Ten Best Album Covers (And why I love them so much)

[@orno8906]

Great video as always thank you! My personal favorite has always been the Doors album cover, Strange Days. the circus performers in the forefront with a tiny poster of the doors off to the side, perfectly fit the band.

[@FiftyShadesOfDave6603]

My fave sleeves: Roxy music -'For your pleasure' and 'Avalon' Peter Gabriel - 3 David Bowie - "Low" Killing Joke - debut The Cure - "Disintegration" Fleetwood Mac - "Tango in the Night" Pink Floyd - "Animals"

[@jeniferallan6693]

Supertramp. Crime of the century. The cover projects the superb music inside.

[@ecurewitz]

They have a fantastic album cover

[@eddhardy1054]

Crisis? What Crisis? is great too

[@jeniferallan6693]

@eddhardy1054 it is..most definitely

[@eddhardy1054]

@@jeniferallan6693 👍😊

[@keithf_]

Good shout

[@richymoore]

Pink Floyds Animals will always be my favourite album cover. Also love the inner sleeve image of the Prodigy - Jilted Generation.

[@garyh.238]

Agreed....Animals has a wonderful image on its cover. I have it framed on my wall.

[@mickb44]

@@garyh.238 me too

[@garyh.238]

@@mickb44 it's iconic! I love that Battersea Power Station image against the late afternoon London sky.

[@chanceotter8121]

The most iconic cover of my lifetime is “Whipped Cream and Other Delights” which a decade later would have sold another million as a wall poster. Two covers I always loved are Sinatra’s “In the Wee Small Hours” and Warren Zevon’s “Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School”. I guess I like sullen loners deep in thought and regret.

[@yogarose255]

Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass

[@chanceotter8121]

@ it took me years to figure out the hit from that album, “A Taste of Honey”, was the same song the Beatles covered.

[@eddiemethot8925]

Barry,as usual is spot on the money,his channel is one of the few reasons I have to get on KZbin I look forward to every episode.Thank you Barry,your efforts are very much appreciated .

[@craigbalcom]

The Mapplethorpe covers for Patti Smith's albums are terrific. All time favorite is Aqualung.

[@MetalboxJ]

Looking forward to this. For it's content and deadpan delivery in equal measure. Fantastic channel.

[@classicalbum]

Thanks

[@MetalboxJ]

@@classicalbum Would've found room for a Derek Riggs piece in there somewhere perhaps mate.

[@jimmcintosh9045]

Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes.

[@1990-t1j]

All the early Yes covers. Ditto Genesis when Gabriel was with them.

[@martinbishop2966]

Good choice, Relayer, Close to the Edge you could also have. 👍

[@davefrench3608]

I painted that on my bedroom wall when I was 15

[@jimmcintosh9045]

@@davefrench3608 Hope your parents liked it!😅

[@davefrench3608]

@@jimmcintosh9045 they photographed it when I moved out and painted over it

[@ArtbyJoeH]

Sad Wings of Destiny , judas Priest. Fabulous art by the late Patrick Woodroffe

[@AntonXul]

“Fountains of Light” by Starcastle is probably my most favorite album cover ever. It’s just so beautiful. I’ve never seen anything this gorgeous on an album. Just love it.

[@Rosyglowofchristmas]

Jethro Tull- Stand Up.............is outstanding!!!

[@tunin6844]

I really liked the cover of Broadsword and the Beast as well as the stump turntable on (the back of, I think) Songs from the Wood.

[@dnavid]

the copy I had looked like a real woodcut, the pop up needed hand work to create so that's not cheap either.

[@MIB_63]

Excellent choices and well-formulated arguments for your choices. You sure have a way with words.

[@jimmybonar2566]

I really enjoyed this! Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is a fave of mine which made your list :) Others (not in order) would be The Beatles 'Abbey Road', Neil Diamond 'Hot August Night', Marty Robbins 'Gunfighter Ballads; Bob Dylan 'Bringing it all back home', The Cars 'Candy O', Ryan Adams 'Gold', Abba 'Arrival', Sly & the family Stone 'There's riot goin' on' , John Mayall with Eric Clapton "Blues Breakers, John Mayer 'Born and Raised'...................There are really just so many .........

