Favorite Prog Album Art?
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Topic: Favorite Prog Album Art?
Posted By: Proghat
Subject: Favorite Prog Album Art?
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 16:16
| I'm just interested to see what people say. I don't have a favorite really, but lately I've been interested in some hand-drawn, fantasy-style stuff like the Ayreon album covers. |
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 16:22
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The packaging and art on Tool's cds I really like.Guitarist Adam Jones is in charge of art direction,and they work with painter Alex Grey alot. As far as the traditional stuff,definitely Roger Dean. -------------  |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 16:24
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Which reminds me,I am listening to Iron Maiden's debut and Derek Riggs did some excellent covers and paintings for them.Really appealed to me when I was a teenager. ------------- |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 16:26
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Yes' Relayer cover is among my favorite. In fact, Roger Dean's work is often beautiful. Oh I cannot forget to congratulate P.J. Crook. In these kind of threads nobody talks about him but he's the guy who made all the wonderful artwork for KC's last albums (The Power to Believe and all the lives you get from the fanclub). I really love his style. It's original. Most artist drawing progressive album art tend to imitate Roger Dean. Crook's art is really different.  -------------  
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 16:38
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You can't talk about prog album art without mention or Roger Dean. As far as old albums, the cover of ITCOTCK is my favorite. it really shows you just how crazy the music is right on the cover. the guy looks like he is running in fear of the music inside the album. Also, I must agree with theprogtologist about Tool's art. Alex Grey is an amazing painter, and aside from using his art for the albums, they had giant banners of his paintings onstage during the Lateralus tour. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: stechell
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 16:53
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I don't know why, but apart from Dean's covers, I like PT's In Absentia and IQ's Darkmatter covers. I'm not into horror movies or believe in ghosts, monsters, etc |
, but I love these covers. Think they have a strong connection with the music inside.Posted By: stechell
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 16:55
| Almost forgot about it!!!.....Steve Thorne's Emotional Creatures cover....beautiful!!! |
Posted By: Proghat
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 17:28
Realyer's cover is awesome! |
Bern wrote:Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 18:08
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Another great one:
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Cluster One
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 18:17
 This cover ALWAYS elicits discussion when it is pulled off the shelf ------------- Marmalade...I like marmalade. |
Posted By: Space Chief
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 19:39
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But in all seriousness, my favorites are
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Posted By: stan the man
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 20:24
THATS AMAZING ------------- true as a lobster in a pteredaktyl's underpants. 
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Posted By: Proghat
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 21:01
Yeah, Lizard's pretty great. The art reminds me of that game Katamari Damacy with the cows and everything 
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Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 21:22
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I do not want to fill this thread with pics so i will list my favorite album arts: Drama-Yes (My Favorite Roge rDean art work) Brave-Marillion (An Amazing Picture) Teaser and the Firecat-Cat Stevens (Another Great Painting) Voyage of the Acolyte-Steve Hackett
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 21:29
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: March 13 2006 at 23:13
Omigod! I actually own this album. BTW, it's every bit as bad as it looks! I always liked this one:  ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 08:53
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 11:21
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Roger Dean's "Tales from Topographical Oceans" is still a landmark cover. How I lament the passing of LP covers. Part of the experience of listening to the music was having this big piece of art in my lap to set the mood. And no one ever did that better than Dean. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Rushman
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 11:32
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Posted By: Firepuck
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 11:54
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How true, CD's just don't do it for me. My turntable still is an integral part of my stereo system. I love listening to my 70's progressive collection with the album in my hand. As for favourite album cover? There were so many! In November 1991, Rolling Stone magazine surveyed a panel of distinguished art directors, designers, photographers and editors for an admittedly highly subjective list of the 100 greatest album covers of all time # 93 on their list? http://rateyourmusic.com/misc/link_image?album_id=10128"> ------------- Kryten : "'Pub'? Ah yes, A meeting place where humans attempt to achieve advanced states of mental incompetence by the repeated consumption of fermented vegetable drinks." |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 13:07
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oh man lots of great ones so far... especially Lizard.. some of mine that I happen to have handy...   great albums whose artwork caught my eye as a child and started me down the very long road to prog addiction... some other Micky classics....      edit... as a 'bonus track' a great inside cover...  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Space Chief
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 19:33
Which one was it? It says that the link has expired... -------------
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 19:44
You weren't missing anything. It was Eric Carmen's "Tonight You're Mine".  
This would have made a great Triumph album cover. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 19:58
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: March 14 2006 at 20:33
So that's his name... I've always wanted to know who did those interesting and excellent works of art. Congrats for his artworks The most elabrate artwork ever created:  . . . . . . . And here is one of my personal favorites from my fav. band:  Listen to the album and watch the cover art. It will take your breath away ------------- 
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 06:52
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 07:07
I have always liked this one: -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: erlenst
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 07:26
What's with the Iron Maiden ripoff-letters ?  |