Best Albums Covers As A Whole
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Topic: Best Albums Covers As A Whole
Posted By: Man With Hat
Subject: Best Albums Covers As A Whole
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 13:43
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Which band do you think has had the best album covers (concering ALL of thier albums) for thier entire career? I think Pink Floyd is a front runner here. Look at: Animals, Wish You Were Here, The Divison Bell (i esp. love TDB cover). IMO, they only had two bad covers: Meddle, and Obscered by Clouds. They also had some average covers, but for the most part their covers were always exiting and original. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Posted By: Deathinition
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 13:58
 Pink Floyd-Division bell
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Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 13:59
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Pink Floyd: no question But my personal favourite cover is ELP's Brain Salad Surgery. |
Posted By: Yams
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 14:10
 I've always enjoyed it because of the 70's businessman's cheesiness. |
Posted By: Dragomir
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 14:47
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DEVIN TOWNSEND has remarkable artworks! Especially his album "Infinity" would enjoy our BELVA!
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Here an example ...
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 15:04
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I think Rush overall has the best album covers. There are some weaker ones (debut, Test For Echo), but for the most part, they're awesome.
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 15:51
I love the self-titled one, I have a thing for cheap retro looking stuff I guess. |
Arsillus wrote:Posted By: 46and2
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 17:34
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Still Life- Opeth!!!!!! (yeah i know its a huge picture)
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Posted By: transend
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 18:20
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OK, tough subject really... Rush...YES I agree they have some wonderful covers BUT they also have some truly awful ones too! Think of 'Rush', '2112', 'Feedback' and 'power windows'! I do love 'Exit stage left' and 'Different stages' alot though. Dream theater's covers are not all bad, I like 'scenes from a memory' and 'Tran of thought' (shame it was such a crap CD inside the cover of TOT though!) Yes - well they have some greats too: 'Relayer' and 'Yesshows' are my faves. Pink Floyd - ooooh, 'Animals' and 'Wish you were here'. Led Zeppelin - in through the out door ELP - brain salad surgery Tool - Lateralus (unbelievable use of the CD medium for a cover) OK, thats enough |
Posted By: DarioIndjic
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 18:34
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Pink Floyd as a band has the best covers,i like the covers of earlier Italian bands too,and Opeth covers are also excellent.But for the best album cover it will be Porcupine Tree's Deadwing. ------------- Ars longa , vita brevis |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 18:42
They didn't have so many, but I love all of Samla Mammas Manna's album covers. ../Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=3166" title="Go to Samla Mammas Manna Måltid album review, Mp3, track listing -
Måltid especially: |
Posted By: abyssyinfinity
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 18:51
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GARYBALDI: Nuda
See at Italianprog.com/a_garybaldi.htm |
Posted By: ShaggyMcShagg7
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 19:54
| Pagan's Mind. Really great art on all 3 of their albums. Pink Floyd of course deserves a mention. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 21:00
YES 
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Posted By: transend
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 21:42
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But really these are my absolute fave covers... http://www.cenedella.com/stone/archives/000302.html - http://www.cenedella.com/stone/archives/000302.html
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Posted By: justin
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 23:17
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i think the terria by devin townsend is a great album cover as well as opeths morninrise cover and evergreys inner circle cover ------------- im not insane, im not insane... im just smarter then you |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 02:44
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As I said in Tuxon's Album Covers Thread: I think this cover is absolutely amazing :
Rush also has had some amazing covers, too. ------------- 
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Posted By: Otto126
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 07:42
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The cover of the first lp of the "Yellow Magic Orchestra" has always been one of my favourites, along with King Crimson's "Larks Tongues in Aspic" (used by senior member Arsillus as avatar).
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Posted By: radiognome3
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 11:04
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I am biased, but I would have to say all of the Daevid Allen created Gong albums - covers, gatefold and inserts. ------------- Vive Gong! |
Posted By: ita_prog_fan
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 11:06
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THICK AS A BRICK (the newspaper) ...IS THE BEST COVER EVER !!!! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 11:15
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Transend...there is no way that 2112 is a bad cover. Surely your joking? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 14:28
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Ayreon had some pretty decent covers. I like Arena's covers, they've gotten better over time.         Also Pendragon had some fabulous covers. The first reason to get into Pendragon was the cover of Window Of Life. really awsome    
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 14:38
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I agree with Tuxon in that Pendragon has had some amazing covers. I especially like the Masquerade Overture cover. -------------
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Posted By: the dragon
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 03:19
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My favourite cover ever are: - ELP's Brain Salad Surgery; - KC - In the court of the CK; - Yes - Relayer. Besides, I agree with Tuxon and Cygnus: Pendragon's covers are great.
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Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 06:53
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Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 11:12
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STORM THORGERSON RULES!!! ------------- The Worthless Recluse 
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Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: May 24 2005 at 00:23
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I agree with that one Frenchie! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small"> 
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Posted By: strawberry
Date Posted: May 24 2005 at 01:14
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http://www.musearecords.com - www.musearecords.com I always love the Musea Record labels always found them fantastic to look at. How do you all get those wonderful pictures? I don't have my own website you know. ------------- taste is but a matter of oppinion. |
Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: May 24 2005 at 01:37
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: May 27 2005 at 14:44
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THICK AS A BRICK
but my vote goes to YES or PINK FLOYD ------------- 
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http://remus.rutgers.edu/JethroTull/Photos/thick_as_a_brick.jpg - Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: May 27 2005 at 20:11
| I like the covers that had a bit of a gimmick. Anyone remember The Faces 'Ooh La La' with the sliding mouth or Alice Cooper's 'Killer' with calender & 'School's Out' that folded out into a desk. As for best cover's as a whole it is YES because of Roger Dean! |
Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: May 27 2005 at 22:32
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 28 2005 at 12:29
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My favorite covers used to be by Genesis, but looking at the Rush covers, I must say I'm not so sure anymore... I liked Roger Dean's early covers for Yes, but I think they should have stopped using his covers (they did for a short time, but not for good...) |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: May 28 2005 at 13:42
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Zoso
Spine of GOD
Heroes 3 of my favorite album covers
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 11:09
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Zargus, Wow Spine Of God is great. Wow. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Otto126
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 11:18
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Thanks for "Nantucket Sleighride"!
There's a wonderful album cover I remember but have forgotten the name of the band or lp.
It shows a rice peasant plowing a field with a water buffalo. But if you look a second time you realize that the rice field is a vinyl record and the plow is the needle of a record player. ------------- Otto |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 11:56
That would be the 1974 s/t album from the band SNAFU. It was an oil painting by Roger Dean. Oil was not Dean' usual medium, by the way.
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Posted By: Otto126
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 12:53
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Thanks, great!
http://rateyourmusic.com/lists/list_view/list_id_is_8881 - http://rateyourmusic.com/lists/list_view/list_id_is_8881
Dean is no doubt one of the top cover artists. ------------- Otto |