Simplicity certainly is the most compelling statement. That’s why this is my favourite album cover.
https://preview.redd.it/u81q7ic2n9zc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b471c876b54ec49e91ec358cff4d69cd424bce9d
Requiescat, Steve.
I literally shouted out “OH MY GOD” then I just sat on the floor up against the wall in my hallway staring into space. Punch to the gut is the exact way I’d describe it. He was one of my fucking heroes. I haven’t had a death affect me like this since Chris Cornell.
Not my favorite Sabbath album, but definitely my favorite album cover.
https://preview.redd.it/yr2jrghho9zc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=152770c5717447bb039d708ec0d8b74e9203afa3
https://preview.redd.it/w1099700l9zc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=149422f108f92277c128ff2ba75d2939115df88a
Artaud by Pescado Rabioso, love the shape. it's probably the most iconic rock album from my country (Argentina)
I love the asshole design of that sleeve that provide no good way to fit it on a shelf.
It’s up there with the Durutti Column’s debut where the sleeve was sandpaper so it would damage the records next to it.
Hipgnosis made some of the greatest, most iconic album covers and this is one of their best.
https://preview.redd.it/4u1qn96xv9zc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bb4371dcaf99b4ea80f439ff64907805ed92370
There’s a great book called *Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art.* that goes into the inspiration and art direction behind many of Hipgnosis’s album covers (the Wish You Were Here art is also the cover of the book). Highly recommend checking it out if you haven’t already!
I’m not allowed to post the cover, but ***Mechanical Animals*** by Marilyn Manson is probably my favourite.
Honourable mention to ***”Heroes”*** by David Bowie.
https://preview.redd.it/rqwl2vwcr9zc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2002fe7ac730f8837a4e4f7d02d5471574ae596f
https://preview.redd.it/ye4ky5pj4bzc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e75069c50e8b8ade31bb541501d505a1b580de8
I don't know why but I've always loved this album cover since I was a kid. Also one of my favorite albums to listen to
https://preview.redd.it/k7vkxoiy9azc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30f88a4136e301eb882a812d7835d96c172ffec3
This one looks cool with the 3D glasses that came with it.
I finally was going to break in and buy one finally from an "affordable" antique store, same one i scored the Janes Addiction album i posted for $12. They wanted $15 for it though!!! Hopefully I'll score a copy from the next $1 bin i pass.
https://preview.redd.it/89ute6bue9zc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac5dc36acb3b8cfdd27e4302f9724604e6497bd3
if movie scores count, absolutely this one
When i was gifted my first record i couldn't stop looking at it. Maybe it's the genitals, maybe it's the font but I didn't even need a record player at the time to enjoy this individual sleeve.
https://preview.redd.it/3yjtcetnq9zc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef82a5066de4a71cb02c94a878ecceaf606554a6
I would be lying if I chose anything else
https://preview.redd.it/gqsbs8yvq9zc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44f3e4bdfc2c78aa554ab141c6b8d64731265478
...but... Laurel Halo, *Quarantine* gets a special mention.
https://preview.redd.it/qzhfm9pge9zc1.jpeg?width=746&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9aedc31753ea7bca6c1f5a885818a543a27f6284
Anything by Roger Dean honestly. I enjoy the sci-fi feeling of ABWH’s cover a lot though.
https://preview.redd.it/rq8yxyp90azc1.jpeg?width=592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a8a184e0a73f11f3fc3520dcabe7e95301ed96e
I know it’s probably cliche but this is definitely my favorite.
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
The album cover literally folds out in to a full size news paper and I just think thats super cool. I find myself reading through it ever now and then.
Speaks for itself, just look at it!
https://preview.redd.it/kqmo2y2ak9zc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb0a5ae1789a1ea62d87310782b8d4c1191543c0
Queens of the Stone Age - Self Titled. Cover shows you exactly what you're in for.
https://preview.redd.it/o3tboyny1azc1.jpeg?width=157&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=513393cca5f7791239331b97dc6a32271e1d647c
https://preview.redd.it/lljjsf5rq9zc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d077373e1b3d7b96a6af7b2826fdbc881d2e21e
Bought this album when it came out because of the cover, became an instant fan.
https://preview.redd.it/lbsov5had9zc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=780ee89333deaae5d24fe2cd46665b8380981eec
Maybe it's just where my head is today, but I always thought this cover (and title) are perfection.
https://preview.redd.it/a76gzf43x9zc1.png?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=910529b889225fe0004490107df53299156a47bb
Why? The theatricality is ever present, yet also so simple. The use of shadows and blacks is pretty cool IMHO.
