Top 5 Favorite Album Covers Of All-Time

  

Well, based solely on this thread, I would say that, without a doubt, the greatest album cover of all either Pink Floyd's Animals or Crimso's Court of the Crimson King. 

Followed either by ELP's Brain Salad Surgery, or Asia's Asia. 

For sure. 

89.3% chance of error either way. 

Some of my favorites:

pink floyd - london 1966/1967

i recently bought the lp/cp. it's 10. 000 times more beautiful in lp size, the only thing that is more beautiful is the inside of the gatefold cover. great record too. go and grab it from burning shed right now.

Also really enjoy the beauty and simplicity of this cover (which in the end totally reflects the musical content - I actually got the album because of the cover and it was a lucky gamble).

Edited by Garion81 - April 25 2010 at 15:40

to really appreciate the last one you have to have to have the vinyl, which is a gimmick cover with which you can create many different covers (at least 64) by folding a number of little triangles in the middle this way and that. .name and title of the original vinyl only appear on the back


Edited by BaldJean - April 25 2010 at 20:53

SaltyJon wrote: BaldJean wrote: to really appreciate the last one you have to have to have the vinyl, which is a gimmick cover with which you can create many different covers (at least 64) by folding a number of little triangles in the middle this way and that. .name and title of the original vinyl only appear on the back Which ADII album is this?  I don't know it by the cover and it's not listed on their PA page anywhere.

you were looking in the wrong place. this is not an Amon Düül 2 album, it is an album by the British Amon Düül founded by Amon Düül 2 members John Weinzierl and Dave Anderson, "Hawk Meets Penguin". so look under Amon Düül from country United Kingdom to find it. the album is quite in the vein of the early Amon Düül 2 albums; lots of improvisaton and only onwe short composed part in the first track. the second and third track blend into each other on CD; they had been on different sides of the vinyl because the first track is only a little more than 12 minutes long, which would hae been a bit short. I like the album a lot; it is the best the British Amon Düül made, maybe on par with "Die Lösung", their 3rd album, which is more conventional but gets an extra bonus because of the presence of the late Robert Calvert (who has a cameo appearance on their 4th album too, which is probably the latest thing ever recorded with him)


Edited by BaldJean - April 25 2010 at 23:38

SaltyJon wrote: Ah, alright.  The cover's confusing, then, it looks like it says Amon Düül II there.  I still haven't checked out any of the British AD albums (or the original AD, for that matter).  I feel like I need to. Thanks for the clarification!

the "original" Amon Düül never recorded an album; they split up into two halves, one of which simply kept the name and the other named themselves  Amon Düül 2