Album Covers

[tomus42]

What is your favourite album cover? Three come to my mind straight away. Sgt Pepper, Physical Graffiti, Dark Side of the moon.

[Buenchico]

One of the best:
https://ia803408.us.archive.org/31/items/mbid-98e15b16-d460-4d7b-ae49-aec468c9309b/mbid-98e15b16-d460-4d7b-ae49-aec468c9309b-29142693698.png

. . . and from one of my favourite bands, where I love the simplicity of the design:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71enFOwH0RL._UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

[Buenchico]

Ditto:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81tgFNHw2PL._AC_SX425_.jpg

[JimF]

http://www.hipgnosiscovers.com/images/trickofthetail_uk_lp_front.jpg

[Hopkirk]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even_in_the_Quietest_Moments...#/media/File%3ASupertramp_-_Even_in_the_Quietest_Moments.jpg

[jno]

Sticky Fingers with the real zip had a certain cheeky tactility. I liked the simplicity of the Best of Blur too.

[tomus42]

Yes Jim, also a favourite of mine. I bought that album because of the artwork without knowing anything about Genesis. Didn't regret it.

[Ken4155]

My favourite Genesis album cover is Nursery Crimes. The lass wielding the stick has a sort of manic look in her eyes as she uses dolls heads as croquet balls.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=vDLvwlzC&;id=941EEAF566A53FE658BF75A2850A420DB093290E&thid=OIP.vDLvwlzCbmE7KkC217GQ2wAAAA&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.renaissens.com%2F6982-large_default%2Fgenesis-nursery-crime-vinyle-import-us-.jpg&cdnurl=https%3A%2F%2Fth.bing.com%2Fth%2Fid%2FR.bc32efc25cc26e613b2a40b6d7b190db%3Frik%3DDimTsA1CCoWidQ%26pid%3DImgRaw%26r%3D0&exph=595&expw=445&;q=nursery+crimes+album+cover&simid=608022186835128141&form=IRPRST&ck=5B0F2AD0CA594F727EB45D8D40E8DB86&selectedindex=0&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0&;vt=2&sim=15,16&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0

[askyourgran]

Kill Bill volume 1

[JimF]

"Nursery Crimes"

You mean Nursery Cryme?

And they're not dolls' heads...

[Toorak]

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - I have photos of myself under the k.west sign and outside the phone box in Hendon street.

Both have gone now, sadly.

[Toorak]

Heddon street!

[piggynose]

Scorpions Lovedrive.

[drmorgans]

It's a bygone age isn't it, record sleeves, with little CD covers replaced by downloads and streaming. Another casualty of the digital age. I liked some of the DIY singles from the punk / new wave, All the Boys Love Carrie by Another Pretty Face, with a green screen print.

[piggynose]

Boston.

[William51]

"Band on the run" by Wings and "Abbey Road" by the Beatles.

[Togo]

The Clash. London Calling. The pink and green lettering was done to mimic the Elvis Presley album cover from the 50s. They were not mocking Elvis, they recognised his early pioneering influence on the young.

https://creativereview.imgix.net/content/uploads/2019/11/Clash-square.jpg

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.mbnIKd5OTJqszmtpkQxt0QHaHa?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

[Togo]

Stone Roses. Do you know what the lemons reference?

https://img.discogs.com/fMEQ8nHraz-2Ww9tdwPZZPctA10=/fit-in/600x589/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8834130-1469744023-3322.jpeg.jpg

[rowanwitch]

I reckon Roger Dean's covers for Yes albums were pretty good, and In our Lifetime Marvin Gaye's album

[douglas9401]

The original Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull.

Folded out into a newspaper complete with unsolvable crossword.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=thick+as+a+brick+sleeve#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:924af65c,vid:eRRf_l71Zvw

[ynnafymmi]

@23.50.The Spanish cover for Sticky Fingers was even more stickier,jno.