Best Album Cover Art

[private joker]

Inspired by the London Calling post in Desert Island Albums thread, this is the place to POST PICS of the greatest album cover art of all time.

Unfortunately, I think the topic really begins and ends with this -- the cover to Slint's untilted 2-song EP:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000019KE.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg



Reminder: your posts are bulls[/i]hit without pictures. Naming an album is no good -- we wanna see this supposedly awesome cover art.

[elwoodblues]

Smell the Glove - Spinal Tap

[shant]

I really like the Paul's Boutique cover and fold out CD booklet. I used to have it up on my wall because it looks great unfolded. Unfortunately I can't find a full shot of that on the net, but here's the cover.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UUN.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[daryn]

http://www.musicmerchant.com/07464478571.jpg

[PhatTBoll]

I don't know which has the best, but I know which band it is.

Take your pick:

http://www.allfloyd.com/images/covers/darkside.jpg
http://www.allfloyd.com/images/covers/wywh.jpg
http://www.allfloyd.com/images/covers/animals.jpg
http://www.allfloyd.com/images/covers/ummagumma.jpg
http://www.allfloyd.com/images/covers/pulse.jpg

[junkmail3]

http://spinaltapfan.com/atozed/images/smell2.jpg

[MEbenhoe]

actually I think this contest ends with what inspired it:

http://www.music-atlas.com/images/album_covers/the_clash-london_calling.jpg

[ThaSaltCracka]

this is one of my personal favorites.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005AQF7.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[IndieMatty]

The Mars Volta - DeLoused in the Comatorium
http://music.porkrind.org/The%20Mars%20Volta/De-Loused%20In%20The%20Comatorium/cover.jpg

The Dillinger Escape Plan _ Miss Machine

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00029J24Y.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[ThaSaltCracka]

you hipster.

[IndieMatty]

I wish. If I was I wouldn't be staying late at the office awaiting a call on re-negotiating contracts that are non-negotiable.

[Lazymeatball]

Roxy Music - The Country Life

(some nudity)
http://www.heartstillbeating.com/roxylp/country_life1.jpg

Ok, so it's not that great, but I thought it was awesome when I found it in my Dad's cd collection when I was 10.

[wayabvpar]

Some favs-

http://www.e-profession.com/records/beatles_revolver.jpg

http://www.cjnetworks.com/~leis/album/journey/escape.jpg



http://www.ore.org/reviews/images/ratm.jpg

[craig r]

Not a good argument. Have you seen those Burger King commericals? /images/graemlins/laugh.gif Also, your name is hipsterish. Just fess up, you will feel much better.

craig

[IndieMatty]

I won't. Im a hardcore kid! (who is 26 yr old and listens to mostly indie rock)

People around my office started calling me that because I refused to buy an IPOD..and my musical tasts..I hate my 2+2 name.

Trust me though, In New York, I couldn't hang with the "hipster" set. No way.

[craig r]

I am just messing with you. I get this shite all the time. I listen to a lot of the "newer hipster/indy" stuff, but I don't get the hipster scene at all. What is so different about their scene as oppossed to others? They spend a lot of money on hair products, clothes, food, etc... Growing up in Houston (I am 27 now) we had scenes also. But, it was much different because it was basically a big bite of DC and Olympia (I guess the Nation of Ulysses spanned the U.S.), which led to a lot of DIY, politics, feminism, etc...

craig

[Mano]

Of course I'm biased because I think it's such a great albumn, but always loved: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002OX7.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[jakethebake]

I don't think I've ever spent more than like 5 seconds looking at any album cover.

[lucas9000]

first thing that came to mind:
http://www.billsienkiewicz.com/music/music/rzabobby.jpg
bobby digital
cover art by bill sienkiewicz (http://www.billsienkiewicz.com/)

[lucas9000]

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The Mars Volta - DeLoused in the Comatorium

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pwned by every tool album cover.

[lucas9000]

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I won't. Im a hardcore kid!

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this type of hardcore? (http://www.orcasound.com/transitional/cds/screenshots/859.jpg)

[lucas9000]

or:
http://www.newusic.it/assets/images/cd_tool_big.jpg
tool lateralus (need to see the whole package in person to appreciate it fully)

[Piz0wn0reD!!!!!!]

http://www.appletree.be/uploads/13/401/zipzaprap1.JPG

[IndieMatty]

Yes..<sniffle> that type of hardcore.

