Favorite Album Covers

Garion81 wrote: Aren't those great?  I love the name of th album "Why".  You may be right that does like Geddy there in the back.    Here Reed see if this doesn't make a beleiver out of you: http://www.showandtellmusic.com/pages/galleries/gallery_o/cr yingdemons.html I know Satan is behind that one.

That is one funny site! I love the way the "demon" is so polite-I wont come out tonight, I dont want to come out tonight!

The Judgement day one is a pearler too! Obviously a lot of intelligent thought went into the scenes.The Rev had even rationalised how the Scott Kemp character would react to being sent to Eternal Damnation.I thought paying tithes had gone out in the Middle Ages, but poor old Scott is being sent to hell for not giving 10% of his pay to the church.Just shows you the evil manipulation of Christians that goes on with these Phoney Reverends and Ministers.

If you've any more of these please send em to me by PM or Email.

Garion81 wrote:   Here are more of my favorites http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2004/albums/

That's Geddy Lee at the back there isnt it?

Never seen this album  on a Rush discography.

Obviously the inspiration for Fly By Night!

"The plane Boss, the Plane!!"

ANIMALS - PINK FLOYD

REVOLVER - THE BEATLES

SGT. PEPPER'S - THE BEATLES

ILUSSIONS ON A DOUBLE DIMPLE - TRIUMVIRAT

RELAYER - YES

TEST FOR ECHO - RUSH

IN ROCK - DEEP PURPLE

A FAREWELL TO KINGS - RUSH

ONCE IN A LIVETIME - DREAM THEATER

PRESENCE AND IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR - LED ZEPPELIN

EXILE ON MAIN STREET - ROLLING STONES

ECHOES (THE VERY BEST OF PINK FLOYD)

AND MANY MORE THAT I REALLY DON'T REMEMBER

Spinal Tap - Smell The Glove

Feel Euphoria from Spocks Beard is superb. Again all of the Roger Dean covers.
Atom Heart Mother is also one of my favourites

Devastatin' Dave has my vote Garion

Record Covers from the seventies was all about Hypgnosis and Roger Dean, they ruled ! I remember catching myself staring for hours at the Close To The Edge cover. But the CD format sort of killed the art of great covers. Man, and those small letters, its getting harder and harder to read those credits, let alone the lyrics on a CD cover or inner sleve.

My favorite covers would be;

• Close To The Edge - Yes
• Warrior Of The Edge Of Time - Hawkwind
• Demons & Wizards - Uriah Heep
• Illusions On a Double Dimple - Triumvirat
• Timewind - Klaus Shultze
• Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
• Aqualung - Jethro Tull
• Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
• Mirage - Camel
• Pros & Cons of Hitchiking - Roger Waters
• China - Vangelis
• Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
• The Roaring Silence - Manfred Mann
• Dream Mixes 4 - T.Dream

Some non Prog covers deserves consideration such as

• E Pluribus Funk - Grand Funk Railroad
• Lookin In - Savoy Brown
• Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
• The House Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin

But The overall winner is Himekami Sensation, you'd buy their records just for the fantastic art work on their covers. http://himekami.musicstack.com/

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Lunar

The cover of pendragon's Window of life is the reasons I bought the album, without listening, and never heard of the band before that. So I consider that the greatest cover of them all.

Also "Fugazi" and "Script.."have great artwork. Of course Roger Dean (reminds me of Weiss & Hickman novells and Gulliver's travels to some extent)

I also like the cover of "A Day At The Races" by Queen in LP format is great.

And sometimes less is more so I'll also add the white album by the Beatles.

Eddy wrote:  td's ZUit album cover kicks ass. it still creeps me out, as does the music.

I agree, this a SCARY album but great too. I love minimalist covers, Pink Floyd's The Wall is superb as is (dare I say it), The Beatles White Album.