The best Album Cover of all time

[dsedy]

It is such a lost art....Great Album covers (and the inside as well).
Too many digital songs today.

Anyway, here are some album covers I like. (If this is already a thread, just combine Cany)
These covers really shows the art of the artist.

 

[wader]

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

Front art

Back Cover

Inside Art

King Crimson - 'In The Court Of The Crimson King': Why It Mattered

In The Court of the Crimson King remains a landmark album for prog-rock and continues to inspire and beguile artists, 50 years on.

happymag.tv

 

[CELLFISH]

me think OLDMUD didn’t want this, but Mr.W, wanted me to send Lobster ? Man, over to him, unfortunately I placed it somewhere unknown right now... cellfish...

 

[Roccus7]

To say I listened to some obscure bands is a gross understatement. I submit that the band Flash had the one of the best album covers...

And then there's Caravan's "For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night"...

 

[JackPrintMD]

Phil Hartman of SNL fame was actually more famous for graphically designing album covers.

 

[Hoppkorv]

These two come to mind...

 

[jpd]

Anything by Yes. Roger Dean was a trip.

 

[dsedy]

Anything by Yes. Roger Dean was a trip.

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That's awesome. Looks like a Salvatore Dali painting!

 

[wader]

Front Cover

Inside

Back Cover

 

[wader]

Original Cover

Yanked & replaced with this one because the original cover released with the album was too controversial what with what appeared to be butchered babies (if you have the original it's worth some bucks)

 

[wader]

The only non square album cover I'm aware of.

 

[wader]

and not to be out done by Sargent Pepper - this was the Stones "reply" -Their Satanic Majesty's Request. The picture in the centerof the album cover was 3D & changed as you tilted it.

Inside Art

Back Cover Art

 

[Roccus7]

Dean good, but can't forget Giger. ELP's Brain Salad Surgery had a great cover, and it was arguably their best recording...

 

[wader]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1st Album

Inside Art

Back Cover

 

[jpd]

I really did have a great ELP 8-track back in the day.
Tarkus - just looked it up

 

[BennyV]

This one is tough to beat.

 

[pequa1]

 

[Roccus7]

Getting back to Dirt Bag album covers, I think of the British version of Blind Faith which could qualify for child molestation here so I won't show, but will show the cover of the original collaboration of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks...

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