Your Favourite Album Covers...

Satchwood · June 19, 2009, 10:49:29 AM

I just loved carrying this Aerosmith album around when I was a kid. Not much artwork, but I felt so cool owning it:

Satchwood · June 19, 2009, 11:07:20 AM

Hey this is fun.....memory lane cruising....GnR....Crue....

Ferryman_1957 · June 19, 2009, 11:26:44 AM

Quote from: Greeny on June 18, 2009, 05:14:17 AMAnd an interesting question... do we love the cover more because we love the music within?

Yes, I'm afraid I think Gentleman Take Polaroids is a pretty weak album cover - look at that tacky lightning bolt! But it's a gem inside. My wife has a theory that what we view as "great music" tends to coincide with important phases of our lives (which are generally when we are younger). I think the same's true of album covers - the "great" ones will more likely be what we think are "great" albums.

Cheers,

Nigel

Sprocket · June 19, 2009, 11:33:46 AM

Quote from: Satchwood on June 19, 2009, 10:18:27 AMOne of my favorite Yes album covers:

Isnt that a Phil Hartman cover???(you know, the SNL comedian...)

This is one of my favs:

[edit]seems I cant find anything to confirm the Phil Hartman thing...

Ted · June 19, 2009, 11:51:00 AM

This isn't one of my favorites, but it's intriguing because it so amateurish. I mean, this was released by Mercury Records, Universal Records, and Polydor Records. But it looks like a cheap DIY cover that you'd buy from someone playing at a coffee house. Was it intentional?

Was it...

(a) "Hey, how about we only spend about $25 on the cover art? More money for us!"

(b) "Hey, let's go for the cheap DIY look. That'll be edgy."

(c) "Hey, the CEO of Mercury let his 12-year-old daughter do the art. Nobody say anything."

SharksDontSleep · June 19, 2009, 01:19:54 PM

Hmmm ... The ones which come to mind are the iconic & the quirky:

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Kody · June 19, 2009, 01:24:23 PM

I was thinking about posting Nevermind....

Appetite for Destruction....Good call, Satchwood!

SharksDontSleep · June 19, 2009, 01:34:01 PM

Other that come to mind are:

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Three Imaginary Boys by The Cure

Satchwood · June 19, 2009, 01:46:25 PM

Quote from: Kody on June 19, 2009, 01:24:23 PMAppetite for Destruction....Good call, Satchwood!

Definitely my favorite GnR album - I learned to play every dang tune on the album and even sang to some of the stuff!

Oldrottenhead · June 19, 2009, 02:18:35 PM

good call gingerjack , unknown pleasure was a great album with a distinctive cover.

someone said earlier you have an age and era you associate with, in early 70s it was prog , late 70s punk and krautrock, 80s post punk etc etc but think late 70s early 90s was best period so here is another selection.