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    Posted: March 03 2006 at 00:33

Here are some covers I like for some prog albums , maybe you could advise me of others  since I`m new to prog only been into it for about 3 months. One thing I have noticed is often prog CD`s  seem to get great cover art !

Yes ... Classic Yes , Relayer , Tales From Topographic Oceans 

Rush ... Hemispheres , Grace Under pressure

Camel ... Mirage

The Flower Kings ... (their entire catalog)

Genesis ... Selling England by The pound

Hawkwind (some but I can`t remember their names)

King Crimson ... In the court of the Crimson King , In The Wake Of Poseidon

Kansas ... Leftoverture , Point of know return

Marillion ... Script for a jesters tear , Fugazi , Misplaced Childhood

Pink Floyd ... Dark Side of the Moon

Shadow Gallery ... Tyranny

Symphony X ... V

Transatlantic (both of the studio albums)

 

 
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Points: 3577 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2006 at 00:36
My first thread was the exact same, welcome ot the forums.

I have too many favorites to list by the way.
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Primus - Frizzle Fry, Pork Soda

Jethro Tull - Broadsword and the Beast, A Passion Play

Genesis - Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme

Fantomas - Suspended Animation

Mr Bungle - Disco Volante

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

Radiohead - OK Computer, Kid A

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Points: 3577 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 03 2006 at 01:34
Why was that guy's account deleted???

Was he prog o matic too???

I wouldn't be surprised, but it certainly didn't seem that way...
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My two favourites are:

Arena - The Visitor

Arena - Pepper's Ghost

But the best cover is on a non prog album....The latest The Darkness-cover. Check it out (the cover, not the music).
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This is one of my favourites:



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BaldFriede:

The cover you posted is too blurred, and I can't read neither the group name
nor the album title. Could you post it again or tell the band name?
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Originally posted by Hesselius Hesselius wrote:

BaldFriede:

The cover you posted is too blurred, and I can't read neither the group name
nor the album title. Could you post it again or tell the band name?

It is "Visions" by Clearlight. It has a naked woman in the Lotos position on the cover, with the chakras shown on her body.


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How about this album cover?
 
 
The album is not out yet, but the cover looks great!
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The advent of the CD killed album cover art, which is a real pity. However, in the '70s there were some real masterpieces around! Here are some of my favourites:

Yes - CTTE, Relayer
KC - ITCOTCK, ITWOP, Lizard, LTIA, Discipline
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
Gentle Giant - Octopus
ELP - BSS
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Led Zeppelin - IV, Presence
Pink Floyd - WYWH, Animals
 
 
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hey hey, what happen to Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory??

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Originally posted by Baza Baza wrote:

How about this album cover?
 
 
The album is not out yet, but the cover looks great!
 
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Here are some nice prog album cover arts, as far as I can tell:
 
- King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King, In The Wake Of Poseidon, Lizard
- Yes: Fragile, Close To The Edge, Yessongs, Tales From Topographic Oceans, Relayer, Yesterdays, Classic Yes, Yesshows, Drama
- ELP: Tarkus, Brain Salad Surgery
- Jon Anderson: Olias Of Sunhillow
- Eloy: Ocean, Power And The Passion, Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes, Dawn, Colours, Metromania, Planets, Time To Turn
- Locanda Delle Fate: Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu
- Quella Vecchia Locanda: (both of their albums)
- Jethro Tull: Thick As A Brick, Aqualung, Broadsword And The Beasts
- Il Balletto di Bronzo: YS
- Pallas: Sentinel
- Museo Rosenbach: Zarathustra
- Anderson, Wakeman, Bruford, Howe: (their only album)
- Asia: Asia, Alpha, Astra
- Banco: Darwin!
- The Enid: Aerie Fairy Nonsense
- Vangelis: Heaven And Hell
 
... and there are still many more
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How about Porcupine Tree: Coma Divine? In fact most of theirs are consistently good. And all the Pendragon covers from The World onwards are superbly executed. And Genesis: Nursery Cryme, and A Trick Of The Tail are both wonderful! And the early 'jester' covers for Marillion. And give Steve Hackett's catalogue a good looking over, his wife Kim Poor does most of his, and she is very talented with sand and glass etchings!
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Relayer, Agaetis Byrjun, and Godbluff.
 


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Originally posted by Ghost Rider Ghost Rider wrote:

The advent of the CD killed album cover art, which is a real pity. However, in the '70s there were some real masterpieces around! Here are some of my favourites:


Genesis - Wind and Wuthering

 


Such an atmospheric cover...
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Like everyone else I love all these drawn and well known prog art greats: Nursery Cryme, Relayer, IN the land of Grey and Pink, Warrior at the Edge of Time, Moonmadness...

But these unknown, and well known psychedelic photobased covers are also fantastic:


















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    Allman Brothers: Brothers and Sisters. Nice isn't it? 
   
 
  

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