Top ten album covers.
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Topic: Top ten album covers.
Posted By: JLocke
Subject: Top ten album covers.
Date Posted: February 15 2008 at 15:22
| Which are yours? |
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Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: February 15 2008 at 15:46
          no particular order i guess... and there are others i like as well, these just happened to be to be on my mind at the moment. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: February 15 2008 at 16:00
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Asia - Asia Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson ELP - ELP From there on, it's all a bit blurry. |
Posted By: Astrodomine
Date Posted: February 15 2008 at 16:21
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Posted By: Imadofus
Date Posted: February 15 2008 at 19:10
I really love this one: F#A# infinity by Godspeed You! Black Emperor Plus most Pink Floyd covers. |
Posted By: Tarkus31
Date Posted: February 15 2008 at 19:21
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1. Asia-Asia 2. Brain Salad Surgery-ELP3. In the Court of the Crimson King-King Crimson
4. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band-The Beatles
5. Mirrage-Camel
6. Octavarium-Dream Theater
7. Days of Future Passed-Moody Blues ------------- ~~~Brian~~~ "And if we all did the things we knew to be right, left would be the childish fears of danger in the night." -Graeme Edge |
Posted By: dpedal1
Date Posted: February 15 2008 at 21:39
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In no particular order
Lateralus - Tool
Relayer - Yes
Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes (Even though it's not that great of an album)
Deadwing - Porcupine Tree
Led Zepplin 4
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
In The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Scenes From a Memory - Dream Theater
Remedy Lane - Pain of Salvation (Even though I have not heard the album)
Last, I really like the Wax Sulmacra single cover by the Mars Volta. The should have used that instead of the one currently used for The Bedlam in Goliath ------------- "So crucify the ego, before it's far too late." - Reflection |
Posted By: sean
Date Posted: February 15 2008 at 22:38
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F#A# Infinity by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, it just has this really bleak, despondent feel that I like Lateralus by Tool, also 10,000 Days, they're both really unique concepts executed very well In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson, just something about it is really scary Relayer by Yes, epic artwork, some of my favourite Roger Dean work |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: February 15 2008 at 23:48
Here's a recent favourite |
Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: February 16 2008 at 04:31
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'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..' |
keiser willhelm wrote:Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: February 16 2008 at 04:58
   And a whole lot more!
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 16 2008 at 05:05
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I think the best album cover ever by far was the original cover for Chris Karrer's solo album "The Mask". it was a wooden mask created by Karrer himself (he is an artist as well as a musician). a real work of art. when I added the album I added the original artwork too; unfortunately I can't find a picture on the web anymore. the mask was a Balinesian style self-portrait of Karrer. only very few replicas of that mask were made (I think a few hundred) and sold with a numbered certificate. the cover of the re-issue is lame -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: February 16 2008 at 15:32
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Okay, well, here are mine:
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Tool - ''La te ra lus''
Tool - ''10,000 Days''
 Pink Floyd - ''The Darks Side of the Moon''
 The Mars Volta - ''De-Loused in the Comatorium''
 Marillion - ''Script for a Jester's Tear''
 Marillion - ''Misplaced Childhood''
 The Beatles - ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''
 Yes - ''Relayer''
 Pain of Salvation - ''Remedy Lane''
 #10: Everything else!
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: February 17 2008 at 12:00
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Physical Grafitti - Led Zep
Yessongs - Yes
10,000 Days - Tool
Nursery Cryme - Genesis
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Script for a Jesters Tear - Marillion
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull (vinyl version of course)
Relayer - Yes
Made in Japan - Deep Purple (original gold cover)
Sunburst Finish - Be-Bop Deluxe
In no particular order
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Posted By: happythe
Date Posted: February 17 2008 at 21:45
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In reverse order: 10. Yes - Time and a Word (US) 9. Collegium Musicum - Live 8. Norman Haines Band - Den of Iniquity 7. Syd Barrett - Barrett 6. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans 5. Collegium Musicum - Konvergencie  4. The World of Oz - The World of Oz  3. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink  2. Rubble 8 - All the Colours of Darkness  1. ELP - Love Beach (roffflll!)  ------------- Stop me from dreaming? Okay :-( |
Posted By: Gentlegiantprog
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 13:02
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Mastadon - Leviathan Tool - 10,000 Days Tool- Lateralus Gentle Giant- Octopus Iron Maiden - Brave New World King Crimson- Power To Believe King Crimson- Thrak Nuclear Assault -Game Over Coheed And Cambria -No World For Tommorow Kyuss - ...And the circus leaves town not all prog, but good covers. ------------- Let the maps of war be drawn ! 
