Favorite Album Cover EVER!

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Based on the endless Cover Connections threads,....I have to say, I don't even remotely *LIKE* Budgie (too screechy for my taste), but this album cover simply kicks a giant silver platter of ass, as far as I'm concerned. What are yours?

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre600/e693/e6938766pwk.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:21 (twenty-two years ago)

First person to post Satan is Real loses. :-)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Incidentally, this has *NOTHING TO DO* with the music inside said cover either. I'm merely talking about cover ART. The music can be unlistenable pabulum as far as I'm concerned. I just want to see what some of your favorite covers look like.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:26 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c364/c36428i4a53.jpg

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:36 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c382/c38277f07n2.jpg

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:38 (twenty-two years ago)

http://radiofree.homestead.com/files/MEATDOG.JPG

note tiny palm trees near the bottom.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:43 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c838/c83883su9w1.jpg

Maybe not my favorite, but definitely one of the most memorable. Vegetarians, avert your gaze...

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Nice!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Another of my all-time faves:

http://www.plasmatics.com/coup1.gif

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:00 (twenty-two years ago)

i love this one
http://www.bulletsofautumn.com/boredoms/bore017.gif

― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:03 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.hiphop-elements.com/images/364.jpg
classic

― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:05 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.rockguiden.se/Bilder/trex.jpg sexy

― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:08 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc500/c534/c53496911x2.jpg

It's hard to get more "eighties" than this (unless you're Duran Duran).

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:10 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c838/c83853107o2.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:12 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c838/c83833qk27c.jpg

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmmm...Alex's pick actually comes from 1979, and Jody Beth's pick is bright and shiny, but not necessarily defined by its decade.

This one, however, could come from no other time than 1988:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c389/c389075hpib.jpg

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Since I'm already treading water in the 80's, I remember being fascinated with the imagery of this car on both the cover and the video:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c859/c85993cky4r.jpg

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:40 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c368/c36808h62rd.jpg

― brains (cerybut), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:51 (twenty-two years ago)

You want eighties? You got it, kiddo.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c852/c85271k8739.jpg

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Are those the girls from the Cinderella videos?

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:05 (twenty-two years ago)

That's Scottish girl group Strawberry Switchblade.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yeah, I think the girls in the Cinderella videos were blonde. The polka dots were throwing me off, though.

Speaking of eighties and Cinderella, this really is one of the best hair metal album covers ever. It's so...PURPLE!

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c385/c38563yqvap.jpg

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Right back atcha, Tom Keifer!

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:13 (twenty-two years ago)

You want 80's, eh?

http://www.spudtalk.com/covers/detroit12.JPG

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:20 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c019/c019041gxx9.jpg

― Damian (Damian), Saturday, 14 December 2002 10:43 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002KCO.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Hope this works

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Saturday, 14 December 2002 10:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah! I get this picture thing now. REALLY think about this one...

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Saturday, 14 December 2002 10:53 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000235G.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Saturday, 14 December 2002 10:54 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000019GE.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Venga, Saturday, 14 December 2002 11:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I bought this album based totally on its cover after about a year of seeing it every time I went to the record bar and wondering about it. It's actually really good.
http://80music.about.com/library/artist/images/asf.jpg

― toraneko (toraneko), Saturday, 14 December 2002 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Budgie album covers rule!!

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000074QI.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 14 December 2002 11:30 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.mjemmeson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/richard_hayman_gellm.jpg

― michael (michael), Saturday, 14 December 2002 11:37 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc900/c962/c962957tbh7.jpg

― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 14 December 2002 11:57 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000005RG7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 14 December 2002 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre300/e323/e323137q0c9.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000007S2Z.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 14 December 2002 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004T462.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 14 December 2002 12:20 (twenty-two years ago)

what's that last one?

― michael (michael), Saturday, 14 December 2002 12:27 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc100/c105/c10560xqpot.jpg

― Curtis Stephens, Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I take that back.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre400/e401/e40199f6sv4.jpg

― Curtis Stephens, Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002IZC.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Dying_Fetus@corpsicle.com, Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000008412.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Tom Millar (Millar), Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I8U7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Tom Millar (Millar), Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000J2TO.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Tom Millar (Millar), Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I5Y6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― original bgm, Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000DAD7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― original bgm, Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003T8M.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― original bgm, Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf400/f412/f41270npsb2.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c835/c83595n30wx.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre100/e176/e17656gwqe4.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf100/f130/f130383xuox.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf200/f296/f29638ps8he.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre700/e743/e7433066pwk.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc500/c594/c59490wk6ti.jpg

― jammy, Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.imagemagician.com/images/grimstitch/shadowy.GIF

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 14 December 2002 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Some old, great, lovable standbys....

