Mind Numbingly Awesome Album Covers

http://www.mymusiki.com/wiki/images/d/d6/The_Beatles_White_Album.gif

Just because it's obvious doesn't mean it's not true.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_8nY7OEKRfew/RhkOwvfh9LI/AAAAAAAAAAc/Q_B1iJe_1So/s320/LP44-45.jpg

First saw this one on an ILM thread and it still startles me - I've never seen such a mix of colours on any other album, ever. It reminds me of something a gifted 11-year old might create with water paints in 6th grade art class. (That's a compliment.)

I've been thinking a "best Fall cover art" poll is in order. Or "worst Fall cover art." Its so hard to decide which is which.

Anyways, I've posted this before, but it bears repeating.

http://blackstrap.org/tmp/time_like.jpg

It's so easy to be sarcastic. Do people ever post great album covers in "Worse Album Covers Ever" threads?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/acidbearboy/R-438313-1139609714.jpg

You can tell what it sounds like by looking at it

shit, that looks great

I didn't know The Beatles had an album called "084994"... Was it their industrial record?

Or is "084994" nerd writing for "Obama"?

yes

http://www.christiewalsh.com/fun/beatles/images/butcher.jpg

Such nice boys.

George looks like he's actually eaten a baby.

That album was to be subtitled "how to end your career in America before it's really started"

http://homepages.bw.edu/~jcurtis/Iron_Maiden_4.jpg

http://otho.douban.com/lpic/s1480543.jpg

I know, lol 90s post-rock aesthetic, helvetica-style font, etc., but it's still awesome

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cvZRpnpzzaw/R3H4NJQi_NI/AAAAAAAABN0/jIrF1t7YXGY/s1600/Kokotsu%2BNo%2BSeka.jpg

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/c3/29/5154224128a06efcd7d29010._AA240_.L.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000AQRZ8.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

totally awesome cover by band I don't really care about.

http://www.mapplethorpe.org/bio.gif

reminds me of this

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510PXTZXZ6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

It's the hand coming out of the bin that really makes it.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Whale-We_Care.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/Whale_-_addmeibb.jpg

http://www.dance-lyrics.com/ama/rooty_b00005k9v5.jpg

http://staticblog.hi-pi.com/gisblogMnt-se-travelblogg/skivomslag/images/gd/1205759619.jpg

http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/mothers_of_invention_weasel.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/MA-Altars.jpg

http://www.nestorindetroit.com/Demolition%20Doll%20Rods/DDR-art/enchante.jpg

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/link-wray-1971-lp.jpg

Totally awesome, unexpected record, the really great fold out cover doesn't hurt.

does anyone know who this is? i found it on the web somewhere ages ago and its kind of awesome

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/jobhosle/222.jpg

I think, surprisingly, it's the Prodigy.

Why were you snooping around your bosses office? Does he know you were in there?

Just wondering.

-- kwhitehead, Friday, August 22, 2008 1:24 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark Link

Um. Today is my last day so I was training my replacement yesterday. She was sitting at my desk and he was out so I was at his. The tape was sitting right next to the keyboard. No snooping involved.

I think, surprisingly, it's the Prodigy.

Right. It's from Music for the Jilted Generation

That's gotta rate among the greatest inside sleeves ever. And I think the actual cover for MftJG is pretty great too.

The only thing I never understood about that pic is, why does that dude look like some sort of a metalhead and not a raver?

Someone already posted Nigtclubbing which is awesome too, but this is my favourite Grace Jones cover:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2274/2490074379_ca2866b8f4.jpg?v=0

yeah, but that album is only okay

Lotta great Grace Jones art out there:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/Grace-Island.jpg

the exceptions to the great Grace Jones covers are far fewer than the instances

far far fewer

As long as the woman herself actually appears on the cover...

They ain't all great, but I'll defend this one:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/Grace-Living.jpg

and this one is ... interesting:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/Grace-Slave.jpg

and these two are interesting relative to one another:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/Grace-Muse.jpg http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/Grace-Inside.jpg

but, yeah, we've come a long way from awesome...

http://www.michael-gaughan.com/comwork/comwork29.jpg

Maybe no mind numbing just sitting on the shelf, but when fully realized this is probably one of the coolest covers I've ever seen

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l18tkfuIFo1qz84jeo1_500.jpg

^that is fantastic

is the one before it the new of montreal or something

totally awesome cover by band I don't really care about.
― I know, right?, Friday, August 22, 2008 1:02 PM (1 year ago)

look familiar?

http://blog.art21.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/robert_mapplethorpe_self_portrait_1975b.jpg

totally awesome cover by band I don't really care about.
― I know, right?, Friday, August 22, 2008 1:02 PM (1 year ago)

Maybe that's the one you posted, but now has a question mark. If so, apologies!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q5YP5KK9L._SS500_.jpg

underground has great liner notes too - it's like a Fahey sleeve

Never realized Basement Tapes reminds me of this:

http://www.audiophileusa.com/covers400water/40066.jpg

Must be time to play cover connections again.

really like this

http://radiobombast.podbean.com/mf/web/vy4bx2/mutabarukacheckit.jpeg