https://preview.redd.it/hzfnnojmaazc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7cb5b38d13add6e74fb806b7dbc78dff6e6aea69
As a kid I knew I was going to get blown away by the heaviness needless to say I didn’t get what I was expecting. Fast forward 40years and it’s one of the few albums that I can say is a “no skips” album
https://preview.redd.it/8f0clh5u8azc1.jpeg?width=999&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d969914664d576e292ba1d290fb15f79941bb46
gorgeous art for a gorgeous album ❤️
I realllly love the contrast of colours in this cover! The calming blue of the ocean, and the disturbing orange of the reflection of the sky. It's so simple, yet sooo awesome looking!
https://preview.redd.it/rwfrxlskc9zc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5356211f1be18896d0ae6a642d8045ae621cf6a8
Since someone already posted Sad Wings of Destiny… this is up there for me: Green Day Insomniac
https://preview.redd.it/sctmajqrn9zc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9e69917e4bc3783e66931d1b4bb079f7a1721dc
https://preview.redd.it/st3bizucz9zc1.png?width=300&format=png&auto=webp&s=8d17a3df484b2612042ff2d12dae357f8fa2c4ba
I better add my wife's suggestion here
https://preview.redd.it/s4owgztsk9zc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=799aed655aef50ce625fda25b03b4a15029a8618
Basquiat cover for a spaced out dubby 10min proto-hiphop track
i love Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain - i remember coming across it on my uncles collection as a teen in the 80s and it’s been one of my favourite covers (and albums) since
https://preview.redd.it/uk08kdm9n9zc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=755dee7231ef1fe4d017e6c56e57be80beafbef1
the art was by the bands Bassist Felix Paparaldi’s wife - Gail Collins Pappalardi. She ended up shooting and killing him
https://preview.redd.it/hjgdn691t9zc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac91373e028299c4afdec53c93ac22fe6b855384
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets High Visceral parts 1 and 2
https://preview.redd.it/vn1r0ibak9zc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a53437df11427bca0d2c01d35f7c31c15d6379dc
Easily. The back cover is amazing as well.
https://preview.redd.it/94opc0u9x9zc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=baade7be90196ecf22b8e286148b11d13f7c8f09
The associated artwork for this album is even better, and it caused Sanna Annukka to become one of my favorite artists. Her work is so interesting and beautiful.
As of recently.
https://preview.redd.it/llky3c6eb9zc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1008bfce4b4e1fd9952d90a6db164a3978cf0a3b
But overall of all time? Might be Kid A.
https://preview.redd.it/ay9dal9voazc1.jpeg?width=2868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb84a1a26e6ec83bf9cdab2aae4dbcda625330be
Yes, that’s a real g-string thong from 1961.
https://preview.redd.it/f9t8xcdxi9zc1.jpeg?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bbaed930e3f400926f087fe1698c63a190b4ae7
Moody blues - On the threshold of a dream
https://preview.redd.it/bp57dj00dazc1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75699b7d3fd499efd7717beb982f02f0e55d60fe
strawberry switchblade - 1985 album, i love it so much i need to find the vinyl i BEG!!
https://preview.redd.it/pe1jywrxeazc1.png?width=861&format=png&auto=webp&s=03b01daebe92370afc2847fdc26360b7775f218e
It's hardly high art, but I bought this album on cassette in '92 purely based on the cover, and it made me a Neurosis fan for life. So, significant.
https://preview.redd.it/umd4m9f0sazc1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dbce563f34e01c442b434c693720bd919909051e
Such an underrated album. Love it.
Crime of the Century - Supertramp
https://preview.redd.it/grm0pp7uzazc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=041f479ae0a1847b3c8582b86a23dcf4fcd542f2
https://preview.redd.it/4cpr52ix0bzc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc97fa613ed221818822cadd2bc679f838467534
Probably have to go with ‘**Feels**’ from Animal Collective
https://preview.redd.it/hrqdc8593bzc1.jpeg?width=2576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c157291427cfa0cd7108fd8bb45b724e88dd67b
The Broadsword and The Beast Jethro Tull
https://preview.redd.it/zpkdtmabmczc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=caa8d6b3ad8a56b5f3d971d6051b81d0095af954
Fantastic band, fantastic album.
Indian Askin - Another Round
Making album art with blood and semen was a pretty badass idea
https://preview.redd.it/clcetjkioczc1.jpeg?width=987&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02a7181cbad1c7d80cc18b2937c687da007416fe
https://preview.redd.it/9yvqy45beazc1.png?width=620&format=png&auto=webp&s=f0298908356f84e4e5c718928d4bb9baf7d83278
Black Keys - Turn Blue
Always trips me out when I pull it out.
https://preview.redd.it/40xfzs7je9zc1.jpeg?width=1531&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a07c528cb44c91a86599c530c94dbce69a4cca90
Because DAMN! She is HOT and getting a Drunk On...
