Favorite Album Covers Thread

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:26 am

OK, we got two album covers threads happenin' here.

How about we have one for your favorite album covers. Good albums, bad albums...whatever. What do you think are some awesome covers? I shall start with some of mine:

Obiwanshinobi · Post by **Obiwanshinobi** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:55 am

Sumez · Post by **Sumez** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:57 am

That Bowie cover is one of my favourite covers ever.

I also love the Bauhaus cover from the previous post - great album too.

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:34 am

That Quicksilver one is pretty interesting.

And yeah, In The Flat Field is a good album. I like the one with the extra cuts like Dark Entries, Telegram Sam, and Crowds.

The use of color on Low's cover is pretty stunning.

Sumez · Post by **Sumez** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:11 pm

evil_ash_xero wrote:Dark Entries, Telegram Sam, and Crowds.

+1

Obiwanshinobi · Post by **Obiwanshinobi** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:40 am

Colour is tricky to recreate in print as the artists intended and many covers are failure because of that. "Electric Ladyland" cover (not safe for work), for instance, was originally meant to have a gentle pink tint.
These deserve an honourable mention:

Sumez · Post by **Sumez** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:07 am

I've been creating a few album covers and can confirm that especially red'ish colors are definitely difficult to get right on print, yup!

mesh control · Post by **mesh control** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:07 am

CStarFlare · Post by **CStarFlare** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:14 pm

LP cover is pretty cool too but I think it's best like this

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:20 am

That's in my worst covers for great albums thread.

ColonelFatso · Post by **ColonelFatso** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:36 am

I could list basically every Roger Dean thing ever, but I'll just leave it at one simple (but beautiful) and one complex, magnificent cover.

rapoon · Post by **rapoon** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:32 am

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:37 am

best thread in a while. thanks guys this stuff is awesome

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:45 am

That Violent Femmes cover is quite beautiful.

I almost posted Closer in my original post.

You know, it always peeved me that Walk Among Us doesn't take up the full space. Why is it, like a stamp?

Here's a few more:

This is a single, but I think it looks pretty cool:

EllertMichael · Post by **EllertMichael** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:14 am

For the record I love the Magical Mystery Tour album cover.

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:17 am

Totally forgot about the Black Sabbath cover. It's awesome.

And I have never heard of "Fleet Foxes", but they have some pretty good covers.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:26 am

viva hate by morrissery is a bullshit cover.

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:28 am

Lordstar wrote:viva hate by morrissery is a bullshit cover.

Well I like it! It's pushing an image as much as that T. Rex cover. But sometimes I like that. Trying to go iconic.

Sumez · Post by **Sumez** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:08 pm

I apologize beforehand if this post makes me come off as really gloomy, but these types of bands just happen to have the best covers
Also, a few of these are definitely NSFW.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:39 pm

Obiwanshinobi · Post by **Obiwanshinobi** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:57 pm

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:54 pm

ratlhead · Post by **ratlhead** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:54 pm

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:43 pm

That Prometheus Burning cover is something else.

rapoon · Post by **rapoon** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:43 am

evil_ash_xero wrote:That Violent Femmes cover is quite beautiful.

I almost posted Closer in my original post.

You know, it always peeved me that Walk Among Us doesn't take up the full space. Why is it, like a stamp?

The "Walk Among Us" LP is the full picture. I never understood wtf was going on with the CD either.
As far as I'm concerned, it's one of the greatest Punk album ever. It all sounds the same and that's exactly how it's suppose to be.
Glenn is a full fledged entrepreneur. Created his t-shirts, pressed his EP's, ran the fiend club out of a fucking basement.
He traded the name "Blank Records" (I think) for studio time to record "Walk Among Us" on the now dead "Ruby" label.

(Bon Iver)

(Danzig)

mesh control · Post by **mesh control** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:36 am

rapoon wrote:[crappybandcover]

How about choosing the original?

Most of these picks are BAD.

rapoon · Post by **rapoon** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:44 am

mesh control wrote: uh oh spaghettios!
How about choosing the original?

Same reason I posted "London Calling" instead of Presley's ST album. This isn't a "that band is shit" thread; read the title. I own a 1st pressing copy of 7 on a 12, post the original next time.

back on topic:

Sumez · Post by **Sumez** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:52 am

evil_ash_xero wrote:That Prometheus Burning cover is something else.

I bought the vinyl release for the cover alone. The music is nice (if you dig noise), but the cover is worth at least half the price (which was cheap anyway).

Obiwanshinobi · Post by **Obiwanshinobi** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:33 pm

(Never heard it.)

(Funny how Albino didn't want to be pals with them anymore after Down and guess what? Shot turned out to be pretty much their best album to date.)

rapoon · Post by **rapoon** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:07 am

^ Jesus Lizard album is awesome.

Mentioned in another thread: Maiden has some of the most kick ass album covers.

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