http://kingcrimsonprog.wordpress.com/ |
Posted By: Hat of Truth
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 13:23
10. Jethro Tull - Benefit 9. Genesis - Wind & Wuthering  8. Supertramp - Crime of the Century  7. Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments...  6. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma  5. Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81  4. Änglagĺrd - Hybris  3. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway  2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here  1. Pink Floyd - Animals  |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 13:35
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The Who - Who are You
Pink Floyd - Meddle Pink Floyd - Animals Yes - Fragile Deep Purple - In Rock Led Zeppelin - I Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath The Beatles - Abbey Road Pink Floyd - WYWH Pink Floyd - DSOTM |
Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 14:08
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I'm not as hip as all you guys posting pictures, but i shall by url direct you towards one of my favourite album covers, the one for Kate Bush's "Aerial"-album. http://homepage.eircom.net/~twoms/aerial_lrg.jpg - http://homepage.eircom.net/~twoms/aerial_lrg.jpg -------------
'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..' |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: February 18 2008 at 17:29
Two albums I love the covers on, but not the music:  ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: February 26 2008 at 18:37
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Yes-Relayer
Tangerine Dream -Phaedra
Ant Phillips-Private Parts & Pieces 1
Robin Trower-Bridge of Sighs
Be-Bop Deluxe-Starbust Finish
The Tangent-A place in the Queues
Glass Hammer- Culture of Ascent
Hostsonaten-Springsong
CAP-Robin delle Stelle
Patrick Broguiere- Mont St-Michel (this last one is drop dead medieval)
------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 07:06
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Tangerine dream - Stratosfear
VdGG - Still life
Yes - Tales..
KC - In the court..
The mars volta - De loused..
Gentle giant - Gentle giant
Mike oldfield - Tubular bells
Caravan - in the land of grey and pink
Tool - 10k days
Kyuss - Blues for the red sun
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 15:43
        In no order
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 27 2008 at 16:04
hmmm... will take a stab at this... no order of course..           ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: February 28 2008 at 10:16
 You dirty little boy!!!!!
Kudo's for posting the Pooh cover
     ...snuck it in there quite nicely ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: February 28 2008 at 10:22
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Yes - Relayer
Ant Phillips - The Geese & The Ghost
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Le Orme - Felona e Sorona
Kansas - Point of Know Return
Yes - Close to the Edge
Quella Vecchia Locanda - s/t
Locanda Delle Fate - Forse le Lucciole...
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
10 off the top of my head - probably forgeting many. ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: March 03 2008 at 05:01
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In no particular order:
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: March 03 2008 at 05:45
Top 10 album sleeves in no particular order.I'm sure that this will change as soon as I post this. 
 
 
 
 
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: March 03 2008 at 06:58
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Just off the top of my head:
Yessongs
Court of the Crimson King
Grave New World (Strawbs) - inside cover
Space Hymns (Ramases)
Very eavy very umble (Uriah Heep)
Sgt Pepper
Quatermass
Stand Up (Jethro Tull)
Ssssh (Ten Years After)
Greenslade
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: March 03 2008 at 08:54
Someone's gotta mention Ozric Tentacles:
    I really like their covers, exspecially their earlier ones.
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: March 07 2008 at 11:17
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King Crimson - Earthbound (none more black!) ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: March 07 2008 at 13:22
My favourite: |
Posted By: Anaon
Date Posted: March 12 2008 at 10:33
          Eclectic choices ;) ------------- My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/ My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/" rel="nofollow - http://groovesandmemories.com/ |
Posted By: KrakAtack
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 03:23
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Here's Two good ones......... http://krakatack.googlepages.com/Alkatraz.jpg/Alkatraz-full;init:.jpg -
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Posted By: KrakAtack
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 03:32
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Posted By: KrakAtack
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 03:33
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Posted By: KrakAtack
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 03:38
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Posted By: KrakAtack
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 03:43
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 05:48
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that Atomic Roster cover is one of those examples of cover art which was originally not meant as album cover; it shows a painting of William Blake called "Nebuchadnezzar". another Blake painting, "The Ghost of a Flea", was used as cover for the Gilgamesh album "Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into"  ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: KrakAtack
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 07:40
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Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 07:44
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Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 07:48
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 00:53
Errmmm... Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the Ozrics' music with a passion, but the artowrk has never impressed me. I always feel like I'm entering Dr. Seuss ville when I look at one of their covers. The concpets of the art are kinda cool, though. I've always really liked the concpet of the Jurassic Shift cover art. If only they had a miore capable painter to pull them off . . .
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 04:12
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 04:34
You seem to refer to the way the faces are painted. However, these faces are actually hands made into a fist with the thumb buckling at the top, the pointer stretched out and the little finger not quite closed; the middle and ring finger form the lips. Which is why these faces look so odd. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: KrakAtack
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 05:51
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Posted By: KrakAtack
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 05:56
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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 13:32
    The last one is the beginning of Argentinian prog You should listen to it |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 13:38
Hmm, interesting. I never knew that before.