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c304/c30453ljb8n.jpg http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c304/c30441n1e1u.jpg http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc900/c917/c91708q7315.jpg http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre300/e371/e37134kix91.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 21:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Quickspace - Precious Falling

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre400/e417/e417028for2.jpg

― A Nairn (moretap), Saturday, 14 December 2002 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Some more eye-catchers....

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc700/c735/c73534761ub.jpg http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f591/f59145uz4zk.jpg http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc600/c617/c6172251xs1.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 22:31 (twenty-two years ago)

And....who could resist an album cover as ridiculous as this? (hats off to Siegbrahn on the DRUGGED OUT STUPID RAVERS SUCK thread for this one.)

http://www.manowar.ch/e/images/hail_to_england.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 22:36 (twenty-two years ago)

those aren't eye-catching, they're just boring as fuck

― ray, Saturday, 14 December 2002 22:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Cite something better then, Ray.......you fun fascist!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I was thinking the *inside gatefold* of Japan's "Quiet Life" was about as 80's as you can get, until I looked and found it was released 1979! Duran Duran looked just like this 3 years later. Bonus Points to anyone who can find this picture I'm talking about and post it.

― Sean (Sean), Saturday, 14 December 2002 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Search: Suzi Quatro's first LP. Rock!!

― Sean (Sean), Saturday, 14 December 2002 22:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Also; I just decided to give Quiet Life a spin, and found Duran Duran sounded just like this 3 years later, but I digress...

― Sean (Sean), Saturday, 14 December 2002 22:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't find a picture, but Annabel Lamb's "The Flame" album is the most 80s album cover ever.

― A Nairn (moretap), Saturday, 14 December 2002 22:56 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004TTCJ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― , Saturday, 14 December 2002 22:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Ya mean this?

http://www.fxproject.net/Annabel.Lamb/IMAGES/PICS/artwork.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 22:59 (twenty-two years ago)

1. I am so happy there was a Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet reference
2.

― David Allen, Saturday, 14 December 2002 23:09 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre900/e911/e911124gu14.jpg

This is actually a good cover, as opposed to a good-bad cover.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Saturday, 14 December 2002 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.kuci.uci.edu/~nraggett/nedphoto.jpg

― fluffy, Saturday, 14 December 2002 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre200/e275/e275097zjgw.jpg
Most illegible logo EVER.

― original bgm, Saturday, 14 December 2002 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

"Ya mean this?"

That's the picture from the cover, but it isn't the cover. The cover also had the Japanese character for flame and showed more of the room, but yeah you get the idea with that.

― A Nairn (moretap), Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow, Alan....that's a logo? Who is the band in question?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:05 (twenty-two years ago)

it's sad that i didn't see this thread earlier because this cover is simply spectacular.
m.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001FTH.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― msp, Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow, Alan....that's a logo? Who is the band in question?

Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra. It's on their album Key to the Gates of the Apocalypses, which is there only album, I believe. It's a side project from someone in some other black metal band I don't remember liking much. This is good, though.

And I actually had this for quite a while but never realized that it was a logo. Then one day I made out a letter and was like, "whoa!"

― original bgm, Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)

*their

― original bgm, Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)

http://home.attbi.com/~mrmarshallstax/photos/ozzy.jpg

The NeddypooMan Cometh!

― Marshall Stax (Marshall Stax), Sunday, 15 December 2002 00:35 (twenty-two years ago)

what's that last one?

Quella Vecchia Locanda (70s Italian prog band) - "Il Tempo della Gioia"

― Joe (Joe), Sunday, 15 December 2002 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000025IQ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Would not be half as great without the very Steinmanian lyrics proudly etched at the bottom.

― Joe (Joe), Sunday, 15 December 2002 01:15 (twenty-two years ago)

yay! mistigo varggoth darkestra!!! the newer versions of that cd feature a far more boring cover with a skull.

they're a side project of nokturnal mortum, for anyone keeping score.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Sunday, 15 December 2002 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005T7K4.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Joe (Joe), Sunday, 15 December 2002 01:43 (twenty-two years ago)

yay! mistigo varggoth darkestra!!! the newer versions of that cd feature a far more boring cover with a skull.