Didn't you see my reccommendation of Deadguy-Fixation of a co-worker..oh crap thats good art work too.

http://www.truesidemusic.de/tsm2002/__IMAGE_DIR__/__CONTENT__/amazon_deadguy_01_156.jpg

I'm listening to Steps now. Thank You.

[Tron]

Man, this is a totally dope thread... I have a book at home about the best album covers ever, but yeah, it's a home and I'm at college. It's a real sweet coffee table book. I'd recommend any of them (there are dozens).

[bukkrukk]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000W5N.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[daveymck]

Any one of the Maiden Covers my fave (from a single)

http://ironmaiden.webvis.net/images/Albums/Piece-Of-Mind/The-Trooper.jpg

This on a 12 inch sleeve is fantastic as well

http://www.verdespampas.com.br/wallpapers/imsomewhere-800.jpg

http://www.maidenfans.com/imc/pictures/pictures06_sit/single16_stranger_a_small.jpg

The artist is www.derekriggs.com (http://www.derekriggs.com) and there is some really fantastic other stuff on there, but the site is down.

[Kirg]

Not an outside cover but an inside cover from Prodigy's Music for the Jilted Generation.

http://img131.exs.cx/img131/1530/prodigysmall6gy.jpg

And while looking for that image online I happened to stumble on this, never heard of it or seen it, but it's a damn nice cover /images/graemlins/cool.gif

http://www.showandtellmusic.com/images/galleries/gallery%20f/whippedcream.jpg

[dr. klopek]

Balkii and a friend of ours went to this record show and the girl from the herb alpert (honestly, you've never heard of or seen it? I thought that thing was all over the place.) cover was there. Since the picture was taken in the 60's (70's?), you can imagine that she's not quite as attractive these days. She was charging $20 for signed pictures. The record store didn't invite her, she just showed up...

[srvollmer]

http://www.htnet.hr/2003/10/27/0232007.9.jpg

[Paluka]

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Yes..<sniffle> that type of hardcore.


I'm listening to Steps now. Thank You.

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I don't think I have Steps, I'm more of a lookingglassself guy.

[IndieMatty]

Awesome one too. Steps is an ep, so can't compare, but the 4 songs are fantastic.. Progression through Unlearning is great too (#3).

Designs for Automation is.."meh" at best.

But the one that came out last year, End Transmission? Is pretty cool, they quote the Modest Mouse lyric from that song on Moon and Antartica.Tiny Cities made of Ashes.

"Does anybody know a way that a body could get away?
Does anybody know a way?" On New Kata. Good song.


Their last show is on Saturday in B-Lo.

Anyone who doesn't think that Victory and Hardcore were at their peak from 1993-1999 is crazy.

Anybody who likes heaviesh type music should check out the following old hardcore bands.

Turmoil
Earth Crisis
Despair
One King Down
Countervail
Jesuit
(older) Hatebreed or new too.
Deadguy
Path of Resistance
Botch
Kiss it Goodbye
Coalesce

Any other band that performed at the first Syracuse Hell Fest in 1996.

-m

[lucas9000]

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Yes..<sniffle> that type of hardcore.


I'm listening to Steps now. Thank You.

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I don't think I have Steps, I'm more of a lookingglassself guy.

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too bad the production on lookingglasself is so shoddy. nevertheless, it's a classic. i love it. incarnation is 8 million times better live though.

get steps now. it's amazing. progression through unlearning is also essential. after progression though i lost track of snapcase.

have you guys ever heard torn apart? their album "nothing is permanent" is probably my favorite hardcore album ever. it's that good.

[lucas9000]

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Awesome one too. Steps is an ep, so can't compare, but the 4 songs are fantastic.. Progression through Unlearning is great too (#3).

Designs for Automation is.."meh" at best.

But the one that came out last year, End Transmission? Is pretty cool, they quote the Modest Mouse lyric from that song on Moon and Antartica.Tiny Cities made of Ashes.

"Does anybody know a way that a body could get away?
Does anybody know a way?" On New Kata. Good song.


Their last show is on Saturday in B-Lo.

Anyone who doesn't think that Victory and Hardcore were at their peak from 1993-1999 is crazy.

Anybody who likes heaviesh type music should check out the following old hardcore bands.

Turmoil
Earth Crisis
Despair
One King Down
Countervail
Jesuit
(older) Hatebreed or new too.
Deadguy
Path of Resistance
Botch
Kiss it Goodbye
Coalesce

Any other band that performed at the first Syracuse Hell Fest in 1996.