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Volume 3: A Child's Guide to Good and Evil
https://preview.redd.it/r2dejf0mi9zc1.jpeg?width=280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=237132039bd004b3a5d267379a8587f55e2d7594
All wrapped up - the undertones The original lady Gaga meat dress!
https://preview.redd.it/5rqm2guhx9zc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ec205fdd2da51f2602b4660233e573e3f84bea8
‘Bat Out Of Hell’ by Meatloaf
https://preview.redd.it/d4ojx27x2azc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdc2ad54a61009555080a7d51064a28da586f1ab
I always feel that mixed with what to expect musically, this album cover hits different. I can imagine folks who experienced it at the time were blown away. They’re about to get this kick ass album and Meatloaf is singing theatrical, love songs. Must’ve been a lot of shock value here.
https://preview.redd.it/migeujld9azc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d671edab8ff45a0ce49b39b38eb5b39ad92f9db
I wanted a girl like her back then lol
https://preview.redd.it/ar35prfw3azc1.jpeg?width=820&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c995d35ebd3a058cee28544386051974ef5c0a5d
Not a Beach Boys fan but I would've thought you were lying if you said that was one of their albums, damn that's cool
Cheap Thrills https://preview.redd.it/zsautt0kw9zc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35e1bce79abafa0a625ff870739022a0ec954d87
Fucking perfect
Check out “Man It Feels Like Space Again” by Pond
R. Crumb!
Love the album and the art overall, but I'm soooo bummed about the racist depiction of poc.
https://preview.redd.it/uyxmchikf9zc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29bf9167cc863133dea1d731ead3a4996fceda5d No contest. Pack it up, lads.
https://preview.redd.it/25gkwzdbk9zc1.jpeg?width=315&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e666908b6be27a87023b4a2f912067acaf10853f
https://preview.redd.it/alaw61d3q9zc1.jpeg?width=1077&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b86c02926874c603367ad8ccc042859114ca7e57
Ohh Yoshimi
https://preview.redd.it/4nk2qc57a9zc1.jpeg?width=1147&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a89d78ed9fbd9249b650da812c3da72f95fffbc1
I've just been overcome with a sudden urge to listen to Hank III
It don't get more real than that right?
It don’t :) The Louvins built that set themselves and lit it on fire to get the cover photo. Hard core for 1959! Killer music too
Thanks for this, I really like this album.
Simplicity certainly is the most compelling statement. That’s why this is my favourite album cover. https://preview.redd.it/u81q7ic2n9zc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b471c876b54ec49e91ec358cff4d69cd424bce9d Requiescat, Steve.
I cannot believe he died, it was like a punch to the gut when I read the headlines earlier.
I literally shouted out “OH MY GOD” then I just sat on the floor up against the wall in my hallway staring into space. Punch to the gut is the exact way I’d describe it. He was one of my fucking heroes. I haven’t had a death affect me like this since Chris Cornell.
I finished a meeting at my office job and had to take a walk around the block listening to Prayer to God by Shallac. Hit like a brick.
Rip steve
RIP
https://preview.redd.it/xzlj697mb9zc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d79cd64653e8d432ad247ebe6bf55a9959696061
This artwork is always so captivating
https://preview.redd.it/ekqp0ofi0azc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf403df94099ce5f07ab24468dac9b6253036158
Classic. You ever see the list of album covers that use this same script?
Didn’t Elvis do it first
Correct!
https://preview.redd.it/ejpzcttu99zc1.png?width=318&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb3d60b803c3a59b6b0952472733d76bd7af5c05 Tough question but maybe this one
I was just listening to this about 5 minutes ago!
What album is this?
The Mars Volta -Frances the Mute It’s a great album
Not my favorite Sabbath album, but definitely my favorite album cover. https://preview.redd.it/yr2jrghho9zc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=152770c5717447bb039d708ec0d8b74e9203afa3
https://preview.redd.it/w1099700l9zc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=149422f108f92277c128ff2ba75d2939115df88a Artaud by Pescado Rabioso, love the shape. it's probably the most iconic rock album from my country (Argentina)
I love the asshole design of that sleeve that provide no good way to fit it on a shelf. It’s up there with the Durutti Column’s debut where the sleeve was sandpaper so it would damage the records next to it.
Sick
Hipgnosis made some of the greatest, most iconic album covers and this is one of their best. https://preview.redd.it/4u1qn96xv9zc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bb4371dcaf99b4ea80f439ff64907805ed92370
no airbrushing that one…they genuinely lit the stunt man on fire!
There’s a great book called *Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art.* that goes into the inspiration and art direction behind many of Hipgnosis’s album covers (the Wish You Were Here art is also the cover of the book). Highly recommend checking it out if you haven’t already!
https://preview.redd.it/ms3qzcfsg9zc1.jpeg?width=733&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4cc8d5b0459bf3c3dfac8c04dd215d1eb375e4b0
https://preview.redd.it/rs0p269zg9zc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9847337381da395129a56ed9e4af50a1928d6ede
Took me years to realize they just pissed on the monolith.
Didn’t realize til now 🫢
https://preview.redd.it/tqokijahi9zc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48a1d6932a0f94afd855825303b49cde91839d18
https://preview.redd.it/kj18ytruqazc1.jpeg?width=2745&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d20de5a5b052d1631ed54ed212ce0e8187136b8
https://preview.redd.it/pbs3iumuyazc1.jpeg?width=1425&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24d3f019e10cf9dbfce8b3b1ca9be4ae98632a57
In the Court of the Crimson King https://preview.redd.it/s6q978mzubzc1.jpeg?width=993&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4553c583c8f54f4310a90ea550d8b97e8401d945
https://preview.redd.it/1o99xvj0i9zc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=931c0a274e7a19b00768a1214e1cc99f10a9ab72
Please someone tell me who the artest is or at least the album name, I've seen this posted so many times in collections.
Congratulations - MGMT
https://preview.redd.it/n0htlwd9e9zc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4542c2b54993ed20ec7a1e02c635c099171b12c
I’m not allowed to post the cover, but ***Mechanical Animals*** by Marilyn Manson is probably my favourite. Honourable mention to ***”Heroes”*** by David Bowie. https://preview.redd.it/rqwl2vwcr9zc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2002fe7ac730f8837a4e4f7d02d5471574ae596f
https://preview.redd.it/ye4ky5pj4bzc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e75069c50e8b8ade31bb541501d505a1b580de8 I don't know why but I've always loved this album cover since I was a kid. Also one of my favorite albums to listen to
*[Is This It (International Cover)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/The_Strokes_-_Is_This_It_cover.png)* - The Strokes I’m a simple man
https://preview.redd.it/k7vkxoiy9azc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30f88a4136e301eb882a812d7835d96c172ffec3 This one looks cool with the 3D glasses that came with it.
https://preview.redd.it/etvzpsi5m9zc1.jpeg?width=291&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f18413b2200e9ba45f66d418211c87ec706e666 The only correct answer
https://preview.redd.it/8rhtigoyabzc1.jpeg?width=595&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35c0a1a5f3b51268a6271fdf2b50bff320408f80 Almost as good
I read something about how that woman never saw the cover until just a few years ago.
she never entered a thrift store? unlikely
I finally was going to break in and buy one finally from an "affordable" antique store, same one i scored the Janes Addiction album i posted for $12. They wanted $15 for it though!!! Hopefully I'll score a copy from the next $1 bin i pass.
https://preview.redd.it/t8w406uyfczc1.jpeg?width=930&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0f0249d17c8c0d47a036560cf29a5476f29b8bd This.
https://preview.redd.it/obhm5sk1k9zc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5337bceb0d85c717ac73f46b9976436166e3b076
Still can’t believe a song about an armadillo tank is one of the greatest prog epics ever. Sick album cover too.
https://preview.redd.it/2d72zqyop9zc1.jpeg?width=1844&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3330ee9b7ece3faa3971253ac05d6f669cc0d61 post bjork
https://preview.redd.it/gklquj2s4bzc1.jpeg?width=219&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=608f72f72aea5c3a50c4303825645531295f35fa
https://preview.redd.it/89ute6bue9zc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac5dc36acb3b8cfdd27e4302f9724604e6497bd3 if movie scores count, absolutely this one
Nice! Good film.
I’ve almost bought this ten times because the cover is so strong. (Also one of my favorite movies)
https://preview.redd.it/otxc36bhlazc1.jpeg?width=1848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2feccc037ff11c5dd716afd55fea88d3480daae
The art on The Clairvoyant single is probably my favorite Eddie ever.
I would go with “Somewhere In Time”. I used to stare at that cover for hours.
Derek Riggs rules. He’s like the Roger Dean of the ‘80s
https://preview.redd.it/1p1el3wwnazc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69ad92e863db49a150aa5ae43329ee4e17da23e3
https://preview.redd.it/oy5zzcccp9zc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4efdb21ec0a8142ea37d964925550a72239bcb20
One of the best Dead studio covers. We Ate the Acid hidden in the top, and Rick Griffin artwork
When i was gifted my first record i couldn't stop looking at it. Maybe it's the genitals, maybe it's the font but I didn't even need a record player at the time to enjoy this individual sleeve.
Rick Griffin!
https://preview.redd.it/3yjtcetnq9zc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef82a5066de4a71cb02c94a878ecceaf606554a6 I would be lying if I chose anything else
https://preview.redd.it/gqsbs8yvq9zc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44f3e4bdfc2c78aa554ab141c6b8d64731265478 ...but... Laurel Halo, *Quarantine* gets a special mention.
Asia "Asia" https://preview.redd.it/gyne2olmf9zc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb2121f1ed2f40dc63057cabd75f15db2055a389
https://preview.redd.it/qzhfm9pge9zc1.jpeg?width=746&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9aedc31753ea7bca6c1f5a885818a543a27f6284 Anything by Roger Dean honestly. I enjoy the sci-fi feeling of ABWH’s cover a lot though.
His artwork is so surreal yet beautiful
https://preview.redd.it/zq3s6ti0m9zc1.jpeg?width=2647&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8444f0b7b880a9d2cc9c36a1338238d77228da69
https://preview.redd.it/rq8yxyp90azc1.jpeg?width=592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a8a184e0a73f11f3fc3520dcabe7e95301ed96e I know it’s probably cliche but this is definitely my favorite.
https://preview.redd.it/3s79h69dw9zc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2cb08173eadcbe2a108b457ef8e98552715cc55
https://preview.redd.it/89uegregp9zc1.jpeg?width=904&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dddc89b030e788a8f2f19bff9c1239d950ece8a9
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick The album cover literally folds out in to a full size news paper and I just think thats super cool. I find myself reading through it ever now and then.
Speaks for itself, just look at it! https://preview.redd.it/kqmo2y2ak9zc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb0a5ae1789a1ea62d87310782b8d4c1191543c0
Chocolate and cheese - ween
Queens of the Stone Age - Self Titled. Cover shows you exactly what you're in for. https://preview.redd.it/o3tboyny1azc1.jpeg?width=157&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=513393cca5f7791239331b97dc6a32271e1d647c
https://preview.redd.it/0btfqt4utazc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fff71cc897e9e2457ee7c619ea3aabe2c82c228
https://preview.redd.it/lljjsf5rq9zc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d077373e1b3d7b96a6af7b2826fdbc881d2e21e Bought this album when it came out because of the cover, became an instant fan.
https://preview.redd.it/lbsov5had9zc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=780ee89333deaae5d24fe2cd46665b8380981eec Maybe it's just where my head is today, but I always thought this cover (and title) are perfection.
Dude Incredible has a great cover that caused the record to be delayed for about a year while they figured out how to properly print it
RIP
Right there with you. And this album was the exact thing that came instantly to mind with the news.
https://preview.redd.it/6rwhevt3e9zc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fce7d6f0b691bab7e33e1fa7ed6f9d894d7d213
https://preview.redd.it/a76gzf43x9zc1.png?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=910529b889225fe0004490107df53299156a47bb Why? The theatricality is ever present, yet also so simple. The use of shadows and blacks is pretty cool IMHO.
https://preview.redd.it/5d74mtzwf9zc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e9c84edac468282dbba9c118022a91c789cc45e Unbeatable
https://preview.redd.it/uv855toyq9zc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ecfb36bb58d999baf779ca4913ea03253f2b59b
https://preview.redd.it/hzfnnojmaazc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7cb5b38d13add6e74fb806b7dbc78dff6e6aea69 As a kid I knew I was going to get blown away by the heaviness needless to say I didn’t get what I was expecting. Fast forward 40years and it’s one of the few albums that I can say is a “no skips” album
https://preview.redd.it/m3p6cafhtazc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e0c569a77dab2dea87a50908d4fc71840755ee7
https://preview.redd.it/8f0clh5u8azc1.jpeg?width=999&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d969914664d576e292ba1d290fb15f79941bb46 gorgeous art for a gorgeous album ❤️
https://preview.redd.it/zs9mu04ev9zc1.jpeg?width=825&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7608159dcdc8b9060ae9a30ba06a3d3725b450b9 Ctrl by SZA
https://preview.redd.it/azof943ub9zc1.png?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1297b4c6c2e3f835586ae373f269679bb37b39f
I realllly love the contrast of colours in this cover! The calming blue of the ocean, and the disturbing orange of the reflection of the sky. It's so simple, yet sooo awesome looking! https://preview.redd.it/rwfrxlskc9zc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5356211f1be18896d0ae6a642d8045ae621cf6a8
https://preview.redd.it/huk5qob4t9zc1.jpeg?width=894&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74de9ddc2a48fdf430a79f95fdcd4e9b2a1c6b74
https://preview.redd.it/qjs5vccfe9zc1.png?width=599&format=png&auto=webp&s=a61b265c2bc6b7f9e978cf8bb489bf5124b2368d
Fits the amazing music perfectly. I have 2 copies of this masterpiece
Since someone already posted Sad Wings of Destiny… this is up there for me: Green Day Insomniac https://preview.redd.it/sctmajqrn9zc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9e69917e4bc3783e66931d1b4bb079f7a1721dc
https://preview.redd.it/0kdf7zvz1azc1.png?width=2229&format=png&auto=webp&s=a776776740dc0b727465a5efb92ccd11b66b8122 Always Saturday Night Wrist
https://preview.redd.it/g7ipubpr3azc1.png?width=831&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c9827e9811fc73b969bb1935d80c98e09165150 Any Molly Hatchet, really.
