Was going through some older albums today and got to thinking of what might be the best album cover out there. This one has my vote:
(http://www.rockband.com/files/zine/pantera_great_southern.jpg)
Nothing says metal like that image. Thoughts?
I can't decide it the Pantara cover is great or awful.
The Beatles - Revolver
Pearl Jam - No Code
Quote from: Jaimoe on Feb 20, 2013, 09:44 PM
I can't decide it the Pantara cover is great or awful.
im leaning on awful
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRRXh4PT1Ysw2sgDRi7hS3vz2brMUuP3T7rfdKCXjR3XKJlJ4YZng)
I love the mystery of Dark Side of the Moon. Think about when it was first released on vinyl. No album name, no band name, just a black canvas with a prism. Simplistic and complex, mysterious and alluring. It also helps that it is the best concept album to date.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1jAgXjf4Z98/T25OaUub21I/AAAAAAAAAME/XDHgADnYv60/s1600/pink_floyd_-_1973_the_dark_side_of_the_moon.jpg)
One of my newer favorites would be this:
(http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/menomena_friend_and_foe.gif)
I can't seem to post photos, but Frank Zappa has at least two of the best if not most wonderfully subversive covers ever: Weasels Ripped My Flesh and We're Only in it For The Money.
Quote from: Jaimoe on Feb 20, 2013, 11:58 PM
I can't seem to post photos, but Frank Zappa has at least two of the best if not most wonderfully subversive covers ever: Weasels Ripped My Flesh and We're Only in it For The Money.
Copy the image url and then paste it in your reply, highlight it and then hit the far left button called insert image underneath the bold button to put the [img] tags around the url.
Another favorite from a new addiction of mine:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NAJ7YgNIkGs/S-BsMZwa6DI/AAAAAAAAAts/KfBcOWFfXjo/s1600/the-hearth-is-not-a-cold-dead-place.jpg)
I had a shirt of this one for a long time:
(http://www.coverart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rush_-_permanent_waves_harlot1.jpg)
man its tough to pick which 'splosions cover is the best
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/9597877/Z.jpg)
(http://www.led-zeppelin.org/joomla/images/stories/disc/lz_iii_front.jpg)
(http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Father-John-Misty-Fear-Fun.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/79/Middle_cyclone_album_cover.jpg)
Here's a shocker: my favorite covers happen to be on my favorite records:
(http://richiestyles.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/My-Morning-Jacket-It-Still-Moves.jpeg)
and another:
(http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/s/secret-machines/album-now-here-is-nowhere.jpg)
(Now Here Is Nowhere)
(http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/364/cover_54531715102008.jpg)
(http://www.tameimpala.com/webroot/uploads/2010/04/tame_impala_innerspeaker.jpg)
(http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/f/frank-zappa-the-mothers-of-invention/album-weasels-ripped-my-flesh.jpg)
(http://philcrissman.com/images/posts/fz_the_money.jpg)
That tame impala cover is awesome
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.
(http://www.posters57.com/images/LYNYRDSKYNYRD-Street.jpg=600.jpg)
Quote from: EverythingChanges on Feb 21, 2013, 12:09 AM
Another favorite from a new addiction of mine:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NAJ7YgNIkGs/S-BsMZwa6DI/AAAAAAAAAts/KfBcOWFfXjo/s1600/the-hearth-is-not-a-cold-dead-place.jpg)
I had a shirt of this one for a long time:
(http://www.coverart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rush_-_permanent_waves_harlot1.jpg)
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Feb 21, 2013, 12:42 PM
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.
(http://www.posters57.com/images/LYNYRDSKYNYRD-Street.jpg=600.jpg)
every home needs this original cover framed..
