Even Hendrix hated that one! Ths dramatic shot, taken at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida by William V. 'Red' Robertson, captures him in a full, convention-defying flow. Neil Young – After the Goldrush. Shakespears Sister – Hormonally Yours ! and Finally , the Mona Lisa of Rock and Roll… Pavlov’s Dog-Pampered Menial. But also the more “Adult” Art-Photo and Graphics Covers of the ECM- Label had som great Covers in the 70s and 80s. There are quite a few Arguably, not to mention Questionable choices here. Just the album cover, not necessarily the vinyl. Some for consideration…. Thanks to MarkiesCarab for this suggestion. The album cover that started it all the most iconic Herb Alpert and the Tiajuana Brass the one with the naked girl covered in whipped cream , WTF how could this not be included really, That was my first thought too. “Sweet Moments With The Blue Velvet Band” for the Eric Von Schmidt designed board game on the INSIDE of the fold out cover. should be in the top 10 Scorpions fly to the rainbow. Have a 100 people pick out a favorite car and there will be 100 different cars! Why in the world did Humble Pie get a bunch of policemen to form a human pyramid? You missed one–Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out” album cover was one of the cleverest ever designed. Big Machine. In any case, there was no way to do this list without SOME argument was there ? duhhh…. P-funk’s wild fusion of funk, surrealism, and pop art extended beyond music, resulting in some of the most provocative LP covers of the era. Adam created some of the most iconic visuals in musical history. Also, try to get images from original LP and not the CD. These type of lists are irrelevant. I’m sure you could probably add another 100 albums too. Some real turkeys crept in there so I’ll correct you on a few you blatantly missed , The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus Ultra-cool Elvis (in his shiny gold Nudie suit) gets multiplied in one of the most enduring early 60s images and greatest album covers. Be Good To Yourself by Man Kansas’s “Leftoverture”. I totally Agree with the one that Requested “Crime Of The Century” rather than “Breakfast In America” of Supertramp’s Covers. Ok, not bad. …and all those magnificent Uriah Heep covers? Disappointed but not surprised to see no Iron Maiden or Megadeth covers in there. …and we must not forget Captain Beyond’s “Sufficiently Breathless”, Genesis “Live”, Charlie Daniels Band “Fire on the Mountain”, Yes “Relayer”, all the crazy Blue Oyster Cult covers, Joe Walsh’s “The Smoker you Drink, the Player you Get”…just the title alone …Jesus, come on. Everything is subjective but… whipped cream, santana 1 and Blind Faith are iconic. There were so many great covers that could replace all of these, in my opinion! Absolutely right! Many good picks here and I was happy to see perhaps my favorite album ever,The new riders “the adventures of Panama red, although I,m not sure if it deserved it. Picture: Radio X Many of Alpert’s albums are excellent. Example: ANYTHING by either Storm Thorgerson, Hipgnosis or Roger Dean as an album cover deserves consideration. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors. OMG – Where are the judges? What about ‘It’s only a Movie’ with the ‘Banger’ inside?! I would have like to see Jethro Tull’s STAND UP album, Spot on re Tulls Stand Up-well at least the version with the pop up, What no Alice Cooper? My favorite album cover is Blow By Blow from Jeff Beck! Roger Dean was a genius. The Pre New: Music For People Who Hate Themselves. No wonder they had Questions in The House. Are you saying she wasn’t naked? Each one of Sinatra’s Capitol-era covers was classic in its own way, from the lonely scenes on the ballad albums to the visual swagger on the swingers. Moody Blues – In Search Of The Lost Chord, Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush – Tales Of The Unexpected, YOU MISSED A LOT RICHIE BLACKMORES RAINBOW. John Cale – Walking on Locusts The ubiquitous Hipgnosis team outdid itself with this ultra-clever 10cc sleeve, which is not only inspired by one of the songs (the phone sex-themed “Don’t Hang Up”) but is full of hidden gags, with the same people turning up in each of the four main photos. – Close to the Edge by Yes no Doe Maar, Herman Brood and no Nits all to Dutch for ya…….. Zappa “We are only in it for the Money” Here’s proof: https://youtu.be/QARxQsSJo58. It’s hard to choose ONLY 100! Iron Maiden :Somewhere in Time - Submitted by: Alex. The Who – Quadrophenia Nazareth: Hair of The Dog – well done! It’s all subjective. Besides that, I’d argue that there are a few more albums and artists definitely in 100s not mentioned: “Electric Ladyland” (Hendrix), “The Trooper” (Iron Maiden), “Mothership” (Led Zeppelin), “American Idiot” (Green Day), “The Eminem Show” (Eminem), “All Eyez on me” (2Pac), and “Straight Outta Compton”(NWA), “Hybrid Theory” (Linkin