Best Album Cover of all time (Seriously - not Orleans or that crap)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

We've all seen the worst - now post the best!

This one will always be my favorite:

[One_Life_To_Give]

1. Boston n/t

[No2W2004]

32. here's some covers I like:

[DemWitch]

2. Kansas

Point of No Return

[redqueen]

3. I remember seeing that for the first time

at my aunt's house - did Crumb do the artwork? I remember just looking at the artwork for the longest time. One of my all time favorite records. :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. That is R. Crumb for sure

The man, the myth the weirdo!

[redqueen]

8. Such a talent...

such a strange, strange person.

I don't know that I can judge album art solely on the art... I can't help connecting the music to it. That being said, here's my fave. :)

[XNASA]

4. 'Country Life'

Though any of the first 5 Roxy Music albums had great cover.

[OneBlueSky]

5. I kinda like this one . . .

[swag]

7. I think I was 15 when I saw "The Truth About Devolution" on Don Kirschner

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. I'm rather partial to these.

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[swag]

23. Good calls, Byron, and thanks for reminding me about Peter Saville

[Screaming Lord Byron]

25. I love Saville.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

26. More Saville

[Screaming Lord Byron]

30. Yet more Saville

[Screaming Lord Byron]

40. Even more Saville

[swag]

55. Thanks for reminding me what a bunch of cool Joy Division 12" singles

I have on the shelf.

Time for a teen dance party at my house.

[quispquake]

10. Okay, I'm gonna get flamed for this one :)

[XNASA]

12. Ouch.

[LTR]

45. One upmanship

Scary thing is, the cover was designed before 9/11/01.

[NashVegas]

11. Sticky Fingers

Hands down.

Keep the zipper undone unless you want to scratch the vinyl, though.

[sui generis]

13. Parliament Funkadelic

Queen Freakalene and her thigh-framed vapors and butch box busteroid

[Liberal Veteran]

14. Dark Side of the Moon was a classic (and classy) cover

[Webster Green]

15. This one......features George Washington and Marilyn Monroe...

Cover art by Neon Park

[wtmusic]

16. Great book: "100 Best Album Covers"

Big dose o' nostalgia.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/078944951X/ref=pd_sim_books_4/104-2697541-4935163?v=glance&s=books

[swag]

17. Uno Mas

[tigereye]

18. any of those Yes covers

I know, but it was the 70s.

Don't know how to put in a pic, or I would.

[redqueen]

22. Like this one?

They have several really good ones.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

24. That would be the one and only Roger Dean!!!!!

http://www.rogerdean.com/

[tigereye]

28. thanks

I think they are all beautiful.

[bullimiami]

19. santana abraxis

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[Richardo]

20. Tower of Power: Back to Oakland

This is pre-Photoshop by a couple of decades...the sign was really there



I KNOW wryter2000 will back me up on this...

[wryter2000]

58. I saw it

It's at an entrance to the Bay Bridge near downtown San Francisco. I saw it when it was up there.

Awesome album. Awesome cover.

[eleny]

21. Bob Crumb created the cover for our college lit mag...

....back when he was just getting started. When we met to discuss it, he had a sharpened pencil in his shirt pocket. Always ready, I guess!

And that's one of my favorite album covers, too! We have it tucked away with other albums. I sure miss the giant sized covers.

[jukes]

27. beat me to the punch

"cheap thrills" is my all-time fave cover, & features janis' best work

[AlabamaYankee]

29. I see your Cheap Thrills and raise you...

King Crimson's "Court of the Crimson King".

I love the Cheap Thrills cover - and have the album - but for sheer psychedelic overload "Court" can't be beat. This is only the front.

[redqueen]

31. Nice choice! n/t

[quispquake]

47. That album is one of the reasons I don't like CD's

Open it up, and it's a LARGE SCARY piece of art...one of my faves...

[ilovenicepeople]

64. I like Blue Cheer's Outsideinside

and Gentle Giant's Octopus,FZ's Overnite Sensation,The Mother's Were Only in it For the Money and that 2nd rate ripoff of that cover Sgt. Somethings Something Something Band.

[GumboYaYa]

33. I think the cover to "London Calling" is great as it really captures

the energy of that band and that album. I'm also a big fan of the cover to "Their Satanic Majesties" and "Bitches Brew".

Is there any more subjective topic than this one?

[AntiCoup2K4]

52. The London Calling cover was sort of a"tribute" to Elvis Presley

Elvis' first RCA album looked like this.....

And the Clash.......

Both excellent album covers BTW.

As far as Stones album covers go, Satanic Majesties and Sticky Fingers were both great for their "special effects". Big Hits Vol 2 was great in that it was an octagonal cover (i.e. the corners cut off) but my favorite Stones album cover of all time has to be....



The original cover was quickly pulled from distribution when some of the actresses pictured on the cover took exception to being pictured with the Stones. Or maybe pictured wearing wigs??

[Beware the Beast Man]

34. Tad "8-Way Santa" original cover

This was a pic they found in a photo album at a yard sale or something. Apparently, the man in the photo, who is now born-again, threatened to sue if they didn't remove the photo from the cover.

Sorry for the pic quality, it was the only one I could find.

[Beware the Beast Man]

37. Here's some more favorites: (pic heavy)

[redqueen]

38. QOTSA!

:thumbsup:

Sweet... and their best album IMO. :D

[LTR]

44. I remember the Aphex Twin one

Ever see the video?

[frylock]

49. that's a shame..

I dig that album.

[Magrittes Pipe]

35. No question.

[Aristus]

36. This is still my favorite:

Best Moves, Chris De Burgh's first compiliation album. I don't know if you can tell (sorry, it's so small) but Chris is playing chess against himself.

[ET Awful]

39. Aoxomoxoa :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

41. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!RICK GRIFFIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE greatest!

[ET Awful]

42. Hehehe

Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, a few other poster artists. All of them did some incredibly weird and cool stuff :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

46. The Family Dog was there group - the Finest of the Fine

Here's my favorite Griffin poster

[LTR]

43. Some more

Can't believe they got away with that one.


Another classic Who cover, from their most underrated album:





I'd better link to this one, instead of posting the pic. The uncensored Jimi Hendrix cover:

http://rateyourmusic.com/view_album_details/album_id_is_2161

And some much tamer ones:

[SiouxJ]

48. What no Warhol?

more:

http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/8599/warhol.html


on edit: oops, already mentioned, but he did lots of great covers.

[swag]

53. Okay, Morehol Warhol

[frylock]

50. scorpion's lovedrive (import)

[bmbmd]

51. "Thick as a Brick"

by Jethro Tull. I spent months poring over that one.

[swag]

54. Good choice!

I remember standing at the record racks in stores as a kid just what the hell was going on with "Thick as a Brick."

If this image gives the thread a wedgie, I'll delete it:

oh, it's too large.

well, here's this one:

[carpetbagger]

56. Axis: Bold as Love.

I see someone already picked Court of the Crimson King.

57. Upsetters - Super Ape, Miles Bitches Brew

and for simplicity

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

59. Speaking of Miles - check out Live/Evil

62. He also did the cover to Abraxas and these

Here's his website

http://art-bin.com/art/aklarwein.html

&

http://www.museummorpheus.com/contemp/klarwein/biography.htm

And a link to cover art


http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/8599/mati2.html

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

63. Yup - thanks for the site. Say do you know who did these?

[Tyler Durden]

60. Silk Torpedo or Blind Faith

I couldn't find the Blind Faith cover uncensored. GYP!

[arwalden]

61. (Pics Inside) Santana Abraxas or Carol King's Tapestry