Quote from: EverythingChanges on Feb 20, 2013, 11:20 PM
I love the mystery of Dark Side of the Moon. Think about when it was first released on vinyl. No album name, no band name, just a black canvas with a prism. Simplistic and complex, mysterious and alluring. It also helps that it is the best concept album to date.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1jAgXjf4Z98/T25OaUub21I/AAAAAAAAAME/XDHgADnYv60/s1600/pink_floyd_-_1973_the_dark_side_of_the_moon.jpg)
One of my newer favorites would be this:
(http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/menomena_friend_and_foe.gif)
That Menomena album looks a lot like Cream's Wheels of Fire
(http://musicalstewdaily.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/wheelsoffire2a9d7cqm9.jpg)
(http://beatsperminute.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Dinosaur-Jr-Farm.jpg)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1190.jpg) (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_doors/strange_days/)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s11164.jpg) (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ghostface_killah/ironman/)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s22312.jpg) (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/gza_genius/liquid_swords/)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s135.jpg) (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/pearl_jam/vs_/)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1312.jpg) (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/elliott_smith/xo/)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51e6b8STEmL._SL500_SS500_.jpg)
Obvious:
(http://static.globalgrind.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/gallery_image/images/2012_january/the-beatles-abbey-road-album-cover_0.jpg)
I always dug this one as a kid:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pbkZFYq-1_w/T1bNdiL9gsI/AAAAAAAADsQ/qWznfa2f8Kg/s1600/black-sabbath-technical-ecstasy.jpg)
This is outstanding, especially with the back cover:
(http://www.justtheartist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Rites-of-uncovering1.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512WbzXRbvL.jpg)
How could I forget this recent acquisition:
(http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-150-1081994-1224452202.jpeg) (http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-1081994-1224452202.jpeg)
(no clicky, NSFW)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a6/The_who_by_numbers_cover.jpg/220px-The_who_by_numbers_cover.jpg)
Quote from: Penny Lane on Feb 21, 2013, 12:56 PM
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Feb 21, 2013, 12:42 PM
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.
(http://www.posters57.com/images/LYNYRDSKYNYRD-Street.jpg=600.jpg)
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!
Quote from: Murph on Feb 21, 2013, 01:52 PM
(http://beatsperminute.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Dinosaur-Jr-Farm.jpg)
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.
never got too into Dinosaur Jr, but that cover is awesome.
Quote from: YouAre_GivenToFly on Feb 21, 2013, 02:18 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51e6b8STEmL._SL500_SS500_.jpg)
Really is great
One of my all time faves
(http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w492/zanjam/borntorun_zps77d2e5c2.jpg)
Here's a few greats from your northern neighbours:
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4104/5207157670_9dcfb31297_z.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5QoJh9RCkds/TcU9ChY-WAI/AAAAAAAADgM/zuOYhB-9cS4/s1600/the+band+-+music+from+big+pink+1968+front+large.jpg)
Music From Big Pink
(http://image.betamonline.com/sdimages/upc05/093624979012.jpg)
(http://www.recordsale.de/cdpix/t/the_oscar_peterson_trio-night_train(2).jpg)
(http://musicforamood.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/funeral.jpg)
(http://cbswnewhd.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/anka-album-385.jpg?w=385&h=385)
(http://goldenwestclothing.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/ive-been-everywhere-uk.jpg)
(http://www.geeksofdoom.com/GoD/img/2013/01/2013-1-21-william_shatner_the_transformed_man.jpg)
As much as I love The Band, that cover doesn't do much for me. here's a few more.
(http://sarabynoe.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/album_large_178.jpeg)
(http://www.thepatriciancorner.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ok-computer.jpg)
Quote from: EverythingChanges on Feb 21, 2013, 12:09 AM
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NAJ7YgNIkGs/S-BsMZwa6DI/AAAAAAAAAts/KfBcOWFfXjo/s1600/the-hearth-is-not-a-cold-dead-place.jpg)
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.
(http://991.com/newgallery/Pearl-Jam-04600-Manchester-521014.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jj7wUKMmdUU/UM4f9CImZ5I/AAAAAAAAERc/UKjEoRxeffA/s1600/20000616.jpg)
Put one of my plain white t-shirts over this and traced it in magic marker (before sharpies)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UiwdDmmbemQ/T7ctEu7L_-I/AAAAAAAAAio/dAN0oeMTP6I/s1600/motleycrue+shout+at+the+devil.jpg)
Masturbated to it many a times (before internet)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VbMZR2SUXE4/T4WwHrk_4fI/AAAAAAAABzk/WxDARCQCi90/s1600/Ratt+-+Invasion+of+Your+Privacy+(1985).jpg)
Just an amazing work of art here...
(http://www.mmgoldenart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/rick_springfield-working_class_dog-frontal1.jpg)
(http://www.musicfearsatan.com/DSK/arbouretum_rites_(big).jpg)
(http://jagjaguwar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/jag159full-581x581.jpg)
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt2yrrFtKS1qchkhjo1_500.jpg)
(http://coolalbumreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mats.jpg)
So many good ones posted on here, really love the Dinosaur Jr. one. Thought this one is pretty awesome as well.
