Begin.

OK, I'll start:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004BZ0N.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I always liked these two:

http://www.bobbyshred.com/images/Bbsun4.JPG

http://www.bobbyshred.com/images/axes.jpg

But it could be my age showing...

http://www.stevesbeatles.com/cds/album-covers/sgt_pepper.jpg

I'll see your Sgt. Peppers and raise you... Abbey Road. Beatles conspiracy
lovers will note that McCartney, long-dead by the time this album was
released, is barefooted and out of step with the others.

http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/3674/pidabbey.html


http://www.stevesbeatles.com/cds/album-covers/abbey_road.jpg
From right to left:
John represents a preacher.
Ringo, a pall-bearer.
Paul, the deceased.
And George, a grave-digger.

Excellent!

I follow with A Hard Day's Night.

http://www.stevesbeatles.com/cds/album-covers/a_hard_days_night.jpg

I liked that one by Herman's Hermits.

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2442/electricladylandnudefrolk1.th.jpg (http://img444.imageshack.us/my.php?image=electricladylandnudefrolk1.jpg)

My fave...and a brilliant album to boot!

http://aycu05.webshots.com/image/16764/2001900630331945851_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001900630331945851)

Pearl Jam - No Code
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002BFZ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4259/39739498xw7.jpg

Hadn't thought about it 'til now, but I guess it subconsciously made me use a picture I took and made a mock album cover with.
The picture's from somewhere in the NW of scotland. The A835 maybe.. I can't remember exactly. And of course I'd stopped the car. The motion blur is um.. edited. That's it!

Band and album name are made up.

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/9890/distgenitalsrq4.jpg

Damn the 3 image limit!

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5798/165fdw5.jpg

OK, I'll start:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004BZ0N.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


oh WOW thats a good one.

http://www.earthhouse.com/images/inst_karma/RollingSG.jpg

There are some great examples so far. Different people have different criteria though, and that's ok. For me, what makes a great album cover is not something that is clever or makes a statement or reflects the music. For me it's simply about beauty. And so, here are a few of my favorites:


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000026DJ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



http://www.connollyco.com/discography/rush/grace_hi.jpg



http://www.metallibrary.ru/bands/discographies/images/green_carnation/pictures/01_light_of_day_day_of_darkness.jpg

Probably not the best, I didn't really search my collection extensively, but here are 3 I love.
http://www.metallibrary.ru/bands/discographies/images/emperor/pictures/94_in_the_nightside_eclipse.jpg


http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/6f/ff/8196224b9da00c6094c6c010.L.jpg


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001Y5Z.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Zepplin bitches.

Houses of the Holy.

http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Led_Zeppelin_Houses_Of_The_Holy.jpg

Or Santana-Abraxas

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/SantanaAbraxas.jpg/250px-SantanaAbraxas.jpg

I thought of that Led Zep one. Then I thought: "Nah. Dodgy-ish."

It is an incredibly memorable and striking picture though. Seem to remember hearing or reading somewhere that they're Plant's children - yes, rock'n'roll trivia fans? No?

Time to pay more homage to the majesty that was The Clash and their rather talented, nameless sleeve designer. Who cares if most of these are singles, not albums? They're great.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Give_%27Em_Enough_Rope.jpeg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Single10.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/ClashCityRockers.jpg

From right to left:
John represents a preacher.
Ringo, a pall-bearer.
Paul, the deceased.
And George, a grave-digger.



I never knew that!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/TommyGun.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/Ecwcover.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Rock_the_casbah.jpg

I much prefer the Mescaleros to The Clash, musically...
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000CD5FN.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

...but you're right, it's hard to touch this cover...
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004BZ0N.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I never knew that!
But you're surely aware of the whole 'Paul is Dead' hoax/conspiracy/phenomenon?

Links:

1. http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/3674/pid.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_Dead

Beatles fans, eh. Madheads, the lot of 'em.

Grateful Dead?

http://www.dukecityfix.com/magick.php/media/27/20051219-gratefuldead.jpg

But you're surely aware of the whole 'Paul is Dead' hoax/conspiracy/phenomenon?

