Best Album Covers Ever

Stig

Thanks to Six-a-bag-of-nuts for the idea.

cblock

Some girls  (original version)  - Stones

Lincsaddick

Electric ladyland .. hendrix

Lincsaddick

Lincsaddick

king crimson?

 

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In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

sillav nitram

In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

yeah me likes that too

fatkit

fnar

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The Stones - Beggars Banquet inside cover

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Lizard - King Crimson

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The Small Faces came up with this unique round package, with artwork that mimicked the, in those days, common tobacco tin

Bangkokaddick

Sadly an art form just about destroyed by the arrival of the CD and probably completely dead in a few years when there are only downloads available.

No scanner and no vinyl here in Phuket but the Roger Dean designed album covers for Yes among others. Oh and Sergeant Pepper.

boggzy

So much prog on this thread!

The Lamb by Genesis and Crises by Mike Oldfield are pretty cool

Ross

Nevermind by Nirvana has to be up there.

Such a simple idea which has become one of the most well known album covers ever.

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So much prog on this thread!

The Lamb by Genesis and Crises by Mike Oldfield are pretty cool

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Nevermind by Nirvana has to be up there.

Such a simple idea which has become one of the most well known album covers ever.

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Sadly an art form just about destroyed by the arrival of the CD and probably completely dead in a few years when there are only downloads available.

No scanner and no vinyl here in Phuket but the Roger Dean designed album covers for Yes among others. Oh and Sergeant Pepper.

 

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Some girls  (original version)  - Stones

That was the one with the pull-out insert, so you could change the faces to the hairstyles on the front cover

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Electric ladyland .. hendrix

Lincs, allegedly Hendrix hated that cover; put out by his British record label.

Not surprising, as he was way too big an artist  to need that kind of exploitative image to sell.

Still, it's then shocking impact was well received by many a spotty youth (of which I was one!)

Oliver Street

 

Oliver Street

 

EastStand

This. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion.  

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Never seen that before, EastStand.

It's brilliant

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golfaddick

Some of my favourites:

Physical Graffiti & Led Zep III (?)  - both by Led Zep & both have slidable inserts so that you can change the covers.

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd   

We're not going to take it   - Twisted Sister