Music Album Covers With Hands On Them – Part 3

A mosaic of 16 music album covers that feature hands and faces.

This post is part of a series on music album covers with hands on them: part 1, part 2, part 3 (this post), and part 4.

Each of the 16 albums shown in this post features hands on the album cover. In this part of the series, hands are shown with faces. Typical poses in this group of albums show hands that frame the face, hands that block the face, and heads that rest on hands. 

The album release dates range from 1973 to 2020.


Row 1:

2005 – Billy Corgan – "The Future Embrace"
1973 – David Essex – "Rock On"
1996 – David Gray – "Sell Sell Sell"
1975 – Janis Ian – "Between the Lines"

Row 2:

2014 – Meshell Ndegeocello – "Comet, Come to Me"
2005 – Michelle Shocked – "Mexican Standoff"
1988 – Ofra Haza – "Shaday"
2000 – Poe – "Haunted"

Row 3:

1980 – Prince – "Hits 2"
2004 – Sarah Harmer – "All of our Name"
1987 – Simply Red – "Men and Women"
2009 – Susan Boyle – "I Dreamed a Dream"

Row 4:

1987 – Suzanne Vega – "Solitude Standing"
2020 – Sébastien Tellier – "Domesticated"
1990 – Tackhead – "Friendly as a Hand Grenade"
1999 – Towa Tei – "Last Century Modern"