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. The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique, sort of: The cover depicts a few storefronts on a street corner, one of which has a sign reading 'Paul's Boutique'.Watch the Throne by Jay-Z and Kanye West.Flower Boy also features no text on the front.On some editions, 'GOBLIN' is imprinted over the cover guy's face.

Tyler the Creator's (of OFWGKTA) Goblin.

Donda takes this even further as it's just solid black album cover.

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.

Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

If we don't count the 'Parental Advisory' stickers as text, then a majority of Insane Clown Posse's studio albums.

Iron Maiden released a Greatest Hits Album titled Edward the Great that only included a sticker outside the packaging on the LP to identify the album.

Opeth's first 3 albums, Orchid, Morningrise, and My Arms, Your Hearse as well as Ghost Reveries.

The actual album released later by Spinal Tap, entitled This is Spinal Tap used this same blank black cover.

In-universe, Smell the Glove by Spinal Tap, which is so featureless and black it could of course be none more black.The original, discontinued pressing of Slipknot's self-titled debut, the CD release of Volume 3: The Subliminal Verses (the digital and vinyl releases feature the band name and title), and All Hope is Gone.Seasons in the Abyss, Divine Intervention and Christ Illusion by Slayer.The Black Album) almost qualifies, because the only text is hard to see due to being nearly the same color as the background. (Some CD reissues added text to the cover.) Also Once and for All and Terror Hakuri by the same band. This cover was painted by famed artist Tadanori Yokoo. The cover of Danzig's third album Danzig III: How the Gods Kill is a piece of artwork by H.Eat the Elephant by A Perfect Circle features the band's circular logo, but no text.DГҐ som nu fГ¶r alltid, Tigerdrottningen and Jag Г¤r inte rГ¤dd fГ¶r mГ¶rkret by the Swedish band Kent.Depending on which printing you got, Everything to Everyone by Barenaked Ladies featured the band holding either a blank white flag, or one with the title and name of the band printed on it.Deerhunter's Microcastle, Halcyon Digest, Cryptograms and Fading Frontier.Strangers to Ourselves by Modest Mouse, which instead opts for a satellite photo of Venture Out RV Resort в—Љ in Mesa, Arizona.Sea Change and Hell Yes/Gameboy Variations by Beck.Well, with the exception with The Suburbs which has the band name. The cover of Foo Fighters 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.Jeff Tweedy's first two solo albums, WARM and WARMER, also qualify.A Thousand Suns, The Hunting Party and One More Light by Linkin Park.Once the cover was chosen, it nearly was going to be yet another Self-Titled Album, but then they decided to officially call the album what they predicted the fans would call it anyway. Weezer's Hurley - The cover is a text-free picture of Jorge Garcia, aka Hurley from Lost.Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys by My Chemical Romance.Their last two albums, Apple Venus and Wasp Star have no text.Inverted with the Hipgnosis sleeve for the 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.The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, an album by Brand New.They Want My Soul and Hot Thoughts by Spoon.Black Holes and Revelations also follows this trope, and like Absolution has a majority of editions with the band and album name.Most editions have the album and band name, however. Lincoln, The Else, and Glean by They Might Be Giants.Though there are some editions which have an 'Explicit Content' warning stickered on. from the choirgirl hotel by Tori Amos.Ghost Stories kinda counts (the artist and title are on the tray art в—Љ). A Rush of Blood to the Head, (possibly) X&Y note The album cover is written in Baudot Code, and Music of the Spheres by Coldplay.The albums 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 Primal Scream.

One more light album artwork