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    Posted: December 13 2004 at 21:47
I'm new here.  So I apologize if this has been done before.  I'd like to hear who some of your favorite prog album cover artists are.  Of course I like Roger Dean.  I got into Yes so long ago that I can't remember how it happened, but I imagine Dean's covers had something to do with it.  My favorite Dean Yes cover is "Yesshows" but they are all beautiful (not true, however, of Dean's cover for Atomic Rooster).  I also like the covers that Cal Schenkel did for Zappa.  And Ralph Steadman, although he's better known for illustrating Hunter Thompson books, has done some good ones, too.
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apart Roger Dean, the next extremely popular album cover designer is obviously Hipgnosis:

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Peter Cross, who has done several Anthony Phillips albums.
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check out most of pink floyd...

the mars volta, muse - absolution, audioslave and more!
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Points: 2234 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 14 2004 at 18:56
i like dream theater covers too. namely awake, images and words and scenes from a memory
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http://www.hughsyme.com/test.html

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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:



H.R. Giger, great goth artist. Check out his webpage, the intro page is incredible, great stuff.

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Roger Dean and Hipgnosis (Storm Thorgerson et al) probably did more to define rock album cover art than anyone else.  Giger also added.  Also, let's not forget Paul Whitehead, who did the covers for Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Pawn Hearts and many others, as well as designing the mad hatter logo for Charisma Records.

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