Best Album Cover Art

[Veilingmeat]

Don't you love walking the aisles of a record store? I certainly do...they say "Dont judge a book by it's cover" but i beleive you can tell alot from an album cover.
So...whats your favorite album cover artwork?
Could it be the likes of Sgt. Pepper - The Beatles or Their Satanic Majesties Request by the Rolling Stones, or ELP,Led Zepplin,and so on and so on....anything you like at all! ;)
Just two off my fav cover's to begin with are:

Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
http://www.kaizenlab.it/immagini/emperor.jpg

Obituary - Cause Of Death
http://dvdcovervhs.free.fr/Audio/O/Obituary_cause_of_death_front.jpg

[Eibhlin]

well, i was going to post a couple really cool Grateful Dead album covers that i think are really cool, but with this snail impersonating a computer it takes fooorever to find what i am looking for...but the thought was there ^_^

[folderol and]

You probably saw it coming...

http://homepage.mac.com/mstephens7/artwork/shawn_colvin/a_few_small_repairs.jpg

\ david

[Eibhlin]

http://members.aol.com/yesfamily/tree/cover.closeedgeinside.jpg

http://members.aol.com/yesfamily/tree/cover.fragilebooklet2.jpg

these are both from Yes album covers, i dont actually listen to yes, but i have always loved their cover art!

[Little Bird]

Anything by Pink Floyd with Yes albums very close behind

[Eibhlin]

ah, ah, ah, kiera, you gotta post the art dearie!!
^_^ :silly:

[georger]

http://www.insideout.de/data/covers300/SpocksBeard12.jpg

[Little Bird]

Didn't have time to scout around looking for them. When I get home later, I'll make it my business to.

[Eibhlin]

i really like Jethro Tull, and this cover was always one of my fav.s because it has that silly little pop-up inside it ^_^


http://www.j-tull.com/discography/standup/.../frontcover.jpg

http://www.j-tull.com/discography/standup/...s/bandpopup.jpg

[Little Bird]

Oh yeah, I promised those pix


Here ya go. these are my fav Pink Floyd album covers.


http://www.allfloyd.com/images/covers/works.jpg

http://www.allfloyd.com/images/covers/pulse.jpg

http://www.allfloyd.com/images/covers/delicate.jpg

Oh and although slightly gross...I am mentioning Metallica's Load album for it's originality

http://cover6.cduniverse.com/PhantomArt/112524.jpg

[Little Bird]

Oh and this one....my most favourite of Mike Oldfields albums with a great album cover to boot.


Songs of a Distant Earth

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002MZ6.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Angel_Eyes]

Load slightly gross? What is it that makes it gross? I can't even tell. *keeps looking* ... *searches google for a bigger pic* Ok, I have a better idea of what it is, but I'm still not completely sure. Confirm please! :)

[bluediamond]

http://www.bluediamonddesign.co.uk/face.bmp
'Face the Music' by ELO
This is one of my fav's basically because it got banned in some countries which is pretty cool in itself :o
I have this actual albumn and i have tried to get it on CD but ive not been able to get it in England so if anyone would like to buy it for me .... i would be very very gratefull :)


:lalala:
Dave.

[Little Bird]

It's a whopping ;) ?12.99 on amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...2723570-7478841 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000025DR/qid=1121937687/sr=8-6/ref=pd_ka_6/026-2723570-7478841)

You're just too lazy to shop yourself. Tut!

Great album though. I only have it on record myself. Unfortunately I don't have a record player anymore :( but really want to get one.

[Veilingmeat]

Some nice stuff in here :D like the 'spocks beard' one, although i'v never heard of that or them before!? Pink Floyd....you can never go wrong with anything of Floyd's!!!i guess thats why there the most best selling artists of all time ay! ;)
...and Dave i'll never understand why the hell they banned that album cover by ELO???? of all the album cover art i'v seen within the metal scene would make you wonder why!?

I'm not saying this cover is one of my alltime favorites but that of just pure interest....kinda funny in a way too
http://www.darkness.de/images/product_images/popup_images/18802.jpg


...ooh yeah Angel Eyes, about the Metallica 'Load' cover....lets just say that someones busted there load!!! and that makes an album cover???
unfortunatly i'v heard this album and its not that great...nowhere near as good as 'Kill em All' 'Master of Puppets' and ...Justice For All etc true classic metallica

[Little Bird]

Originally posted by Veilingmeat@Jul 24 2005, 08:48 PM
unfortunatly i'v heard this album and its not that great...nowhere near as good as 'Kill em All' 'Master of Puppets' and ...Justice For All etc true classic metallica
To quote Metallica themselves

'Sat but true'

My fave will always be the black album. A lot of Met fans disagree with me but I just adore it. Load is what I consider easy listening Metallica. The album cover is basically the blood and semen of the guy who made the cover. But it is so original, no one else has done it and although quite yuck, I still enjoy the album itself.

[georger]

I've always liked this cover, it looks mysterious.

http://media.bestprices.com/content/music/90/135790.jpg

[bluediamond]

hey georger,

is your cat related to mine? :-)
I was going to post 'Oil on Canvas' by Japan, but after i looked at it again i thought........nah! :-)

:lalala:
Dave.

[doyouwanttoplay]

Sorry all you Av haters, but I do love the Under My Skin cover...

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0001Z2Q7E.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

But on a more credible note, I love the Afterglow artwork :0

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00015VV0W.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I've got the back cover of Heather Nova's "Siren" as a poster at home which is an *amazing* photo. Talk about get lost in her eyes.

[Eibhlin]

you know, i actually kind of like Avril Lavigne, from what i have seen of her-which granted isnt much, i dont keep up with anything-i liked that she wasnt all tramped up, and i like the music of hers that i have heard.

[doyouwanttoplay]

Yeah, Avril's not all that bad ;)

Talking about all tramped up - she DID do MAXIM - but with quite possibly one of the most clothed photoshoots ever, so fair play to her - take the cash but keeps her clothes on :D

[Little Bird]

It an interesting album cover nonetheless. However, I love your Sarah McLachlan suggestion. Really nice honest image and she looks so beautiful and natural too.

[doyouwanttoplay]

Completely agree - Sarah's stunning, so naturally beautiful! And unbelieveably talented to boot... was SO worth seeing her live 3 times last year (about ?90 worth of tickets that was!! Was front row centre for Birmingham though which was priceless - and the Albert Hall gig was just WOW!)

Another cover I like - Garbage's "beautifulgarbage" - very underrated I reckon, as it's one of their best CDs in my humblest opinions... (Cup Of Coffee is my fave track on it)
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00014EIRQ.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Little Bird]

and an excellent album to boot!

[doyouwanttoplay]

Hehe, yeah that's what I meant - I wasn't quite awake this morning ;)

Damn good album, very cool cover B)

I like this one too - look closely

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000066SE7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Sia's "Taken For Granted" is a fantastic song! :clapjoy:

[Veilingmeat]

Ay m8...i'd also say the "beautifulgarbage" cover is kinda nice ^_^
...but never heard of 'Sia' before tho!? agian..nice idea

[doyouwanttoplay]

I posted about Sia in another thread too :) You can stream the entirety of her 2nd album from www.siamusic.net - so feel free, I love 'er :D