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Top 5 best album covers.

posted 5 years ago by samoanjoes (58611)
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I can't stand great albums with ugly cover art. So let's throw some appreciation to great albums with great cover art.

The Beatles - Revolver (1967)
https://d2s36jztkuk7aw.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/tile/image/original_449.jpg

Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VfqqSSd7KO0/TaIkoH17QsI/AAAAAAAAAH8/mLOLPTetwVU/s1600/FC.jpeg

Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999)
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l9huhPKSS_w/TxghpewL6FI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Nw7q_QBgY6w/s1600/sigur_ros-agaetis_byrjun-frontal.jpg

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (1999)
https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/images/covers/red-hot-chili-peppers-californication-20150527081459.jpg

Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)
https://newtonexcelbach.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/d-gears2.jpg

[–] CKid (3842) 5 years ago

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills (1968)
https://discogs.com/Big-Brother-The-Holding-Company-Cheap-Thrills/master/72262 (once there, click "more images")

Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
https://discogs.com/Bruce-Springsteen-Greetings-From-Asbury-Park-NJ/master/26750 (then click "more images")

Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976)
https://discogs.com/Joni-Mitchell-Hejira/master/47775 (then click "more images")

Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971)
https://discogs.com/Jethro-Tull-Aqualung/release/1581622 (then click "more images")

The Clash - London Calling (1979 UK / 1980 US)
https://discogs.com/The-Clash-London-Calling/master/19382 (then click "more images")

[–] samoanjoes (58611) 5 years ago

I considered putting Aqualung in my top 5. Normally I'm not a fan of the colour brown, but it's a great painted cover.

[–] CKid (3842) 5 years ago

I hope you won't hate me, samoanjoes, but the first time I bought that album, I bought the 8-track tape.
Hey, such was life in 1971 when I was in college.

No worries though, for I then bought the actual vinyl album after I graduated, made some money and bought a high-end stereo.

Btw, I edited the Aqualung and London Calling addys because I like how discogs displays the covers once you click "more images."

[–] samoanjoes (58611) 5 years ago

I've never seen the inside jacket/book for Aqualung. The one where he's sittindown could be a cool cover too.

[–] CKid (3842) 5 years ago

That was actually the back of the album cover.

God, how I loved album cover art!

[–] nyctc7 (44112) 5 years ago

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[–] nyctc7 (44112) 5 years ago

Of the ones I own:

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81A57wuo3OL._SL1200_.jpg

Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A15sWbO%2BN5L._SL1500_.jpg

Grateful Dead - American Beauty
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91%2BUbBYZGtL._SL1200_.jpg

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
https://i2.wp.com/www.vinylpussycat.com/wp-content/uploads/R-463597-1286388479.jpeg.jpg?fit=582%2C600&ssl=1
https://i2.wp.com/www.vinylpussycat.com/wp-content/uploads/R-4974101-1381076301-1129.jpeg.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1

[–] samoanjoes (58611) 5 years ago

Years ago I listened to 4 or 5 albums from The Grateful Dead and I just couldn't get into them.

[–] nyctc7 (44112) 5 years ago

I seem to be the only fan amongst the regular posters here. I consider myself the resident Deadhead 😃

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Abby Road was fun at the time. All those clues.

[–] samoanjoes (58611) 5 years ago

Sgt. Pepper had some crazy clues too.

[–] nyctc7 (44112) 5 years ago

The BEST of all the clues is a remarkable coincidence. Place a pocket mirror across the middle of the drum:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ludix.com%2Fmoriarty%2Fimages%2Fmirror.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

Who die? The diamond shaped arrow points to Paul.

[–] samoanjoes (58611) 5 years ago

The world isn't ready for this.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 5 years ago

Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/SgtPepper-1.jpg

Monty Python - Matching Tie & Handkerchief
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81pLAxBDdIL._SL1500_.jpg

J J Cale - 5
https://cover.box3.net/newsimg/dvdmov/max1318069735-front-cover.jpg

Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/1a/47/f71a47542213823b6ce05799c7e9818c.jpg

Joanna Newsom - The Milk Eyed Mender
https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/photos/2014/03/25/115739_1295153.jpg

[–] samoanjoes (58611) 5 years ago

Pink Floyd and The Beatles are polar choices so far.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 5 years ago

You could do a top five from Pink Floyd album covers alone. 'Animals' was another great one.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5929bb8cc0084474cd0c28a7/1:1/w_600/892bf6c0.png

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
https://www.juxtapoz.com/images/EbenBenson/SoundAndVision/bornUSA.jpg

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5929c0e05e6ef9596932360b/1:1/w_600/de722e4f.jpg

Madonna - Like A Prayer (1989)
https://www.longlivevinyl.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/d7f8331cf8e21256395086a8addccfda.jpg

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
https://images.genius.com/d0402d385300ffb95c90e05c6dd9efe2.1000x1000x1.jpg

[–] samoanjoes (58611) 5 years ago

I like the Lauryn Hill one.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers'
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81RYPONu5dL._SY355_.jpg

Van Halen - 1984
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/van-halen-1984-front-thumb-800x800-63382.jpg

The Cars - Candy O
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/The_Cars_-_Candy-O.png

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
https://img.discogs.com/PZCHYsrxuABPke98ciPnJFyoG0c=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-5738759-1471340558-7771.jpeg.jpg

T Rex - Electric Warrior
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8b/ef/6a/8bef6ac12c3e6217166d4c960c977be3.jpg

[–] samoanjoes (58611) 5 years ago

I love Electric Warrior.

[–] IMDBrefugee (435) 5 years ago

Santana, 'Abraxas' (1970)
https://static.billboard.com/files/media/Santana-Abraxas-album-covers-billboard-1000x1000-compressed.jpg

Liquid Swords (1995)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8d/65/3c/8d653c92bfb839a56d66da4d322ab1a1.jpg

Guns n' Roses compilation (2014)
https://img.discogs.com/2qvM0H9g-X_jMPXWmIBaCFYtPVo=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7151234-1444339717-9342.jpeg.jpg

Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell(1977)
http://13thdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-album-cover.jpg

Green Day - Dookie (1994)
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Green-Day-Dookie.jpg