I have a vegue recollection of my sister talking about it in the 70's now that you mention it.:bugeye:

Weird. Me too. Female Beatles fans eh. Madheads.

I love the minimalism.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/504260428_74e0e6fc60.jpg

Although, this isn't official album.

tool puts on the best concert performance of any modern band playing today.
i hate their music, but i would kill my own children to see them live.

tool puts on the best concert performance of any modern band playing today.
i hate their music, but i would kill my own children to see them live.

I'm ready to cook my own leg, if that would help to see them on Sziget in August.

I'm ready to cook my own leg, if that would help to see them on Sziget in August.

have you ever seen them?
its in insanely good show. smoke a big fat one right before they start :p

have you ever seen them?
its in insanely good show. smoke a big fat one right before they start :p
No. I have DVD with 1998-2001 concerts. I got it from my friend, who is also a huge fan. We even 'tried' to make a band and we mostly played Tool.

But, I sing like a goat, so we never left the practice room. Even our friendship was on the brink because of my singing. :D

Tool are just amazing. I hope I'll have a chance to see their performance.

I've seen them, and it's about as intense a show as I have ever been to (I DO love their music, though).
I saw A Perfect Circle too. I am not a big fan of theirs, but there were unbelievable live - gave me a new level of appreciation for them.

About the only live show that can compare to TOOL is Primus - but it's an entirely different beast.

Before I got the chance to see TOOL live, there was a three day festival in the desert (somewhere in Arizona, maybe?).
The headliners were TOOL and Rage Against the Machine.
I didn't find out about it until it was too late to get tickets, get the days off work and get out there.
If I got tickets, I was ready to quit my job if I had to.

Primus you say?


http://www.galeon.com/allmusic/caratulas/p/Primus_-_Pork_Soda_-_front.jpg

I totally forgot their cover for "Pork Soda" album.

They're also great. Insanity, energy,... Just great.


* Preparing second leg *

primus wrote a song about my hometown :)
"kalamazoo"....its on the brown album, i think.

http://www.vinylzart.com/images/AlbumCovers-IronMaiden-Killers(1981).jpg

XTC: 'Go 2'
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/XTC_Go_2.jpg

I'm going with this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/InfernoSilver/Music/Classic%20Album%20Cover%20Art/Tool-Salival.jpg

And this:
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj249/bellce0/Album%20Art/ledzeppelin1.jpg
And this:
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n107/vanewolf/music%20albums/RageAgainstTheMachine.jpg
I'm so glad to hear of other's loving Tool. Rumor has it that I sort of worship them, no biggie. = ) I've seen them 3 times, and I also saw APC twice. Amazing. Absolutely amazing. If anyone ever wants to talk Tool, lets start a thread and go at it!

It's hard to beat the Loaf!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Bat_out_of_Hell.jpg

http://images2.fotosik.pl/98/9b21c02b256c4f34.jpg

2nd favourite is the Rage Against the Machine cover posted earlier.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/2584/kfbmbd66rah1wf0.jpg

BOB Dylan

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/9486/leplcsl1xq6.jpg

Santana

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/9352/51f35rnpa2lss500cg5.jpg

Uriah Heep

Fried - Julian Cope

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000001F9T.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Frankenchrist - The Dead Kennedies

http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/fiction/music/frankenchrist.jpg

Quirk Out - Stump

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/156424161_6da36a045f.jpg

http://image.maniadb.com/images/album/111/111118_0_f.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Nick_cave_and_the_bad_seeds-the_boatman%27s_call.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/The-Queen-is-Dead-cover.png


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Radiohead.bends.albumart.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff83/kazesamui/Cover-7.jpg

I saw this one it reminded me of Roman :D

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2919/velvetundergroundnicoua3.jpg

Velvet Underground

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/555/dookiegg3.jpg

Okay I don't care for this music, but I think the Album Cover is cool.


http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/3488/arsenal1en9.jpg

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/3115/51nthhmjn1lsl500aa240bd0.jpg

Woodstock volume 1

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/6852/418a897wj9lss500hi4.jpg


Woodstock volume 2

Ooh, three of my favey bands, greenberg. The Smiths, of course, always had particularly distinctive cover art:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Heavenknowssmiths.gif
'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now' c/w 'Suffer
Little Children' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffer_Little_Children). Cover star: Viv Nicholson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viv_Nicholson).

