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Points: 298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 18 2005 at 09:33

Originally posted by Root Pepper Root Pepper wrote:

Is it just me or does Dream Theater have the worst album covers?!

WRONG:

Train of Thought has a really good cover that expresses the dark feelings of the music (maybe less good than the cover  )!
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Points: 20239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 18 2005 at 10:49

Originally posted by flowerchild flowerchild wrote:

Caravan's "In the land of grey and pink" is IMO a good example

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Points: 42 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 18 2005 at 10:54

 

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Most album covers seem to influence the atmosphere I get when I listen to a CD. But "Relayer" is one that doesn't at all. The album has much more of a sci-fi feel to it, and contrary to what people may think sci-fi and fantasy are quite opposite.

ITCOTCK I think does the best job of matching the music, and is the greatest cover of all time, IMO.
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Points: 2165 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2005 at 05:56

Weird...I have "In the Land of.." on right now....and I was thinking of how well the cover suits the music....then I opened this thread to comment.....spooky!

By the way, Spooky Tooth's "The Last Puff" LP - even if it doesn't really reflect the music within - is one of my fave LP covers.
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Originally posted by Alucard Alucard wrote:

Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Originally posted by Sweetnighter Sweetnighter wrote:

Bitches Brew, Miles Davis. No album cover describes its content better than that. 

 

Didn't the same artist do Santana's Abraxas ?

Yes he did I think h

If you take a look at them covers at the same time you will notice a couple of similarities:

1. Both albums are paintings

2. Both albums pictures girls

a) The girls on the back of Abraxas looks almost identical to the girl on the back of Bithces.

3. Abraxas has Santana on it, Bitches has Davis.

4. Both albums pictures the sky

5. Both albums are extremly detailed, with many different themes on them

6. Both covers are beautiful artworks as well as brilliant covers

7. Both albums pictures flowers

and on and on and on and on...



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Points: 3300 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2005 at 13:29

pallas - the sentinel: anthemic & legendary music

king crimson - thrak: ugly, like the music!

anthony phillips - the geese & the ghost: delicate & graceful music

tangerine dream - atem: bizarre, like the music

IQ - subterranea: fresh, atmospheric & colorful

 

 
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I think the art on the inside of Close to the Edge (with the landscape and water and islands) fits the music amazingly! It is beautiful to stare at it while listening to the album.
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Originally posted by tuxon tuxon wrote:

On another thread someone mentioned that Wind and wuthering by Genesis had an Autumn-feel about it. And I wonder in what extent the album cover determines the feel and ambiance to the listening sensation of that album.

So if anybody has any

Maybe it has nothing to do with listening sensation but the orginal cover of Thick as a Brick (the newspaper) was the great cover ever !

 
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Going For The One by Yes is my favorite album, but I don't think the cover and the music fit together 100%. The inner sleeve is quite different from the outer sleeve artwork as well.

But as it comes to Roger Dean: I agree that CTTE has a cover that fits the music. So does Relayer: darker in sound than CTTE, the artwork is less colourful too, and a bit threatening.

I agree with In The Land Of Grey And Pink, by the way.

Jethro Tull's Stand Up: for some reason I think the cover is also very suitable for the music.

Procol Harum's Grand Hotel as well.

One of the non-prog covers I always felt was a bit out of place, was Tango In The Night by Fleetwood Mac.

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Look up a little known prog band called ethos specifically the album 'ethos(ardour)'... I think there is a review on this website for that particular album.  The illustration on the cover is quite interesting!

Ahhhh, here it is...

 http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discogr aphy_CD.asp?cd_id=2725


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I think this cover is absolutely amazing, really fitting with the music:
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Points: 16 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2005 at 13:21

mmm....

ELP - Tarkus ()

King Crimson - Island

Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

 

 
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