Is it still all one track?

― original bgm, Sunday, 15 December 2002 02:08 (twenty-two years ago)

― JasonD (JasonD), Sunday, 15 December 2002 02:08 (twenty-two years ago)

the afro:
http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_fro01.jpg http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_fro02.jpg http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_fro03.jpg
http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_fro04.jpg http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_fro05.jpg http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_fro06.jpg
http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_fro07.jpg

― JasonD (JasonD), Sunday, 15 December 2002 02:10 (twenty-two years ago)

rated r:
http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_r01.jpg http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_r02.jpg http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_r01=3.jpg
http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_r04.jpg http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_r05.jpg

― JasonD (JasonD), Sunday, 15 December 2002 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

oops, the missing one is:
http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_r03.jpg

― JasonD (JasonD), Sunday, 15 December 2002 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd700/d723/d72366p1658.jpg

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 15 December 2002 04:05 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.frayed.org/crowes/songs/cover-amorica.jpg

― --, Sunday, 15 December 2002 04:41 (twenty-two years ago)

― --- (scifisoul), Sunday, 15 December 2002 04:46 (twenty-two years ago)

http://poseidon.gse.uci.edu/~cbarrus/images/droneon_comp_cover.jpg

― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Sunday, 15 December 2002 04:48 (twenty-two years ago)

JasonD: This is not fucking cover connections, this is 'your favorite fucking album goddamn covers' Jesus the Fuck Christ in a shitrectum cock swamp.

Thank you for your fucking time with a big walloping Suck It.

― Tom Millar (Millar), Sunday, 15 December 2002 05:53 (twenty-two years ago)

― Leee (Leee), Sunday, 15 December 2002 05:56 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_psych04.jpg

alright, jasond. what is this? it's driving me up a fucking wall, and i didn't want to copy it...

― your null fame (yournullfame), Sunday, 15 December 2002 07:50 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.webheights.net/cohenconcordance/livesong.jpg http://www.kompaktkiste.de/cd/_abc/_p/pf079.jpg
http://www.cardiacs.com/images/cardlive.jpg http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c011/c0117537105.jpg

― Philip Alderman (Phil A), Sunday, 15 December 2002 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.rusmetal.ru/vae_solis/dead.JPG

― CaptainRonHubbard, Sunday, 15 December 2002 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.subconsciousstudios.com/subcon_releases/images/sub13sm.jpg

this was the best pic i could find of download's III album.

― dyson (dyson), Sunday, 15 December 2002 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

it doesn't really do it justice.

― dyson (dyson), Sunday, 15 December 2002 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00005V696.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I'm a bit tired of the music, but i still stand by this cover. It is an underrated gem.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 15 December 2002 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesus the Fuck Christ in a shitrectum cock swamp. Thank you for your fucking time with a big walloping Suck It.

Someone's a lil' testie. take a nap dude. These albums are my favorites, and are all from my personal collection. I just happened to group them by look. sorry dude.

http://www.art-ificial.com/soularfone/images/a_psych04.jpg
alright, jasond. what is this? it's driving me up a fucking wall, and i didn't want to copy it...

It's the inside cover of a Tonto's Expanding Headband record

― JasonD (JasonD), Sunday, 15 December 2002 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

These are even better (OK, this is a tongue-in-cheek joke/tribute band but still...):

http://www.goddess-of-desire.info/band/albums/let_us_win_this_war/god1.jpg http://www.goddess-of-desire.info/band/albums/symbol_of_triumph/god2.jpg

― Siegbran (eofor), Sunday, 15 December 2002 22:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I love the ape/skeletons in the background cheering them on.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 15 December 2002 22:31 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c364/c36418pgeft.jpg
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd200/d227/d22765b3pc4.jpg

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 16 December 2002 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)

three months pass...

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd900/d952/d95264o1973.jpg

This is my favorite, and I'll stand behind the statement that it's also the BEST album cover ever.

― Davlo (Davlo), Friday, 4 April 2003 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Friday, 4 April 2003 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.dangpow.com/~aquakitty/fotomaker.jpg

errr...i mean nothing.