(http://hhbrady.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/dopesmoker-cover.png)
ha I was gonna post Sleep but you got to it first, I will also say that the Dopesmoker reissue has a great cover.
(http://pixhost.me/avaxhome/84/19/00221984_medium.jpeg)
...and speaking of metal this album cover was probably my favorite cover of last year.
(http://www.roadburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pallbearer.jpg)
(http://www.general-admission.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Clutch-Blast-Tyrant1.jpg)
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..
(http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w492/zanjam/rp_zps1f2eec88.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/Aenima.jpg/220px-Aenima.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Iron_Maiden_Killers.jpg/220px-Iron_Maiden_Killers.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2a/Metallica_and_justice_for_all_a.jpg/220px-Metallica_and_justice_for_all_a.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/StealThisAlbum.png/220px-StealThisAlbum.png)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/Hellbilly_Deluxe.jpg/220px-Hellbilly_Deluxe.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/98/Mother%27sMilkAlbumcover.jpg/220px-Mother%27sMilkAlbumcover.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/GunsnRosesAppetiteforDestructionalbumcover.jpg/220px-GunsnRosesAppetiteforDestructionalbumcover.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/TheOffspringSmashalbumcover.jpg/220px-TheOffspringSmashalbumcover.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b6/KoRnIssues.jpg/220px-KoRnIssues.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/BOTT.jpg/220px-BOTT.jpg)
(http://www.coverdude.com/covers/the-rolling-stones-let-it-bleed-sacd-hybrid-front-cover-75238.jpg)
(http://www.coverdude.com/covers/the-rolling-stones-let-it-bleed-sacd-hybrid-back-cover-75239.jpg)
Though I have to agree that Menomena Friend and Foe, Zep III, Zappa's Only In It for the Money, and Father John Misty Fear Fun are all terrific covers.
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQFOQfjp8Jna1Af0oD-OoHDLJrM2DgXmwcuSXku0llBq2QXOj6Txw:hymiesrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DSC00202.jpg)
(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT21zL8dwqZUA2RtE19d9khS5-v9WELatxm2g2DxQho_vVMP08c_g:upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Molly_Hatchet_-_Flirtin%27_with_Disaster.jpg)
These two explained more about the male anatomy that I ever knew existed. Such a simpler, more innocent time....
Quote from: Fully on Mar 18, 2013, 11:10 AM
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQFOQfjp8Jna1Af0oD-OoHDLJrM2DgXmwcuSXku0llBq2QXOj6Txw:hymiesrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DSC00202.jpg)
(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT21zL8dwqZUA2RtE19d9khS5-v9WELatxm2g2DxQho_vVMP08c_g:upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Molly_Hatchet_-_Flirtin%27_with_Disaster.jpg)
These two explained more about the male anatomy that I ever knew existed. Such a simpler, more innocent time....
Why am I not surprised by these selections from Fully :rolleyes: :grin:
I'll have to dive into my vinyl later to see if I have any contenders.
(http://e-shop.season-of-mist.com/images/covers/high/MASSCD1446DG.jpg)
(http://captainsdead.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/on-the-beach.jpg)
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/46065199/Reign+in+Blood.png)
(http://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/3/8/538.jpg?5014)
(http://img1.nnm.ru/f/3/f/4/e/f3f4e95068762b0dfff72402b40ba4d6_full.jpg)
(http://www.mcrfb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Whipped-Cream-And-Other-Delights-Herb-Alpert-AM-LP-cover-1965..jpg)
(http://revivalist.okayplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/bitches-brew.jpeg)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/96a650e8c4e4e5c2873610c225f5bbef/29913.jpg)
(http://www.knoxroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/As-Tall-As-Lions-You-Cant-Take-It-With-You.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oz4NUt7_ShI/THCBYldv_6I/AAAAAAAACbg/2c6OgBZV5Ik/s320/SLF.jpg)
(http://img15.nnm.ru/1/c/d/1/1/8cacb99f70bf1a7cfd9287da16a_prev.jpg)
(http://images.coveralia.com/audio/t/The_Afghan_Whigs-Gentlemen-Frontal.jpg)
(http://www.silverdisc.com/images/64/652637090529.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8514/8596665654_0037e5bbde_n.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8524/8596695906_d56da53861_n.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8595533549_1373049d16.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8595568029_3d18228c58_n.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8108/8595583419_f2826af52f_n.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8388/8596685218_c46ee1753c_n.jpg)
Also,
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8233/8596666604_19ab5a91da.jpg)