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bacobit
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What is the best or most Distinctive Album Cover you've seen?

This one deffantly wins most Distinctive

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTovzvdMGr0W4eo8KmIRpWR4MjnhkefZfxauKLllzT1PmnF66Tk

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parrot657
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Abbey Road by The Beatles, Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd and Houses of the Holly by Led Zeppelin come to mind.

http://ferfrontani.com.ar/ferfrontani/uploads/2010/07/Beatles_-_Abbey_Road.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Y_oshX9Ntg/S6p4ESJuoxI/AAAAAAAAAGg/fPq6xse_8tY/s1600/Dark+Side+of+the+Moon_dark_side.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qxeTRQb8_rc/S0FhtGaAZNI/AAAAAAAAANM/YzMNyf5CW1I/s400/led-zeppelin-houses-of-the-holy-back.jpg

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I would say that the cover for the album Tuonela from Amorphis is very good since it not only looks neat, but reflects aspects of the album's music very well.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Evsve_QZ1Vs/SUtbNDhNYmI/AAAAAAAAAHw/ULQ_y1cCQ8E/s320/Amorphis+-+Tuonela.jpg

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The album Strange Days of the Doors has a great cover. It was designed by William S. Harvey and photographed by Joel Brodsky.
Jim Morrison rejected to take part in the cover, nonetheless there is a poster of the band members on the far right end.
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8870/strangedays.jpg

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I've got a different one there bacobit... only this time it's not nirvana! :P

http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album-Weird-Al-Yankovic-Off-the-Deep-End.jpg

But seriously now... some of my favorite covers are these:

Queen - The Miracle
This cover represents (for me) how closely intwined the four members of Queen were, not only on a musical level, but on a personal level as well... shame the picture 'fell apart' after Freddy died...
http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/sep2009/3/9/image-5-for-the-world-s-top-ten-worst-album-covers-gallery-456250898.jpg

Van Halen - Balance
This album cover shows a great visual presentation of the album's name, both the 'bad/angry/wild' and the 'good/friendly/calm' sides are represented in it, just like the type of songs on this album are!
http://grungehouse.com/cd_cover/025/lg/Van_Halen_-_Balance-album-cover.jpg

Can't think of any more right now, but I'll check in again when I come up with them!

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I think Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory is very distinctive

bacobit
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And who doesn't like the Enema of State cover?

http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff390/TOBacobit/Pictures/th_EnemaoftheState.jpg?t=1290030780

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Nice MrDayCee ;D

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sorry, I'll try it again:
http://i082.radikal.ru/0909/89/e8798d033d5f.jpg

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Green Day - Dookie

I remember when I first bought that album like 5 years ago... Such a classic. I want to buy it again since I lost it. The album cover was funny to me then since I was in 6th grade.

But anyway, going through my giant album collection, there were two album covers that I liked the most:

RHCP-Californication, very chill-looking
http://leeming.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/red-hot-chili-peppers-californication.jpg

Metallica-Master of Puppets, looks so sick
http://www.seekdestroyers.be/master-of-puppets.jpg
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Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy

Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Queensryche - Empire

Rammstein - Sehnsucht

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http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac244/Aberdeen67/King%20Crimson/InthecourtoftheCrimsonKing.jpg

one of my favorites =) any guesses?

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**** you alt. I wanted to post that. xD (And yeah, in the court of the crimson king by king crimson : P)

I like these ones:
http://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/b/0/15704/15704315_brain_salad_surgery.jpg

and

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4NGbBzCBNs4/S7AQ9hAwKrI/AAAAAAAAAeY/jG9D-ttQkTQ/s1600/WYWH.jpg

Heck, **** you pink floyd and your awesome covers xP

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id say probs anything by iron maiden....messed up people

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http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s1887.jpg

oh yes

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my favorite album cover is this one

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/galen2112/bcsl.jpg

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