― brian badword (badwords), Friday, 4 April 2003 03:56 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

REVIVE! And now some praise for the fan-fucking-tastic Jim Flora...

http://www.317x.com/albums/v/variousmambo/enlargement.jpg
http://www.jimflora.com/01/bixtram2.jpg
http://www.jimflora.com/08/pjolly2.jpg
http://www.jimflora.com/06/shorty2.jpg

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 18:34 (twenty years ago)

Four I love more or less equally:
http://members.aol.com/pau1ramone/private/stoogesfh.jpg
http://ubl.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drc500/c576/c576785wxkw.jpg
http://www.omelete.com.br/imagens/musica/artigos/black_sabbath/album.jpg http://www.themusicindex.com/rockahead/reviews/boc_tyranny.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 20:10 (twenty years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f530/f53056ig9ta.jpg

(something about the clothes ... the hair ... the bold but simple logo ... the seeming offhandedness of the photo ... it's one of my favorite ever matches of cover and album ... i know we weren't supposed to consider the music here ... but part of what does it for me with any cover is the way it works with the contents.)

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 20:41 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005MNP5.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

leaning and peeping

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 21:37 (twenty years ago)

alex in doncwhatever is b0ring

― no way mister shit licker, Wednesday, 24 November 2004 22:04 (twenty years ago)

that's for damn sure

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 22:06 (twenty years ago)

I thought it was already scientifically proven by various experts that THIS was the greatest album cover of all time.

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 24 November 2004 22:34 (twenty years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre700/e781/e78163nf5it.jpg

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 22:40 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002GA9.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Zimmer026 (Zimmer026), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 22:44 (twenty years ago)

Yes, Mr. Snrub that definitely belongs in the top ten at least.

More of my favorites...

http://www.footlight.com/img/product/125/751.jpg
http://www.flensburg-online.de/beatles/butcher-cover.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~hypnotique/greatest_hits_image.jpg
http://www.dsquared.org/locust.gif

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 22:51 (twenty years ago)

And I wish I liked Yes as much as I like Roger Dean's covers.

http://classicyes.net/images/yesterdays.jpg
http://classicyes.net/images/yessongs.jpg

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 22:57 (twenty years ago)

Here's a better pic of Download's III cover:
http://bsg-inc.com/offngone/discography/releases/img/III.jpg

Dave McKean's genius matched only by the twee-ness of Twilight Circus's collected of hand drawn album covers (in crayon) for Horsie:
http://www.brainwashed.com/weddle/reviews/horsie.jpg http://twilightcircus.com/discography/img/170.jpg http://www.twilightcircus.com/discography/img/170sm.jpg http://images.google.ca/images?q=tbn:jKvXCA0_DiIJ:www.rayx.freeserve.co.uk/twilight%2520circus%2520-%2520%2520cd.jpg

― Apparently now known as (o )( o) (Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 28 November 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000060O15.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― late adopter, Monday, 21 March 2005 09:35 (twenty years ago)

http://www.atlantatimemachine.com/images/chfolcover.jpg

― Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 21 March 2005 09:41 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

So many crappy covers claimed as greatness. Perhaps 10% of the covers on this thread are worthy.

― libcrypt, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 04:01 (eighteen years ago)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000019HU.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― poortheatre, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 06:23 (eighteen years ago)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/411692474_95b218574c_m.jpg

― StanM, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 07:12 (eighteen years ago)

yea, that is a good 'un.

― poortheatre, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 07:25 (eighteen years ago)

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6272/841db340dca0517c16bc901uc5.jpg
This one caught my eye recently. Also it is a really good album.

― CaptainLorax, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 07:55 (eighteen years ago)

What's the birdie one?

― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 10:07 (eighteen years ago)

Wilco

― StanM, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 10:14 (eighteen years ago)

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Blue_Sky#Artwork )

― StanM, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 10:15 (eighteen years ago)

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5x.7ht1GmxUB5WSjzbkF/SIG=12aolrs23/EXP=1189009467/**http%3A//www.adawson.clara.net/albums/sleeves/woteot.jpg

― outdoor_miner, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/yaxhaxley/solo.jpg

― Brakhage, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

Best image I could find of Cecil Taylor's 'Solo' (also called 'Solo In Tokyo')

― Brakhage, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 21:42 (eighteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Madvillainy_cover.png

― gman, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 22:55 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.vinylrecords.ch/D/DE/Death/Leprocy/IMG_9811.jpg

so weird

― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 23:20 (eighteen years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000060O15.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

this one i really something.

