Most beautiful album cover ever?
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Topic: Most beautiful album cover ever?
Posted By: Borealis
Subject: Most beautiful album cover ever?
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 14:22
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Haven't found a similar topic yet, although I'd be a bit surprised no one ever started it. Anyway, here is my favorite:
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Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 14:56
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asias second album cover is pretty nice. cant remember the title. the cover is like a garden with a pyramid i think. ------------- The Worthless Recluse 
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Posted By: MANTICORE
Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 13:23
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PENDRAGON THE WORLD
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 14:14
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Alpha! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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frenchie wrote:
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 14:18
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Lemon jelly ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 17:06
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I like this one:
From Peter Blegvad |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 18:03
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The most beautiful album cover and some of the most beautiful music ever. ------------- 
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 20:12
^ Most definately. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 20:48
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Posted By: firth_of_Fifth
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 08:27
 ^ Most beautiful woman on an album cover!!(besides Grace Slick) ------------- http://www.myspace.com/chrisblackwell" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/chrisblackwell |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 10:30
The cover is taken from one of his "Leviathan" comics. Those are pretty weird ones, with lots of wordplay. You can have a look at them on his Leviathan homepage: http://www.leviathan.co.uk/ - http://www.leviathan.co.uk/ -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:46
| Thanks BaldFriede, I knew he made comics, but I didn't know the site you mentioned. |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 02:28
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Most beautiful huh???
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Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 09:40
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Once more:
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Posted By: Hammill
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 06:48
    these are the 4 most beautiful covers in my opinion. two taken from king crimson and two from psychotic waltz. ------------- 
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 07:04
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Just a few that came to my mind:
The mighty Zeit.. 
Obviously this is one of the greatest.. 
The gloomy covers of Opeth are naturally among my favourites.. 
This is really cool.. 
Sorry I can't decide which one is the most beautiful 
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 05:57
Love that guy and I love this cover! ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 06:09
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I have always loved this cover. Can't think why.......... Oh, yes I can. |
Posted By: Andhi
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 06:18
 for art. for beauty.------------- It's only knock and knowall, but I like it... |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 09:54
 Although I can't say the music inside matches the cover.  BTW, I miss gatefold sleeves. ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: bamba
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 18:52
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------------- Learning Flute [Amigo de Manticore y Memowakeman] (primo)[IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2187/2437702285_fbb450500d_o.jpg |
Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 20:47
misplaced childhood has a nice use of colour on the album cover. Train of Thought is more colourful than a rainbow lol  but that can be ACTUALLY said for dark side of the moon, i dont know if it is beautiful, but it is a lovely album cover, tho the darkness with beams of light and hollow prism give me a feel of claustrophobia and madness (themes on the album), also represents floyds light shows of the time (something very important that hasnt been put onto dvd yet) ------------- The Worthless Recluse
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Posted By: TLZ*
Date Posted: June 26 2005 at 15:26
 ------------- "Music is a moral law - it gives wings to the mind, A soul to the universe, Flight to the imagination, A charm to sadness, A life to everything." - Plato |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 26 2005 at 17:47
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There is one album by the British Amon Düül that exists with two
versions of the cover (at least the vinyl edition); the 2nd is the one
we have, showing the band rehearsing through a fish-eye lense. But the
first cover of the album (which I unfortunately can't find in the web)
was a wonderfully surrealistic picture. I only saw it once on a
2nd-hand vinyl fair; it must be a real rarity. The CD version
unfortunately uses the 2nd versiion of the cover. The original version of the first album of the British Amon Düül, "Hawk Meets Penguin", exists in 2 versions of the cover too. The first version (which we have) shows a strange nightly scene on a cemetery. A penguin is standing on a grave, and beneath it is a mine with a burning fuse. At the other end of the grave there is another mine with a burning fuse, and a hawk is about to land on it. The album cover is in black and white and wonderfully surrealistic. The 2nd version of the cover, and the only one available now, shows a photo of the band. I have no idea why these higly original covers where replaced by the boring ones that now are used. Somehow the pic of "Hawk meets Penguin" does not appear here; if you want to see it go to this link: http://www.andygilham.com/amonduul2/ad2hawk.htm  ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: geezer
Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 16:40
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Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 18:50
Not sure is this my all time favorite, but close to it at least. I just love the colours here   ------------- 
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Posted By: dropForge
Date Posted: June 28 2005 at 00:30
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The forthcoming remaster of The Jewel:
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Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: June 28 2005 at 00:57
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Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 21:12
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because unlike most prog bands, Pink Floyd discovered that there can be much beauty in a simple album cover...i dont think DSOTM would have sold so many copys if it werent for that brillant album cover. |
Posted By: Ghost Stalker
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 22:57
here ya go, a few fron RUSH    ------------- "Its time you saw the Future while you still have human eyes"-Kane |
Posted By: Biggles
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 23:13
 ------------- The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. http://www.last.fm/user/sbonfiglioli/?chartstyle=red"> 
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Posted By: dalt99
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 06:26
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------------- Best of 2006 that I've heard: PFM-Stati Di Immaginazione Zenit-Surrender (Best "unknown" album) Oaksenham - Conquest of Pacific 2007: Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon La Torre Del Alchimista - Neo |
