Favorite Album Cover EVER!

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Based on the endless Cover Connections threads,....I have to say, I don't even remotely *LIKE* Budgie (too screechy for my taste), but this album cover simply kicks a giant silver platter of ass, as far as I'm concerned. What are yours?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:21 (10 years ago) Permalink

First person to post Satan is Real loses. :-)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:24 (10 years ago) Permalink

Incidentally, this has *NOTHING TO DO* with the music inside said cover either. I'm merely talking about cover ART. The music can be unlistenable pabulum as far as I'm concerned. I just want to see what some of your favorite covers look like.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:26 (10 years ago) Permalink

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:36 (10 years ago) Permalink

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:38 (10 years ago) Permalink

note tiny palm trees near the bottom.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:43 (10 years ago) Permalink

Maybe not my favorite, but definitely one of the most memorable. Vegetarians, avert your gaze...

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:52 (10 years ago) Permalink

Nice!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:57 (10 years ago) Permalink

Another of my all-time faves:

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

i love this one

― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:03 (10 years ago) Permalink

classic

― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:05 (10 years ago) Permalink

sexy

― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:08 (10 years ago) Permalink

It's hard to get more "eighties" than this (unless you're Duran Duran).

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:10 (10 years ago) Permalink

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:12 (10 years ago) Permalink

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:20 (10 years ago) Permalink

Hmmm...Alex's pick actually comes from 1979, and Jody Beth's pick is bright and shiny, but not necessarily defined by its decade.

This one, however, could come from no other time than 1988:

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:28 (10 years ago) Permalink

Since I'm already treading water in the 80's, I remember being fascinated with the imagery of this car on both the cover and the video:

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:40 (10 years ago) Permalink

― brains (cerybut), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:51 (10 years ago) Permalink

You want eighties? You got it, kiddo.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:01 (10 years ago) Permalink

Are those the girls from the Cinderella videos?

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:05 (10 years ago) Permalink

That's Scottish girl group Strawberry Switchblade.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:09 (10 years ago) Permalink

Oh yeah, I think the girls in the Cinderella videos were blonde. The polka dots were throwing me off, though.

Speaking of eighties and Cinderella, this really is one of the best hair metal album covers ever. It's so...PURPLE!

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:12 (10 years ago) Permalink

Right back atcha, Tom Keifer!

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:13 (10 years ago) Permalink

You want 80's, eh?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:20 (10 years ago) Permalink

― Damian (Damian), Saturday, 14 December 2002 10:43 (10 years ago) Permalink

Hope this works

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Saturday, 14 December 2002 10:52 (10 years ago) Permalink

Yeah! I get this picture thing now. REALLY think about this one...

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Saturday, 14 December 2002 10:53 (10 years ago) Permalink

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― Venga, Saturday, 14 December 2002 11:01 (10 years ago) Permalink

I bought this album based totally on its cover after about a year of seeing it every time I went to the record bar and wondering about it. It's actually really good.

― toraneko (toraneko), Saturday, 14 December 2002 11:17 (10 years ago) Permalink

Budgie album covers rule!!

― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 14 December 2002 11:30 (10 years ago) Permalink

Richard Hayman - The Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine LP

― michael (michael), Saturday, 14 December 2002 11:37 (10 years ago) Permalink

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 12:05 (10 years ago) Permalink

― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 14 December 2002 12:15 (10 years ago) Permalink

― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 14 December 2002 12:20 (10 years ago) Permalink

what's that last one?

― michael (michael), Saturday, 14 December 2002 12:27 (10 years ago) Permalink

― Curtis Stephens, Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:20 (10 years ago) Permalink

I take that back.

― Curtis Stephens, Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:22 (10 years ago) Permalink

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― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 14 December 2002 20:53 (10 years ago) Permalink

Some old, great, lovable standbys....

