Q always had an ear for talent as his cross-cultural LP proved but he also had an eye for design. Not one Iron Maiden album? Wishbone Ashs Argus and Uriah Heeps Demons and Wizards should be here. i didnt see that herb alpert one with the girl in the whipped cream. What about the Moms Apple Pie album? Thin Lizzy: Jailbreak Moody Blues big oversight, Carly Simons first album or No Secrets were awesome covers, From this list my favourite would be Revolver but, as many others already commented, I would say Moody Blues are missing from the list. But not top 100. But its so cheerful that you still have to love it. Bleeker & McDougal-Fred Neil Definitely Ziggy cover ), JJ Cale Shades and so many others. Raise your hand if you also thought the cat was a head of lettuce. Didnt see ELO Out of the Blue or Discovery, both very lush pieces of artwork. The Byrds Fifth Dimension and Younger than Yesterday. 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. The cover was memorably defaced by Bowie himself decades later. Are you a friend of Donald Trump or did you come by your ignorance honestly. One of the many imaginative trips from the late 60s, this assemblage by the bands drummer represents various personal dreams of the band members. Brian Eno Another Green World Fool, You wish you were ignorant enough to have $450 billion dollars. Shake It Up peaked at Number Two on the charts. Desk Graffiti , Girls Panties and All. Glad to see the original Electric Ladyland cover. Suzanne Vega Days of Open Hand He fittingly put his coolest album cover on Yes most creative album, an icy winterscape that illuminates the albums war-and-peace theme. Yes Fragile, Iconic doesnt mean good.Here are some album covers that are better,debate me the seer,currents,igor,the money store,sinner get ready,kids see ghosts,blonde,skylarkin,pure comedy,indicud,year of the snitch,nina,tyron,ctrl,bandana,in the future,wilderness heart,fate,twin fantasy,awaken my love,you wont get what you want and a lot more.Older isnt awlays better. The album and the visitors have to be on it. Get it as soon as Tuesday, Apr 11. That cover is supposed to suggest she WAS naked because she could easily have been. J.D. . Discover the worst album covers of all time. Depeche Mode Violator The first Santana Not one Moody Blues album cover? Dire Straits Brothers in Arms? All these covers are DOPE. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes, Any early Genesis cover should be there, especially Trick Of The Tail or Selling England By The Pound. these are the top 100?What about Jimi HendrixElectric Ladylandor. I was doing this thing at home of putting up framed album covers. Roxygen Music Siren Agreed. Violent Femmes Hallowed Ground is another. It doesnt make much sense , we always mix cover art with album content, or we like a cover with no special art because it reflects so well album content that we love so much, or a period, or because she reminds a girlfirend so is this meaningful? Ten points if you got the original with the underwear inner sleeve. Thanks for letting us know, Timothy! finally someone brought up Argus by Wishbone Ash. Sales of the album reignited following Ric Ocasek 's death in September 2019. The Stone Roses The Stone Roses Roger Hodgsons title track is as fresh today as when it was released. Whatever your views are on this stuff he was Walter when it was recorded. Wings Venus And Mars P-funks wild fusion of funk, surrealism, and pop art extended beyond music, resulting in some of the most provocative LP covers of the era. No LIVE cover for GFR? Blue Cheers Outsideinside fascinated me as a youngster, checking out my cousins music. No GENESIS total shame! No simple love song, and its end result sounds more like the product of a dark fixation, one reason the Melvins 1989 cover of the tune seems entirely fitting. Id suggest the cover with the red/yellow profile picture of Hendrix which was used in North America. Here theyre on the 10th floor of a hotel standing at the precipice, and only one of the guys seems concerned about it. Some good covers. ScorpionsBlackout, Rainbow : Rising Check again.. The somber, shadowed photo featured on both the US and UK album version of Meet The Beatles! There were so many great covers that could replace all of these, in my opinion! Be-Bop Deluxe Sunburst Finish You should know better to dare put together a list like this and call it Greatest.no one is ever happy or appreciates the work put into it. On the second album, it was easier to say, Roy, lets not do the multitracked harmonies this time. P.D. The Argus cover stuck with me through all these years. Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account, Do you know any background info about this album? Be Good To Yourself by Man The Doors Morrison Hotel (He spotted the eponymous Dude statue at an art gallery and took it home for inspiration.). I would toss the Asia cover for any of the Yes albums. minor damage to jewel case including scuffs or cracks, or to the item cover including scuffs, scratches, or cracks. Some for consideration. Foghat Rock n Roll This is not even close to 100 of the greatest covers. No Moody Blues? Absolutely Steve. The Breeders Last Splash R.S. Just about anything from Mark Wilkinson [Iron Maiden, Marillion, Fish, etc.] While everyone of these are worthy, there are so many that could be included that a top 100 best covers list seems woefully inadequate. Its hard to pick one Bruce Springsteen cover, when so many have ascended to iconic status. Dream Weaver was a neat cover also. The British cover of the Bonzo Dog Band with King Kong, and their other early albums. Bjrk Homogenic Rick Griffin artwork. Model Barbara Cheeseboroughs screaming visage on the cover captured the swirling chaos of the 70s and searing funk-rock of Maggot Brain. Where is the magnificant album of Blind Faith. Seriously no Rodney Matthews in there. We know now who the real fool really is. Obviously, killary can count on one more fools vote for the of the government, by the government, for the government system that has and will forever more forget the wants and needs of its own citizens. All the Mastodon covers are missing No Peter Saville or Vaughan Oliver works? (Are you depressed or something? Jethro Tulls Living In The Past with its Book design (The Hardback one!) It doesnt really matter what sort of adjective you want to put it in front of the words album cover, because lists of this sort of are always incredibly subjective. Zeppelin III. Def Maybe by Oasis is a great cover and photoshame it didnt make it. Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream and Other Delights. There are quite a few Arguably, not to mention Questionable choices here. BTO Not Fragile It looked right to me and how I felt, said Jones. Black Moses by Isaac Hayes! The Go-Gos sense of playful subversion extended to their sendup of glamorous cover photos on their hit debut, Beauty & The Beat. , And the one that Im Pictured holding in my Profile Photo: Absolutely on all the Hipgnosis and Warhol albums. Beth Orton Trailer Park There were some Nazereth , Molly Hatchet Albums that had real great Art. Savoy Brown,Outside Looking in.. My opinion the Best Cover art ever, Be Bop Deluxe Axe Victim and Sunburst Finish From the lightning bolt on Aladdin Sane to Ziggy Stardust, its hard to pick. pink floyds a nice pair. One of the greatest joke album covers, the boxer was already a perfect image for the Pogues, but dont miss the subtle bit of play here. ELP Tarkus. Great album, great cover. The band chose to include one new song with the release, Tonight She Comes, a quietly contagious synth stomper that Ocasek had been planning to keep for himself. Flipper Gone Fishin. (So has the Interpretation Of Classical Works.). Patto Hold Your Fire Dukes of Stratosphere 25 o clock. even better than creams disraeli gears which is almost an eyesore is their wheels of fire cover, same artist, but way less of a dogs breakfast, cleaner and classy and silver, a refined version without the cliche dayglow. nearly 1/2 of these covers dont deserve to be on this lista lot of much better covers arent even represented here, from bands represented here and from lesser known bands. Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers You are not being serious here. The Beatles Rubber Soul,Sgt Pepper Led Zeppelin 3, In Through the Outdoor Deep Purple in Rock, Stormbringer Jethro Tull Stand Up, Thick As A Brick Peter Gabriel 2, Joy Division Closer, Cocteau Twins Treasure, Dead Can Dance Within the Realm of a Dying Sun Therapy? 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. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. Its probably responsible for more teenage boys wanting to join the high school band and more trumpet sales than any other single event. Paul Simon Graceland Jethro Tull Stand up Rick Griffin artwork ! Bogus list, how in the world could they not include any grateful dead covers ???? Kiss Alive 1 captured the raw live energy deffo should have been there. No Alphabet Street Shouldnt Jean-Michel Jarres Oxygene be in that list? Published on March 22, 2022 By Brett Milano Illustration:. The Rolling Stones always had cool, attention-grabbing album covers. I chose LPs from musicians that I liked that were done by fine artists of note and were interesting to look at. There is more than one artist with this name: 1) The Cars is a popular American, Playlist: The Very Best of A Flock of Seagulls, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Sweet Moments With The Blue Velvet Band for the Eric Von Schmidt designed board game on the INSIDE of the fold out cover. 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. Where is the first Moby Grape cover and no Jefferson Airplane cover ???? (Suddenly Im in doubt; Is it actually there?). So many Moodies covers are way better than a lot here, even albums I love! Here are just a few of the ones you forgot. Sigur Rs gtis Byrjun Erm, didnt the Velvet Underground release White Light White Heat (the black album!) My thoughts exactly. The Led Zeppelin III cover is a far more Original and Iconic Cover even though HOTH is one of Hipgnosis most beautiful designs. Davis Is a Bonkers Vision of Our AI-Controlled Future, You Killer Joe Goldberg Channels Willy Wonka in For You and Only You. Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues should be on the list. Who cares??? Taking a second look at the list, I discovered Eat a Peach is included. Not even Dark Side Of The Moon??? That was like a one-off single that we just all came together and did. Putting it on the Greatest Hits compilation turned out to be the right move: The song became a Top 10 hit, one of their best-charting singles ever. Its Walter Carlos, not Wendy! Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. The cover of Come Fly With Me caught both Sinatras natural charisma and the allure of the jet-set era. Wheres The Incredible String Bands gem 5000 spirits.? To pick one single Cover; is Impossible, plain and simple. Billion Dollar Babies, Breakfast in America is one of my all time favorite albums that I can listen to over and over. The cover for the British prog-rock outfit Familys 1971 album is a multi-foldout extravaganza and features an early computer graphic, adding the individual band photos to each other until they become the pretty blur at top right. Thanks for letting us know! Its not the original Ramones co Credits adapted from the liner notes of Complete Greatest Hits.[4]. Axis:Bold As Love- Jimi Hendrix Experience The graphic photo of Bushwick Bill at the hospital was as unflinching as their music. Sleeve grades as VG+ / Vinyl grades as VG."I found the album cover in less than "collectable" condition with writing on the front cover, creases and a damaged corner. Croquet Anyone? Iron Maiden Number Of the Beast I think Ill suggest A few really worthy ones. Or how about Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division? Talking Heads The Name of This Band is Talking Heads is a double live album with the quartet on one album/cover and the 11 piece band on the second album/cover. Nazareth: Hair of the Dog hands down the best album cover of all time. If I would have sent any of those to a client for their album cover, they would have sent it back with a list of revisions and notes if not completely rejected. Langes production here is swoony and spacious, with sharp drums puncturing a haze of keyboards. Last edited on 15 December 2022, at 09:49, "New Zealand album certifications The Cars Greatest Hits", "British album certifications Cars Cars Greatest Hits", "American album certifications The Cars Greatest Hits", Recording Industry Association of America, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greatest_Hits_(The_Cars_album)&oldid=1127547538, This page was last edited on 15 December 2022, at 09:49. 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