Like I said, though: the concept or 'idea' of the art isn't the problem, I just don't care much for the style. The odd faces are hardly what I am talking about. The colors are dull, the edges of things look muddy and ugly, like what a kid would draw. To me. I know that alot of people like this style, but to me it's not appealing. I can appreciate the style, however, but I just don't like it. Personally.
But seriousely, that is very interesting about the faces. Learn something new every day, I guess.
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Posted By: KrakAtack
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 21:14
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Posted By: KrakAtack
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 22:52
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 23 2008 at 06:08
have kids and you do know  . we took it from a book called "Easy Games for Little Kids", in which the similarity of hands and faces is described------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 21 2008 at 16:20
1. Public Image Ltd. - The Flowers of Romance. I bought this yesterday for the cover and now I can't stop looking at it. Since it would be silly to stare at the cover without listening to the album, I've decided that from now on this is the only album I'll ever listen to. Luckily it sounds almost as good as it looks. 2. Stackridge - Pinafore Days  3. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside  4. Pink Floyd - Animals  5. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans  6. Rush - Moving Pictures  7. King Crimson - Islands  8. Asia - Alpha  9. Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear  10. Radiohead - Kid A  |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 21 2008 at 16:48
Here are some of my new faves:
IMO Roger Dean's best cover work. 
Another of Roger's best works. 
A new fave. Love that man playing the violin, lovely. I love that wave of neo prog covers with the same style. 
I've been in Genesis lately, so this is a fave of mine alongside the cover that IMO describes perfectly the music. 
Dunno why, but always feel the same atraction as Meddle's one. 
Marvellous idea 
Love the drawings and colours. 
Lovely medieval cover work. 
Spacey 
Veryyyy Spaceyyyy Honourable mentions: Relayer, Fragile, Tales, Magician's Birthday, Octopus(Dean's), In a Glass House, DSOTM, Animals, Atom Heart Mother, Obscured by Clouds, Wish you were here, Momentary Lapse of Reason, Division Bell, Lamb, Foxtrot, Trespass, A Place in the Queue, The Music that Dies Alone, In Rock, Fireball, Book of Taliesyn, Led Zep I, IV, Quadrophenia, Stormbringer, Crime, Crisis, Even in the Quitest, Leftoverture, Desatormentandonos, Osibisa, Budgie, Court, and some many others.. Of course Meddle is always a fave of mine, but the above are new ones. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: May 22 2008 at 12:09
10 - The Tangent - A place in the Queue 9 - Bjork - Medulla  8 - Yes - Tales from topographic oceans  7 - Meshuggah - I  6 - Pink Floyd - The dark side of the moon 5 - Camel - Mirage  4 - Gojira - From mars to Sirius  3 - Mastodon - Leviathan  2 - Yes - Relayer  1 - King Crimson - In the court of the Crimson King (such a fan boy...)  ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: May 22 2008 at 15:52
I'll be a bit chauvinist here...
       All these albums are included in PA.  ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: muellator
Date Posted: May 23 2008 at 00:29
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Posted By: Grimfurg
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 05:05
 (I can't believe nobody posted this one yet).    ------------- http://regulab.bandcamp.com/album/vol-i/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 05:18
I really enjoy this psychedelic blues-rock album, but man... I still can't figure out what's going on with that artwork. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 05:42
   
Theres a few ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: May 24 2008 at 05:57
ok, let me post some of mine: "Hawk Meets Penguin" by the British Amon Düül. I just love the mysterious atmosphere. why for Goddesses sake do a hawk and a penguin meet on a graveyard at night? and why are there mines with burning fuses below them?  "Warrior on the Edge of Time" by Hawkwind. a very melancholy image of the lone warrior  "Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters" by Robert Calvert. especially when you take into account the back cover, where the 3 Starfighters are lying broken on the floor  "Don't Call Us We Call You" by Guru Guru. not their best album, but the cover is great. I love the Escheresque self-reflexivity in it; it reminds me of his picture of the two hands drawing each other  "Red Queen to Gryphon Three". according to Friede (who is an expert on chess) there is a chess variation on a 10x8 board which has 2 gryphons on each side as a piece. the gryphon is the second strongest piece in that variation of chess, combining the moves of knight and bishop. it has a kind of Janus head, which means it forks at the the top, showing the top of the bishop on one side and the top of the knight on the other. the player in the cover picture uses a standard chessboard though. that's only 5, but I am too lazy now to look for the pics of the other 5.   .another time  ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |