General Chat / Top 10 Album Covers

Here are my favourite 10 examples of cover art from the albums that I own:

10. Statues by Moloko

Oh Roisin Murphy how we love you. Absolute genius lol - I can just imagine the shoot for this one, wading around in water and looking mental. The hair is especially wild. Also this is so different from the very clipped, businesswoman-like Murphy from earlier albums, which is a bit strange because this album was their least left-field yet. Still, great cover.

9. Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol

Really understated. I don't know how but this sums up the album entirely...atmospheric lighting, slightly seedy...it somehow whispers 'obsessive/dark/elegant'. It's covers that reflect what's inside that I like a lot, but they have to look good too. And this one really looks good.

8. Fever [Special Edition] by Kylie

Even better than the original artwork, this is actually on a cardboard cover OVER the original. I like the mic lead on the original, but this version is cooler cos it's all in relief compared to the whiteness of the cover...but really it's the combined effect which makes it extra cool. Funny how short she is, though.

7. Post by Bjork

Awesome image with a real vibrant change from Debut. There's lots of different pictures with similar backgrounds of Bjork in different poses. I really like the movement and the little bits in her hair.

6. The Love Below by Outkast

I only really mean the Andre3000 side because that's the better side, but I suppose together they are still pretty cool. I just think that the smoking gun image is brilliant for some reason.

5. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

I bought this album on the strength of its artwork alone. I'm glad I did, because it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. The font is awesome (lovely website with it) but my favourite part is little Yoshimi standing defiant in the corner, her shadow looking equally small compared to the scary robot. The other artwork accompanying this album's release is also fantastic.

4. Blueberry Boat by The Fiery Furnaces

For something so simple, this is quite astonishingly beautiful. It's so calming, but at the same time makes you think of the sort of sea shanties running through the album. I like abstract art like this because it's soothing and not too challenging. Also the font is absolutely perfect and the inside of the booklet somehow manages to make their lyrics appear less challenging than they are (although they still read like a James Joyce novel...) This CD is a lovely one to have on a CD rack cos it's so pretty to look at.

3. Richard D. James Album by Aphex Twin

Oh God scary Richard. This is such a cool album cover because the music makes you think of some weird psycho guy...and there he is! Also, the booklet art is little bits of his face duplicated over and over - I think one bit is from his nose, another from just underneath one of his eyes...it's kind of gross but in a cool way. And that cover never fails to scare people. If I owned Windowlicker, that would be up here too, but I don't.

2. Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins

I love this because it's so whimsical, like the music inside. Also, it comprises several of the pages of the booklet, all folded over to create a 3D effect. It's kind of paradoxical/fantastic, which I like to think mirrors the weird imagery of the lyrics (mostly impenetrable for me). I really like the little eye peeping up, because I have that on a t-shirt too.

1. Homogenic by Bjork

I chose this as my favourite not only for the cover, as it also has one of the best designed booklets i've seen. The images by MeCompany are just brilliant, evoking the dark (but warm) themes of the album. The outfit Bjork is wearing on the cover, designed by Alexander McQueen, is incredible - like an assimilation of several different cultures all into one (part geisha, part tribeswoman, part nordic god). Really, this is the most powerful and memorable album cover of those that I own.

So there you go.

upon seeing this topic all I could think of was "I'LL TAKE ANAL BUM COVER FOR $1000"

I don't get it.

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No, they have Monty Python reruns.

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1. Lemonade and Brownies- Sugar Ray


2. The Wretched Spawn- Cannibal Corpse
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Dark Side Of The Moon - By pink floyd
is a realy cool cover.

not a top # but a small list with great covers:

Blood Suger Sex Magik - RHCP
Mutter (special edition) - Rammstein
Cheer up - Reel Big Fish
Greatest Hits - RHCP
Eclipse - Pink Floyd

1. Lemonade and Brownies- Sugar Ray

That's weird, I just saw that one in a record store the other day.

Nice, Raven. Well, the first one anyway.

Other ones I thought about including: Medulla, Hail To The Thief, Midnite Vultures, Odelay, The Moon & Antarctica, Funeral, Viva! La Woman, Thunder Lightning Strike, Kasabian, LCD Soundsystem, Echoes, Scissor Sisters, Think Tank, Frances The Mute, Animals, Rooty, Push The Button and Black Cherry.

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Coldplay - parachutes - This is my all time favourite album cover, it is simply beautiful, really represents the album well imo.

Cypress hill - stoned raiders Even though this isnt a brilliant album, i love the artwork, amazing colours and the font is so cool.

Talib Kweli - beautiful struggleThe artwork of this album really fits the title, beautiful..i love that kid running past, it shows great emotion imo.

Camp lo - uptown saturday night The cover for this album really sets the mood of the album, lively, get in the mood to party feeling, brilliant.

Faithless - outrospective Amazing picture, i really love the way it is captured, makes me want to grab my camera and produce something like that.

Thats my favourites.

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2. The Wretched Spawn- Cannibal Corpse
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Yes...Cannibal Corpse always has some *cough* interesting CD covers...

In alphabetical order by bands:


Aveo--Battery

The Decemberists--Her Majesty the Decemberists

Dispatch--Who are We Living For?

Iron and Wine--Woman King

Low--Songs for a Dead Pilot

The Mars Volta--Francis the Mute

Pedro the Lion--Winners Never Quit

Rocky Votolato--Burn My Travels Clean

Son, Ambulence--Key

The Streets--A Grand Don't Come For Free

And a runner up is: Bright Eyes--Digital Ash in a Digital Urn. You'd have to actually take the booklet out to see why it's so cool, looks pretty lame otherwise.

you mean that shit about the guy vomiting ones and zeroes?

yeah, thought that was neat.

My god that mars volta one couldn't be more of a rip off of funeral for a friend if it tried:

^Owned in the face.

Iron Maiden - Powerslave



Genesis - ...And Then There Were Three

Dunno why but I always like this one

Ooh yes if I owned Parachutes myself that might have been on the list.

If you don't know what this is, you are an idiot.

I really like this one..