Your favourite album cover art

I love album covers, i truly think it is a legitimate art form. Please feel free to post pictures of your favourtite album covers and why you like them. I will start with the bleeding obvious.

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

I love the starkness of this work.

When it comes to Joy division i actually prefer closer.

No particular favourite but heres a few.

Manics- Holy Bible Smiths- The World Wont Listen New Order- Republic REM- Murmur

And even though i have never seen it, and am not too sure it exists, but didnt the durruti column have one made of sandpaper?

not at home just now to go through them all, but off the top of my head, I love the sunburst on this one:

So many to choose from, but let me nominate a familiar one...

Also

-With The Beatles (US version Meet The Beatles) -Revolver -The Who Sell Out -This Year's Model (Elvis Costello) -Dark side of the Moon -Sgt. Pepper -Unknown Pleasures -Kid A -Skylarking -Talking Heads 77 -Never Mind the Bollocks -Yanni Live at the Acropolis :p

Excepting anything done by Saville, then just about all the Cocteau Twins covers are fabulous, relaxing, mysterious, uplifting.....

This is my favourite:

Originally posted by Liam Core When it comes to Joy division i actually prefer closer.No particular favourite but heres a few. Manics- Holy BibleSmiths- The World Wont ListenNew Order- RepublicREM- MurmurAnd even though i have never seen it, and am not too sure it exists, but didnt the durruti column have one made of sandpaper?

Yep, it was their first album (and a brilliant album it was) from 1980 and was called "The Return Of The Durruti Column". I've spent the last half hour looking for a picture of it but to no avail. It's a great album cover and in true Factory style it just has the words "FACT 14" on the front.

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 So many to choose from, but let me nominate a familiar one...Also-With The Beatles (US version Meet The Beatles)-Revolver-The Who Sell Out-This Year's Model (Elvis Costello)-Dark side of the Moon-Sgt. Pepper-Unknown Pleasures-Kid A-Skylarking-Talking Heads 77-Never Mind the Bollocks-Yanni Live at the Acropolis :p

If I ever end up in South Carolina, which I highly doubt, I want to head over to your place and see what articles of Yanni merchandise do you have in your collection. Not only do you talk about him too much, you cannot even realize that his best album cover was Niki Nana

What is with the Yanni obsession guys?

-Smashing Pumpkins: Gish -The Cure: Disintegration (unfortunately, my friend Bill, who has pretty much disintegrated himself, still has the cover). -Pet Shop Boys: Nightlife -Smashing Pumpkins: "Zero" single -New Order: Low-Life -New Order: Get Ready.

I think that's enough.

Originally posted by Buffer I love album covers, i truly think it is a legitimate art form. Please feel free to post pictures of your favourtite album covers and why you like them. I will start with the bleeding obvious.Joy Division - Unknown PleasuresI love the starkness of this work.

Personally I've never found any of the New Order album covers (except for maybe Movement and PCL) all that good. The Joy Division ones are quite good, but does Saville really deserve so much credit for those? I could've made them. The UP cover he didn't even find, and all he did was reverse the colors from black to white. Whoopty fricking doo. The Closer cover he didn't even photograph. Talk about being overrated. And he can't even do such easy tasks on time!

I also really, really like Unknown Pleasures a lot, so I'll add a couple of things that turned my head back when I first saw 'em. Tabsy mentioned Talking Heads: 77, but it was their follow-up, More Songs About Buildings And Food, that really caught my eye......

....just 529 polariod photos lined up, and I also love the follow-up to this album, the textures of Fear Of Music...

Not widely known, but still great, I've gotta add Y by Bristol's The Pop Group. We are all prostitutes indeed.....

DM - Violator Manics - Holy Bible NO - Movement Beatles - Abbey Road The Cure - Standing on a beach

Always liked that one.

Originally posted by His Holiness, The Pope > Originally posted by Buffer> I love album covers, i truly think it is a legitimate art form. Please feel free to post pictures of your favourtite album covers and why you like them. I will start with the bleeding obvious.> > Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures> > > > I love the starkness of this work.

Personally I've never found any of the New Order album covers (except for maybe Movement and PCL) all that good. The Joy Division ones are quite good, but does Saville really deserve so much credit for those? I could've made them. The UP cover he didn't even find, and all he did was reverse the colors from black to white. Whoopty fricking doo. The Closer cover he didn't even photograph. Talk about being overrated. And he can't even do such easy tasks on time!

Bernard came up with the idea for this album, the scream of an exploding star, and your right David, Peter is a slack bastard.

Originally posted by Major Tarantino Always liked that one.

Excellent choice (love the song Mad World), very similar to the Boy and War covers by U2.

Originally posted by Buffer > Originally posted by Major Tarantino Always liked that one.

Excellent choice (love the song Mad World), very similar to the Boy and War covers by U2.

You two seem to like little boys

You two seem to like little boys

better watch out then Tristan

Originally posted by Geri > > You two seem to like little boys better watch out then Tristan

You two seem to like little boys

Nope, just you young Tristan.

Originally posted by Buffer You two seem to like little boys

Nope, just you young Tristan. I'm sorry but I do not post pictures of album covers with young boys

Originally posted by Green I also really, really like Unknown Pleasures a lot, so I'll add a couple of things that turned my head back when I first saw 'em. Tabsy mentioned Talking Heads: 77, but it was their follow-up, More Songs About Buildings And Food, that really caught my eye..........just 529 polariod photos lined up, and I also love the follow-up to this album, the textures of Fear Of Music...Not widely known, but still great, I've gotta add Y by Bristol's The Pop Group. We are all prostitutes indeed.....

no, not mentioning the bristol connection, just wondering if you counted all the photos?

Originally posted by Honky Whiteass©

I used to have an album by electribe 101, what happened to them?

Nah, I just looked at the inner sleeve for the info, plus a quick count shows 23 pics across, plus 23 down.

Originally posted by Green Nah, I just looked at the inner sleeve for the info, plus a quick count shows 23 pics across, plus 23 down.

I presume your talking about Talking Heads "More Songs About Buildings And Food" there.

A cover done by Joy Division's mate Anton Corbijn.

That's an awesome cover. I'm gonna set that as my wallpaper

Originally posted by Buffer > Originally posted by Green> Nah, I just looked at the inner sleeve for the info, plus a quick count shows 23 pics across, plus 23 down.

I presume your talking about Talking Heads "More Songs About Buildings And Food" there.

Correct, sir......

Originally posted by Tristan Jayol That's an awesome cover. I'm gonna set that as my wallpaper

Good idea mate, while your at it get the album as well, great stuff.