-m

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i was there too! did you see a lot of hardcore shows in syracuse around then? i lived in syracuse at the time, and that was my personal golden age of hardcore. seeing snapcase, earth crisis, harvest, endeavor, etc. at chuck's was the best.

i would definitely add endeavor and torn apart to your list, and probably harvest too. walls of jericho own but they're newer and much better live than on cd.

[IndieMatty]

Of course. Torn Apart were a really good band (from Maryland I think) I still have a shirt of theres I believe.

Actually my whole weekend wardrobe consists of old hardcore shirts, I have this awesome Incarnation t-shirt, some neighbor of mine lost my one of a kind (or like 30) Snapcase shirt with a Henry David Thoreua quote on it, recognizing a specific show at the Wetlands in NYC on 9/9/96.


Where are you from Lucas?

[ThaSaltCracka]

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http://www.showandtellmusic.com/images/galleries/gallery%20f/whippedcream.jpg


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my dad has this record still.

[Paluka]

I went to Hellfest in 96 I think. I went to so many shows it is hard to remembver what I went to and what I missed. I just posted the other day about the show I saw in Mass that was Coalesce, Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge and Neurosis. Best show ever. I think your list of old hardcore faves was sorely lacking. Where is the Bloodlet? First time I saw Bloodlet in Syracuse I wet myself with glee.

[IndieMatty]

I went to the very first one, thats awesome. Nothing like it, one of the better experiences of my life. My buddy still has the lineup poster...Same one you are thinking of? with Coalesce and Today is the Day, where there was that gun bullshit that almost ended day 3? It was at Hungry Charlies right? I went to a few others there, nothing memorable.

Forgot about Harvest. track 2 off there second album was my voicemail on my first Zach Morrisesque cell phone.

"Dedication to discipline and tolerance of self..."

[Paluka]

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Actually my whole weekend wardrobe consists of old hardcore shirts

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Most of my shirts are way too big, but I can still wear a couple. I have a red Iceburn longsleeve with the Victory logo down the sleeves and I also have a Snapcase hooded sweatshirt with the sleeve logo. I also have a really ancient Shelter t-shirt that is still wearable.

[IndieMatty]

I always hated Bloodlet, my friends worshipped them, I couldn't stand his voice.

And for the record I hated, Brothers Keeper...but I don't think anyone really liked them anyway.


I'm trying to think of others.

I guess Converge too, but their still around.

I have so many obscure bands that would come to the PWAC in Long Island I can't remember them all.

[Paluka]

Matty you are in NYC now right? We should start a support group for hardcore kid poker players who live in NYC.

[lucas9000]

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I went to the very first one, thats awesome. Nothing like it, one of the better experiences of my life. My buddy still has the lineup poster...Same one you are thinking of? with Coalesce and Today is the Day, where there was that gun bullshit that almost ended day 3? It was at Hungry Charlies right? I went to a few others there, nothing memorable.

Forgot about Harvest. track 2 off there second album was my voicemail on my first Zach Morrisesque cell phone.

"Dedication to discipline and tolerance of self..."

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yep same one. i think the gun drama happened during endeavor's set. and yeah, it was at chucks.

have you ever seen the live footage on progression through unlearning? that was a snapcase show at chucks that i was at. so many great memories.

did you go to hell fest the following year? i think 97 or 98 was the last time i went. amazing how "mainstream" it got.

[IndieMatty]

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I also have a really ancient Shelter t-shirt that is still wearable.

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Awesome. How good was Mantra? What the F is Ray Cappo up to these days?

is a Mind Over Matter shirt that got bleached by Moms and a Gorilla Bisquits ringer that sucks.


Thread has been officially hijacked.

[lucas9000]

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I always hated Bloodlet, my friends worshipped them, I couldn't stand his voice.

And for the record I hated, Brothers Keeper...but I don't think anyone really liked them anyway.


I'm trying to think of others.

I guess Converge too, but their still around.

I have so many obscure bands that would come to the PWAC in Long Island I can't remember them all.

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i liked, but didn't love, bloodlet. i agree about brothers keeper...that guys bird voice annoyed the crap out of me.

skycamefalling is good too (while we're trying to remember bands /images/graemlins/smile.gif )

oh and while they're not this type of hardcore, i'll always have a soft spot in my heart for h2o.

[AngryCola]

Nobody has mentioned Zeppelin? They were always known for their cover art (among other things).