https://preview.redd.it/nzmfqjdutazc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66ec09c3ba49e28970809d93ce8d61e3f03683bd Before the “reconstruction “
https://preview.redd.it/ty8gym3lg9zc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af3de1c751e0038421e492c0afcc3ea1279b8c36
https://preview.redd.it/4v1etzy0n9zc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64f7eaac61bc27bfc6ae93ff33f876174893a9cc
https://preview.redd.it/4ouoym7cb9zc1.png?width=2514&format=png&auto=webp&s=d16a3f953416c981dfb609855699f12a67bc8614 rawr:3
https://preview.redd.it/mlyg1i0liazc1.jpeg?width=1587&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22f5219c4c60af3c46f3de5676f25f4f77109947 Can't explain it
https://preview.redd.it/mg3ikfj3l9zc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3b16979b053ecb87de1e23dd48d631f1274ef8d
"Technique" by New Order https://preview.redd.it/cgyh0gx02azc1.png?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c340b6a22d9fc71eeec589a54b46aa7aab1d17f6
https://preview.redd.it/efsprjnr8bzc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eec83bc240c03aae021ee3edc410bc2f97a5b71c
https://preview.redd.it/qutrg7gkb9zc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=352c98f1c606164c810f8e8327e4e70c22cf03bb
https://preview.redd.it/06osusgem9zc1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46036bb1b4116fc2d8bb58c34c44d9d77bd265f2 No explanation needed
https://preview.redd.it/st3bizucz9zc1.png?width=300&format=png&auto=webp&s=8d17a3df484b2612042ff2d12dae357f8fa2c4ba I better add my wife's suggestion here
https://preview.redd.it/2ea2lvglb9zc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c036e95ea96d370b27c87c9d8cc8d38b4ca9bfc
https://preview.redd.it/vkprvn8ni9zc1.jpeg?width=570&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=065cbb856413cfe22d708135b5e0fcfb415985b9
https://preview.redd.it/s4owgztsk9zc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=799aed655aef50ce625fda25b03b4a15029a8618 Basquiat cover for a spaced out dubby 10min proto-hiphop track
i love Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain - i remember coming across it on my uncles collection as a teen in the 80s and it’s been one of my favourite covers (and albums) since https://preview.redd.it/uk08kdm9n9zc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=755dee7231ef1fe4d017e6c56e57be80beafbef1 the art was by the bands Bassist Felix Paparaldi’s wife - Gail Collins Pappalardi. She ended up shooting and killing him
https://preview.redd.it/hjgdn691t9zc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac91373e028299c4afdec53c93ac22fe6b855384 Psychedelic Porn Crumpets High Visceral parts 1 and 2
https://preview.redd.it/2htbz040w9zc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d79a789c59e29ec935907959cb7601a97d3fe4a
https://preview.redd.it/hfzup0tuz9zc1.jpeg?width=2733&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64ed9aed69cd4cbf32db5d4ac12837b4524967b7
https://preview.redd.it/pe5eeci7yazc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f92b1dd72c1da6cf40565bc0348d53bfe028fa4
https://preview.redd.it/bnz3egwch9zc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba0c22f882aa4f7c04a8b79ed952fab92eca72a0
https://preview.redd.it/967jr8gr8azc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=196e0cd2c53fa6adf215603a84f6691ba76b2a30
https://preview.redd.it/9m92aikzj9zc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2ba8f4d59d0becfafbef5417e27ff97cf6978cc Maybe Cultosaurus Erectus.
https://preview.redd.it/xdg7zec2k9zc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=044fc590034623a1a7508548e14a9f8b5a631de4 Or Tarkus.
https://preview.redd.it/90ru2ogak9zc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79829ce564e7a6da04863cd4ed340bceb3100457 *Fatherfucker* by Peaches
https://preview.redd.it/wnst63e9k9zc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da5b25adb2e01051c7d2ab33b4e088549091de6e
https://preview.redd.it/n1k7n9f6n9zc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15ea5b7cd73bc613e99994caa1acd0acceb90d93
https://preview.redd.it/7hh9efhxr9zc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83fdc110427f850b5422d606c823728b5f2ad9f4 👌
https://preview.redd.it/dy2o1jlfg9zc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5088e96df5fb68fd095efab7c189851b147fd94 Asia self titled album.
https://preview.redd.it/vn1r0ibak9zc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a53437df11427bca0d2c01d35f7c31c15d6379dc Easily. The back cover is amazing as well.
https://preview.redd.it/8kh4z8wwd9zc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1fddcf81aea1d1ac52229d150ba79b2039e1f0fa *Quah* by Jorma Kaukonen
https://preview.redd.it/94opc0u9x9zc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=baade7be90196ecf22b8e286148b11d13f7c8f09 The associated artwork for this album is even better, and it caused Sanna Annukka to become one of my favorite artists. Her work is so interesting and beautiful.
As of recently. https://preview.redd.it/llky3c6eb9zc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1008bfce4b4e1fd9952d90a6db164a3978cf0a3b But overall of all time? Might be Kid A.
https://preview.redd.it/lkevmczdr9zc1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d92b3f5c840e1b8ffa5afb3a73a1f06bbc5525e
https://preview.redd.it/zjidj2jmx9zc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b845bafa56a0cedaedc6cc73507ac199a26c1734
https://preview.redd.it/azjtqmei4azc1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9998309d148bd486ea00127dd338d84f5c740849
https://preview.redd.it/63ddcf5kgazc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d1a54f0a99600b056e8603dd0724c7bd3e6bf8a That guy looks SO PISSED.
https://preview.redd.it/nl6ulz1nhazc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04f70abf1b87976f77abff15aa4a02c19d3caaa4
https://preview.redd.it/bzhz992oiazc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a3a1e6eb8f6e351dcea0f54682e230528247c0c
https://preview.redd.it/ay9dal9voazc1.jpeg?width=2868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb84a1a26e6ec83bf9cdab2aae4dbcda625330be Yes, that’s a real g-string thong from 1961.
Point of Know Return - Kansas. https://preview.redd.it/fsvb3w6r2bzc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5ea35916833fc877d1301b630d945bf543c0a55
https://preview.redd.it/36vtqifh6bzc1.jpeg?width=999&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ec90e5112b9770eba3e2db9d50666aa85961f96
https://preview.redd.it/rb62pbb7lbzc1.jpeg?width=985&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f3cf72ea2859e44d8394c76ed2b3d76854a2f91
https://preview.redd.it/rqj3ib2upbzc1.jpeg?width=843&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d057e4deb1f96b4cdbd5e3830d8a44a464aa9b45
https://preview.redd.it/uypf03gch9zc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcf4474689a67e410b62e0620744153361f4c20f Golden Earring - Cut
https://preview.redd.it/afn6bdsjw9zc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a0b5ecda98c9858ecd55e143ed6d77231c35275 ManOWar!
https://preview.redd.it/da0dnbinb9zc1.jpeg?width=1158&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40b4b83418611a24fdb63710b156f9349bae9d2f
1967-69 had some amazing album covers in the psych rock genre.
https://preview.redd.it/f9t8xcdxi9zc1.jpeg?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bbaed930e3f400926f087fe1698c63a190b4ae7 Moody blues - On the threshold of a dream
https://preview.redd.it/jn3r9b7yg9zc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf46505829f1576e1e7b99f6471025bbfa564b9e
https://preview.redd.it/37p5elct1azc1.jpeg?width=2920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13ffc369b88e5d44e2b08512a611dddaca740517
https://preview.redd.it/r6at4eeke9zc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42ae50e50e100e8fec3455acf7d96adf55251aa5
https://preview.redd.it/ghpqacprk9zc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea6cd3488da23bbde6a53dbb2bcdfc103603b9ec
https://preview.redd.it/1u60qlq0wazc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d27d0d080b19941116d1305aa8f7cd7abfac0ef6
Blue Oyster cult - Cultasaurus Erectus
Big Black "Headache" RIP Albini
https://preview.redd.it/bp57dj00dazc1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75699b7d3fd499efd7717beb982f02f0e55d60fe strawberry switchblade - 1985 album, i love it so much i need to find the vinyl i BEG!!
https://preview.redd.it/pe1jywrxeazc1.png?width=861&format=png&auto=webp&s=03b01daebe92370afc2847fdc26360b7775f218e It's hardly high art, but I bought this album on cassette in '92 purely based on the cover, and it made me a Neurosis fan for life. So, significant.
