What are some of your favorite album covers?

[Number9Dream]

I'll start the ball rolling with just a few of mine:
The Mothers / Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Santana / Santana
Grateful Dead / Blues For Allah
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer / Brain Salad Surgery

[LSparkle]

1. Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (also the inside w/lyrics

Also Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy" and "Physical Graffiti".

[Cant trust em]

2. Unoriginal, but one of my favorites

[pepperbear]

28. unoriginal? nah, a classic. how can you NOT like it? n/t

[Captain Angry]

3. Iron Maiden's "Somewhere in Time"

Rush's Hemispheres
Meatloaf's Bat out of Hell
Megadeth's Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Queen's The Miracle

Just some off the top of my head.

[Dr. Strange]

29. Hemispheres...

[Bigleaf]

35. Good Rush cover (minus the additions) but I like Signals and 2112 covers better

[keroro gunsou]

43. preach it my brother!

[Wickerman]

4. many of the usuals

but some lesser knowns, too...

[Cant trust em]

5. The London Calling cover gets its cue from Elvis

A great homage.

[Wickerman]

8. That's what made it so cool n/t

[Cant trust em]

11. Some people like to say things like "stealing" or "ripping off"

I hate that. Clearly they're trying to emulate Elvis because they think he's awesome. I never really understood that. I guess if I were in a band I'd be "ripping off" The Velvet Underground.

[Tikki]

6. These are some:

Tikki

[mwb970]

7. The Psychedelic Stones!

[Cant trust em]

13. That album is totally underrated.

It might have not been a poineer of psychedelia like Sgt. Pepper or Eight Miles High, but there are a lot of good songs on it.

[mwb970]

24. It was released in the shadow of Sgt. Pepper.

I agree, it should have gotten more attention. Here's another album I like that got swamped by the Sarge:

[Stardust]

26. In 3D, no less!!! I was listening to that album tonight, a perfect blend

for my tastes, psychedlia and the Stones. An odd combo, but it works.

:hippie:

[JackintheGreen]

9. The Mother of Invention "We're Only in it for the Money"

and Yes "Relayer"

[Number9Dream]

17. Nearly included both of those in the OP

Roger Dean did some terrific artwork for Yes.

[east texas lib]

36. I think he did some cool ones for Uriah Heep, too.

[Warpy]

10. "Chunga's Revenge"

The Gypsy mutant industrial vacuum cleaner was priceless.

[Number9Dream]

16. And Zappa screaming on the cover

I have a t-shirt with that Zappa screaming photo on it.

[JackintheGreen]

19. Huh...I hate that cover.

Not too fund of the album either. it's no Thingfish! :P

[bananas]

12. Petra Haden

I really like her cover of "Armenia City in the Sky".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_Haden_Sings:_The_Who_Sell_Out

[YOY]

14. Mr. Bungle "Mr. Bungle", Bad REligion "The Grey Race"

[CottonBear]

15. Murmur by R.E.M. The famous railroad trestle and kudzu are just minutes from my house!

Unfortunately, part of the trestle was destroyed by the railroad in concert with local authorities.
We progressive Athenians want it reconstructed and used as part of our greenway trail system.

The Little Tigers (one of my all-time favorite Athens, GA bands!)

[Jack Bone]

18. here's a few

Who's Next-The Who
Some Girls-The Rolling Stones
Around The World In A Day-Prince & The Revolution
Paul's Boutique-The Beastie Boys

[damntexdem]

20. HIFI: Billy Tipton Plays the Piano, from the 1950s.

I can't get to the picture of the album cover because the Diane Middlebrook site is out of commission, following her death. I do have it as the wallpaper on my PC.

[Shoedogg]

21. Here's 4 of MANY favorites...

[Forkboy]

22. Here's 10 I like off the top of my noggin.

[tucsonlib]

23. Sgt. Pepper's LHCB Ranks Right Up There, But...

...for the ultimate 60's flashback ya gotta love:

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Like, farm out, Man. Like, right arm.....

[likesmountains 52]

31. oh yea!

[abq e streeter]

25. Since Cheap Thrills, Who's Next, and Their Satanic Majesties.. have already been

mentioned, gotta add The Temptaions Wish it Would Rain , and Sailor, by The Steve Miller Band,

[pepperbear]

27. a few of my faves

[BulletproofLandshark]

30. One of my favorites

[semillama]

32. I love this Iron Maiden cover:

I also like this one:

[truebrit71]

33. Oxygene - Jean-Michel Jarre

[Rhythm]

38. Is that a 'Pushead' illustration?

Looks like his style... cool!

[drmeow]

34. Wish You Were Hear also one of my favorites

So many - here's a selection

Led Zeppelin, In Through the Out Door

If you wiped the inside sleeve with a wet cloth, it turned to color like the image on the cover suggested - I thought that was so cool




Most Supertramp but especially Crisis, What Crisis?



and Even in the Quietest Moments

[Rhythm]

37. 5 absolute favorites

Let them Eat Jellybeans


Dead Kennedys - In god we trust, Inc.


MeatLoaf - Bat Out of Hell


Danzig - How The Gods Kill


Joy Division - Closer

[DFW]

39. I've always liked some obscure, simple ones

or even more obscure:

[The Night Owl]

42. I remember the first time I laid eyes on that Dead Kennedys cover and thought...

Oh great! There is no way my parents will let me keep that in the house.

[The Night Owl]

40. Mambo for Cats

The art of Jim Flora...

[The Night Owl]

41. Covers by artist David Stone Martin...

[Enrique]

44. a few...