All time Favorite Album Covers

[YouAre_GivenToFly]

[Crispy]

Obvious:



I always dug this one as a kid:

This is outstanding, especially with the back cover:





How could I forget this recent acquisition:


(no clicky, NSFW)

[slappymoe]

[Jaimoe]

I mean come on, they release this album and then 3 days later they're in a fiery plane crash that kills some of the band? One of them Steve Gaines is engulfed in flames here.

every home needs this original cover framed..

They should've packed it in for good after the accident. For the most part, what's been touring and recording as "Lynyrd Skynyrd" for the past 25+ years is a slap-in-the-face. I know young people that have no clue that only one lone original member remains (even when the surviving members kickstarted the band again in 1987 it felt wrong). Nowadays, they are the worst example of a legacy cash grab, specifical blame has to go to Gary Rossington. The amazingly talented Ed King remains retired and good on him (and his successful heart transplant). Hey, good cover though!

[EverythingChanges]

I like that one!

Z is a great cover, never dug ISM's cover though.  I think it is too brown for my tastes. 

Animals, nice!!

As far a splosions go, all of their album covers are gold as is their music.

[ManNamedTruth]

never got too into Dinosaur Jr, but that cover is awesome.

[zanjam]

Really is great

[zanjam]

One of my all time faves

[Jaimoe]

Here's a few greats from your northern neighbours:






Music From Big Pink

[ManNamedTruth]

As much as I love The Band, that cover doesn't do much for me. here's a few more.

[YouAre_GivenToFly]

Weird, this album popped into my head when I saw the title of this thread.

I was a big fan of the packaging for Pearl Jam's official bootlegs form their 2000 tour.

[sweatboard]

Put one of my plain white t-shirts over this and traced it in magic marker (before sharpies)



Masturbated to it many a times (before internet)



Just an amazing work of art here...

[Ruckus]

Really is great

A1+

[Ruckus]

[MMPJ6306]

[manonthemoon]

So many good ones posted on here, really love the Dinosaur Jr. one.  Thought this one is pretty awesome as well.

[wolof7]

ha I was gonna post Sleep but you got to it first, I will also say that the Dopesmoker reissue has a great cover.


...and speaking of metal this album cover was probably my favorite cover of last year.

[FiddleCastro]

[zanjam]

I've been listening to this tonight (one of my absolute favorite albums of all time) and I forgot how great the cover is, too..

[dmooney99]