Favorite album covers

spacemanrich · Post by **spacemanrich** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:21 pm

What are some of your favorite album covers. You have to either like the album and/or the band. For example, you like Iron Maiden album covers, but don't like the music or the band. Just some of my favorites, but I have others that I like as well ( in no particular order ) :

Spacemen 3 (Playing w/ Fire)
Spiritualized (LAGWAFIS)
Sonic Boom / Spectrum ( cool kaleidescope concept )
Slowdive (Pygmalion)
New Order (Power, Corruption and Lies) - gotta have a Peter Saville cover!
David Gray (New Day At Midnight)
Cocteau Twins (Heaven or Las Vegas)
VU & Nico - just a simple banana
Kraftwerk (Tour de France Soundtrack)
Any Smiths cover

10ent · Post by **10ent** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:55 pm

Elephant Stone - The Stone Roses
How To Operate With A Blown Mind - Lo Fidelity Allstars
True Faith - New Order (not an album but a simple but cool looking design)
Fucked Up Inside - Spiritualized
Screamadelica - Primal Scream

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:19 pm

my rockin' soul- johnny mccrackin.
joy division- closer
sparklehorse- it's a wonderful life
4AD catalogue
the sumpremes- little bit of liverpool
roberta fleck- ohh can't remember the album title, the one where she has the beautiful afro.

xxxshonnxxx

Post by **spzretent** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:23 pm

Ween- Chocolate & Cheese
Spz- LGM
Lemon Jelly- Lost Horizons
Ohio Players catalog(since we can pick a catalog)
Mercury Rev- Boces
Funkadelic- Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow
OMD- 1st
Jimi Hendrix- Electric Ladyland(original UK)
Echo & The Bunnymen- Porcupine
Clash- London Calling

What can i say? I'm a pig(well on 5 of them anyway).

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:18 am

is that the ween album with the cover of the girls muff?

if so, good call.

xxxshonxxx

sonic124 · Post by **sonic124** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:04 am

Best album covers easy
The Heads-Everybody Knows We Got Nowhere
Spacemen 3-Performance

Starfish · Post by **Starfish** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:22 pm

Sticky Fingers.
Sonic Boom's "Spectrum"
Suicide

Hedspace · Post by **Hedspace** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:26 pm

THe Chameleons: Strange times
Joy Division: Closer
Primal Scream: Screamadelica
Spiritualized: LGM
Husker Du: Warehouse songs & Stories
DJ Shadow: Endtroducing
My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
Ride: Today Forever
Saint Etienne: So tough

loads more but these are all I can think of at the moment.

Post by **spzretent** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:20 pm

a beautiful noise wrote:is that the ween album with the cover of the girls muff?
if so, good call.
xxxshonxxx

its the one w/the woman from the neck down with a half shirt and a giant Ween belt.

spacemanrich · Post by **spacemanrich** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:47 pm

Speaking of muff, i'm suprised no one mentioned that one Black Crowes album ( i don't remember the name of it ) where the uncensored album copy has a closeup picture of a girl's pelvic area and she is wearing a bikini bottom and a few strands of muff are sprouting forth. When i first saw that album cover, it brought a smile to my face

Post by **spzretent** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:52 pm

Amorica!

plymwhites · Post by **plymwhites** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:50 pm

UNKNOWN PLEASURES and CLOSER ... JOY DIVISION
LONDON CALLING, album and 12'' ... THE CLASH
BLACK MARKET CLASH ... THE CLASH ( the one with DL and 'friends' on the front )
VOICE OF A GENERATION ... BLITZ
4AD... ( as my best mate xxxShonxxx previously mentioned )
THE RETURN OF THE DURUTTI COLUMN... THE DURUTTI COLUMN
most of the Factory stuff was good....
FUI & LGM ( and the accompanying singles, just a great logo )... SPZ

you getting a bank loan for a new season ticket Runcible ?????

SpaceLine · Post by **SpaceLine** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:53 pm

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:56 pm

good call on the Factory releases. mentally fumbling for the guys name that designed most of them... peter...something...saw a display of his work in manchester...PETER SEVILLE thats it. he did the pulp cover for "this is hardcore".

loveless is a pretty timeless album cover as well.

xxxshonnxxx

(see plyms, as much as you fight it, we are meant to be.)

lemhawklord · Post by **lemhawklord** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:51 pm

METAL BOX by PIL

TheWarmth · Post by **TheWarmth** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:57 pm

A Storm In Heaven ~ The Verve (pretty much all of the Brian Cannon-era Verve stuff, actually)

Love Detective EP ~ Arab Strap (nice bit of muff in this one)
Low ~ David Bowie
Music Has The Right To Children ~ Boards Of Canada
Bringing It All Back Home ~ Dylan
Gilded Palace of Sin ~ Flying Burrito Bros.
Melody Nelson ~ Serge Gainsbourg
The Secret Migration ~ Mercury Rev
Strangeways Here We Come ~ The Smiths
Highs, Lows & Heavenly Blows ~ Spectrum
Sci-Fi Lullabies ~ Suede
Electric Warrior ~ T. Rex (can't believe this one hasn't been mentioned yet)

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:22 pm

ahhh warmth, i think 'electric warrior' IS my all time favorite album cover. that just says ROCK N ROLL. can't believe i forgot about that one. good call.

xxxshonnxxx

will this do? · Post by **will this do?** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:05 am

ok, here's a couple:

Nirvana - Bleach (R&R!)
Led Zep, Physical Grafitti (OTT design goes all the way to 11)
Beatles For Sale (underrated, classic gatefold)
Beasties- Licenced to ill (with the doobie aeroplane artwork: 9/11)
Pixies - Dooolittle (4ad - classic 80's maxi-minimalism)
Stone Roses Stone Roses (lemons??!11)

warmgun. · Post by **warmgun.** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:35 am

A few faves off the top...

The Beatles - Revolver
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers (take that Crosby, we'll just get this horse to take your spot right here on the cover.. ha!)
V.U. - White Light/White Heat
David Bowie - Low
Pink Floyd - Animals
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Bjork - Debut
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
David Holmes - Bow Down To The Exit Sign
Spiritualized - Let It Come Down
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists...
Jim O'Rourke - Eureka ; )
The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music
Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:30 am

ha! the wilco cover reminding me very much of 'let it come down'.

can i throw in an ep. please.

spiritualized - abbey road. thats just pretty. salivating almost!

xxxshonnxxx

warmgun. · Post by **warmgun.** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:30 pm

Yeah, I hadn't really given the similarities too much consideration... good point. The vinyl version of A Ghost Is Born quite nice as well - replacing the Egg with a Nest...

It occured to me upon seeing your post about Abbey Road ep that I actually prefer the Stop Your Crying single to the cover of LICD... Its been a while since I've seen the actual covers and mixed them up...

While we're on the topic of great artwork - anyone know of a good vendor of Posters/Prints? I've spent some time looking for Spiritualized/Spacemen 3 related artwork on the net, but never with any luck.

jacksmiley · Post by **jacksmiley** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:25 pm

a few more...

king crimson's "in the court of the crimson king"-- classic.
the B&W hand-drawn vinyl cover for "taking drugs..."
sgt. pepper's...
bowie - "diamond dogs"
pretty much any zappa cover up to the late 70's
stereolab's design aesthetic is usually great all around
the cure - faith (wins the "looks like it sounds" award)
throbbing gristle - "20 jazz-funk greats" (classic understatement...)
coil - love's secret domain

Juzba · Post by **Juzba** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 11:18 pm

Iggy Pop - Lust for life
Kraftwerk - Trans-europe express
Suede - Sci-fi lullabies
Spz - Live @ RAH (the limited ed.)
LPs by The Scientist
Roots Manuva - Awfully deep
Depeche Mode -Singles 86-98
808 state - Newbuild
Pan American - Quiet City
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica (can't believe this hasn't been mentioned before)

I'm sure there are countless others, just too tired to think of em'

ORBITAL · Post by **ORBITAL** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:32 pm

'Smell the glove' - Spinal Tap. Refreshing.

anorthernsoul · Post by **anorthernsoul** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:06 pm

Stone Roses Stone Roses (lemons??!11)

sorry for chipping in with generic lp cover knowledge (you know, delia smith ...), but, the lemons are a nod to french rioters and protesters who carried half-lemons in their pockets; they neutralise the effects of the tear gas used by riot police.

will this do? · Post by **will this do?** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:41 am

ORBITAL wrote:'Smell the glove' - Spinal Tap. Refreshing.

It's like "how much more black could this be? and the answer is 'none'...'none more black'"

Or do you mean the original one with the "greased, naked woman on all fours with a dog collar and leah round her neck being invited to smell a glove (you should see what they wanted her to smell - it wasn't a glove, believe me). It would have been better if the singer had been the victim. There is, after all, a thin line between clever and stupid.

(Someone's started a band called Duke Fame, by the way - after Duke Fame & the Fame Throwers, the band so bad they were still booing them when Tap went on stage - bu they haven't a website at the moment)

ORBITAL · Post by **ORBITAL** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:54 pm

Its got to be the original one. Such a emotive image.

jacksmiley · Post by **jacksmiley** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:32 pm

hehe... how 'bout the original cover of the scorpions' virgin killer?

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