Best album covers

aergistal · 07-07-10, 05:07 PM

What is the most impressive, best designed album cover art you've seen? Or a cover that you like in particular for any reason, a controversial cover, you name it.

I like Pink Floyd's iconic cover for The Division Bell. It manages to send a strong message while keeping the design simple and clean.

Remember, a few words about it, about the band or included songs would be nice.

Also, keep it under 400x400 px please.
Should be enough.

Sailor Steve · 07-07-10, 07:59 PM

I don't know about most impressive, or even favorite (I have so many), but this is what came to mind when I saw your post.

Gerald · 07-07-10, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I don't know about most impressive, or even favorite (I have so many), but this is what came to mind when I saw your post.

F.M ?

About cover,

krashkart · 07-07-10, 09:57 PM

Jethro Tull - Stormwatch

I loved the artwork on this album cover and the inside jacket when I was very young. This was the first one that popped into my head when I saw the thread earlier this afternoon. If you want the deeper meaning of it, to me it's where I belong: someplace very far away and remote, very cold and very unwelcoming.

Odds are 2:1 that I delete this post.

Subnuts · 07-07-10, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Now you won't unsee it:

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

UnderseaLcpl · 07-07-10, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krashkart

Jethro Tull - Stormwatch

I loved the artwork on this album cover and the inside jacket when I was very young. This was the first one that popped into my head when I saw the thread earlier this afternoon. If you want the deeper meaning of it, to me it's where I belong: someplace very far away and remote, very cold and very unwelcoming.

Odds are 2:1 that I delete this post.

Odds are 100% that there's no point in doing it now.

Seriously, though, why delete it? Everyone gets that kind of feeling from time to time, some more often than others.

Sailor Steve · 07-08-10, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subnuts

Now you won't unsee it:

Why exactly would anybody 'unsee' it? Not one picture I've ever posted has disappeared, except for a couple I've taken down myself, intentionally or accidentally.

I think I might be offended, but I'm not sure yet.

Sailor Steve · 07-08-10, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vendor

F.M ?

About cover,

1973. Two years before Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined.
http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Me-Fle...8565702&sr=1-7

Fleetwood Mac actually started as a four-man English blues band in 1967. Listen to this and you'll hear a much different Mac than you're used to.
http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Greens-F...565911&sr=1-15

TarJak · 07-08-10, 06:47 AM

I like this one a lot:

This is not only one of my favourite albums of all time but also my favourite cover:

And no neither statement is a joke.

AVGWarhawk · 07-08-10, 07:20 AM

I always thought this one was cool. Then again I liked most of Judas Priest's covers

tater · 07-08-10, 08:51 AM

I immediately thought of this:

Just as important was the inside:

I bought this album only a few years after it was released... to this day it still evokes many things to me.

aergistal · 07-08-10, 02:50 PM

Really cool stuff. I somehow missed that Jethro Tull cover, thanks for sharing krashkart.

I still prefer my Fleetwood Mac with Stevie Nicks included.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TarJak

This is not only one of my favourite albums of all time but also my favourite cover:

Extreminimalism. That would be Beatles, The White Album.

And tater, every cover of YES is like a painting to me.

Now for my turn:

You gotta love Sting's haircut made with leds

I like his haircut from Dune, when he's playing Feyd-Rhauta. I have this on an LP. I actually have a lot of LPs.

I'm not a huge fan of iTunes from this perspective. I enjoyed having two forms of art blended together. And I still prefer to buy real, physical albums.

MH · 07-08-10, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krashkart

Jethro Tull - Stormwatch

I loved the artwork on this album cover and the inside jacket when I was very young. This was the first one that popped into my head when I saw the thread earlier this afternoon. If you want the deeper meaning of it, to me it's where I belong: someplace very far away and remote, very cold and very unwelcoming.

Odds are 2:1 that I delete this post.

Thats the first record of JT i found in my fathers collection when i was...very young(10-11?).
Loved the cover and then had to listen to it -this flute blended with progressive rock was something else.

MH · 07-08-10, 03:16 PM

This cover was kind of WTF when i was at school.
Wearing same t shirt with the naked girl on the back was lot of fun

Those dysfunctional Kids

Bilge_Rat · 07-08-10, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tater

I immediately thought of this:

Just as important was the inside:

I bought this album only a few years after it was released... to this day it still evokes many things to me.

I used to have that, brings back memories.

07-07-10, 05:07 PM	#1
aergistal Chief Join Date: May 2010 Location: France Posts: 326 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 1	Best album covers What is the most impressive, best designed album cover art you've seen? Or a cover that you like in particular for any reason, a controversial cover, you name it. I like Pink Floyd's iconic cover for The Division Bell. It manages to send a strong message while keeping the design simple and clean. Remember, a few words about it, about the band or included songs would be nice. Also, keep it under 400x400 px please. Should be enough.

07-07-10, 07:59 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I don't know about most impressive, or even favorite (I have so many), but this is what came to mind when I saw your post. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-07-10, 09:57 PM	#4
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Jethro Tull - Stormwatch I loved the artwork on this album cover and the inside jacket when I was very young. This was the first one that popped into my head when I saw the thread earlier this afternoon. If you want the deeper meaning of it, to me it's where I belong: someplace very far away and remote, very cold and very unwelcoming. Odds are 2:1 that I delete this post. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

07-08-10, 07:20 AM	#10
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,256 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I always thought this one was cool. Then again I liked most of Judas Priest's covers __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

07-08-10, 06:47 AM	#9
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I like this one a lot: This is not only one of my favourite albums of all time but also my favourite cover: And no neither statement is a joke.

07-08-10, 08:51 AM	#11
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	I immediately thought of this: Just as important was the inside: I bought this album only a few years after it was released... to this day it still evokes many things to me.

07-08-10, 03:16 PM	#14
MH Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,184 Downloads: 248 Uploads: 0	This cover was kind of WTF when i was at school. Wearing same t shirt with the naked girl on the back was lot of fun Those dysfunctional Kids