Sometimes you just have to buy an album for the cover...

[tikisteve]

I haven't listened to it yet, I'm a little scared to...

Got any albums that you've bought because of the cover? Either good or bad!

 

[Jpete9]

Goanna - Spirit of Place

The new Pink Floyd album could be nice on the wall too (<<<see what i did there).

 

[daza152]

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=277707 you might find a few here I started a similar thread years ago mate. :yes:

 

[vinyl1]

Bought for the cover, but never played!

Great cover, right?

 

[JBL GUY]

Worzel Gummidge and Worzel Gummidge Down Under are two a TV series that ran for a couple of years each (late 1970s-early 1980s and late 1980s) starring Jon Pertwee, an actor that might be familiar to some here.

I would have bought that album based on it's cover and my knowledge of the TV series, just for something to have.

 

[bobsvinyl]

I seriously think a third of my records I bought for the cover. I like small pressing stuff with low budget covers.

 

[Falstaff]

Not that often but then it's hard for me to walk away from belly dance albums.

 

[krisjay]

When I was a wee lad, one of my early purchases was The Clash-London Calling. Never heard of the band, but man, that cover. I was 10 and my world was about to change forever. 35 years later, it is still a classic cover. I still will pick up a record based on the cover alone to this day.

 

[elcoholic]

 

[LeeVing]

I bought this for the cover, but it turned out to be a really good prog album

 

[LeeVing]

A high school friend sent me a facebook message with a bunch of records that she'd send me if I wanted them...this caught my eye in all of the thrift store crap.

Turned out to be a Private Press folky country sort of thing.

 

[krowmagnum]

One of my favorites...

 

[musichal]

Confession #1: I bought Savoy Brown's "Street Corner Talking" in 1971 strictly due to the cover art (someone who finds working with images easy please post a pic).

Confession #2: It was the first of a very few encounters in my life in which I experienced hallucinogenic effects, as I had eaten psilocybin mushrooms. I'll never forget playing that record for the first spin.

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.

 

[elcoholic]

Done.
I understand #2 completely. Mine was the 1st listening to Aqualung accompanied by my first encounter with Black Primo hashish enhanced with opium.
Indelible.

 

[rogerfederer]

my wife used to do this when tower records still existed. for whatever reason, she has had great luck. her 2 best finds:

https://readzebra.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/yankee_hotel_foxtrot_cd_large1.jpg
https://fanart.tv/fanart/music/a505.../the-richest-man-in-babylon-5296d2c4b3c51.jpg

her theory is if bands put a lot of effort in having excellent cover art they are likely to do the same re the music. she may be right.

 

[portnoy]

I bought an album just for the cover art once.....

but I was censored for it !!!

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=563485

 

[musichal]

Done.
I understand #2 completely. Mine was the 1st listening to Aqualung accompanied by my first encounter with Black Primo hashish enhanced with opium.
Indelible.

Thank you, sir. And... kewl.

 

[Kingshead]

The cover and the artist's last name promised SOOOOOOOOOOO much more than it delivered, now I know why there are so many sealed copies available on line.

 

[LeeVing]

The cover and the artist's last name promised SOOOOOOOOOOO much more than it delivered, now I know why there are so many sealed copies available on line.

yep...It suckered me in at GoodWill once...it promptly returned in a purge.

 

[BLAH BLAH]

Two come immediately to mind...
In The Court Of The Crimson King...Captain Beyond...1st...