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002J0B.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

My second pick is the Beatles:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UAU.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

And last, but certainly not least, almost all of Pink Floyd's cover art. Here are a few.


http://www.neubayern.net/floyd/pics/delicate.jpg

http://www.neubayern.net/floyd/pics/division.jpg

http://www.neubayern.net/floyd/pics/momentary.jpg

[IndieMatty]

Yeah, I can't believe its like a woodstock event now. I've seen the footage from that show its on the CD.

I only went that one year. I remember by day 3 after the gun incident, I was like "I have had enough of heavy music to last me a lifetime, I hope this is over now"

Crap totally forgot about..

Morning Again and Culture...Florida "hate"-core. Sick.

Also,that Christian band--Focal Point!

This is awesome. (I'm using "awesome" a lot" and it's either because I sat at th 2+2 table last week or I'm genuinely excited to discuss Hardcore)

[lucas9000]

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Where are you from Lucas?

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upstate new york (seneca falls to be exact), and i went to college in syracuse.

omg i just remembered orange 9mm. not necessarily a hardcore band like the ones we're discussing, but they rocked live. i remember the bass player didn't use a mic, he would just yell REALLY loud.

[IndieMatty]

Driver Unlimited (the one with the orange helmet)good stuff.

Chaka Malik is still around and kicking.

Remember Shift? I have a boss Shift shirt.

Oh yeah.

Grade from Canada? Supposedly some of them are Avril Lavignes backing band now.

[lucas9000]

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Where are you from Lucas?

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you mentioned nyc in another post...you from there? if so, did you grow up getting to see madball and stuff like that? (i'm assuming the gorrilla biscuits era was before your time, as it was mine.)

[IndieMatty]

I'm 26, I grew up in Long Island. My first Hardcore show was in 1994, (Sheer Terror and some locla bands) so I've seen pretty much everyone but Gorilla Bisquits. (Saw a sick CIV/Stillsuit show though). I was even in a pretty obscure Long Island band, but I got to play with Glassjaw, Hatebreed, Despair, Tripface, Handsome, Inside, One King Down, Farenheit 451, Boy Sets Fire etc. My friends (the talented guitarists in the band) moved on to form SkyCameFalling, and one went to form the sleeping, who are pretty popular right now.

[Paluka]

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(Sheer Terror and some locla bands)

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I saw Sheer Terror once. The singer (I can't recall his name) was hilarious. He yelled at the crowd "You guys are the sorta kids who used to make fun of the fat kid. Now you are wearing his pants."

[IndieMatty]

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The singer (I can't recall his name)

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Paul Bearer..he was hilarious. I thought they sucked though.


NYHC was never my favorite after Sick Of It All. H20 was pretty good actually that was there first show (my first show). A lot of good jersey bands too who played the scene like Lifetime, Mouthpiece, One4One

[2planka]

Pearl Jam rotf!

[lucas9000]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm 26, I grew up in Long Island. My first Hardcore show was in 1994, (Sheer Terror and some locla bands) so I've seen pretty much everyone but Gorilla Bisquits. (Saw a sick CIV/Stillsuit show though). I was even in a pretty obscure Long Island band, but I got to play with Glassjaw, Hatebreed, Despair, Tripface, Handsome, Inside, One King Down, Farenheit 451, Boy Sets Fire etc. My friends (the talented guitarists in the band) moved on to form SkyCameFalling, and one went to form the sleeping, who are pretty popular right now.

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damn, good times. did you see my mention of skycamefalling in another post? i'm a big fan.

[IndieMatty]

Good to know. Track 4 I believe off their first CD is my song damnit! We played it once, broke up, and then I always remember my buddy skipping past it when he was showing me all the new songs for SCF. I was so bitter about that, until I realized my band sucked and I personally had no talent.

I grew up with John and Cameron (the guitarists).
We all got into hardcore together, we dragged cameron along because his older brother was our friend, Cameron has turned into a Mr. Hardcore with The Sleeping, and his childhood friend (who he dragged along)(Scott) started up From Autumn To Ashes.


Basically what I am saying, is I'm responsible. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[IndieMatty]

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skycamefalling is good too (while we're trying to remember bands )

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oh this one, crap I missed that.

[IndieMatty]

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Matty you are in NYC now right? We should start a support group for hardcore kid poker players who live in NYC.

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Yup, I live on the UWS. I play at PS very rarely. A homegame with nothing but Earth Crisis' "ALL Out War" playing in the background, would be pretty sick.