Again, a single rather than album. I'm not anal about us conforming to my thread title.

Someone should post more Smiths covers, I think.

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/925/1081425170x170va7.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3485/mechanicalanimals500ez2.jpg

Marilyn Manson

Someone should post more Smiths covers, I think.

One of my favorite songs...... How Soon is Now.

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2893/thesmithshowsoonisnow29aq6.jpg

The Cure

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7831/onecurefitsallae6.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/K.d._lang_-_Invincible_Summer.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/555/dookiegg3.jpg

oh yeah that is a brillaint BRILLIANT album cover!

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1986/resizetempleky2.jpg



http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1143/335wz7.jpg

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/6905/diddlebowhereital101bka0.jpg


http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1143/335wz7.jpg

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/6287/relayerub4.jpg



http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/6075/yesyearste3.jpg

Pink Floyd - Animals
http://pinkfloydsound.com/pictures/albums/300x297/Pink_Floyd_Animals.jpg
Radiohead - Kid A
http://www.plong.com/MusicCatalog/R/Radiohead%20-%20Kid%20A/Radiohead%20-%20Kid%20A.jpg
My Morning Jacket - Z
http://www.thebmrant.com/images/mmj.jpg

Notes 4 Noobs

You may be interested to know that this thread has a companion thread (http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=66605).

Still on a 'striking visuals' theme, I would also like all you nu-skoolers to send me your iconic images (http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=64725).

Thankyou..

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZDG33ZNRL._SS500_.jpg

It's the worst and the best? :confused:

It's the worst and the best? :confused:

Yea, I just realized that.. :o

Insomniac greenday


http://rockpopgallery.easystorecreator.com/images/wsmith/ledpwsgtm1.jpg

Insomniac greenday



I almost posted this one too. It is pretty good, I like their music too.

alright, 3 chances to figuring out:

http://vejotudoenaomorro.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/todos_os_olhos.JPG?w=405&h=410

Figure out what the picture, or the group?

the picture

I'm pretty sure that nobody else here has ever heard of tom ze

maybe xerxes

A marble in someones lips?

2 more guesses!

I am almost afraid to say some of the other things I am thinking lol

then you probably got it right :)

it's a marble on someone's asshole

HAHA that was my next guess!

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5655/00vatribalmatrix2006covmw8.jpg

that album cover was to make fun of the censorship that was ver strong here during that time

nobody knew what it really was until he said it

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8940/kornseeyouby1.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2052/evanescencecoverfy6.jpg

http://www.album-art.net/art/albums/g/green_day/boulevard_broken_dreams.jpg

http://i23.tinypic.com/f0rzmd.jpg

http://www.cdquest.com/images/album_art/sorted/0093/6246/0093624679424.jpg

http://www.cddesign.com/covertalk/images/Winston-Smith-Designs.jpg

http://www.cmhrecords.com/web/images/products/8988_lrg.jpg

http://mediaportal.ru/uploads/posts/1183854746_cover.jpg

http://4.music.bigpond-images.com/images/AlbumCoverArt/181/XXL/Bullet-In-A-Bible.jpg

and not forgetting the best of them all:

http://www.floridaperu.com/images/omar/green-day-american-idiot.jpg

http://muz-zone.alport.lg.ua/uploads/posts/thumbs/1188174419_cover.jpg

http://www.shop-active.fr/images/labels/hopeless/A7X_Sounding_the_seventh_tr.jpg

That would appear to be just a, like.. Green Day discography, rather than some of the best album covers ever. Most of them are shit, as far as cover design goes. Really. They ned to sack their cover designer there, because he clearly hasn't got a fucking clue.

