That wasn’t what he wanted at all! The red velvet cover, with gold embossed lettering, served notice that Odessa was going to be unique and beautiful, which it was. Not one Moody Blues album cover….unfrickinbelievable!!! KISS DESTROYER, KISS LOVE GUN, KISS HOTTER THAN HELL, NINE INCH NAILS DOWNWARD SPIRAL, NIRVANA IN UTERO, METALLICA LOAD, NAZARETH HAIR OF THE DOG, AC/DC HIGHWAY TO HELL, DANZIG DEMONSWEATLIVE, QUEEN NEWS OF THE WORLD. Nazareth: Hair of The Dog – well done! – Animals by Pink Floyd For the artwork AND the music. and Finally , the Mona Lisa of Rock and Roll… Pavlov’s Dog-Pampered Menial. You’re seeing this ad based on the product’s relevance to your search query. Wings – “Venus And Mars” The cover for The Miracles’ 1961 debut encapsulates the old-school showbiz that Motown would soon lead the world away from. They probably don’t know the inside of the sleeves! Talking Heads “Speaking in Tongues” should be on the list. Read some good books about them. …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. The White Album is a good cover, but come on, man, it’s a blank page. Missing Jethro Tull’s “Thick As A Brick” (newspaper you can open and read), Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Live At The Star Club Hamburg” (a map of Hamburg in cartoon style when you open it), Led Zeppelin’s “III” (the wheel you can turn) and rare old french edition of Jimi Hendrix’s “Electric Ladyland” (artwork by heroic fantasy cartoonist Philippe Druillet) .. oh ! Everest – yes, that was the original plan – so they came up with something just as memorable by leaving the studio and crossing the street, resulting in the iconic Abbey Road cover. This is the first time I’ve heard somebody besides myself mention Crawler or Back Street Crawler in any way . U2 – Achtung Baby Desk Graffiti , Girls Panties and All. Iron Maiden – Number Of the Beast 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. There are a lot great suggestions, but my list would have included Blind Faith, The Who By Numbers, Alice Cooper’s Schools Out, Iron Maiden Killers, Dio, Iggy Pop Raw Power, Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever, Leon Russell Live, Cream Wheels of Fire. Disgraceful. Like all goth-influenced artists, Chelsea Wolfe has a strong sense of the dramatic. UFO – “Phenomenon” The somber, shadowed photo featured on both the US and UK album version of Meet The Beatles! Of course, it got an extra dimension by playing with Love’s own image at the time. Jethro Tull – Stand Up – Golden Earring – Moontan, and one of an early Klaus Doldinger “Passport” Cover! Indestructible), and Hybrid Theory (LINKIN PARK) beats several of the ones on this list. The toilet on the original cover of If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears also proved to be a no-no in 1966. Your email address will not be published. Blue Oyster Cult – Agents Of Fortune Come on no one has even said Goats Head Soup! Do you think that a cover with a white middle-aged gentleman named “A Taste of Dick Black’ properly represents his harmonica skills? Signed, An OLD rocker, Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything? It’s simply a great illustrated picture of Jeff in 70’s hippie attire with his Les Paul guitar! I think it would be better to have 1 cover per artist on the list because there are so many great ones. Robert Fripp saw this dramatic painting after In the Court of the Crimson King was completed and knew it perfectly suited the music, with the crazed cover figure as the 21st century schizoid man. No Peter Saville or Vaughan Oliver works? There were some Nazereth , Molly Hatchet Albums that had real great Art. The album cover for Hüsker Dü’s final studio album is one of those cases where a cover is exactly like the album: vivid, colorful and jarring in a welcoming way. Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun Who made this list? You suppose she was naked. Forgoing any blinged-out tropes, the former Wu-Tang member put a doctored version of his welfare ID card on the front cover of his solo debut, as both a reminder of where he came from and to destigmatize being on public assistance. Packed in green gift box. The Doors ” Full Circle ” (great cover, crappy album. However; In the end, such Lists are Tough choices, Luckilly! no nektar. Bogus list, how in the world could they not include any grateful dead covers ???? Candy-O is one of the two best uses of pin-up art on a rock record, along with…. Despite its daring appearance, if you looked closely, the whipped-cream clad model was actually wearing a wedding dress. BOTH ARE ICONIC AND VERY RECOGNIZABLE!! In this case, the interlocking geometric shapes are a visual answer to the album’s innovative time signatures. I thought the first Bad Company had a very iconic look to it…the large logo against the stark black background. Neil Young – Harvest or After the Goldrush How come the Destroyer album from Kiss or Love Gun for that matter didn’t make the cut? Discover the worst album covers of all time. Home / Julie's Stash / Albums and Pages / Plain Album Covers Plain Album Covers. Steely Dan – “The Royal Scam”. Gravy Train – A Ballad of a peaceful Man ? Linton Kwesi Johnson – Bass Culture Those who have chosen the list looked at books, as the themselves state. There were so many great covers that could replace all of these, in my opinion! Jethro Tull Stand up Iron Butterfly “Metamorphosis” Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day by Man – if only for the fantastic origami map of Wales. I think Sakis Gouzonis’s first album, “First Contact,” belongs here as well. Number of the Beast? See more ideas about album covers, album, emo. Beth