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.

The Creatures one is good, but I prefer:

...but that's just my opinion CTB

Originally posted by CTB The Creatures one is good, but I prefer:...but that's just my opinionCTB

And your opinion is welcome, wanna tell me the name of the artist for this album.

Isn't that Vangelis? ;)

Always had a fascination with this one...

Peter Gabriel's first four solo albums all had great album covers,

and then with his fifth album "SO" he got Peter Saville to design it, the most boring album cover ever.

Originally posted by Buffer Low Peter Gabriel's first four solo albums all had great album covers,and then with his fifth album "SO" he got Peter Saville to design it, the most boring album cover ever.

I can't see ur pics

Originally posted by Buffer Low Peter Gabriel's first four solo albums all had great album covers,

Yeah, but certainly among the least imaginitively named ever

BTW, I don't think you can link Geocities images.......

You sure? I can see the geocities pictures fine.

Originally posted by Buffer Low > Originally posted by CTB> The Creatures one is good, but I prefer:> > > ...but that's just my opinion> CTB>

And your opinion is welcome, wanna tell me the name of the artist for this album.

Sorry! It's Fugazi - The Argument.

Originally posted by Buffer Low You sure? I can see the geocities pictures fine.

Sorry mate, still no go on the pic front for the Gabriel sleeves :(

Bugger, why not?

They're just one of quite a few companies that don't allow remote linking of images; here's an article on that.

http://www.buffyguide.com/webmasters/directlink.shtml

Thanx Allen, i didn't know that posting an image is considered theft.

No problem Martin, on the topic about webmasters changing the names of images, or replacing them altogether, there was an incident on another board that I read this past week.

A couple of years ago, some of the posters were using small Simpsons gifs as an avatar; the webhosting company changed hands, and in their effort to stop remote linking, they apparently replaced those animated gifs with swastikas; it was a shock to see what was a blinking Moe replaced with that. The webmaster, however, was nice enough to make everyone aware of the changes right away.

Just noticed that the Peter Gabriel album covers i put up are not even showing on my computer any more, sorry guys.

A great cover, inspired by the work of surrealist painter Rene Magritte.

My all time favorite

I've always liked the cover of The Pixies 'Bossanova'

And this is my favourite Pixies album cover "Come On Pilgram".

Those of us lucky enough to attend the NOOL meet in Seattle were able to see a framed print taken from the original negative for the photo on the cover of the Pixies album "Surfer Rosa."

Originally posted by bLuE oRdEr

You don't think Elastica ripped off the Ramones in any way, do you?

Homage.

Originally posted by bLuE oRdEr Homage.

Yeah, i guess so, a tribute to one of the best bands of all time.

just had to post this one coz I really like this artist (Derek Hess) Of the few heavy albums I own this is my favourite cover :evil:

Originally posted by Buffer Low 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.

I have to agree, I love this one; it's hanging framed in my entrance hall. I have the promo poster for New Order's substance hanging framed in my living room.

Ultravox "Vienna" is a favorite...it's so cold