[@onebadpuffin2170]

I've always loved the understated Wind & Wuthering album cover by Genesis. Ditto for A Trick of the Tail.

[@FarrellMcGovern]

Two of my favs are Hawkwind's 'Space Ritual' and "Warrior on the Edge of Time". Beautiful fold out pieces of art that represent the period of time.

[@frankez99]

I always dug Steely Dan’s The Royal Scam and The Doors Strange Days covers. Strong mention for Animals by Pink Floyd.

[@timharrison1158]

Apparently the guys in Steely Dan hated that cover.

[@drmusic3641]

A few of my faves in no particular order: Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones, Ltd. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid Fleetwood Mac - Mirage Billy Joel - Glass Houses Martin Briley - One Night With a Stranger ELO - Out Of The Blue Chicago - Chicago 13 (Im from Chicago originally so I have a soft spot form this particular cover) Queen II

[@splankhoon]

"Aladdin Sane"....in a world of its own.

[@imperialdagger]

Truth

[@imperialdagger]

@@splankhoon DB wasn’t in our world; we were in his.

[@dcanmore]

I love Queen's News of the World cover with the Frank Kelly Freas classic sci-fi artwork.

[@shaneandbain]

It gave me childhood nightmares and I love it!

[@klavierhaltern]

The Bob Dylan cover always gets me. ❤

[@stoptheworldiwannagetoff4780]

Live and dangerous by Thin Lizzy is up there too!

[@OboeCanAm]

Genesis Live! When I saw that in a record store for the very first time in 1975, my thought was: "There is NO WAY I'm not buying that today". Great photograph by Bob Gruen.

[@63mckenzie]

Genesis; Nursery Cryme gatefold cover is perfection.

[@WhizzRichardThompson]

Yep, that's a goodun.

[@63mckenzie]

@@WhizzRichardThompson 70s were a golden age for covers. So many to pick.

[@dereka5043]

I so agree!!!

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

Yes, my favourite of theirs!

[@robertcook2572]

Good pick. 'Wind and Wuthering', for me, though. Perfect synthesis of cover art and content.

[@grassrootsflshp]

PF's iconic prism over a black background had always been iconic to me, drawing me into a musical universe heretofore unknown as a 17 yr old lad. Simple yet profound. Unforgettable. Other LP cover I loved (incl not-so classic rock/metal): Sgt Peppers, Leftoverture (Kansas), Grand Illusion (Styx), Filosofem (Burzum), The Hurting (TFF), etc.

[@chrismark8818]

You're saying 'The Kick Inside' was "a collection of piano demos from years ago"? She was 17! At the time it was more out there than almost anything on the market, if just for the voice alone. A small point of dissent - love your stuff overall.

[@classicalbum]

I totally agree, but it is true those songs as 'out there' as they are existed as piano demos long before she recorded them.

[@Octavian7771]

David Bowie 'Low' Joy Division 'Closer' The Beatles 'Rubber Soul' My Bloody Valentine 'Loveless' Pink Floyd 'Animals' New Order 'Power Corruption and Lies' The Smiths 'The Queen is Dead' Tuxedomoon 'Desire' PIL Metal Box Minutemen 'Double Nickels On The Dime;

I like Chrsitine Frka emerging from an empty pool on Zappa's Hot Rats. Trees only album was a bit likee this as well. I quite liked the 1980s Maiden records like Somewhere In Time, which was almost like a Richard Scarry picture, in that it was packed with details and references you could keep going back to and look at while listening to the record, finding new things. One that I remember from my parent's collection was the Box Tops - Non Stop where they are on a locomotive. I absolutely loved the cover as a small child, they just looked so cool, and when I was old enough to be allowed to play LPs on my own, I played it, but it never really lived up to my expectiations from the cover! Until then, I'd been allowed to play whatever I wanted from their large 8 track colllection and was only allowd to put on records when I was about 8 or so.

[@vincentbull]

I appreciate it's not really in the wheelhouse of this channel, but the album art from 23 envelope used on most of the 4AD output in the 80s is wonderful

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Kansas: Song For America(Kansas has many great album covers) Supertramp: Crime Of The Century(Supertramp has a couple more good ones) Yes: Fragile Genesis: Selling England By The Pound--it fits the theme of the album well Rush: Permanent Waves--the girl smiles while all hell is breaking loose--great juxtaposition Styx: Equinox(Styx has a couple more good ones) ELP: Brain Salad Surgery Eagles: Hotel California Linda Ronstadt: Living In The USA Our host mentioned two I'd have chosen, Billy Joel and Fleetwood Mac

[@jmccuanu2]

Love the Song For America cover. One of my favorites!!

[@jeniferallan6693]

Oh...and Undercurrent by Bill Evans. Fantastic photograph taken in the 30's by Toni Frizzell. I love this cover

[@Aramanth]

Wonderful video and nice choices. My favorite cover of all time is (interestingly enough since you mentioned Joni) is Hissing of Summer Lawns illustrated by Joni Mitchell herself as she did most of her other covers too. I can meditate over that cover! 2nd place for me Lexicon of Love by ABC which so over the top pretentious!

[@arkdeniz]

Jethro Tull’s Broadsword and the Beast, with its wonderful fantasy portrait of Ian Anderson as a mischievous fairy, painted by Iain McCaig.

[@Teen_Spirit_91]

Love the videos and agree with the list here, always loved Dylan cover and not really sure why but agreed it's very autumnal.

[@stevespindrift5781]

good list. Manferd Manns earth band: Watch, is my number one

[@walkerineternity2334]

I love Magnum's On a Storyteller's Night, fantastic fantasy artwork by Rodney Matthews. And, of course, all of the Iron Maiden covers by Derek Riggs.

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

In the Wake of Poseidon - King Crimson On the Corner - Miles Davis Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction Somewhere in Time - Iron Maiden The Notorious Byrds Brothers - The Byrds Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg Tales of Topograhic Oceans - Yes Surf's Up - The Beach Boys The Heart of Saturday Night - Tom Waits Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings

[@amadeoeichberg1765]

Blue Oyster Cult- Fire of the Unknown Origin is a cool and aesthetically pleasing album cover.

[@duanedoberman]

Talking of Joni Mitchell, one of my faves is " The Hissing of Summer Lawns" which she painted herself.

[@slowmarchingband1]

A few I really like: Big Big Train - The Underfall Yard Genesis - A Trick of the Tail XTC - English Settlement Steely Dan - The Royal Scam John Martyn - Grace & Danger Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak Jethro Tull - Broadsword & The Beast Wolfstone - The Half Tail

[@simonwithers4941]

Great choices! Several LP sleeves I am fond of are "Clear Air Turbulence" (Ian Gillan Band) and former Deep purple member David Coverdale and the Japanese import of Whitesnake's "Live at Hammersmith."

[@WhizzRichardThompson]

I've always loved the Pretty Things 'Silk Torpedo' album artwork.

[@gary6514]

Your Joni Mitchell T shirt looks great Barry....where can I get one?

[@vernhill-wv7pp]

I don't get the joke it's a plain blue t shirt. Am I being stupid?

[@joebuchler]

@@vernhill-wv7ppJoni’s album ‘Blue’ is predominantly blue

[@JoeTheLion60]

@@vernhill-wv7pp Blue (1971)

[@johngreen5293]

I'd put both 'In The Court of the Crimson King' and 'Abraxas' above all those mentioned (except for 'Nevermind', which is a classic).

[@zosothezephead837]

The most strategically placed dove of all time.

[@timharrison1158]

I've heard it said that if you covered the bottom half of the Crimson King album cover then the eyes become the saddest eyes you've ever seen. When I tried it, the eyes took on such a depth of sadness that it was hard to unsee.

[@Baz63]

I prefer non portrait-type album covers so, for me, every Ozric Tentacles album covers are exceptional. Caravan's 'In The Land Of Grey And Pink' and Santana's 'Abraxas' are also noteworthy as are many Hawkwind album covers.

[@MauriceTituer]

Peter Gabriel (melt), Brian Eno & David Byrne (My life in the bush of ghosts), Dead Can Dance (Within the Realm of a Dying Sun)

[@bullobca]

Great list. My favorite is Muddy Waters - After The Rain The photo of him with a bullfrog is classic. Looks like he just came inside from a thunderstorm. I like a lot of Steely Dan's album covers too, Aja and Pretzel Logic in particular. Cheers from Canada

[@ancosarci4520]

Opeth - Blackwater Park Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time Genesis - Nursery Crime Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Nightwish - Oceanborn

[@trevorpugh6475]

Well I for one would vote for almost any Roger Dean sleeve!

[@kevinogracia1615]

Roger Dean and H.R. Giger always hooked me in the seventies. Magritte, Dali, Frazzetti(?)... yea Your work is cool, too. Peace on earth.

[@thecolourrose9022]

Whos next is my fav thats so rock n roll

[@martinbishop2966]

Cool Struttin by Sonny Clark, picture of a woman walking in New York. I just love her shoes! 😃

[@markcopeland4448]

Favorite cover for me is Breakfast in America by Supertramp. Very clever photo.

[@filosphere]

This time I desagree with your choices, Barry (except for Kate Bush). We have the same tastes for music but not for design! Let me give you some of my choices : Manfred Mann's Earth Band : The Roaring Silence Gentle Giant : Octopus Jethro Tull : Thick as a Brick Pink Floyd : The Dark Side of the Moon Kate Bush : Never for Ever Yes : Relayer Hawkwind : Space Ritual Beatles : Revolver Cream : Wheels of Fire Magma : Üdü Wüdü Big Brother & THC : Cheap Thrills Kansas : Point of Known Return T-Rex : Electric Warriors Molly Hatchett : Flirting With Disaster David Bowie : Ziggy Stardust ZZTop : Eliminator ... and all Roger Dean's works.

[@stevewingate3023]

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols - a simple, stunning statement of intent. Aladdin Sane - Bowie and that lightning bolt. It was like a Rock'n'Roll album made by an extraterrestrial to this young music fan in the 70s. Damned, Damned, Damned - That poor cake. Earth Vs The Wildhearts - Ginger Wildheart lying in an oil bath, face adorned with barbed wire and gaffer tape, aided and abetted by a scorpion and what looks like a cockroach. Bonkers! Breakfast In America - Crockery Manhatten and a waitress homage to the Statue of Liberty. War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne's tribute to H.G. Wells' Sci-Fi classic. Many hours were spent gazing over the cover and booklet whilst listening to this classic. Metal Box, Public Image Ltd-Three 12" 'albums' are packed as tightly as possible in a faux film roll canister with the PIL logo embossed. The packaging is harsh but functional. The album is challenging on first listen but infinitely better when you set the turntable speed to 45 rpm (I can't have been the only one).

[@davidbennetts3138]

The James Marsh covers for Talk Talk - Colour of Spring would be my favourite but Spirit Eden is also very special. Any of the Andy Dog The The covers - Infected is probably the most visceral.

[@scottbubb2946]

I love The Beatles and all of their albums. I'm just not that crazy about the Sgt. Pepper cover. I don't know why, I've just always thought it was a little too much, I guess. Too busy for my tastes. Now that everyone completely hates my opinions, here's 10 that I like in no certain order: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves The Velvet underground and Nico Led Zeppelin- first album (and most of the others) Alice Cooper- School's Out and Billion Dollar Babies King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King Yes - most of them The Clash - London Calling T-rex- Electric Warrior AC/DC - For Those About to Rock We Salute You Black Sabbath - eponymous first album, Vol 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Never Say Die, Heaven and Hell, The Mob Rules

[@garyh.238]

Agreed....I always felt Sgt Pepper's cover was over done. I much prefer Abbey Road's cover.

[@scottbubb2946]

@garyh.238 Yes, Abbey Road is much better. I think the "Butcher Cover" was pretty funny. I can't believe they thought they would get away with it. Lol. I always thought it would be cool if a band like Cannibal Corpse did a parody of the Butcher Cover with a lot more gore. 🤣

[@patrickbarry6273]

Let it Bleed and It's Only Rock n Roll. The latter has a sorta understated grandness, and I appreciate that the band is kinda embracing their own greatness - even if many (not me) dislike the album.

[@kenfrederick6223]

Iron Maiden - "Live After Death" , Motorhead - Overkill", Rush - "Fly By Night", and Kiss - "Destroyer" are some of my favorites.

[@mournblade1066]

I was torn between Killers and Live After Death. I ultimately went with Killers.

[@scottmacdonald1826]

"Fly By Night" won a Juno (Canadas Grammy's) for best album cover art. Not sure for how long that was a category lol.

[@scottbubb2946]

I have always loved the Fly By Night cover. Since the first time I saw it as a kid. Way before I knew anything about Rush. I wish I could remember where I saw this, but I once saw it on a list of worst album covers. Lol.

[@senorfunball]

Tubes remote control Thin Lizzy-vagabonds of the western world Rolling Sones-let it bleed Damned-phantasmagoria Genesis-live Who-who's next Blondie-parallel lines Santana-III XTC-apple venus vol.1 UFO-obsession 🤘😝

[@senorfunball]

Got to add Lou Reed-rock and roll animal !

[@dwaynejessome1728]

appears that might be a counterfeit Joni Mitchell Blue album t-shirt - my top 10 10) ACDC- Let There Be Rock - They look like they could be the Saturday night house band in Hell 9) Deep Purple - In Rock 8) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedos 7) The Beatles - Rubber Soul 6) Black Sabbath - Self titled 5) The Who - Who's Next 4) Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 3) Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments 2) Aerosmith - Draw the Line 1) The Beatles - Revolver

[@garyh.238]

Absolutely re Deep Purple's In Rock....iconic.

[@stevedean17]

Captain Fantastic! Revolver Stand Up

[@davidbstang116]

The best kind of portrait is where you look at the subject and say "Gosh, I wonder what he/she is thinking about!". That's true of all of these.

[@douglasstruthers8307]

Good choices. I would add Elton John's amazing CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY cover - one that you can get lost in for lengthy periods. In contrast, the stark simplicity of Pink Floyd's DARK SIDE OF THE MOON remains eye grabbing and appropriate for the music within. Herbert Worthington had powerful black & white images on a trio of Fleetwood Mac records.

[@christopherdavies3079]

I would add Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton and also The Original soundtrack by 10cc . War of the worlds by Jeff Wayne is also another good choice

[@DeltaJazzUK]

I can only assume overexposure has coloured your opinion of the greatest album sleeve of all - Dark Side of the Moon.

[@soitra]

Personal Favourites: Joy Division "Unknown Pleasures"; Beatles "Abbey Road"; Funkadelic - "Maggot Brain" & Nas - "Illmatic"

[@dougreed2257]

The Moody blues first seven albums all have amazing front covers!

[@ephrimvael]

In no particular order: Hot Rats - Frank Zappa Weasels Ripped My Flesh-Frank Zappa Burnt Weeney Sandwich - Frank Zappa ELP - ELP Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Nursery Cryme - Genesis Strange Days - The Doors Stand Up - Jethro Tull Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin Honorable mention The Yes Album - Yes

[@MikeM-uy6qp]

10. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks 9.The Smiths - The Smiths 8. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 7. New York Dolls - New York Dolls 6. The Beatles - Abbey Road 5. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust 4. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs 3. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure 2. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (orig with zipper) 1. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Honorable mentions: Led Zeppelin 1, Mezzanine - Massive Attack, The Who - Who's Next

[@jtt8886]

Good choices. Iconic. Surprised didn't choose anything from Yes. Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here are good contenders. Something from Bowie would work too.

[@paulmcmillen5925]

H R Giger's design on ELP's Brain Salad Surgery was highly original and interesting. In a different vein, Ohio Players' cover of the Honey album is certainly easy to look at. Both albums have great listening music, as well.

[@SunhairSpiralmind]

Some of my favorites would be The Cult - Love, Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia, The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath, Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing At Baxter's, Ozric Tentacles - Lotus Unfolding, The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love, Megadeth - Rust In Peace, Shpongle - Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland, Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind, Circa Survive - The Amulet, Sky Cries Mary - This Timeless Turning, Slift - Ummon, Kyuss - And The Circus Leaves Town, Tumbleweed - Weedseed, Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream. There are so many more I could keep going but I that's enough.

[@keithf_]

'Argus' by Wishbone Ash. Great album, great album cover

[@Rosyglowofchristmas]

Arthur- The Kinks, Sweetheart Of The Rodeo-The Byrds, Lumpy Gravy-Mothers Of Invention , Forever Changes-Love. Workingman's Dead-Grateful Dead,Wow-Moby Grape, Pink Moon-Nick Drake, Velvet Underground and Nico-Velvet Underground and Nico, Cheap Thrills-Big Brother, Hissing Of Summer Lawns-Joni Mitchell , Revolver-Beatles, Strange Days-Doors, Happy Trails-Quicksilver Messenger Service..........

[@thunderdeed1]

Drama / Yes one of the best cover art.

[@claytonthomas9262]

Reading throught he comments some great ones I never considered! Here are some that pop to mind: Neil Young - Harvest Ween - Chocolate and Cheese Rush - anything by Hugh Syme (especially in the 80's) Yes - Relayer T. Rex - Electric Warrior Sleep - Dopesmoker The Black Keys - Brothers The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Frank Zappa - Apostrophe Pure Prairie League - Can't Hold Back (j/k)

[@TBonzzz]

Santana - Abraxas, The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St and Cream - Disraeli Gears are 3 of my favs. Love both The Clash and Elvis albums mentioned too.

[@davidkornblatt851]

Revolver and the White Album are my favs

[@ArtbyJoeH]

@@davidkornblatt851 the White Album..😂 ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ 😬

[@davidkornblatt851]

@@ArtbyJoeH think about it after Pepper what do you do as a rock band?

[@johneoff707]

Asia's 1st album. A sea serpent and a green orb (Loc-Nar perhaps). An album from a supergroup named after a continent from where none of the members came. A progressive radio friendly album which was the #1 selling album among all genres in 1982. All of this combined makes no sense, which is one of the reasons I love the album sleeve. Another reason is just because it's pretty cool in my opinion.

[@MrKemo54]

My top 10 fav cover art, Shhhh. Ten Years After. Aladdin Sane. David. Live and Loud, Sammy Hagar. Sabotage, Black Sabbath. Journeyman, Eric Clapton. Crash landing, Jimi . Back Street Crawler, Paul Kossof. If you want blood, AC/DC. Machine Gun, Jimi Hendrix. Live and Dangerous, Thin Lizzy.

[@evelyneverettgreen]

Dylan's mid-sixties trilogy of masterpieces Bring it all Back Home, Highway 61Revisited and Blonde on Blonde all have wonderful portraits on the covers. Conversely, Shot of Love from the eighties is jaw-droopingly bad.

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

travelled to London in January 2020 to see the bass from London Calling at an exhibition

[@toniputin1096]

My list would have to include Ziggy Stardust.

[@bertskybass6360]

I’d never thought of Heaven and Hell as being that iconic, but you’re correct here. Not to mention the remarkable music inside. My favorite is still Pink Floyd’s “Animals”, though it’s far from my favorite Floyd album

[@MattMcQueen1]

Good choices. I like Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year's Model, with the printers' colour bar along the right side. I also like the cover of Armed Forces, with the herd of elephants. Both were designed by Barney Bubbles.

[@Riskmangler]

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath Rain Dogs - Tom Waits Destroyer - KISS Plastic Surgery Disasters - Dead Kennedys Ramones - The Ramones

[@mikepanick9362]

SBS for the front and back cover. Hoping to see the back cover when my time comes! 😅

[@o8thman812]

1975 bought my first ever LP cause of its cover art. Magicians Birthday Uriah Heep🕉️

[@theodoreconstantini2548]

A great list . I would have included Deep purple "In Rock", and Led Zeppelin four.

[@stevechristie2660]

Brilliant !

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

This seems to be more like iconic covers instead of great covers. Queen’s News Of The World is a great one. I appreciate the inclusion of the Elvis cover.

[@richardhewitt4252]

Check out the covers of those early Drive By Truckers albums. Superb

[@marktait2371]

yes those were wes freed a beloved local artist he had many covers and local posters for local shows i may still have one a local art gallery had a display after his passing he also was in a popular cluh band for several years in richmond va. some of hid most popular prints are still at a local record store

[@Metallex]

My absolute favourite is Iron Maiden's Somewhere In Time!

[@1990-t1j]

Nice T-shirt.

[@stewarttunbridge]

What about Roger Dean's paintings? (Yes etc)

[@ecurewitz]

1984 by Van Halen, The Joshua Tree by U2, Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, Dookie by Green Day, Abbey Road by the Beatles

[@AG-6969]

I don't always agree with you but love your channel all the same. I've have always been more into progressive rock, so one of my favorite album covers is Mike Oldfield, Platinum. Although many of his album covers are stunning. And not sure Nirvana album is a true classic yet. Needs to age a bit longer. LoL

[@lonewolf8667]

I like the artwork on the first four Yello albums, especially Stella and Claro Que Si. Scott walker's Tilt is intriguing, it's not clear to me what is going on in that image. I'm not sure what I'm looking at on the Scott Walker/Sunn O))) Soused cover, but I like the texture, lights and shadows on whatever it is. The Residents' Eskimo with the gentlemen eyes posing for the cover, then the variant cover for The Gingerbread Man where the gentlemen are standing behind a little girl holding a gingerbread man version of them. Looks like the cover of a interesting old horror movie. Since you gave Bowie some flak in the ugly category I have to say I can't stop staring at his cover for "hours", the toned down melancholy music on that album is not what I consider a match for such a late 90s utopian futuristic style. 52 years old Bowie holding the 50 years old corpse of himself is a stark contrast to the fashion and colour palette on that image. I haven't been able to wrap my head around Roger Water's Dark Side of the Moon Redux, but I appreciate the dog having the DSOTM cover reflecting in his/her eye. I really like Pink Floyd's Ummagumma and Animals (both the original and the 2018 version) cover art works. I'm past ten, but here are two more, Richard Wright's Broken China, and the pink and silver cover for the album Identity he did with Dave Harris. We have very different taste in cover art.

[@derekallen5219]

Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue The Smiths - Debut Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids .....just to name a phew!

[@davelightman]

I've always loved the cover of 'September of my years' by Sinatra. Also, 'On The Border', by Eagles. Both made me want to make my own album cover a painting.

[@rushbravado1972]

My favorites would be: 1 Rock And Roll Over by Kiss 2 Grace Under Pressure by Rush 3 Pieces Of Eight by Styx 4 Revolver by The Beatles 5 Are We Not Men by Devo 6 Book Of Dreams by Steve Miller Band 7 News Of The World by Queen 8 Powerslave by Iron Maiden 9 Holy Diver by Dio 10 Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones