Favourite Album Covers

[Portia]

Soundgarden - Down on the Upside
If I was trying to look like a cool band, this is the shot I'd use.

Faith No More - King For A Day...
Great vivid imagery...I've got a poster of it floating around somewhere.

Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
In the original CD case with the title printed on the case, I couldn't not buy it.

Funki Porcini - Fast Asleep
Its a great looking shot, but took me a while to realise that the album name was on the cover.

 

[FIGJAM]

Spinal Tap, Smell The Glove

 

[P_D]

Red Hot Chili Pepper's 'One Hot Minute'
Pop trivia for those who didn't know: The Cover is actually Tori Amos

 

[Darky]

 

[bragg]

TOOL- AENEMA

 

[Leaping Lindner]

XTC - Go 2.
Also had a great poster and T-shirt that came out at the same time.

"This is a record cover......."

 

[Milkman]

Come to daddy - Aphex Twin:

Richard D James - Aphex Twin:

 

[SNIPER_]

Live - The Distance To Here

 

[SNIPER_]

Blink 182 - Enema of the State

 

[Fire Storm]

The Beach Boys - Carl and the Passions- So Tough

- Surfs Up (one freaky album cover.scary)

 

[lioness]

Originally posted by Mark Rudd
The Beach Boys - Surfs Up (one freaky album cover.scary)

I tried posting a pic of that one, wouldn't work.

I also think the Wild Honey album cover is pretty nice

 

[LordLucifer]

Gotta look very closely at those ones !!

(might not be able to see what I am referring to due to the size ??)

 

[Fire Storm]

try again Lioness. Its one freaky but cool cover.


Definatley one of the best covers ever. Heaps better than the trash posted here.

 

[Quincy M.E]

Weird Al

And of course the one of the left but this is as big as I could find it

 

[Lady Lawrence]

Back in the days of vinyl there were some really cool album covers and sleeves. Most memorable I can think of was Alice Cooper and Shcools out. The whole thing looked like one of the old wooden desks you had at school with the lift up lid. I actually had a lid and fold out bits for legs etc and inside the desk was a report card and a pair of knickers!!

 

[LordLucifer]

If you still had Schools Out with the undies, it would be worth an absolute fortune today.

 

[Santos L Helper]

 

[Docker_Brat]

Thread has been done before..http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56086&perpage=15&highlight=album&pagenumber=1

Still one of my faves:

 

[Lady Lawrence]

Originally posted by TheSheik
If you still had Schools Out with the undies, it would be worth an absolute fortune today.

I DO still have it!!!

 

[Dogs 13]

The Beatles (White Album)
The Who - Live at Leeds
AC/DC - Back in Black

Don't ya just love the minimalism.

 

[lioness]

DB, thanks for gracing this thread with that album cover!!!!! I loved it the first time and it hasn't lost its appeal.

 

[Jabso]

Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R

 

[Uncle Steve]

Originally posted by TheSheik

Gotta look very closely at those ones !!

(might not be able to see what I am referring to due to the size ??)

You are referring to the pic of the young lady taking a crap on the playing card at the bottom of the picture.

I only know that 'coz I have that album myself. Great album.

My faves, for aesthetic value and/or humour, include:

The above is Roger Waters' "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking", in case you can't read it.

 

[bunsen burner]

Not necessarily my favourite albums, but great covers nethertheless:

This is a great image. Gives off the impression that the Clash were these hard-core punks full of energy. If anyone's listened to this alleged 'classic', they'll know it's full of hot air. The Clash are soft.

The original LP had a sliding sleeve so you could change the faces of the women depicted.

This is Warhol at his best. The original had a proper zipper with what looked like some Y-fronts behind it. This has to be one of the best albumn covers ever.

And an assortment of a few others that I like for no particular reason:

 

[bunsen burner]

Can everyone else not see those? Maybe prob with server?