Park), “Enema of the State” (Blink182), “Seal II” (Seal), “Queen II” (Queen), “God Save the Queen” (Sex Pistols), “Destroyer” (Kiss), “The 20/20 Experience” (J. Timberlake), “The End” (Black Eyed Peas), “Demon Days” (Gorillaz)… jeez, I could make my own list. C’mon Iron Maiden: Killers and KISS: Rock and Roll Over are the greatest cover arts of all time! What? in the 1970’s. Thank You for such a wonderful list even though you overlooked some of my personal favourites. Who made this list obviously never saw a Uriah jeep album cover smh, Missing from list: And so, the #DoubleJAlbumChallenge was born. Others missing Why never name the covers artists? Glad to see the original Electric Ladyland cover. Can’t believe some of what they entered….but I think Styx’s “Equinox & Grand Illusion” along with Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” And Kansas’s “Audio Visions, Song For America, & Leftoverature” were neat album artwork/photography. Too many dumb (actually sad) choices to call out. The task is to identify […] ELOs “Out of the Blue” Black Flag’s trailblazing punk-metal wouldn’t have been the same without Pettibon’s grisly comic images, though in this case, not quite as grisly as the album itself. One of the psych era’s great hallucinations, the cover for Moby Grape’s 1968 double-album Wow showed an otherworldly landscape with the world’s largest bunch of grapes. So many Moodies covers are way better than a lot here, even albums I love! Axis:Bold As Love – Jimi Hendrix, A good compilation but with some notable omissions: (here’s only a few) Blind Faith C'mon, this is an easy one. Or any Molly Hatchet cover? Pepper sleeve to great success. 28 points. Animal Notes by Crack the Sky, 2nd Street by Back Street Crawler, Warrior on the Edge of Time by Hawkwind? Also born to run, top 10? (So has the Interpretation Of Classical Works.). Patto – Hold Your Fire There are a couple of Yes albums too that I can think of also. His ‘TPAB’ … Can’t wait to see Roger, the voice and co-founder of Supertramp, on his tour this summer in Europe. Where is “Whipped Cream & Other Delights” by Herb Alpert???? Photo was actually taken on the 20th. Elvis Presley: Elvis Presley (design by Robertson & Fresch) RCA wasted no time in cleaning up Elvis, … Talking Heads’ The Name of This Band is Talking Heads is a double live album with the quartet on one album/cover and the 11 piece band on the second album/cover. Well, I don’t agree. The Go-Go’s sense of playful subversion extended to their sendup of glamorous cover photos on their hit debut, Beauty & The Beat. You forgot Alrune Rod’s album Alrune Rod http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/3109/cover_17659102009.jpg, Freddie Hubbard – Hub Tones But the lack of copy-proofing–is the first round ’10’ or ‘100’?–and the absence of full-gatefold shots, inside or out, of examples like Zep’s Houses is all too indicative of a rush job generated just to fill space. Deceptive Bends and Kansas Left Overture to name a few.. George Harrison – Wonderwall The Gimmick- Covers of the 60s and 70s, and Storm Thorgerson’s “Hipgnosis”- Designs ranks very near the top, I’d say! America – Homecoming IMO best of all time. The cover depicts one of the greatest rock guitarists in his prime! Howard Finster’s uniquely Southern folk art was a perfect match for Talking Heads’ back-to-roots album (and for R.E.M.’s Reckoning around the same time). Live and Dangerous – Thin Lizzy Absolutely Steve. Uriah Heep: Demons and Wizards and The Magician’s Birthday Like all goth-influenced artists, Chelsea Wolfe has a strong sense of the dramatic. Mountain – Twin Peaks No Moody Blues? It was their party; you could join if they let you. Scorpions…Blackout, Rainbow : Rising because of what, the nipples? Where is Mahogany Rush.Maxoom, 10 CC. Current 93 Crooked … Here are some suggestions that might bring a bit more balance to the list: Tori Amos – Boys for Pele Juicy Lucy? There’s plenty of punk attitude on Joe Jackson’s classic second album I’m the Man, where he portrays the hero of the title song – a sleazy character who’ll sell you anything – as long as you don’t really need it. Number of the Beast? excelent …………Which one si the most important sleeve of all times?? ?………………….maybe dark side of the moon? Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood looked impeccably stylish doing whatever it was they were doing on the Rumours cover. Their debut album pictured Oasis in the world’s coolest crash pad, showing every band of the era how it ought to be living. Credit: Aaron Savage. Lots of lovely covers for well-loved albums, but I didn’t spot any Magnum. What is it wit all the Beatles albums???? As it turns out, The Beatles were just too lazy to go to Mt. Jack Shepherd @JackJShepherd. The sublime strangeness of this David Bowie photo tells you everything you need to know about the creative madness of his Berlin period. How come the Destroyer album from Kiss or Love Gun for that matter didn’t make the cut? Because they could, of course. Kate Bush – The Dreaming (with a kiss, I’d pass they key) even better than cream’s disraeli gears which is almost an eyesore is their wheels of fire cover, same artist, but way less of a dogs breakfast, cleaner and classy and silver, a refined version without the cliche dayglow. Goat’s Head Soup – The Rolling Stones, cd packaging is a different size as well. Wishbone Ash’s “Argus” and Uriah Heep’s “Demons and Wizards” should be here. M Adams. Since people were already using LPs to store and clean marijuana, the Airplane gave you a cardboard box holder for it, along with the pot, or at least a realistic-looking photo. Pixelated Album Covers. I framed it and hung it on my wall. how about moby grape’s wow! This countdown of great album covers – some iconic, others overlooked – has it all: indelible images, perfect portraits, nightmares, and hallucinations. Lol… And what is so special about U2’s The Joshua Tree cover??? Quicksilver Happy Trails not in the top 100 ? pink floyds a nice pair. Goude’s visual re-imagining of the androgynous singer led to some of the best album covers in music history, from Nightclubbing to Slave to the Rhythm and the arabesque grandeur of Island Life. Can you recognise these 23 iconic movie posters without the text? Blue Cheer “Outsideinside” their 2nd LP has very creative cover art. GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2 (2001) [Compilation] That's just a sticker on the picture saying "Madonna". We assume the mess on the backside happened after someone pressed “start.”. Classic. Pretty iconic. Also Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies snakeskin wallet cover or the Schools Out School desk cover one of these should be there. Your having a laugh………Not all but some of the sleeves chosen very poor in artistic design. Agreed. The Art work on Powerslave is so incredibly detailed, it should in the top ten. The White Album??? – The B-52s first two albums If You Can Remember The Names Of These Albums From Just The Album Art, We're Going To Be Seriously Flabbergasted. Rick Griffin artwork ! Tubular Bells to name but three. – Animals by Pink Floyd The Rolling Stones probably couldn’t beat the Beatles for a psychedelic album in 1967, but they arguably had the better cover, the first 3D sleeve in rock. The Silver Mt. Oh, I forgot to note that all covers done by Neon Park for all Little Feat albums. The Smiths – The Smiths, That’s not the original Ramones cover… -_-, Brothers In Arms Dire Straits best cover Explore their music with more than just one ear and you’ll discover that they were not only unique and groundbreaking, they WERE music for a period of time. Speaking of censorship, what about the uproar over Blind Faith’s album? Absolutely on all the Hipgnosis and Warhol albums. Kraftwerk As a Personal request, I’d say that Roy Harper’s “Lifemask”, with its split centre -and-fold-back Definitely’s got a place amongst the 100 most Unique Record-Covers. …would probably add some Scorpions, Iron Maiden (Powerslave/Aces high), Zappa, Axis:Bold As Love…. Crimson’s first album cover is on the list. JMO. The boxer was already a perfect image for the Pogues, but don’t miss the subtle joke: the word “peace” of course has five letters. Black Rose – Thin Lizzy Black & White The Stranglers Scorpions : Lonesome Crown, Yeah,my first tattoo was Rainbow Rising…think that artwork rocks..along with the album naturally. Looking In- Savoy Brown. – Spirits in the Material World by The Police Hank Mobley – Hank Mobley Allan Brother’s – Eat A Peach Where can I buy or print some of these album covers?, 45 rpm singles also (7 inch). My fave! Community Member. Drawn by cat himself and very iconic. Not a single Cannibal Corpse cover. But, I would rank that, Sgt Pepper’s and Revolver over the White Album both in terms of the quality and impression of the Album covers and the significance of the albums in the history of popular music as well as with their musical content. Model Barbara Cheeseborough’s screaming visage on the cover captured the swirling chaos of the 70s and searing funk-rock of Maggot Brain. , Your email address will not be published. or beach boys smiley smile, or beach boys live in concert double lp from ’73, never mentioned as one of the cheekiest, or even rudest covers ever! The live adventures of Al Kooper & Michael Bloofield. Bow Wow Wow should be off. or Reggae artists: This style of art would be associated with psychedelic music from here on out, though Crumb was a bit anti-hippie himself. And not just because she is nude!!! RCA wasted no time in cleaning up Elvis, who’d look completely respectable on all future albums. Alice Cooper: From The Inside Not a bad list, however I found it hard to believe neither Lil Boat 2 or Nuthin’ 2 Prove by Lil Yachty made the cut…. That came to mind immediately. 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