Quality please, chaps. No-one is remotely interested in who your favourite bands are. :shrug:

Let's put it this way: if looking at it doesn't make your jaw drop in admiration, don't bother posting it.

(PS Shorty - like the Korn and Evanescence ones. Not jaw-dropping maybe - but nice, very nice.)

That would appear to be just a, like.. Green Day discography, rather than some of the best album covers ever. Most of them are shit, as far as cover design goes. Really. They ned to sack their cover designer there, because he clearly hasn't got a fucking clue.

Quality please, chaps. No-one is remotely interested in who your favourite bands are. :shrug:

Let's put it this way: if looking at it doesn't make your jaw drop in admiration, don't bother posting it.

(PS Shorty - like the Korn and Evanescence ones. Not jaw-dropping maybe - but nice, very nice.)

What's so great about the ten Clash covers you posted?...Nothing. That pussy isn't going to break a fender jazz when it weighs more than he does.

Well, the one you refer to is a classic. Don't take my word for it though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Calling#Artwork

The album's cover features a photograph of Simonon smashing his Fender Precision Bass against the stage at The Palladium in New York City on September 21, 1979 during the "Clash Take the Fifth" US tour.[10][11] Pennie Smith, who photographed the band for the album, originally did not want the photograph to be used. She thought that it was too out of focus, but Strummer and graphic designer Ray Lowry thought it would make a good album cover.[11] In 2002, Smith's photograph was named the best rock and roll photograph of all time by Q magazine, commenting that "it captures the ultimate rock'n'roll moment - total loss of control".[12]

The cover artwork was designed by Lowry and was a parody of the design of Elvis Presley's debut album.[13][14] The cover was named the ninth best album cover of all time by Q magazine in 2001.[15]
Here's the inspiration for it:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/Elvispresleydebutalbum.jpeg

Compare and contrast.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004BZ0N.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

The other Clash covers? They sit together well as a body of work. A generation of young people - probably the last - sat and gazed at them, back when music really meant something.

http://www.netweed.com/prohiphop/graf/straightouttacomptonsmall.jpg
"Congratulations: you just met NWA... sucka."

Riveting:rolleyes:

Post your own then. Or better still, just piss off. :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/Garbage_album.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/NirvanaNevermindalbumcover.jpg

DM had some fascinating album covers -

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Construction_time_again.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/A_broken_frame.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/DMviolator.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevermind#Album_artwork

Five shots were yielded and the band settled on the image of a three-month-old infant named Spencer Elden; the son of the photographer's friend Rick Elden. However, there was some concern because Elden's penis was visible in the image. Geffen prepared an alternate cover without the penis, as they were afraid that it would offend people, but relented when Cobain made it clear that the only compromise he would accept was a sticker covering the penis that would say "If you're offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile."[52] The alternate cover image is featured in Michael Azerrad's Nirvana biography Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana.

The band shot some promotional images to accompany the album playing upon the cover's theme, featuring them swimming underwater. The imagery was revisited in the video for "Come as You Are." In 1992, Weird Al Yankovic mimicked the cover for his album Off the Deep End. That version features Yankovic swimming toward a donut instead of a dollar...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Weird_Al_Yankovic_-_Off_the_Deep_End.jpg

The back cover of the album features a photograph of a rubber monkey in front of a collage created by Cobain. The collage features images of raw beef from a supermarket advert, images from Dante's Inferno, and shots of diseased vaginas from Cobain's collection of medical photos. Cobain noted, "If you look real close, there is a picture of Kiss in the back standing on a slab of beef."

http://static.grupthink.com/answer/9/9d4432274455bb51b4c07d40992c8e4b
http://www.grupthink.com/topic/210

I have to say that I disbelieve in some of the first ones. Surely no one could...but they could, I guess.

Oops.

Where are the bizarre first ones from.

I have to say that I disbelieve in some of the first ones. Surely no one could...but they could, I guess.
I assumed you posted this in the wrong thread.. ?

Which bizarre first ones?

