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Parh90 
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 Topic: album covers
Posted: May 26 2005 at 13:21 |
mmm....
ELP - Tarkus ( )
King Crimson - Island
Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant
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::ELP::
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: May 21 2005 at 03:58 |
I think this cover is absolutely amazing, really fitting with the music:
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MarxNutz
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Posted: May 20 2005 at 23:00 |
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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
Edited by MarxNutz
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Moogtron III
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Posted: May 19 2005 at 16:56 |
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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ita_prog_fan
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Posted: May 19 2005 at 16:07 |
 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.
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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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Dreamer
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Posted: May 19 2005 at 14:10 |
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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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greenback
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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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[HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!>
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SpiraleDuSoleil
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Posted: May 19 2005 at 11:55 |
Alucard wrote:
Dick Heath wrote:
Sweetnighter wrote:
Bitches Brew, Miles Davis. No album cover describes its content better than that. |
Didn't the same artist do Santana's Abraxas ?
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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...
Edited by SpiraleDuSoleil
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gitarnorge.com
Listen To Fusion Or Die
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Intruder
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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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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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MustShaveBeard
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Posted: May 18 2005 at 16:57 |
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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Your life or your lupins!!!
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Barbarian
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Posted: May 18 2005 at 10:54 |
Greatest packet of all time.Believe it:
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Sean Trane
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Posted: May 18 2005 at 10:49 |
flowerchild wrote:
Caravan's "In the land of grey and pink" is IMO a good example |
Second that motion.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Velvetclown
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Posted: May 18 2005 at 09:44 |
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MorgothSunshine
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Posted: May 18 2005 at 09:33 |
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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For every truth even the contrary is true...
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MorgothSunshine
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Posted: May 18 2005 at 09:29 |
flowerchild wrote:
Caravan's "In the land of grey and pink" is IMO a good example |
Well said!
...and Tangerine Dream "Rubycon" too!
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For every truth even the contrary is true...
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: May 18 2005 at 00:45 |
BebieM wrote:
Borealis wrote:
In the court of the crimson king?... 
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huh? what's your problem? IMO it's one of the best album covers and certainly really fits the first track.
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Great , great Cover
Other Amazing Covers:
- J Tull - Thick as a Brick (Wow)
- King Crimson - Lizard
- Anything by Pink Floyd
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BebieM
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Posted: May 17 2005 at 23:58 |
Borealis wrote:
In the court of the crimson king?...
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huh? what's your problem? IMO it's one of the best album covers and certainly really fits the first track.
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illustrated
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Posted: May 17 2005 at 22:26 |
Root Pepper wrote:
Is it just me or does Dream Theater have the worst album covers?! |
Yeah, I think they are very poor too... but I like the cover to 'Scenes from a Memory' quite a bit.
I think the cover of 'Pawn Hearts' is really great and perfectly suited to the music.
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Borealis
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Posted: May 17 2005 at 18:57 |
In the court of the crimson king?...
Seriously, hmm, maybe Ricochet of Tangerine Dream... all blue... well, I can't think of one right now, but I'll think about it...
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kingofbizzare
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Posted: May 17 2005 at 18:44 |
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If I see the cover for an album before listening to it, the cover comes
to mind while listening to it, and thus becomes representative of the
music to me. If I hear the album first, often times the songs don't
seem to fit it.
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