What Are the Best Album Covers Of All Time?

[Mr. Ected]

Any genre, any time period.

I'll get the party started with an extraordinary cover from an extraordinary band:

[NightWatcher]

1. I actually had this one, but it got destroyed

[gmoney]

5. yeah, they started out shipping them with the zippers "up"

but the zippers scratched the record in shipment... the solution?

"unzip" them so the moving part of the zipper was positioned on the label where it didn't scratch the playing surface.

the bonus? it was even naughtier in the stores...

[anneboleyn]

2. Dark Side of the Moon and Wish you were here. Both gorgeous and symbolic. And Rio by Duran Duran!

Sorry, I am clueless as to how to post the images. Wish you were here is worth looking up if you've never seen it.

[ghostsofgiants]

15. If you wanna post the image, just copy the link to the picture and paste it in the body of the post

[hippywife]

3. A lot of Roxy Music album covers

are pretty cool. :hi:

http://www.google.com/musica?aid=fDbPlFROTQG&ei=g35eSun0JZHuMbCVsK4C&sa=X&oi=music&ct=result

[Captain Hilts]

21. Kraftwerk. nt

[begin_within]

4. Brain Salad Surgery

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. Harlequin's "One False Move"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. Pretty Things, "Silk Torpedo"

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

19. Wow!

I thought I was the only one who knew abou this album! :)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

22. I remember the press releases...

...half of the buzz came from the fact that it was on Swan Song, Led Zep's label. Outside of that, it's still a classic, no matter how you slice it.

:toast:

[LanternWaste]

8. Spyro Gyra- Morning Dance

The death of the album was the death of cover art. Sigh.

[MrSlayer]

9. A great one.

[mix]

10. iconic

[AmyDeLune]

11. These two always grabbed my attention,

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. Bitches Brew.

[abq e streeter]

13. Their Satanic Majesties Request ( Stones) ,and Sailor ( Steve Miller Band)

[ghostsofgiants]

14. ...

[Mojambo]

16. Recipe For Hate

[Release The Hounds]

17. ...

[Sabriel]

18. Lords of Acid

It's a lurid red that makes your eyes bleed. And the purple makes it strobe annoyingly.

[Captain Hilts]

20. Meet the Beatles/With the Beatles. Simple. Understated.

[carpetbagger]

23. In the Court of the Crimson King

It's one of a kind. I can think of several Hypgnosis covers, a few crashing Zeppelins/etc., neked people, where's Waldo covers, black and/or white albums, but there's only one of these, here's the full album, all four sides, inside and outside.

[madrchsod]

24. cream`s wheels of fire-

[bluesbassman]

25. Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East

Tunes weren't half bad either.