Odd. Maybe I did. There were some very odd Christian rock groups and a faintly Oedipal country singer. Hmm. Ah well.

Ah.

http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=66605

My eyes are opened.

That would appear to be just a, like.. Green Day discography, rather than some of the best album covers ever. Most of them are shit, as far as cover design goes. Really. They ned to sack their cover designer there, because he clearly hasn't got a fucking clue.

Quality please, chaps. No-one is remotely interested in who your favourite bands are. :shrug:

Let's put it this way: if looking at it doesn't make your jaw drop in admiration, don't bother posting it.

(PS Shorty - like the Korn and Evanescence ones. Not jaw-dropping maybe - but nice, very nice.)



yeah they all made my jaw drop, i especially love the american idiot cover, and besides differant art work means differant things to me than it does to you

Aye. Art. Subjective and all that.

Meaning yours are all rubbish and even this one's better:
http://www.stevecarter.com/worstalbumcovers41.jpg

Beat this

http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/packshots/325/264_512.jpg

Ha. I like. :)

Aye. Art. Subjective and all that.

Meaning yours are all rubbish and even this one's better:
http://www.stevecarter.com/worstalbumcovers41.jpg

rubbish to me is not rubbish to you, rubbish to you might be rubbish to me

Yes, that's what I said.

Yours... are shit.

lol what's this.. ?? :D

Creative differences.

Yes, that's what I said.

Yours... are shit.

in your opinion and your opinion sucks balls!!

http://www.blabbermouth.net/the_darkness.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000AZKM0.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://www.spiralfrog.com/sfimages/covers/pop/cov200/dri800/i843/i84382iffzd.jpg

RUBBISH!!!!!!



Oh, ok... not bad. :grumble:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41jLq29tm2L._SS500_.jpg

Ooh. Never seen that one. That shouts 'Classic!'

But quietly.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b87/bizarizona/maiden.jpg

http://www.virginmedia.com/microsites/music/slideshow/worstalbumcovers/img_7.jpg
http://www.queenzone.com/multimedia/pictures/images/Album_or_Single_Covers/queen_news.jpg
http://www.gothtronic.com/Goth/img_/Music1/sub/msiripoffcd.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a338/libys/cd%20covers/msi1.jpg
http://getsomenoise.com/albumimages/64_Mindless%20Self%20Indulgence_You'll%20Rebel%20T o%20Anything.jpg

Not the greatest. But I always liked this one.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/9663/72391075ki3.png

lol wtf happened to her left eye ?

Ooh, it is a bit wonky, isn't it. Can't say I've ever noticed that.

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9831/quietriotalbumcover210go3.jpg

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/4406/pcmpzd3.jpg

Angels of Light - We Are Him
http://www.thisaremusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/wearehim.jpg
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
http://pixhost.eu/avaxhome/avaxhome/2007-06-12/mellon.jpg
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/4384/music_phases-37999.jpeg

Hey Peeple,

is this any good?

http://www.hair-of-the-dog.com/images/cds/cd_tpg_300.jpg

:shrug:

aooooooo wooo wooo woo

http://www.soundstagedirect.com/media/jethro_tull_aqualung.jpg

This is from when funk was funk.

http://franklarosa.com/vinyl/BigImg/vp.jpg

And now for something completely different:

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/90.jpg

`
mmm...

Best...

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9420/519uzkvg6nlss500nm1.jpg

Thin Lizzy

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/11343.jpg

Blind Melon

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UY5.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain

I like watchin' the puddles gather rain

And all I can do is just pour some tea for two

and speak my point of view

But it's not sane, It's not sane

I just want some one to say to me

I'll always be there when you wake

Ya know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today

So stay with me and I'll have it made

And I don't understand why I sleep all day

And I start to complain that there's no rain

And all I can do is read a book to stay awake

And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape

escape......escape......escape......

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain

ya don't like my point of view

ya think I'm insane

Its not sane......it's not sane

That's quite a strange cover for a 'classic rock' band. I like it, but where are the guitars? The motobikes? The hawt laydeez? Lynott, what were you thinking of? :confused: