>> ^jonny:
wow blankfist - that's a trove of avatar goodness. I really think you should go with Joyce, though - Tino doesn't quite fit, so to speak.


Tino fits just fine. Just fine.

>> ^kronosposeidon:
^The Battersea Power Station is really cool. Ian McKellan used it in the ending of his version of Richard III.

also put to surreally good use for the film Children of Men

wow blankfist - that's a trove of avatar goodness. I really think you should go with Joyce, though - Tino doesn't quite fit, so to speak.


I couldn't say it's my favorite, because I've never really thought about album covers that way, but "Bitch's Brew" is definitely on my list of eye candy.

sonofabitch!

2 other people mentioned iron maiden covers, while i was looking for good pics of the album covers i remember digging as a kid. hehe. knew i wouldn't be the only one.

Is it just me, or is Joyce in the Cooper family?

>> ^blankfist:
Here's a list of some of my favorites! "Ken: By Request Only"!

^Ooooo! Yeah, Iron Maiden had some awesome covers! I used to have this Iron Maiden Number of the Beast album cover as a black light poster on my wall in high school. Eddie is legendary! I've got a cheese-lovin' nostalgic spot for most of the Heavy Metal covers from that time. I mean, come on, how can you not include this 80s-era nuke hysteria gem? Vic Rattlehead is also legendary.

As an aside, do you remember how many 80s heavy metal bands had mascots?! Motley Crue's Allister Fiend?! Anthrax's Not Man? A quick Google search netted this site with a list of 80s band mascots. Classic stuff.

Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death.

Rage Against The Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles

I have to check my collection at home for me, but for now I dig chicks

Meanwhile check out this great site for Album Covers. http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/cover_art_list.html and this one as it gives alot of background information. http://www.superseventies.com/greatestalbumcovers.html

I'm going to have to give that some thought. The CD designs may not be as big, but I do pay attention - a background in graphic design, besides the fine art.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Being an artist, I bet you have some interesting faves:

http://www.videosift.com/talk/What-are-your-favorite-album-covers

I'm interested in knowing what some of your favorites are.

http://www.videosift.com/talk/What-are-your-favorite-album-covers

That Herb Albert album cover is legendary. I was just over at my friend's place last night, and he has that album framed next to the Johnny Cash album Live at Folsom Prison which is also a pretty awesome cover. Not that it's overly stylized, but knowing it's a close up picture taken at the live prison concert of him sweating and most likely in mid-song makes it all the more cooler.

I really dig the Revolver album cover from The Beatles. It used to be in my father's LP collection when I was a kid, and I always thought it was trippy. And, I really love the Pink Floyd Animals album, because eventhough it appears to be a painting, it's really a photograph. From Wikipedia: "The giant, helium-filled pig seen on the cover was actually flown over Battersea Power Station for the photo shoot."

am i allowed to do images?
i guess not.
well that kinda sucks for this thread.

anyway... a few off the top of my head, in no particular order because i love so many...

Blur: Parklife
They had a thing at the time for carefully using stock photography, instead of original images... which (as a pop art fan) I find really super cool. Also, their logo designer said "we wanted something that kids could draw on their schoolbag" which has become my golden rule of logo design. The album is about ...life (the dog race analogy is good!) and dog racing is a traditional british thing, another theme of the album. It's like they deliberately set up that perfect shot just for the album cover.... but actually they picked it from a catalogue. Pop art rules.

Radiohead: Amnesiac
This is just soooooooooo Radiohead, so perfect for the music, such good typography, my favourite colours, everything is cool and makes me want to play it again.

The Beatles: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts' Club Band
You don't seriously need me to write something here do you?

FSUK #1
Awesome compilation of breakbeaty things from the nineties, "Future Sound Of The United Kingdom #1" ...very nice artwork. "messy" is a very hard style to do right. Sorry this is a bad jpg but it's hard to find.

I'm interested in knowing what some of your favorites are.

http://www.videosift.com/talk/What-are-your-favorite-album-covers

You got any favorites, douche nozzle?

http://www.videosift.com/talk/What-are-your-favorite-album-covers

I'm interested in knowing what some of your favorites are.

http://www.videosift.com/talk/What-are-your-favorite-album-covers

You might have a few interesting favorites that you could share.

http://www.videosift.com/talk/What-are-your-favorite-album-covers