most creative album covers

[Knet70]

I'll try to name a few i think maybe haven't been covered here. There are just too many to name really. Half the fun of albums is collecting the artwork.

Brian Eno- Another Green World
Rolling Stones- Tattoo You
Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid
Gary Numan - Replicas
Santana - Greatest Hits ( Black man with dove in hand)
the Who- Quadrophenia with the original black and white booklet of photos.
Yes - Fragile
Led Zeppelin - In through the out door
Robert Plant- the Principle of moments (Simple yet very pleasing)

 

[pmsummer]

KINDERTOTENLIEDER
Gustav Mahler
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Berlin Philharmonic
Rudolf Kempe, cond.

Seraphim


Certainly one of the creepiest.

 

[ELP Fan]

Tudor Lodge 's/t'

(Click on the pic)

 

[Dave Bowman]

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

I don't know what it is about the cover.......Creepy and Cool?!
Anyway here's my 2 cents.........

 

[ELP Fan]

ELP 'Brain Salad Surgery'

(Click On Pic)

:thmbsp:

 

[ELP Fan]

I don't know what it is about the cover.......Creepy and Cool?!
Anyway here's my 2 cents.........

Nice One

Crimson 'ITCOTCK'

(Click On Pics)

 

[Dave Bowman]

A few more.........

Just thought of a few more..............

 

[ELP Fan]

Ramases 'Space Hymns'
(Click on pic to enlarge)

 

[volumeon12]

Couple of my faves.

 

[itsbudda]

Pretty much any Blue Oyster Cult album

 

[gklainer]

I agree on the Roger Dean covers but my favorite is probably Sunburst Finish by Be Bop Deluxe

Gary

 

[daza152]

Just TOO many just to pick one so here's my favourites don't ask me why just are:

 

[Mudbug]

Anything by Roger Dean.

 

[turbomustang]

I looked through this entire thread and no one mentioned anything by Eloy

and Dead kennedy's bedtime for Democracy

and anything from iron maiden would make my list

 

[Aldehyde]

The Fleet Foxes - Self titled - a really good album.

The cover is actually a 1559 oil painting depicting Flemmish Proverbs.

Wikipedia has a code that shows what each of the people's actions mean. Pretty fun to look through the album and decode the meanings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs

The guy getting the blue cloak put on him by his wife:
Proverb: She puts the blue cloak on her husband
Meaning: his wife is cheating on him (deceiving him).

The guy in the red with the floating ball:
Proverb: To have the world spinning on one's thumb
Meaning: To have every advantage

The

 

[Aldehyde]

Zeromancer already mentioned this album. oh well.

 

[dowey]

anything on 4ad/v23

 

[~Maxx]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Bat Out Of Hell. The pic of the Extreme album really doesn't do it justice. If you see it in a store sometime take a good look at it. It really is a feat of both depth and simplicity. Pop Life has always just grabbed me. And The Rainbow Children is just plain fun to look at!

Great thread!

 

[synaesthesia]

I love this one because I have no idea whats going on, but its exactly what the album sounds like :nutz:

 

[jfat]

Any of the "Little Feat" album covers, I particularly like "Down On The Farm".

Cheers

Jeff