― jed_, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 23:31 (eighteen years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf800/f871/f87187op4o1.jpg

Killed by rock!

― Jeff Treppel, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 23:40 (eighteen years ago)

charlie haden = so demented!

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 01:02 (eighteen years ago)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WTA7E5XRL._AA240_.jpg

― wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 01:07 (eighteen years ago)

That 'nette cover has always been one of my favorites

― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9214/stanleyrm4.jpg

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 01:45 (eighteen years ago)

Kidding about the last one, but not this. My dad had this LP in his collection, and it fascinated me to no end when I was a child. Still does, in fact:

http://krucoff.com/images/tarkus_cover.jpg

― Jeff Treppel, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 02:29 (eighteen years ago)

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/V/Various/VA_guitarsf.jpg

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 02:48 (eighteen years ago)

snrub - thats really good haha. never seen that before

― gman, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:03 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.moorsmagazine.com/images8/unclemeat.jpg

― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:51 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/images/fact10frontcoverdetail.jpg

― Chelvis, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 05:22 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/resources/images/ororke/ororke_rel_11.jpg

― Eazy, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 05:28 (eighteen years ago)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/2121QB9KMVL.jpg

― Eazy, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 05:31 (eighteen years ago)

I don't know why, but I just like minimalism in covers.

http://www.turtlekat.hu/pages/bp-silentalarm.jpg
http://www.alternativmusik.de/images/alcest.jpg
http://k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/archives/burial.jpg
http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/clog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/stellarscope-cd-cover-72-dpi.jpg

but not TOO minimalistic:
http://www.popboks.com/img/albumi/babyshambles.jpg
http://i.walmart.com/i/p/00/09/36/24/85/0009362485072_500X500.jpg

― StanM, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:27 (eighteen years ago)

That Bloc Party one still doesn't fit the album, IMHO. That picture should be the cover of something like Sigur Ros. But anyway - this isn't about the contents, so nevermind.

― StanM, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:32 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.southern.com/southern/band/ULYSS/pics/17971L.jpg

― gr8080, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:34 (eighteen years ago)

^^undisputed champ for the last 10 years now.

― gr8080, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:35 (eighteen years ago)

also:

http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/l/liquidliqui_optimocav_101b.jpg

http://www.smuju.com/mkportal/modules/reviews/images/B000654Z2I.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://f.freeblog.hu/m/a/r/martireteto/files/coltrane.jpg

― gr8080, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:38 (eighteen years ago)

Have yet to listen to this, but I've always been very fond of the cover:

http://www.tomajazz.com/jazzred/cd-tayl.jpg

― Ivan, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:43 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.altairnouveau.com/steppenwolf_front.jpg

and the back is even cooler...
http://www.altairnouveau.com/steppenwolf_back.jpg

― altair nouveau, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 08:04 (eighteen years ago)

I put this in the wrong thread, here is where it belongs:
http://www.yesworld.com/gallery/images/albums/Tales.jpg

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 13:08 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.bluebeat.com/i/an/2/6/7/5/l5762.jpg

― sleep, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:55 (eighteen years ago)

tago mago is great too

― sleep, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:09 (eighteen years ago)

that coletrane/hartman one is great!

― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:28 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.requesound.com/imagenes/01downbythejetty.jpg

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:34 (eighteen years ago)

OR :

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000899I.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1118645810_.jpg

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:36 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.loughrigg.org/yardbirds/images/fivelive.jpg

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:41 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.smalltowntalk.biz-web.jp/roogalator1.jpg

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.slippytown.com/nomadlp.jpg

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:45 (eighteen years ago)

http://home.dialix.com/~u3336/factory/images/080.jpg

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:46 (eighteen years ago)

http://musicangle.com/upload_images/AlbumCovers/Who_My-Gen_web1.jpg

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:48 (eighteen years ago)

http://home.wxs.nl/~frankbri/LTM2367F.JPG

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:50 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.future.legend.records.freeservers.com/honeycombs.JPG

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:52 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.adriandenning.co.uk/smallpics/smttte.jpg

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:54 (eighteen years ago)

http://joemeekpage.googlepages.com/RGX-ST-5000_front.jpg

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:58 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.caio.it/musica/lettera_q/siouxsie_kalei.jpg

