What is Your Favorite Piece of Album Cover Art???

Storm Thorgersen and Hipgnosis made some cool covers for Pink Floyd. My favorite is probably "Ummagumma".

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Gahr said:
I really think this one tops most covers out there.
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But that is clearly supposed to be funny. I really like the ones that are made in earnest, but get it so wrong.

I'm really not intending to go for a religious bash here, but when you google embarrassing album art, this stuff is all that comes up.

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Here is another favourite, from The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun from 1968. This one, even if the lyrics don't do it, the album art definitely trips you out!image.jpeg
 
Sp8ctre said:
Didn't he do Uriah Heep's Demons and Wizards cover? It's also a favorite of mine...
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Yes, Roger Dean again.

DonP said:
They are really nice pieces of art, but I think album art specifically needs more. It needs to say something about what you are going to hear. It needs to feed your expectations.
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Oh, but it does. You ever listened to the Relayer ? Or to Yes for that matter, other than The Roundabout ?
This one:
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The cover is 150% what you experience listening to Yes. For me anyway.

Read these lyrics and look at the cover again. Or better listen to the album.

Stand and fight we do consider
Reminded of an inner pact between us
That's seen as we go
And ride there
In motion
To fields in debts of honour defending
Stand the marchers soaring talons
Peaceful lives will not deliver freedom
Fighting we know,
Destroy oppression
The point to reaction
As leaders look to you attacking
Choose and renounce throwing chains to the floor
Kill or be killing faster sins correct the flow
Casting giant shadows off vast
Penetrating force
To alter via the war that seen
As frictions spans the spirits' wrath ascending to redeem
Wars that shout in screams of anguish
Power spent passion bespoils our soul receiver
Surely we know.
In glory we rise to offer,
Create our freedom, a word, we utter a word.
Words cause our banner, victorious our day
Will silence be promised as violence display
The curse increased we fight the pow'r and live by it by day
Our gods awake in thunderous roars and guide
The leader's hands in paths of glory to the cause
Listen should we fight forever
Knowing as we do know
Fear destroys?
Listen should we leave our children?
Listen our lives stare in silence
Help us now
Listen your friends have been broken
They tell us of your poison
Now we know
Kill them give them as they give us
Slay them burn their children's laughter
On to hell
The fist will run
Grasp metal to gun
The spirit sings in crashing tones we gain the battle drum
Our cries will shrill the air will moan and crash into the dawn
The pen won't stay the demon's wings, the hour approaches
Pounding out the devil's sermon
Soon oh soon the light
Pass within and soothe this endless night
And wait here for you
Our reason to be here
Soon oh soon the time
All we move to gain will reach and calm
Our heart is open
Our reason to be here
Long ago, set into rhyme
Soon oh soon the light
Ours to shape for all time, ours the right
The sun will lead us
Our reason to be here
Soon oh soon the light
Ours to shape for all time, ours the right
The sun will lead us
Our reason to be here​
 
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Not sure how many out there know that the Clash cover posted earlier is a take off of an Elvis LP...

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I like most of Yes's work, particularly Chris's guitar, and although I agree that the cover of Relayer is nicely done, it really says nothing to me about the album. I don't want the picture to be too literal either; an oblique reference is what I like best.
 
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