Best album covers?

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

My favourite:

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I liked the square cardboard ones with an opening on one side.

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Insect Overlord

Meatloaf. 'Bat Out Of Hell'.

RTT

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles. Actually found the vinyl album recently in my Folks' house. My Dad bought it when he was a teenager back in the 60s.

buried

Richard D James LP cover



New 'Wolves In The Throne Room' LP cover is very cool too

Rothko

Don't know if they're the "best" but these are some I've always loved. Simple but memorable (and arguably iconic) designs.

Your Face

buried

'To Pimp a Butterfly', another good recent one

Lorelli!

I love the Rumours album cover.

Also Ian Brown's Unfinished Monkey Business.

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Say Your Number

Ninthlife

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buried

'Endtroducing' I memba back in the day seeing this in the Zhivago shop and saying to myself "well this looks worth checking out"



And it was

K.Flyer

A Momentary Lapse of Reason,

boombang

Love the menace, death and decay in this one

K.Flyer

Great album cover and a great album..

Arghus

Personally, I think this album is a wee bit overrated, but I love this hazy artwork; it perfectly sums up the unique atmosphere and sound of the record. I think the best album covers let you get a sense of what the music is likely to sound like before you've even heard a note and this does the job better than anything else I can think of.

Can't attach on this but G N' R Lies and Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band are still two of favourites both in terms of art work and songs.

jonon9

Queen The Miracle

andekwarhola

The inside and back LP sleeves (taken from their Other Side Of Midnight appearance) of the first Stone Roses album were smashing at the time. They just looked really cool



And the album cover (and lots of the singles) looked great at the time.

Arghus

Another one of my favourites. The cover perfectly encapsulates the ghostly vibe on the album; he looks like a man who's seen the other side

andekwarhola

Harry Palmr

That Pink Floyd cover for Momentary Lapse was all done for real. No special effects. They got 700 NHS beds and put them on a beach.

darkdubh

It's neither jazz or funk.

buried

darkdubh wrote: »

It's neither jazz or funk.

Great call. That is a brilliant piece of work. Such a class record.

Zirconia

10CC's "How Dare You!" from 1976, by Hipgnosis
Practicaly an entire story condensed into a single image!

andekwarhola

Good album and cover. Also notable for sneaking what clearly looks like a mickey onto a big-selling album cover in 1982:

pleas advice

compilation / remix / mashup album, but I like the story behind it

The cover was originally taken from a photograph of Elton John giving the two-fingered salute; designer Marc Meulemans added a brown paper bag over the head of Elton John, to avoid problems with the rights, but original photographer Richard Young refused to let them use the picture anyway. Meulemans then decided to remove the whole photograph by means of Tipp-Ex, leaving just the brown paper bag.

rossie1977

Maiden and Megadeth have the best album covers

andekwarhola

pleas advice wrote: »

compilation / remix / mashup album, but I like the story behind it

Great album as well.