All time greatest album covers

[CarlV]

This is an inner cover, but it is what I would want to have a frameable print of the most.

Carl

 

[blue_lateral]

10cc "look hear?"
UB-40 "rat in the kitchen"
Terry Robb "next window"
Dean Gitter "ghost ballads"

 

[Andyman]

Didn't know you (or remember) that you were a Dead fan, Andy.

I guess "remembering" is a common problem amongst Deadheads :lmao:

Yep, minor league though. Only saw about 10-20 shows, but my first one was a Pigpen show w/NRPS. Lots of "Skull and Roses" stuff that day

Not bad for a Wisconsin boy :yes:

 

[mhardy6647]

I never saw 'em prior to about 1977, but did see a number of shows in college/grad school days.

 

[2DualsNotEnough]

I wish I could find the actual cover online to show you,but one of my favorites was always by the Laughing Dogs.It was called the Laughing Dogs Meet Their Makers,and it was the band members on the cover,and some older women,obviously their mothers,hitting them with purses,etc.Always got a kick out of that one.
Jimmy

 

[OvenMaster]

Here ya go, Jimmy
Tom

 

[Mark B]

I wish I could find the actual cover online to show you,but one of my favorites was always by the Laughing Dogs.It was called the Laughing Dogs Meet Their Makers,and it was the band members on the cover,and some older women,obviously their mothers,hitting them with purses,etc.Always got a kick out of that one.
Jimmy

Say no more:

 

[Sandy G]

Frank Zappa- "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" - Funny yet quite disturbing at the same time.-Sandy G.

 

[2DualsNotEnough]

Zappa had a lot of great covers.I love the Sci-Fi prog rock cover parody on "One Size Fits All".Oh,and Mark,and Tom,THATS the one!Thanks,guys :thmbsp:
Jimmy

 

[2DualsNotEnough]

Here it is:

 

[OvenMaster]

Pfffft. Mark got COLOR! :thmbsp: And his avatar always puts a grin on my face
Tom

 

[Progger]

Some other favorites (especially the first):

Demétrio.

 

[john_w]

It's hard to pick just one, but I agree that Roger Dean's work is always among the best out there.

Here's one I have a poster of:

I'd love to find a way to get decent quality (i.e. worth framing), mass produced (i.e. CHEAP) prints of any Yes cover out there. Roger's site has just a few really expensive, limited edition posters, and other sites have just a few limited offerings.

 

[fropiler]

Elton John Captain Fantastic

http://www.eltonography.com/albums/captain_fantastic_and_the_brown_dirt_cowboy0.html

 

[TrexT]

Here it is:

Did Frank Zappa ever do his own album artwork cause he was a pretty darn creative artist on canvas.

 

[tsjuus]

On the german 'autobahn' you can drive as fast as you can :thmbsp:
The album from Kraftwerk has a cult status nowadays.

 

[vertex]

i'm kinda partial to this one, bonus points if you know what it is. wish i had the original concept work, it had a testical instead of the fireball.

Dingus,

Midnight Oil, Red Sails in the Sunset, collage by Tsunehisa Kimura, who did alot of really interesting apocalyptic-type stuff.

This is one of my favorites too, I could look at it all day. And like everything else, it looks better on an LP rather than a CD.

God I miss album art...:sadwave:

 

[2DualsNotEnough]

I'd love to find a way to get decent quality (i.e. worth framing), mass produced (i.e. CHEAP) prints of any Yes cover out there. Roger's site has just a few really expensive, limited edition posters, and other sites have just a few limited offerings.

My local independent record shop sells these great frames with the matting already in them just for framing album covers.They look great in them,and they only charge $20 a piece for them.That might be a good alternative.
Jimmy

 

[dingus]

Dingus,

Midnight Oil, Red Sails in the Sunset, collage by Tsunehisa Kimura, who did alot of really interesting apocalyptic-type stuff.

This is one of my favorites too, I could look at it all day. And like everything else, it looks better on an LP rather than a CD.

God I miss album art...:sadwave:

winner! you get all the bonus points. i'm glad somebody recognized somthing Midnight Oil, imo the most overlooked body of work in rock history.

 

[charlieboy]

Ohio Players. I used to just stare at these in the record stores...
Tom

Yes Ohio Players! :thmbsp: