Poll: Best Album Cover Art from 1967 - 1981?

[truthpusher]

Which is the best cover from 1967-1981?


Abraxas - Santana - 1970


In the Cort of King Crimson - King Crimson 1969


Computer World - Kraftwerk - 1981


Pink Moon - Nick Drake - 1972


Let it Bleed - Rolling Stones - 1969


Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1967


London Calling - The Clash - 1979


Never Mind the Bullocks Here's the Sex Pistols - 1977


The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground - 1967


Who's Next - The Who - 1971

[teach1st]

1. Trout mask replica

[IconoclastIlene]

2. None of those...Satanic Majesties Request - beats 'em all

its the first one that came to mind.

[asthmaticeog]

3. If you're gonna go with Kraftwerk,

I hereby nominate The Man Machine.

[Crankie Avalon]

4. Hey...

...you left off R. Crumb's cover for Big Brother and the Holding Company: http://www.crumbmuseum.com/album1.html

[speedoo]

5. Amazing selection.

But my vote goes to Cheap Thrills.

[No2W2004]

6. great choices, but I'll always think this one's the best

[truthpusher]

8. I love the cover and the album...but I think even Pink Floyd...

...got sick of seeing it everywhere.

[No2W2004]

31. very true...hell, even I get sick of seeing it everywhere,

but that's just a sign that it's the best one :D

[Seeking Serenity]

7. For some reason, my brother always liked this one

I never understood why.

[baldguy]

17. It's that hood ornament!

'57 Chevy

[Old and In the Way]

9. Nothing by Mouse/Kelly?

They produced some of the most incredible album artworks of that era.....

[truthpusher]

19. Any examples? I can't find anything?

[maveric]

10. Blind Faith

[brentspeak]

24. I don't know about that one

naked 12-yr-old girls is kind of pushing the envelope.

[maveric]

30. The story goes that she was 18 when that was taken.

Just very young looking.

[St. Jarvitude]

33. Interview with the photographer

She was the younger sister of the original model.

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/blindfaith/vvcov69.html

[Beaverhausen]

11. You have to include at least one YES/Roger Dean cover

Relayer I should think.

[MissMillie]

12. Can't imagine how anyone could miss that one!

I like Tales from Topographic Oceans myself

[truthpusher]

20. This one?

[argyl]

13. Flying Burrito Brothers-"Guilded Palace of Sin"

[Emops]

14. Yes' "Relayer" is not only my favorite album cover of all time,

it's my favorite album of all time, period.

[Tikki]

15. X "Los Angeles"

[truthpusher]

21. Very Nice

[opiate69]

16. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"

[no name no slogan]

18. Voted for Crimso, but also like Drake, and this one...

"Unknown Pleasures" by Joy Division
Desing by Peter Saville

The image is "a transcription of a signal showing a star going nova, on a black embossed sleeve", to quote from the All Music Guide

Also must give honorable mention to the gatefold of "Close to the Edge" by Yes. Very good art, and must be enjoyed at "LP Size". Those little CD booklets don't do proper justice to album cover art.

[truthpusher]

25. Didn't Factory Records publish this?

...I think one of the reasons they went broke was because they spent to much on their art...True?

[brentspeak]

22. Wasn't the late Phil Hartman a well-known cover artist

before he switched full-time to comedy? (only thing is, I don't know which lp sleeves he designed).

I believe the same with Dean Torrence from Jan&Dean.

[CanuckAmok]

23. Never Mind the Bollocks smashes you in the face.

It is designed to piss people off. Lurid clashing colours, and disturbing (at the time) "ransom note" lettering, all presented with the simplicity and directness of a slap across the mouth.

A great cover.

[truthpusher]

28. I'm glad you saw that....

....some people just see the cover as writing only.

[brentspeak]

26. This Blood, Sweat & Tears cover is kind of twisted

"Child is Father of the Man"

[DianeG5385]

27. Where's Dave Mason???

Only you know and I know....best vinyl art ever!

[seraph]

29. The Clash all the way

I was with Joe about a month before he died. Still very sad.

Joe would have been brilliant now. We need a voice like his.

[JimmyJazz]

38. I'm with you all the way on that one!

I love Pennie Smith's photographs. She's amazing!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

32. Come on! Sticky Fingers

and Wish YOu Were Here

[GingerSnaps]

34. My Mom had that album

I use to play with the zipper on it. I second your opinion on the best album cover during that era.

[truthpusher]

37. definately 'Wish you Were Here' but 'Some Girls' over 'Sticky Fingers'.

[enigmatic]

35. "Heaven Up Here"- Echo amnd The Bunnymen

And "The Days Of Wine And Roses"- The Dream Syndicate; both minnimalist, haunting covers.

[Skittles]

36. Demons and Wizards