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Title: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Mattman on April 12, 2004, 02:21:15 PM They say you can't judge a book (or an album) by its cover, but I say it certainly helps influence your decision. This thread is just for you to say what your all-time favourite album covers are. So without further ado, I offer my picks:
Blink-182 - Enema of the State (for obvious reasons) :drool: (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000IPAX.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) M?tley Cr?e - Theatre of Pain (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00008OLIN.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Pearl Jam - Ten (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000027RL.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Yes - Fragile (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002J1F.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Nirvana - Nevermind (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003TA4.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) The Beatles - Abbey Road (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UB3.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006AW2J.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Genesis - We Can't Dance (http://koti.mbnet.fi/sakahi/levyt/ulkom/kuvat/genesis.jpg) Metallica - Master of Puppets (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002H33.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002JSP.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (http://carlos.ricebowljournals.com/photos/black_sabbath.jpg) The Strokes - Is This It (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005N53P.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) The Who - Who's Next (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002OX7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000IZ6H.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) And of course, needing no introduction... (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000OQF.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Booker Floyd on April 12, 2004, 02:39:38 PM (http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f549/f54995xbhar.jpg)
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c071/c0719043wd7.jpg) (http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d664/d664131f386.jpg) (http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d871/d87199rn10x.jpg) (http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d857/d85740j83i5.jpg) (http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre000/e004/e00449m3ysv.jpg) (http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf700/f734/f73420rf5it.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: jarmo on April 12, 2004, 02:47:52 PM (http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre200/e249/e24927z3kre.jpg)
Spinal Tap "This Is Spinal Tap" (http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c477/c47739q3hx3.jpg) Depeche Mode "Violator" (http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d660/d66066h3a55.jpg) Led Zeppelin (http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c019/c01939q06b4.jpg) Sex Pistols "Never Mind The Bollocks" /jarmo Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Eduardo on April 12, 2004, 08:37:34 PM GN'R - Use Your Illusion
GN'R - Lies The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Aerosmith - Pump Metallica - Master of Puppets Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Led Zeppelin - Phisical Graffitti Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: DEAD HORSE on April 13, 2004, 01:05:25 AM Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction / UYI's
Metallica - Load Nirvana _ Nevermind Pink FLoyd - The Dark Side of the moon Pink Floyd - is there anybody outhere? : ok: Marilyn Manson - Smell Like children Black Sabbath - technical esctasy Roger Waters - Amused to death Pantera - Vulgar display of power Aerosmith - get a grip /pump Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: matt88 on April 13, 2004, 01:22:37 AM Appetite for destruction
Master of puppets-Metallica UYI Binural-Peal Jam Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Eazy E on April 13, 2004, 02:13:39 AM Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000IZ6H.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004BZ0N.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton Watch out. (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006JJ51.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Kiss - Psycho Circus It's actually a hologram... the curtains open up to show the Clown Face "Entrance" to the circus with all the Kiss faces on the wall as well. (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000AFDW.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Pink Floyd - Echoes Floyd fans should be able to pick out all sorts of things from various Pink Floyd album covers, great album cover. (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005QDW5.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) DJ Danger Mouse - The Grey Album The one I'm posting is the only one I could find on the internet right now. My favourite was probably the cover of Abbey Road with Paul's head replaced by a big ole black Jay-Z head. There's also one with a Jay-Z close up (like "The Blueprint Pt. 2" & 2.1) with the Beatles off in the background. Great CD too. (http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/images/j/Jay_Z/sq-grey-album-cvr-dm.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Chris Misfit on April 13, 2004, 11:00:25 AM (http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00000IGFY.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
EF - How To Make A Monster Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: estranged88 on April 14, 2004, 12:16:52 PM Iron Maiden - POWERSLAVE!
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000BKDW.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Ignatius on July 16, 2004, 09:42:30 AM A nice little thread
Mine are: Pearl Jam - Vs - It's so in your face. it's even annoying to look at. I hate sheeps but I love this one. The symbolism is there, the sheep is ugly, so is the album. Beatles - Abbey Road -The cover concept kicks ass. Just the four of them crossing the road like they are leading the world into another music revolution. Also, did anyone hear the legend behind the cover? If i remember correctly, the legend states paul had died, so the beatles used a double to replace him. Paul was left handed, the "replacement" in the cover holds a cigarrette with his right hand, and if you look closer, the Volkswagen beatle park left, reads a license plate LMW28IF. That 28IF means Paul would've been 28 had been alive. Weezer - Blue album- That has to be the lamest album cover of all time, but I love it. They look like 4 college nerds out of calculus class. Brilliant! Black Crows - Amorica - In the US the cover was banned, but not in Europe. The one with the American flag G-String with the pubic hair coming out. U2 - War - That angry kid is frightening. The album is not great but the cover deserved to be here amongst my top. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Munki - somewhat similar to U2's war, but a girl instead. Black and white picture, the girl looks shocked, mouth wide open, with a reflection on the top right corner. It's a little faded. How about you? List your fav... Edit: Sorry, didn't notice there was already a thread about this! Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Lineker10 on July 16, 2004, 11:10:28 AM Motley Crue - Theatre Of Pain
Guns N' Roses - AFD and Live Like A Suicide Hanoi Rocks - HR,BS,SS Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Hammy on July 16, 2004, 01:53:30 PM Hollywood Rose - Roots of Guns N' Roses
Hanoi Rocks - Oriental Beat (http://www.hanoirocks.com/discography80/qwerty/oriental.jpg) Monster Magnet - Spine of God, Dopes To Infinity (http://ubl.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drd100/d125/d125532817m.jpg) (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/oth12/jaquettes/monstermagnet_dopestoinfinity.jpg) M?tley Cr?e - Generation Swine (http://217.121.59.97/Mind/Motley_Crue/Motley_Crue_-_Generation_swine-front.jpg) Vince Neil - Carved In Stone (http://www.rocknrollhell.com/neil/carvedinstone.jpg) Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction [Banned] (http://graphics.gemm.com/graphics_db/MA/mararecord.6704117.large.jpg)Poison - Hollyweird (http://www.dreamers.com/rockweb/Imagenes/pd09.jpg) Stone Temple Pilots - Purple (http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000002IZ4.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Into The Great Wide Open (http://www.indiana-girl.se/cover/album/into.jpg) Ugly Kid Joe - America's Least Wanted (http://fun.supereva.it/cdcoverart/copertine/america_least_wanted_ugly_kid_joe.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Gunner80 on July 16, 2004, 11:47:24 PM My favorite album cover of all time would have to be the Use Your Illusion cover.
Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: nevermore on July 17, 2004, 03:59:04 PM every Storm Thorgerson design is absolutely amazing. He's definitely responsible for the most memorable album covers in rock.
apart from that I'd go with : - The Doors - Strange Days - Deep Purple - In Rock - Queensryche - Hear in the now frontier - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers - The Clash - London Calling just of the top o my mind n not including the GNR album covers also all the Dream Theater and Bathory (see Twilight of the Gods) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Walk on July 17, 2004, 09:47:21 PM VULGAR DISPLAY OF POWER. This is one brutal cover that isn't stupid like a Cannibal Corpse cover. It's straight to the point, and you know what kind of music you're going to get when you put this in your CD player!
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002JOH.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: VolcomStone on July 19, 2004, 02:11:01 PM ha good thread. i agree with just about all of those covers mentioned before. but to eliminate redundancy i'll try to name only those that haven't been posted already...
Bush - Razorblade Suitcase (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004UALN.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Stone Temple Pilots - Shangri-La Dee Da(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JYEA.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Soundgarden - Down on the Upside (not necessarily the import) (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000073ZB.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002WQS.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000024D4S.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Incubus - Morning View (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005QG9J.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Lady Livin on September 27, 2004, 01:44:48 PM i love this thread. that ODB album cover is great, but my favorites are maybe sticky fingers and too fast for love.
Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Wheres Izzy on September 27, 2004, 02:41:51 PM VULGAR DISPLAY OF POWER. This is one brutal cover that isn't stupid like a Cannibal Corpse cover. It's straight to the point, and you know what kind of music you're going to get when you put this in your CD player! (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002JOH.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) the coolest thing about that cover is it is really someone getting fucking knocked across the face. they didn't have someone pose for it. Pantera were cool. Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Is he struggling? on September 27, 2004, 07:12:37 PM The original cover to Hendrix's 'Electric Ladyland' :drool: Sorry, people. Thinking with my crotch instead of my brain, agian. You gotta admit though, the original cover was more appropriate for the title than the close up shot of Jimi used for the CD re-issue, right? Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Lady Livin on September 27, 2004, 07:40:50 PM The original cover to Hendrix's 'Electric Ladyland'? :drool: Sorry, people. Thinking with my crotch instead of my brain, agian. You gotta admit though, the original cover was more appropriate for the title than the close up shot of Jimi used for the CD re-issue, right? i even like that cover, haha. Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: N.I.B on September 27, 2004, 09:27:59 PM The Last in Line - Ronnie James Dio
(http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/D/dio_lastf.jpg) Holy Diver - Ronnie James Dio (http://home.swipnet.se/~w-79546/Albums/holydiver.jpg) Rock in a Hard Place - Aerosmith (http://www.distrito22.com/aerosmith/imagenes/discos/hard.jpg) Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden (http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~stratton/maiden/pom_big.gif) GNR Lies - Guns N' Roses (http://www.alter.hu/kepek/guns/gnr-lies.jpg) Mob Rules - Black Sabbath (http://home.swipnet.se/~w-79546/Albums/Mob%20Rules.jpg) Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin (http://images.amazon.com/images/G/covers/B/00/000/2J0/B000002J09.l.gif) Ace of Spades - Motorhead (http://home.enter.vg/motorhead/album04_500x500.jpg) Decade of Decadence - Motley Crue (http://www.songlyricscollection.com/lyrics/m/Motley-Crue/Decade-Of-Decadence/Motley-Crue-Decade-Of-Decadence-cover.gif) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Mama Kin on September 28, 2004, 02:25:37 AM There is more to the Legend of Abbey Road. Paul was dead because, he was barefoot and was out of step with the rest of the group. The other things you mentioned are also correct.
John was the minister because he appeared in white. Ringo was a mourner, he appeared in black. George was the undertaker, he appeared in blue jeans and a blue workshirt top thing. The legend of Paul dying is all over the Beatles music and album covers, if you believe the theories. I believe in Sgt. Pepper one of the clue's Paul was dead is because his back his turned to the camera. On Sgt. Pepper John sings, "Lemme introduce to you...The one and only Billy Shears!!" This is the real name of the man who replaced Paul, according to the legends...... Anyway, back in topic I like Aerosmith's Pump album cover. Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Skeletor on September 28, 2004, 07:28:04 AM Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
(http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/ktklahti/la_masquerade_infernale.jpg) Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane (http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/ktklahti/remedy_lane.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Lady Livin on September 28, 2004, 11:20:47 AM i was wondering where the hell your avatar came from!
Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: darkdays_01 on October 02, 2004, 08:51:24 PM Pearl Jam : Yield , always loved that cover
Def Leppard : Adrenalize, not there best album by far, but a cool cover. Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: von on March 06, 2007, 04:39:18 AM You don't even have to necessarily like the band or the album, just the album cover. It's really just how striking the image is or how meaningful it is to you or what have you, from an artistic perspective. Let's face it, most album covers today are lazy pieces of shit. But every once in a while there'll be that diamond in the rough waiting to be found. Not to mention a bunch of classic album covers from before the CD (not Chinese Democracy) era that actually had some thought put into them. Post 'em up here, I think it'll be fun.
(http://www.cradleoffilth.kvalitne.cz/Cradle_Of_Filth_-_The_Principle_Of_Evil_Made_Flesh-front.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Rocksteady on March 06, 2007, 07:52:08 AM Metallica - Master of Puppets
(http://www.foroswebgratis.com/fotos/1/4/2/0/9/17841Metallica_Master_of_Puppets-front.jpg) Metallica - ...And Justice For All (http://www3.airnet.ne.jp/~vzr04461/album/...and%20Justice%20for%20All.jpg) Nirvana - Nevermind (http://flojlg.free.fr/images/catimage/Nirvana-Nevermind.jpg) The Offspring - Smash (http://www.offspring-online.com/oo/disco/graphics/disc-smash.gif) Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (http://iron.unblog.fr/files/2006/06/Linkin%20Park-Hybrid%20Theory-Frontal.jpg) And ofcourse GN'R Appetite for Destruction (http://www.coverportal.de/cover/audio/g/guns_n_roses_appetite_for_destruction_a.jpg) (http://eil.com/newgallery/Guns-N-Roses-Appetite-For-Dest-194834.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: mrlee on March 06, 2007, 08:14:54 AM (http://www.metalexpressradio.com/images/covers/Motley%20-%20Dr.%20Feelgood.jpg)
I love that crue cover, (girls girls girls is a cool cover too, but its not artwork) (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002IQW.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg) Hard to find a large sized version of this, but i love this album cover and all the artwork inside it. (http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cdcovers/C/CRASHDIET_RIS1.JPG) And of course my favourite band of this decade, crashdiet! Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: GnFnR87 on March 06, 2007, 12:52:33 PM Nine Inch Nails :
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/83/de/a6b892c008a025374e888010.L.jpg) (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/62/95/75d9b2c008a01330ed888010.L.jpg) smashing pumpkins: (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/a0/f0/3eae12bb9da053e06056b010.L.jpg) (http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/2f/4e/d3284310fca09730951c5010.L.jpg) (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/7d/68/56704310fca006390e583010.L.jpg) i'll be back with more.... Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Jimmy? on March 06, 2007, 01:14:30 PM (http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/6/64/Frank_Zappa_-_Weasels_Ripped_My_Flesh.jpg)
^ Frank Zappa - Weasels Ripped My Flesh (http://sydlexia.com/imagesandstuff/maidenbeast/numberofthebeast.png) ^ Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/AliceCooperBillionDollarBabies.jpg/200px-AliceCooperBillionDollarBabies.jpg) ^ Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/34/Smell_The_Glove.png/200px-Smell_The_Glove.png) ^ Spinal Tap - Smell The Glove :hihi: Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: von on March 08, 2007, 02:49:50 AM http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=13864.0 Two pages from April 2004, sorry I missed that one : ok: (http://fsmat.at/~atrax/Florilegium/Cradle-of-Filth_V-Empire-or-Dark-Faerytales-in-Phallustein_cover.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: ClintroN on March 08, 2007, 04:36:11 AM check out Cradle of Filth albums, King Diamond............ummmm yeah!!
Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Grouse on March 08, 2007, 08:07:46 AM Queen - News of the world, Can't remember who made but I believe it was some famous science fiction painter...
(http://www.jeffbots.com/newsoftheworld.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: GnFnR87 on March 08, 2007, 10:22:08 PM Rage Against The Machine
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000028RR.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg) U2 (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/ba/07/dcfc4310fca0f89ce7245010.L.jpg) The Cure (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002H5T.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg) Stone Temple Pilots (http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/0b/c5/052a1363ada0cea7a570f010.L.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: 2112 on March 09, 2007, 12:05:51 PM (http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~asanche1/Dark%20Side%20of%20the%20Moon.jpg)
(http://musicolinuxien.lost-oasis.net/MesImages/lssecond.jpg) (http://www.e.kth.se/~e98_hgr/2112/bilder/2112.jpg) (http://math.mercyhurst.edu/~griff/sgtpepper/images/sgtpepper_cover.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: GnFnR87 on March 10, 2007, 02:34:21 AM Alice In Chains
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/bb/0c/0431124128a068e901d18010.L.jpg) Metallica (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/2b/f0/efa8a2c008a0b9db227a7010.L.jpg) Aerosmith (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/e6/5b/4718828fd7a07de469d60110.L.jpg) Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: von on March 11, 2007, 01:43:27 AM Why'd my CoF V Empire cover get deleted? Was it too obscene or something?
Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: Walk on March 11, 2007, 03:09:51 AM Why'd my CoF V Empire cover get deleted? Was it too obscene or something? Well, the fact that it was terrible, just like CoF, is probably a reason as well. The obscenity was just a coincidence. :P Title: Re: Best Album Covers Ever Post by: von on March 11, 2007, 11:21:22 PM Why'd my CoF V Empire cover get deleted? Was it too obscene or something? Well, the fact that it was terrible, just like CoF, is probably a reason as well. The obscenity was just a coincidence. :P Really? Because I find the cover I posted for their album The Principle of Evil Made Flesh to be far more obscene, as well as other covers of theirs not posted here, but whatever. Images of vampiric nymphs half-nude and covered in fake blood doesn't really rank with me as all that obscene to begin with, and I can assure you my intention was to post what I appreciated as a well-done album cover, not to shock. So I guess it's less our opinions of best album covers as it is the standards and practices of the moderators of this board. |