The Best/Most Distinctive Album Covers

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King

Posted October 4, '12 4:44pm UTC

Nice to see there's still some life into this thread! =)

How about some cheesy 80's album covers?! They are SO awfully bad, they're great! LOL =D

Tigertailz - "Young and Crazy"

Tigertailz - "Bezerk"

Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In

And then some nice covers by great artists...

Journey - "Escape"

This is an awesome beautiful album cover in my opinion!! One of the few albums hanging proudly on my wall!

What you can Ernie... I can too! Even though "Afterburner" is truly awesome and beats mine, let's not forget:

ZZ Top - "Eliminator"

Bold, straight forward, defined cover by the Texan rockers!

Pillar - "Where Do We Go From Here"

A simple design, but the meaning behind their music has a reflection in the cover...

Who's next? =)

Nice to see there's still some life into this thread! =)\r\n\r\nHow about some cheesy 80's album covers?! They are SO awfully bad, they're great! LOL =D\r\n\r\n[b]Tigertailz - "Young and Crazy"[/b]\r\n[img]http://image.musicimport.biz/sdimages/upc09/5060176680418.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\n[b]Tigertailz - "Bezerk"[/b]\r\n[img]http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Tigertailz.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\n[b]Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In[/b]\r\n[img]http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/Kelly/Poison-Look-What-the-Cat-Dragged-In.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nAnd then some nice covers by great artists...\r\n\r\n[b]Journey - "Escape"[/b]\r\n[img]http://backtothemusic.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/2540031-journey-escape.jpg[/img]\r\nThis is an awesome beautiful album cover in my opinion!! One of the few albums hanging proudly on my wall!\r\n\r\nWhat you can Ernie... I can too! Even though "Afterburner" is truly awesome and beats mine, let's not forget:\r\n\r\n[b]ZZ Top - "Eliminator"[/b]\r\n[img]http://www.retrorush.com/images/products/tshirts/ZZ_TOP_eliminator_t-shirt_M_S.jpg[/img]\r\nBold, straight forward, defined cover by the Texan rockers!\r\n\r\n[b]Pillar - "Where Do We Go From Here"[/b]\r\n[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QM5RW46ZL._SL500_SS500_.jpg[/img]\r\nA simple design, but the meaning behind their music has a reflection in the cover...\r\n\r\nWho's next? =)

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dudeguy45

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Peasant

Posted October 4, '12 10:44pm UTC

Headhunters- Herbie Hancock

Muse always has boss album covers

Radiohead

Sufjan Stevens- The Age of Adz

Andrew Bird... get it?

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waluigi

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Shepherd

Posted October 4, '12 10:49pm UTC

How this threads been going a while. I didn't even remember that I even posted here before. Anyways, a new one now

Rush's Grace Under Pressure. The surrealism of the cover always amazed me. Also, if you look closely, you can see a face.

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kegaumongo

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Grand Duchess

Posted October 7, '12 6:04pm UTC

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet: the album Dangerous by Michael Jackson. It is so full of details...

The next cover is pretty simple, but I find it quite captivating. I guess it's due to the hand-drawn design. It is the album The Eraser by Thom Yorke.

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MrDayCee

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King

Posted October 8, '12 12:30pm UTC

I started digging and found some more album cover gems in my CD collection... =)

Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World

I'm always a fan of comic art used on album covers, especially when it's an awesome band like Thin Lizzy!

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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley

Exactly what the band is like: having their own style in a freaky way!

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Rolling Stones - Some Girls

A colorful, funny and whitty album cover by one of the biggest rock bands...

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KoRn - The Suite World

A very frightening thought that is well displayed visually...

I started digging and found some more album cover gems in my CD collection... =)\r\n\r\n[b]Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World[/b]\r\n\r\n[img]http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/08/b3/fa93793509a093726f883110.L.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nI'm always a fan of comic art used on album covers, especially when it's an awesome band like Thin Lizzy!\r\n\r\n-\r\n\r\n[b]Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley[/b]\r\n\r\n[img]http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/r/red-hot-chili-peppers/album-freaky-styley.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nExactly what the band is like: having their own style in a freaky way!\r\n\r\n-\r\n\r\n[b]Rolling Stones - Some Girls[/b]\r\n\r\n[img]http://www.elgervanboxtel.nl/music/upload/covers/orig//TheRollingStones-SomeGirls.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nA colorful, funny and whitty album cover by one of the biggest rock bands...\r\n\r\n-\r\n\r\n[b]KoRn - The Suite World[/b]\r\n\r\n[img]http://data.whicdn.com/images/11803904/korn-albumcover-TheSuiteWorld_large.jpg[/img]\r\n\r\nA very frightening thought that is well displayed visually...

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kegaumongo

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Grand Duchess

Posted October 14, '12 6:03pm UTC

It seems that everybody is posting English covers (for obvious reasons), so I've decided to post two album covers of bands of my country just to add some diversity.

Gossos - Metamorfosi: this is probably not the most distinctive cover I've ever seen. I was around 14 when it was released, so an album cover with naked guys on it got my attention somehow...

Dept - Equilibri: I don't have much to say about this one. It's just beautiful. That's all.

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pangtongshu

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Jester

Posted October 14, '12 8:46pm UTC

Meshuggah - ObZen

Eerie..yet the meaning behind it is awesome

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HahiHa

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Regent

Posted October 15, '12 4:41pm UTC

Mastodon was already mentioned by delossantos before with an image of Crack The Skye, and here I come with my favourite: Blood Mountain.

Another creative art is from the album Words Untold & Dreams Unlived by Serenity:

And let's not forget Stand Up And Fight by Turisas, a masterly cover art that nicely reflects the story within the songs of that album:

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partydevil

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Jester

Posted October 15, '12 7:35pm UTC

it's so bad, that i love it. xD

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ironblade41

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Shepherd

Posted October 21, '12 12:11am UTC

I have to say... I don't know! I don't even listen to music with weird album covers. :P I guess a good cover would be one with the name on it. O.O

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pangtongshu

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Jester

Posted October 26, '12 10:00pm UTC

Mayhem - Dawn of the Black Hearts

I think I may have found the most distinctive by far...this is the band's lead singer after he committed suicide. One of the members found him (they were living together) and before calling the police bought a disposable camera and took a picture of the scene. This is that picture