitar and drums, respectively).

* The 1985 Mexican 12" single of Music/TransX's "Living on Video" lists Track B2, on both the sleeve and label, as "Digital World", a cut from their debut album ''Message on the Radio'' (which was correct on the European 12" maxi), but instead it's the 7"/radio edit of "Video".

* The [[http://www.perrific.com/cds/covers/beck.jpg badass mechanical thing with the horned animal skull with glowing eyes and a fiery red background]] on the cover of Music/{{Beck}}'s ''Music/MellowGold'' looks awesome, but is a bit misleading considering most of the music is more folksy than the cover would imply. Some moments of the album are trippy (if not heavy) enough to fit the cover. listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lec_hUZ6dIM Sweet Sunshine]] and see if you can't imagine that thing clanking around to the beat.

* The 1985 Mexican 12" single of {{Music/Trans-X}}'s "Living on Video" lists Track B2, on both the sleeve and label, as "Digital World", a cut from their debut album ''Message on the Radio'' (which was correct on the European 12" maxi), but instead it's the 7"/radio edit of "Video".

* The 1985 Mexican 12" single of Trans-X's "Living on Video" lists Track B2, on both the sleeve and label, as "Digital World", a cut from their debut album ''Message on the Radio'' (which was correct on the European 12" maxi), but instead it's the 7"/radio edit of "Video".

* The cover for the single release of the Music/{{Genesis}} song "The Knife" is a group picture of the classic line-up, including Steve Hackett and Phil Collins, who don't perform on the track in question (the album it came from, ''Trespass'', was made before either of them joined the band, and it featured Anthony Phillips and John Mayhew on guitar and drums, respectively).

* A Canadian band who called themselves the "Rainbow Butt Monkeys" released their sole album "Letters from Chutney" with an extremely odd photo of three 50s looking women on lawn mowers. A total lack of monkeys is noticeable, as well as the fact that you would have no idea that this is a straight up grunge record until you started it up. [[http://members.tripod.com/uglee_butterfly/f11_rbm.jpg though seeing the band in the inlay may give you a hint]]. The band later changed their name to Finger Eleven and still release albums.

* The 1985 Mexican 12" single of Trans-X's "Living on Video" lists Track B2, on both the sleeve and label, as "Digital World", a cut from their debut album ''Message on the Radio'', but instead it's the 7"/radio edit of "Video".

* The cover of ''Music/PetSounds'' by Music/TheBeachBoys, shows the band in collared shirts and button-down jackets feeding goats at the San Diego Zoo. It suggests an album of lighthearted music, maybe even intended for children. Instead, it's an experimental BaroquePop ConceptAlbum about post-adolescent disillusionment, that would heavily influence ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' among many, many others.

* The cover of ''Music/PetSounds'' by Music/TheBeachBoys, an experimental BaroquePop ConceptAlbum that would heavily influence ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' among other albums and styles, was packaged with a photo showing the band in matching black, button-down jackets (plus touring member Bruce Johnston) feeding goats at the San Diego Zoo. None of this imagery has anything to do with the mood of the album.

** The compilation ''Throbbing Gristle's Greatest Hits'- does something similar, using a vintage, tastefully {{fanservice}}y photo of member Cosey Fanni Tutti wearimg a bikini inside what looks to be a tiki hut to make unwary listeners expect exotica or bachelor pad music. Only a slogan at the very bottom of the cover, "entertainment through pain", gives a hint otherwise.

* Creator/GaryNuman's backing band put out one largely forgotten TheBandMinusTheFace album entitled ''For Future Reference'' under the name Dramatis. While the initial release had [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZenZ_-dWB0/SNcx0Fm0ZRI/AAAAAAAABRw/g3G6-svdUnk/s200/fro.jpeg a cover just featuring a photograph of the band]], in 2000 it would be re-released with a cover with [[http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre200/e241/e24162qwjlu.jpg one ambiguously shadowy face on it that might or might not be Gary Numan]], and billed as an album called ''The Dramatis Project'' by Tubeway Army Featuring Gary Numan. In fact Numan only contributed guest vocals for one song, and no members of Tubeway Army, the band that initially brought Numan fame, were involved.

* Gary Numan's backing band put out one largely forgotten TheBandMinusTheFace album entitled ''For Future Reference'' under the name Dramatis. While the initial release had [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__ZenZ_-dWB0/SNcx0Fm0ZRI/AAAAAAAABRw/g3G6-svdUnk/s200/fro.jpeg a cover just featuring a photograph of the band]], in 2000 it would be re-released with a cover with [[http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre200/e241/e24162qwjlu.jpg one ambiguously shadowy face on it that might or might not be Gary Numan]], and billed as an album called ''The Dramatis Project'' by Tubeway Army Featuring Gary Numan. In fact Numan only contributed guest vocals for one song, and no members of Tubeway Army, the band that initially brought Numan fame, were involved.

* The track listing on the back cover of the ambient compilation ''Space Daze 2000'' mislabels Dilate's "Ice Curtain" as "Oblivium", a completely different track from their ''Cyclos'' album.