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guitargods2009 
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Posted: September 29 2009 at 21:22 |
Q: What are your top five favorite prog and related album covers (artwork not cover songs) of all time regardless of the quality of material within or era released that you'd like to share with others? 
(btw: the first row shown are my top five favorites)
And just for fun: Who could be first one to correctly idenify all 15 album covers shown?
(the pics are intentionally low-res as not to easily disclose the cover titles) 
Edited by guitargods2009 - September 29 2009 at 21:42
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Posted: September 30 2009 at 01:22 |
Perhaps these, not in order.
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Posted: September 30 2009 at 12:39 |
Going across: Fragile (Yes), In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson), Brain Salad Surgery (ELP), Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath), Bitches Brew (Miles Davis), Images and Words (Dream Theater), Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd), In Search of the Lost Chord (Moody Blues), The Least We Could Do Is Wave To Each Other (VdGG), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles), Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin), Octahedron (Mars Volta), Hemispheres (Rush), Aqualung (Jethro Tull) and Freak Out! (Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention.
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Posted: September 30 2009 at 14:11 |
My list looks something like this, and in no particular order:
     Incidentally, all symphonic prog and all five star albums. 
Edited by Epignosis - September 30 2009 at 14:11
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Posted: September 30 2009 at 14:43 |
I'm sure I.ve done this before. But proggy only.
Although if you see Battersea Power Station you realise you cant go wrong with it!
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Posted: September 30 2009 at 17:49 |
 
And finally......
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"WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!"
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Thank you for supporting independently produced music
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Posted: October 01 2009 at 22:24 |
I might like the last one because of the association with the music, but it matches it so well and they're both excellent. Also, I know everybody posts ITCOTCK, but it's just that good.
Edited by topofsm - October 01 2009 at 22:26
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Posted: October 01 2009 at 22:50 |
 akamaisondufromage wrote:
I'm sure I.ve done this before. But proggy only.
Although if you see Battersea Power Station you realise you cant go wrong with it!
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you have good taste I love the Octopus cover, Duke, Abbey Road, Thrak, Physical Graffiti, the Stones' Let it Bleed (the back too), also fond of CSN&Y's Deja Vu
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Posted: October 02 2009 at 02:43 |
A series of stunning artwork which captures the English eccentricity and quaintness in the songs, like an Edwardian picture book with music.
Very strong imagery, you can visualise the sparks and lights fizzing from inside this mysterious tepee when listening to the tracks, ancient technology joined with new.
Surreal timeless imagery using simple plastic balls on a sand dune, very difficult to set up but a stroke of genius!
Archetypal tongue-in-cheek psychedelia from the 60's, a bit vulgar today but this is what was really "in"
Classic stunning image drawn in pen and ink, no distracting colour, a very difficult medium to master.
Edited by mystic fred - October 02 2009 at 02:54
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Posted: October 03 2009 at 19:16 |
SaltyJon wrote:
Going across: Fragile (Yes), In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson), Brain Salad Surgery (ELP), Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath), Bitches Brew (Miles Davis), Images and Words (Dream Theater), Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd), In Search of the Lost Chord (Moody Blues), The Least We Could Do Is Wave To Each Other (VdGG), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles), Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin), Octahedron (Mars Volta), Hemispheres (Rush), Aqualung (Jethro Tull) and Freak Out! (Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention.
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Excellent work SaltyJon (great eye and excellent knowledge of music if I may say so). 
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Posted: October 03 2009 at 19:52 |
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love this one
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Posted: October 05 2009 at 18:47 |
Here goes my list:
All are awesome albums to. Wonder if it is a coincidence?
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Posted: October 05 2009 at 19:02 |
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Excuse my asking but how is Paradox Hotel a great album cover?
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