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 16:00 (eighteen years ago)

Orpheus, Orpheus:
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre700/e794/e79474hspzg.jpg

Death Cab for Cutie, TYransatlanticism:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg000/g081/g08151wr7xh.jpg

Monkees, PAC&J, Ltd.:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd300/d386/d38637e4i36.jpg

― Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41M2ASJ6VWL._AA240_.jpg

― onimo, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 16:35 (eighteen years ago)

http://printisdeadblog.com/wp-content/photos/Joy_Division_Unknown_Pleasures.jpg

― Chelvis, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 19:10 (eighteen years ago)

lol @ the Death logo

http://www.emptywords.org/images/support_Leprosy_back.jpg

every letter treated individually with a touch o' evil

― am0n, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 19:31 (eighteen years ago)

YEs!!!

― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 21:44 (eighteen years ago)

roxy have you heard that coltrane/ hartman one? i bet you'd dig it.

― gr8080, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 23:32 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.connollyco.com/discography/omd/dazzle.jpg

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 23:34 (eighteen years ago)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MSW7SKAQL._SS500_.jpg

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 23:59 (eighteen years ago)

I should have found a better photo, because the reds on that cover should really stand out.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 6 September 2007 00:03 (eighteen years ago)

No I haven't! YSI?

― roxymuzak, Thursday, 6 September 2007 00:24 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.foetus.org/discog/nail.jpg

Conveniently, also one of my favorite albums, but what a fucking great piece of cover art.

― John Justen, Thursday, 6 September 2007 01:22 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

A couple of my favorite album covers. Have most of these on vinyl and they look awesome.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k139/moteldemoka/aquinoestalarespuesta1.png
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k139/moteldemoka/aquinoestalarespuestacopy.png

Oh yes, did this ones for a 'guess the album cover' game with some friends so the names of the albums and the bands have been removed on purpose. Most of them are pretty easy to guess but if you wish to know info on a certain album please let me know.

― Moka, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 22:55 (fifteen years ago)

And some more:

http://www.residentadvisor.net/images/reviews/2008/va-soundboys-ashes.jpg
http://www.residentadvisor.net/images/reviews/2008/shackleton-soundboys-suicid.jpg
http://www.residentadvisor.net/images/reviews/2008/skull009.jpg
http://lineout.thestranger.com/files/2007/06/600px-666_Aphrodite%27s_Child.jpg
http://zimsam.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/born-into-trouble-as-the-sparks-fly-upward.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i26/DiaperWolf/RadicalFashionOdori.jpg

― Moka, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 22:58 (fifteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

http://www.conceptoradio.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ShangaanElectro.jpeg

― Umm, I think that's my glass. (laser precise purpose maker era), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 04:22 (fourteen years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51o8e3w6XXL._SS500_.jpg

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpa1tbMGeJ1qzf8yeo1_500.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QAusY9RJL._SS500_.jpg

― Professor Respect, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 05:55 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

Numerous album cover threads...Dave Wiegel, who usually writes about politics, has a slide show up of "The Beautiful, Horrible Album Covers of Prog" (he's been writing about the genre all week):

http://www.slate.com/slideshows/arts/the-beautiful-horrible-album-covers-of-prog.html

― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:18 (thirteen years ago)

three months pass...

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/w/widespread-panic/album-everyday.jpg

I haven't listened to this album at least since I had a cassette deck, but I'd still go to bat for a few of the songs and this album cover still draws me in, twenty years later.

― Judah Ben Ghazi (how's life), Friday, 16 November 2012 23:47 (twelve years ago)

wow. just went and listened to some of those songs. maybe nevermind.

― Judah Ben Ghazi (how's life), Friday, 16 November 2012 23:52 (twelve years ago)

yeah that one's a good second choice

― sug ones (omar little), Saturday, 17 November 2012 00:06 (twelve years ago)

http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/3744/35111/TheSpinanes_Manos.jpg

― Come Into My Layer (Old Lunch), Saturday, 17 November 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago)

Weird opening this thread and seeing posts by me under my real name NINE years ago.

Anyway, I've kind of settled on this being my favorite album cover ever. As I've described it before, it's an entire movie in a single frame.

http://i.imgur.com/p2OY6.jpg

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 17 November 2012 02:23 (twelve years ago)

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