Orton – Trailer Park All the Ohio Players covers were legendary, and the early Westbound ones were considerably more daring than the hit-era ones for Mercury. Lol… And what is so special about U2’s The Joshua Tree cover??? The most extra terrestrial capture of El Zim casting further questions on just what planet did Bob arrive from? And not just because she is nude!!! Most fucking annoying. It took a German painter schooled in surrealism to create its mix of African folk art and psychedelia. BTO – Not Fragile Some good covers in there but all subjective and hard to disconnect with the music the covers represent. Are you a friend of Donald Trump or did you come by your ignorance honestly. I’d suggest the cover with the red/yellow profile picture of Hendrix which was used in North America. Everything about this cover is cool, from the decision for a new band to not have the album title or band name on the cover, to the use of such an abstract image as the centrepiece of the design. Albums come with a plain cover or a 4"x4" window. There are better Zeppelin covers, and I would think at least 1 from the Moody Blues would be on here! Showing 1–9 of 11 results. Next time shoot for 250 and you,d still better prepare for some flack. All of Marvin’s covers are works of art in a way, but Ernie Barnes’s ‘Sugar Shack,’ which graces the cover of I Want You, is the only one currently hanging in a museum. Absolutely Steve. An iconic cover – and album …. yessongs, blind faith, bustin` out. It is difficult because it might be 101 on the list, but it should be up there, and arguably better than some in the top 100 I would say (1/7.4 billion isn’t much of an opinion I know) sorry the rest of you geezers…, I forgot to mention, Def Leppard, High and dry, this ought to be on this list, And come to think of it, Def Leppard. Here’s proof: https://youtu.be/QARxQsSJo58. LOSE -. Both used a few of Frank Frazetta art. Some real turkeys crept in there so I’ll correct you on a few you blatantly missed , The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus The Beatles influence cannot be measured. I think Supertramp’s “Crime of the Century” belongs here, more than “Breakfast in America”. LP RECORD JACKETS - assorted styles: • Standard White, black or kraft; with or without a center hole. Charles Lloyd – Geeta, I miss LP vinyl artwork. Designed by artist Joe Belt, who made his name capturing the characters of the Wild West, Belt trained his aim on another dark chapter of American history, depicting fallen soldiers, addicts, and an imprisoned populace. Goat’s Head Soup – The Rolling Stones, cd packaging is a different size as well. Which of course leads us to…. Download the latest CD Covers from Cover Century. With all four bandmembers together in a bathtub, the cover said more about The Mamas & The Papas than what was probably intended. Even Hendrix hated that one! This US compilation album featured a bizarre sleeve shot of The Beatles clad in butcher’s coats, draped in slabs of meat and dismembered doll parts. Allan Brother’s – Eat A Peach 12" records in paper sleeves fit beautifully! Really???? And what about Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea? How can you have missed Bebop Deluxe Axe Victim. Are you saying she wasn’t naked? Walking a razor-thin line between exploitation and cultural commentary was the Geto Boys’ modus operandi, and nothing exemplified this dynamic more than their 1991 LP cover. A plain white cover with the band name… SOOO artistic! Attempting to limit a list to only 100 covers overall is ridiculous. If you have sergeant pepper’s then you should have we’re only in it for the money by the Mothers of Invention. Jimi Hendrix EXP -Axis Bold As Love On a throwback-themed album, Taylor Swift presents an old Polaroid of herself, but incomplete and out of focus. The cover was memorably defaced by Bowie himself decades later. There is a Cover for All Styles! Cool list. The cover depicts one of the greatest rock guitarists in his prime! What the heck are the Beatles covers doing in this list? Not a bad selection,but how could you leave out Axis Bold as love or several of the Moody Blues lp covers? Omission faux pas in my eyes to this list. While the album made an instant star out of Springsteen, the cover did the same for E Street Band’s sax man Clarence Clemons. Or “Jagged Little Pill”? Where is Fleetwood Mac’s Mystery to Me cover??? Whatever. Carly Simon – Really, all of them, but Playing Possum is a classic! So almost all white guys from the seventies…..so much missing because of this narrow scope. 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. ELO-Discovery, anything by Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, or Megadeth, Huey Lewis & the News-Sports (since Born To Run made the list), Police-pick an album cover, KISS-many to choose from, RATT-Out Of The Cellar, INXS-Kick, Duran Duran-Rio, Red Hot Chili Peppers-Blood Sugar Sex Magik, David Lee Roth-Skyscraper, Scorpions-pick an album cover, Quiet Riot-Metal Health, and a couple hundred others that I can’t think of at the moment. Largely written by bandmembers Ian Anderson, John Evan, and Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (with help from Chrysalis staffer and former journalist Roy Eldridge), the famous newspaper cover of Thick as a Brick is full of cross-references and cerebral wit – just like the music – and Anderson said it took just as much work. Kansas’s “Leftoverture”. It’s fair that the cover was a little mysterious since the songs revealed everything else. Basically no female artists and the women that appear on the covers of the albums of the male artists are all showing their tits. One has to consider “The Prodigy – Fat of the land” surely? Barnes’s sensual figures and jubilant dancers reflected the carnal nature of Gaye’s 1976 album. Here here! Jeff Beck – Blow By Blow It’s got to make the top 100 easily . Bandolier belongs on this list. The first Santana Faltaram muitas bandas como: UFO, Triunvirat, Uriah Heep, Nazareth, Creedence, Boston, The Moody Blues, The Birds, muitas outras e principalmente Iron Maiden. It’s sublte ambiguity makes it a great cover, even though the music wasn’t great. Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells. some of these covers are just bands posing. pink floyds a nice pair. The Pixies’ debut cover is sexy, sinister, and full of secret meanings, starting with a vintage-looking softcore photo that was staged for the cover shoot. I forgot City To City (Jerry Rafferty). One big picture…. Interesting! Carly Simon’s “No Secrets”, Carly Simon… seriously? Be-Bop Deluxe – Sunburst Finish This list is so lame! Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Then came Black Sabbath…. Maybe even Synchronicity or Zenyette Mondetta. i didn’t see that herb alpert one with the girl in the whipped cream. Freewheel By Bob Dylan Rush – Moving Pictures Here are just a few of the ones you forgot. Sigur Ros all. What’s with the Ramones cover?!? Here they’re on the 10th floor of a hotel standing at the precipice, and only one of the guys seems concerned about it. Beggars Banquet is a rare case where an album’s two famous covers really complement each other. you have quite ignored the rest of the world. You missed one–Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out” album cover was one of the cleverest ever designed. It was their party; you could join if they let you. For her debut solo album, Courtney Love took the Cars’ concept a step further by enlisting the younger, edgier pin-up artist (known professionally as Olivia) to paint her. No DSOTM? The Who – Quadrophenia It was weird, it was witty, it was Warhol. Carly Simon – “No Secrets” Arriving one year after his milestone album The Payback, Brown delivered the double-album Hell, which called out societal ills both on record and on the elaborately illustrated cover. dennis wilson holding the mikestand from his crotch into the audience with that look on his face. Björk – Homogenic The Jam – All Mod Cons and Sound Affects, The Style Council – Our Favourite Shop, Paul Weller Stanley Road, The Stranglers Rattus Norvegicus should all be on the list, but all far too ‘English’ for this list, Santana’s first album, Deja Vu, Blue Oyster Cult such as Extraterrestrial or Agents of Fortune, Primal Scream – Screamadelica Any of the First 3 Waterboys album covers. But, the topic of conversation is ‘album covers’ – not the quality/enjoyability of music on the album itself. ACCEPT – Balls to the Wall, MESSAGE – FROM BOOKS AND DREAMS ? Plain Album Covers is handy for you to inquiry on this site. Rush – 2112. I miss the Band`s Music from big pink and Country Joe Mc Donald`s I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die. But how could they leave off the album of one of the most iconic and longest playing bands of the late 20th century with perhaps their most identifiable icon on it,s cover,The Grateful Dead,s “Steal your face”? Agree that there are many Grateful Dead album covers that are better than those in the list. Others missing What about the Mom’s Apple Pie album? Deceptive Bends and Kansas Left Overture to name a few.. Sly & The Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Going On” (Even though My copy is the one with Title printed on the front.) The so-called “White Album” was innovative; the first LP cover to come out with no picture! Disappointed but not surprised to see no Iron Maiden or Megadeth covers in there. Album Cover Reveal trailer - March 29 - Directed by Andy Hines . The designer also wrote one of the album’s most vivid lyrics on “Tales of Brave Ulysses.”. How’s that for a diverse list? But not top 100. The more commonly known US cover is nice enough but makes it look like a conventional singer-songwriter album and Kate Bush is anything but. arc of a diver? Kiss: Destroyer Any artist who dares to look this terrifying on the cover of their first album deserves all the platinum success they get. Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms? Be Bop Deluxe – Sunburst Finish We’re referring to the original UK “kite” cover that introduced the strangeness and sensuality that Bush was all about. My first album (x2) that my Grandma bought me cause I told her I liked it; Mom was not pleased when I opened it at XMas and played LOUD! Children Of the Future (Steve Miller Band), Blues For Allah (The Grateful Dead), In Search Of the Lost Chord (The Moody Blues), Just For Love (Quicksilver Messenger Service), Outside Inside (Blue Cheer), Escape (Journey), Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield), Firefall (S/T), The Royal Scam (Steely Dan), Pink Moon (Nick Drake), Dire Straits (S/T), In Rock (Deep Purple), Mellow Yellow (Donovan), Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd), Misfits (The Kinks), Santana (S/T) and there’s so many more that I could list too. Not much of a list! The best Electric Ladyland cover was the one with all the nude girls on it…..I still have my copy of it, they were on the front and back of the album. Police ’ s in the next 40 years Beatles albums???????? plain album covers... I will submit Quicksilver Messenger Service and “ don ’ t get stuck on insisting on including Beatles! Clever lads in XTC loved it celebrate the way they look teaser and the visitors have be! 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