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 21:02 (10 years ago) Permalink

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― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 02:48 (5 years ago) Permalink

snrub - thats really good haha. never seen that before

― gman, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 03:03 (5 years ago) Permalink

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― Chelvis, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 05:22 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Eazy, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 05:28 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Eazy, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 05:31 (5 years ago) Permalink

I don't know why, but I just like minimalism in covers.

http://www.turtlekat.hu/pages/bp-silentalarm.jpg
http://www.alternativmusik.de/images/alcest.jpg
http://k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/archives/burial.jpg
http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/clog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/stellarscope-cd-cover-72-dpi.jpg

but not TOO minimalistic:
http://www.popboks.com/img/albumi/babyshambles.jpg
http://i.walmart.com/i/p/00/09/36/24/85/0009362485072_500X500.jpg

― StanM, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:27 (5 years ago) Permalink

That Bloc Party one still doesn't fit the album, IMHO. That picture should be the cover of something like Sigur Ros. But anyway - this isn't about the contents, so nevermind.

― StanM, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

― gr8080, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

^^undisputed champ for the last 10 years now.

― gr8080, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

also:

― gr8080, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:38 (5 years ago) Permalink

Have yet to listen to this, but I've always been very fond of the cover:

― Ivan, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 07:43 (5 years ago) Permalink

and the back is even cooler...

― altair nouveau, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 08:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

I put this in the wrong thread, here is where it belongs:

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 13:08 (5 years ago) Permalink

― sleep, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 14:55 (5 years ago) Permalink

tago mago is great too

― sleep, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:09 (5 years ago) Permalink

that coletrane/hartman one is great!

― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:28 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 15:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

OR :

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― Dr.C, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 16:00 (5 years ago) Permalink

Orpheus, Orpheus:

Death Cab for Cutie, TYransatlanticism:

Monkees, PAC&J, Ltd.:

― Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 16:25 (5 years ago) Permalink

― onimo, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 16:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Chelvis, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 19:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

lol @ the Death logo

every letter treated individually with a touch o' evil

― am0n, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 19:31 (5 years ago) Permalink

YEs!!!

― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 21:44 (5 years ago) Permalink

roxy have you heard that coltrane/ hartman one? i bet you'd dig it.

― gr8080, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 23:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 23:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 5 September 2007 23:59 (5 years ago) Permalink

I should have found a better photo, because the reds on that cover should really stand out.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 6 September 2007 00:03 (5 years ago) Permalink

No I haven't! YSI?

― roxymuzak, Thursday, 6 September 2007 00:24 (5 years ago) Permalink

Conveniently, also one of my favorite albums, but what a fucking great piece of cover art.

― John Justen, Thursday, 6 September 2007 01:22 (5 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

A couple of my favorite album covers. Have most of these on vinyl and they look awesome.

Oh yes, did this ones for a 'guess the album cover' game with some friends so the names of the albums and the bands have been removed on purpose. Most of them are pretty easy to guess but if you wish to know info on a certain album please let me know.

― Moka, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 22:55 (3 years ago) Permalink

And some more:

― Moka, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 22:58 (3 years ago) Permalink

11 months pass...

― Umm, I think that's my glass. (laser precise purpose maker era), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 04:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

― Professor Respect, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 05:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

Numerous album cover threads...Dave Wiegel, who usually writes about politics, has a slide show up of "The Beautiful, Horrible Album Covers of Prog" (he's been writing about the genre all week):

http://www.slate.com/slideshows/arts/the-beautiful-horrible-album-covers-of-prog.html

― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:18 (9 months ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

I haven't listened to this album at least since I had a cassette deck, but I'd still go to bat for a few of the songs and this album cover still draws me in, twenty years later.

― Judah Ben Ghazi (how's life), Friday, 16 November 2012 23:47 (6 months ago) Permalink

wow. just went and listened to some of those songs. maybe nevermind.

― Judah Ben Ghazi (how's life), Friday, 16 November 2012 23:52 (6 months ago) Permalink

yeah that one's a good second choice

― sug ones (omar little), Saturday, 17 November 2012 00:06 (6 months ago) Permalink

― Come Into My Layer (Old Lunch), Saturday, 17 November 2012 00:23 (6 months ago) Permalink

Weird opening this thread and seeing posts by me under my real name NINE years ago.

Anyway, I've kind of settled on this being my favorite album cover ever. As I've described it before, it's an entire movie in a single frame.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 17 November 2012 02:23 (6 months ago) Permalink

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