# Albums with Orange Covers. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468 "2007-08-22T05:03:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Khadro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadro)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/1 "2007-08-22T05:03:25Z")
I have a friend. She’s very nice. She’s also quite smart, while being particularly stupid in that way that many of us (including myself) are. Several days ago now, we were talking about a concert we are going to see in November, and she mentioned that she had bought one of their CDs in preparation for it. When asked which one it was, she replied “the orange one”. Under normal circumstances, this would just be passed off as a forgetful moment, and forgotten in a week. But sometimes, things just hang around. And this has been one of them. Every CD we’ve talked about (there are a group of us involved in these discussions) has become either “orange” or “not orange”. No names. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the CDs have been “not orange”, and I would like to change that. So I ask for your help. I would like to present her a list of choices for new listening, the only thing that I ask is that the CD/Vinyl/Cassette be mostly orange in colour. I have already on the list: [Muse - Origin of Symmetry](http://www.microcuts.net/uk/discography/albums/origin.jpg) [Nine Inch Nails - Broken](http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/120/129936.jpg) [Garbage - 2.0](http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/260/269198.jpg) [Steffy - The Orange Album](http://media.musictoday.com/store/bands/1274/product_medium/1YCD01.jpg) [KJ Stone - In Different Voices](http://www.cd.co.za/images/cdcovers/kj_stone.jpg) [Deep Purple - Bananas](http://joe.siegler.net/images/bananas.jpg) and [Annuals - Be He Me](http://www.artloversnewyork.com/zine/wp-content/photos/annuals_CD_cover.jpg) That last one is touch and go, it’s not really all that Orange. But I leave it here as a sort of base level. For the record, the Muse CD was the one that she bought. So if you fine people of the internet could help me out with names of albums (links are not required, but appreciated), I would be eternally\* grateful. \*For varying values of eternity. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/2 "2007-08-22T05:10:26Z")
The cover of [REM - Green](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Green_REM.jpg) is ironically, orange. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/3 "2007-08-22T05:12:13Z")
Evangelicals - [So Gone.](http://www.ondarock.it/images/cover/so%20gone.jpg) An obscure, noisy Flaming Lips-esque group. _Hello Jen, I’m A Mess Again_ is my favorite track. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/4 "2007-08-22T05:15:09Z")
_Three Easy Pieces_ – Buffalo Tom _Monster_ – R.E.M. _Streetcore_ – Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/5 "2007-08-22T05:43:16Z")
[_Louder Than Bombs_ - The Smiths](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/LouderThanBombs.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/6 "2007-08-22T05:52:30Z")
[Pet Shop Boys _Very_](http://joeclark.org/design/images/PSB-Very-diagonal.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/7 "2007-08-22T05:57:29Z")
[This early Al Stewart album](http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1268982/a/Orange.htm) is definitely Orange. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/8 "2007-08-22T06:06:34Z")
_Two Against Nature_ - Steely Dan (the CD itself, not the cover) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/9 "2007-08-22T06:20:26Z")
Whatever and Ever Amen by Ben Folds Five has some orange parts. (The photos of the band members are orange.) ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/10 "2007-08-22T06:35:09Z")
The cover of Led Zeppelin’s [Houses of the Holy](http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Led_Zeppelin_Houses_Of_The_Holy.jpg) is largely orange. [QUOTE=Snooooopy] _Streetcore_ – Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros [/QUOTE] Just wanted to point out that this album is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Khadro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Khadro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadro)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/11 "2007-08-22T06:38:50Z")
They are all awesome… thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/12 "2007-08-22T06:43:54Z")
This was bugging me, because I thought I remembered some orange covers, and of course when I checked they weren’t orange at all! (Except for R.E.M. - Green which was already mentioned.) So I had to browse through my CDs. My wife says I’m colorblind so many of these may be a loose interpretation of the word orange. And many look slightly different on my computer screen than they did in real life. Enjoy! [Joe Jackson - Big World](http://www.cduniverse.com/images.asp?pid=1270633&style=music&image=front&title=Jackson%2C+Joe+%2D+Big+World+CD) (mostly orange) [Bonne Musique Zydeco - Smokin’ Zydeco](http://cdbaby.com/cd/bonnemusique3) [The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill](http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1090156&BAB=E) [Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw - The Eternal Triangle](http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood/9870/backnmb5.html) [Pink Martini - Sympathique](http://www.cduniverse.com/images.asp?pid=1242082&style=music&image=front&title=Pink+Martini+%2D+Sympathique+CD) [Clara Rockmore - The Art of the Theremin](http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1007176&style=classical&BAB=M) [Bryan Ferry / Roxy Music - Street Life / 20 Greatest Hits](http://www.amazon.com/Roxy-Music-Street-Life-Greatest/dp/B000002LH2) [Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear](http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1087002&BAB=M) [Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot out the Lights](http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1006220&BAB=E) [Les Triomphes de Nana Mouskouri](http://www.amazon.fr/Triomphes-Nana-Mouskouri/dp/B0000084LV) (orange background) [The Offspring - Smash](http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1060531&BAB=E) [Chanticleer - Wondrous Love](http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1192990&style=classical&BAB=E) [Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F](http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7264166&BAB=E) ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/13 "2007-08-22T07:08:48Z")
Most of the cover of the Original Cast Recording of Avenue Q is orange. The[Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenue_Q) has a picture of the playbill on it- the album cover is that, minus the “Playbill Golden Theatre” bit at the top and the white border. I would find a picture of the album, except that I really should have gone to bed 10 minutes ago. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/14 "2007-08-22T07:49:23Z")
Stevie Wonder has one. I think it’s Fulfillingness’s First Finale. Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/15 "2007-08-22T08:18:01Z")
Wendy Carlos’ [Clockwork Orange](http://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-Orange-Carloss-Complete-Original/dp/customer-images/B00000DGXX) - which ironically is more white ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/16 "2007-08-22T08:18:19Z")
Meat Loaf seems to like orange a lot for his covers. [Bat Out of Hell](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001XAS1M.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg) and [Couldn’t Have Said It Better](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00008XVHZ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) are two examples. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/17 "2007-08-22T08:22:55Z")
[QUOTE=magellan01] Stevie Wonder has one. I think it’s Fulfillingness’s First Finale. Or something like that. [/QUOTE] The classic “Songs in the key of life” is quite orange and was the first album I thought of when I saw the thread title: [![](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004SZWD.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) ](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004SZWD.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/18 "2007-08-22T09:02:03Z")
Tangerine Dream’s [_Book of Dreams_](http://www.connollyco.com/discography/tangerine_dream/book.html) seems to have a Giant Tangerine on the back cover. If that counts. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/19 "2007-08-22T09:24:42Z")
Split Enz _Time and Tide_ has a nice orange sunset scene. Acker Bilk _The seven Ages of Acker_ Bright orange photo frames around rather odd B&W pics. Crowded House _Woodface_ Goldenhorse _Riverhead_ The Acker Bilk was from my parent’s collection, the rest are all rather good. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468/20 "2007-08-22T10:50:19Z")
I remember _Talking Heads:77_ as being bright orange, but the pictures I’ve found on line make it look more reddish. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-with-orange-covers/416468.md?page=2)