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panamaredone 
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 15:31 |
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Name a few of your favorite prog album covers.
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E-Dub
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 15:41 |
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Overall art direction and package design, I love the deluxe edition of Marillion's Marbles by Carl Glover. As much as I love that band, I've never been a fan of their covers. I thought the Photoshop work was weak, and the photography was pretty dull. They nailed it with Marbles, however.
As noted last week, Hugh Syme has produced some of my favorites. Namely, Rush's Moving Pictures and Test For Echo. I also liked his Octavarium cover for Dream Theater.
Neal Morse's package design for Testimony and One are pretty nice, too. Lovely photography for Testimony especially.
Of course, not to mention Roger Dean would be wrong on so many levels. I like Tales Of Topographic Oceans and Yessongs. His covers for Asia's Alpha and ABWH are nice, as well.
I wish I was home and was able to look over my collection because I know I'm missing a few.
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dagrush
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 15:49 |
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Here are ten. The top one is my favourite, the rest are unordered
Yes - Relayer
Yes - Drama
Genesis - Trespass
Magma - Köhntarkösz
POS - Be
Rush - Fly By Night
Rush - Roll The Bones
Shadow Gallery - Room V
VDGG - Still Life
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
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E-Dub
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 15:50 |
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Oh, the Transatlantic covers. Especially for Bridge Across Forever. I love it when a band has a theme for stuff.
Just thought of more:
Supertramp's Even In The Quietest Moments: Great concept of having the lone baby grand on a mountain top with sheet music. Their cover for Breakfast In America is hysterical. The plump waitress as the Statue Of Liberty is priceless. And to give it the feeling that an arriving plane is passing over it is a nice touch.
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riversdancing
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 15:51 |
It must be the cover of Awaken The Guardian from Fates Warning. 
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aprusso
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 15:55 |
relayer
nursery cryme
felona e sorona
the future now
hemispheres
timewind (klaus schulze)
cervello - melos
pallas -the sentinel
marillion - fugazi
iq - tales from the lush attic
gentle giant - octopus
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Lota
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 15:56 |
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Dark Side of the Moon, just simple but one of the best
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And In The End, The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make
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N Ellingworth
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 15:58 |
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Yes - Realyer
Pink Floyd - Animals
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
thats all for the moment but I could think of a lot more
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SGSpecial
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 15:59 |
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I am surprised no one has mentioned Caravan's "In the Land of Grey and Pink" or a single Zappa cover.
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R o V e R
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 16:00 |
Rush - 2112
Rush - moving pictures
Rush - fly by night
Yes - close to the edge
E L P - Trilogy
Rainbow - rising
KayaK - Merlin (bard of unseen)
Pink Floyd - Meddle
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pale moon
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 16:06 |
( ), Ageatus Byrjun and Takk by Sigur Ros
Lift yr skinny fists like antennas to heaven by Godspeed You Black Emperor
and anything by Storm Thorgenson (Pink Floyd, Mars Volta, Led Zeppelin)
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Third_Guard
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 16:09 |
Locanda delle Fate - Forse le lucciole non si amano più
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Yes - Fragile
King Crimson - In the wake of Poseidon
Caravan - In the land of grey and pink
Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear
With the first 3 covers I made some t-shirt for myself. 
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progadicto
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 16:20 |
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My facourites are (not in order)
-YES Relayer, Tales, Fragile, Going for the One
-ELP Brain Salad Surgery
-PINK FLOYD Atom Heart Mother, WYWH, MLOR
-ANTHONY PHILLIPS Private Parts and Pieces II, The Geese and the Ghost, Wise After the Event
-CAMEL Moonmadness
-MARILLION From Script to Clutching at Straws
-PROGFEST 95
-GENESIS Nursery Cryme
-KYRIE ELEISON The Fountain Beyond...
-ANKDOTEN Vemod
-Etc, etc, etc...
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XTChuck
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 16:21 |
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Osibisa - Woyaya Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Frank Zappa - Absolutely Free
Badger - One Live Badger
(3 out of these 6 are Roger Dean covers)
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BePinkTheater
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 16:26 |
Marbles.
Foxtrot
INTOTCK
Brain Salad Surgery
IN Absentia
some more too, but these stick out in my mind.
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I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
-Stone Beard
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The Wizard
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 16:42 |
One that hasn't been mentioned is Were Only in it for the Money, The Mothers of Invention. Every time I see it I crack up. 
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el böthy
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 17:42 |
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All of Pink Floyd covers from Atom hear mother to The Division Bell (with the exception of maybe Meddle and the Final cut) are the best in music...or art
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Minkia
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 17:42 |
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DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK
URIAH HEEP 'DEMONS AND WIZARDS'
JUDAS PRIEST 'SAD WINGS OF DESTINY' (mmmh.. I know, not
exactly prog..)
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RELIGION IS HATE, RELIGION IS FEAR, RELIGION IS WAR,RELIGION IS RAPE, RELIGION'S OBSCENE,RELIGION'S A WHORE
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Bj-1
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 18:15 |
Here's some of my favorite covers:
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Arsillus
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 21:35 |
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