The Best Album Cover Thread

The Long Road

So who has the best album cover ever? I say the Beatles' Sgt.Pepper is #1, but there are sooooo many cool ones. Nirvana's Nevermind was kooky too.

zircona1

Frank Zappa - Weasels Ripped My Flesh
The Cars - Candy-O
The Clash - London Calling
The Velvet Underground

Ledbetterman10

http://www.universalmusic.pl/photo/plyty/0606949028725_l.jpg

drew0

http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Original_Photo/2005/07/08/1120851835_3668.jpg

Stephen Flow

http://blog.sixwise.com/photos/images/images/219/original.aspx

direwolf74

Stephen Flow wrote:

http://blog.sixwise.com/photos/images/images/219/original.aspx

LOL! That's hilarious.

release30

The Who - Who's Next
The Doors - Morrison Hotel
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deadnote

kiss aliveII was pretty cool

merkinball

http://www.jimlawrence77.net/LPCOVERS/cover385.jpg

merkinball

Seriously though? Off the top of my head...

http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/easyrider/data/graphics/aoxomoxoa.jpg

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/religionnaire/artistes/emerson_lake_&_palmer/art/brain_salad_surgery.jpg

http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/B000AXWV40.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://do-the-undo.nl/content/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/neil_young_on_the_beach.jpg

edpearson

I always thought Led Zeppelin III was cool because it had a wheel that turned and the certain cut-outs (the black spots in the image link below) would change.
http://zeppelinmidi.com/images/zep3.jpg

Also, Jimi Hendrix' "Axis: Bold as Love" was great.
http://img.crocmusic.com/l/albums/50/jimi_hendrix_axis_bold_as_love.jpg

The first poster mentioned the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper", but I think the Rolling Stones response to that album cover was pretty cool, too (Their Satanic Majesties Request). The original LP contained a 3D, or lenticular image and the Beatles are hidden somewhere in there depending on which angle you look at it. Oh, the 60's must have been so much fun!!!!!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Their_Satanic_Majesties_Request

And all those "Yes" album covers were great (rather, the ones drawn by Roger Dean).

Byrnzie

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/12-1.jpg

http://www.stevecarter.com/worstalbumcovers02.jpg

http://www.stevecarter.com/worstalbumcovers21.jpg

http://www.stevecarter.com/worstalbumcovers23.jpg

http://www.stevecarter.com/worstalbumcovers24.jpg

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/7-1.jpg

merkinball

Byrnzie wrote:

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/12-1.jpg

http://www.stevecarter.com/worstalbumcovers02.jpg

http://www.stevecarter.com/worstalbumcovers21.jpg

http://www.stevecarter.com/worstalbumcovers23.jpg

http://www.stevecarter.com/worstalbumcovers24.jpg

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/7-1.jpg

No Tino?

keeponrockin

Dark Side Of The Moon.

tybird

edpearson wrote:

And all those "Yes" album covers were great (rather, the ones drawn by Roger Dean).

The cover that Roger Dean did for the Badger "One Live Badger" LP is one of my favorites.

http://images.wikia.com/yes/images/f/ff/One_Live_Badger_Cover.jpg

Mojopin

One of my alltime faves:

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/V/vfems_front.jpg

Mojo

reversedarwinism

Stephen Flow wrote:

http://blog.sixwise.com/photos/images/images/219/original.aspx

LOL, thats great!

THis is the album that caught my eye everytime, its fucking sexy as hell:

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn154/rstallard123/godsmackpic.jpg

anarchist_grunger

No Code

Jeremy1012

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/Gybeinfinity.jpg (never has a cover so perfectly fit the sound of the album before or since)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/NasIllmatic.jpg

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/qwerty/wire/images/completediscography.jpg

http://airplaneshadows.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/aliencd30coverrgb.jpg

http://pixhost.eu/avaxhome/avaxhome/2007-08-15/A.Love.Supreme.Cover.jpg (probably my favourite cover)

http://www.southern.com/southern/band/BIGBL/pics/17724L.jpg (NSFW)

Matt Lukin

Black Flag - Damaged

Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica

Jawbreaker - Unfun

Madvillain - Madvillainy

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

A Silver Mt. Zion - "Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward"

Slint - Spiderland

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

The Stooges - Raw Power

Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

harmless_little_f***

Sigur Ros - Takk

http://www.emirecords.co.uk/mailers/sigurros/mail3/images/takk2.jpg

Sigur Ros - ( )

http://www.geckoblue.org/about/images/music_sigur2.jpg

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness

http://hartree.raunvis.hi.is/~jensba/thoughts/images/IseeaDarkness.jpg

Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites

http://www.xponentialmusic.org/885/files/RecoveringTheSatellites.jpg

Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile

http://www.theninhotline.net/halo99/03/artwork/front.jpg

Enya - Watermark

http://mp3passion.net/uploads/posts/thumbs/1170291036_enya_watermark_a.jpg

System of a Down - Toxicity

http://s.yottamusic.com/i/bCOS.6PW2/375x375

Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union

http://forum.valinor.com.br/attachment.php?attachmentid=15787&stc=1&d=1204831511

Levellers - A Weapon Called the Word

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HNXVVT3ML._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Seasick Steve and the Level Devils - Cheap

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/4498/51a1jpocdqlss500qv2.jpg

And, love 'em or hate 'em, Linkin Park - Meteora

http://www.uoregon.edu/~dteach/meteora-1.jpg

ajedigecko

iron maiden.

Cropduster84

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Music_blonde_on_blonde.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TomWaits-MuleVariations.jpg


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sigur_medsud_600.jpg

leafs4ever

alot of my favourite have already been said but here's a couple more

Radiohead - Ok Computer
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Radiohead.okcomputer.albumart.jpg

Kid A
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b5/Radiohead.kida.albumart.jpg

Hail to the Thief
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Radiohead.hailtothetheif.albumart.jpg

Sublime - 40oz to Freedom
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/Sublime40OztoFreedomalbumcover.jpg

RATM - Self Titled
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/RageAgainsttheMachineRageAgainsttheMachine.jpg

Battle of LA
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/RAtM-BattleofLosAngeles.jpeg

Rancid - Out Comes the Wolves
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/Rancid...AndOutCometheWolves.jpg

Sigur Ros - untitled #1 (a.k.a. vaka) single
http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/images/vaka-dvd-full.jpg


that's all i can think of off the top of my head

g under p

For me it has to be Jane Addiction's *NOTHING SHOCKING* more later.



Peace

Byrnzie

Jeremy1012 wrote:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/Gybeinfinity.jpg (never has a cover so perfectly fit the sound of the album before or since)

What album is this?

Fu_Manchu

apart from No Code:

Down II (Full)

http://www.rockmerch.com/images/D/DOW02lg.jpg

Down III

http://dariend.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/down-downiii-overtheunder.jpg

Acrimony - Tumuli Shroomaroom

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i46/jbneely/acrimony.jpg

Puscifer - Don't shoot the Messenger

http://cdn.last.fm/coverart/300x300/3437969-763235122.jpg

Peeping Tom

http://www.ipecac.com/images/077.jpg

g under p

g under p

Suggestive thinking....hose up!

brianlux

Hawkwind, Space Ritual Vol. 1

The full-sized vinyl version is awesome, front, back and inside gatefold:

http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/space_ritual2.jpg

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Tool 10,000 Days with the 3D glasses for all the imagery.

KISS Destroyer with the members of KISS king the 'KISS-destroys-4-you' thing was cool.

Alice in Chains Dirt was pretty awesome.