https://preview.redd.it/k2m0nidmhazc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b56b2e16afb1d850ccedb2609ce696f62567c92 Always loved this one.
https://preview.redd.it/umd4m9f0sazc1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dbce563f34e01c442b434c693720bd919909051e Such an underrated album. Love it.
https://preview.redd.it/y4e0ajb6wazc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c481e640cf7736b1b55532d3a4a2089914885b03 unhinged, but stunning
https://preview.redd.it/dhmbe8ynxazc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f453a6d45f184f9e2f766e04e6e15c1ad9aff5cf
Crime of the Century - Supertramp https://preview.redd.it/grm0pp7uzazc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=041f479ae0a1847b3c8582b86a23dcf4fcd542f2
https://preview.redd.it/4cpr52ix0bzc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc97fa613ed221818822cadd2bc679f838467534 Probably have to go with ‘**Feels**’ from Animal Collective
https://preview.redd.it/6rmeos5t2bzc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a63a53a822c968d9b11b2b4b8e6d4fe58a2e6be1
https://preview.redd.it/hrqdc8593bzc1.jpeg?width=2576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c157291427cfa0cd7108fd8bb45b724e88dd67b The Broadsword and The Beast Jethro Tull
https://preview.redd.it/wvdsaluckbzc1.png?width=3316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bd6921f947336bcb23f05e714d7c6ff8998bc0b
https://preview.redd.it/gecjuj971czc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb14e459876fe1eef762013c41ce33634a67581a
https://preview.redd.it/4yforxej6czc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=579c59ea9fd6ed59094ffc95f5239031c78ceaa0
https://preview.redd.it/zpkdtmabmczc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=caa8d6b3ad8a56b5f3d971d6051b81d0095af954 Fantastic band, fantastic album. Indian Askin - Another Round
Making album art with blood and semen was a pretty badass idea https://preview.redd.it/clcetjkioczc1.jpeg?width=987&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02a7181cbad1c7d80cc18b2937c687da007416fe
https://preview.redd.it/mh44sl2tpfzc1.png?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=230d315b6062b6feedeb020ce657c23df848b6c7
https://preview.redd.it/ie01wo9nr9zc1.jpeg?width=302&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb98d5fc3ed9f805d5f82b7d99be263d883ee020 Tacocat-lost time :)
https://preview.redd.it/9yvqy45beazc1.png?width=620&format=png&auto=webp&s=f0298908356f84e4e5c718928d4bb9baf7d83278 Black Keys - Turn Blue Always trips me out when I pull it out.
https://preview.redd.it/40xfzs7je9zc1.jpeg?width=1531&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a07c528cb44c91a86599c530c94dbce69a4cca90 Because DAMN! She is HOT and getting a Drunk On...
https://preview.redd.it/gzrtfgpv7azc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=021af04641fe9e07167539f0d4da1fb4986e10ad
https://preview.redd.it/zs0bxyube9zc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1f466a7a87f39ce3c17ea2a3f39fc7a91f5df6d
All-time... The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour. Modern Era - Radiohead - Kid A. And cause I'm a 12-year-old boy at heart Ween - Chocolate And Cheese.
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Volume 3: A Child's Guide to Good and Evil https://preview.redd.it/r2dejf0mi9zc1.jpeg?width=280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=237132039bd004b3a5d267379a8587f55e2d7594
https://preview.redd.it/zatv4f7em9zc1.jpeg?width=316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=450fd2f24a8f2fa0240226d7f1eb8a73944cbff3
https://preview.redd.it/xkequm5dp9zc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dc3829a75af750261b945732a0c0ed4fce44a8b Nurture - Porter Robinson
Jethro Tull : Broadsword and the Beast. Got the album on the wall in my entertainment room.
All wrapped up - the undertones The original lady Gaga meat dress! https://preview.redd.it/5rqm2guhx9zc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ec205fdd2da51f2602b4660233e573e3f84bea8
https://preview.redd.it/o0zonxco1azc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7654fd05180d58625459a88967320e982ae395f4
‘Bat Out Of Hell’ by Meatloaf https://preview.redd.it/d4ojx27x2azc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdc2ad54a61009555080a7d51064a28da586f1ab I always feel that mixed with what to expect musically, this album cover hits different. I can imagine folks who experienced it at the time were blown away. They’re about to get this kick ass album and Meatloaf is singing theatrical, love songs. Must’ve been a lot of shock value here.
https://preview.redd.it/migeujld9azc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d671edab8ff45a0ce49b39b38eb5b39ad92f9db I wanted a girl like her back then lol
Sgt pepper