# The World's Greatest Album Covers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268 "2008-10-03T03:19:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/1 "2008-10-03T03:19:19Z")
See them [here](http://lpcoverlover.com/). But hands down, I’d say the winner is [this one](http://lpcoverlover.com/2008/09/28/god-have-mercy/). One comment indicates one of the girls looks like Peter Sellers; that would have to be the one on the right wearing glasses. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/2 "2008-10-03T13:48:05Z")
I don’t know who Peter Sellers is, but that’s just awesome. [I like how there’s a special price for policemen on this one](http://lpcoverlover.com/2007/07/28/free-bird/) [another awesome one](http://lpcoverlover.com/2008/09/28/breaking-ground-with-jim-robinson/) That whole site is gold! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/3 "2008-10-03T13:53:25Z")
My favorite album cover is the flaming man cover in “Wish You Were Here” (Pink Floyd) I also like Led Zeppelin´s “Houses of the Holy” cover. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/4 "2008-10-03T14:19:48Z")
Moved to Cafe Society, our forum for the arts. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/5 "2008-10-03T14:28:44Z")
Some of the images on that site are NSFW. Wish I’d known that before I clicked the link. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/6 "2008-10-03T14:33:55Z")
I couldn’t find my favorite on that website. But here’s a snapshot of my copy of the LP, [_Men From Earth_](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file004/MenFromEarth.jpg), by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. I’ve loved that one since it first came out. No text, just that photograph. Alas, the story of Clarence and Roscoe Jones is a sad [tale](http://www.itap2.com/members/roscoe.htm). ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/7 "2008-10-03T15:22:38Z")
> [@Apocalypso](#): > > I don’t know who Peter Sellers is :rolleyes: [Peter Sellers](http://www.thegoonshow.net/collectables/autographs/peter_sellers.asp) looking a little like the hot chick on the cover. [More about this great actor](http://www.petersellers.com/). ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/8 "2008-10-03T15:41:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > See them [here](http://lpcoverlover.com/). The cover on that link reminds me of the “fingers do the walking” scene in the movie “Groove Tube.” 😃 (Album is “Finger Dance Polka” filed as “Two Hands of Polka,” in case the page changes.) In this list I think “greatest” has a certain sense of irony. My favorite album cover was [Tijuana Brass “Whipped Cream and Other Delights.”](http://top40.about.com/od/awards/ig/Grammy-Record-of-the-Year/alpert1966.htm) Photo is SFW but may be too sexy for your particular boss. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/9 "2008-10-03T15:57:49Z")
We still have Whipped Cream at home, still in it’s plastic wrap with the price tag $2.99 from Grants Dept. Store (anybody remember Grants?). Spent many hours in my boyhood looking at it.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/10 "2008-10-03T16:07:24Z")
[Weasels Ripped My Flesh!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Frank_Zappa_Weasels_Ripped_My_Flesh.jpg) Rzzzzz! [Cheap Thrills](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cheapthrills.jpeg). _Sesame Street_ did a good [parody](http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Cheep_Thrills) of this cover. And [Sgt. Pepper’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pepper%27s.jpg), of course. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/11 "2008-10-03T17:06:49Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > We still have Whipped Cream at home, still in it’s plastic wrap with the price tag $2.99 from Grants Dept. Store (anybody remember Grants?). Spent many hours in my boyhood looking at it.🙂 We had a Grant’s in Washington PA!! I used to buy my fish food there. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/12 "2008-10-03T17:25:25Z")
Ok, after seeing that cover of (snicker) _Jesus Use Me_\*, the first thought that popped into my head - from left to right: [Brendan Fraser](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1946785536/nm0000409); [Michael Ian Black](http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/entertainment/07/06/26_michaelianblack_lgl.jpg); and [Brian Posehn](http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/transformers/images/thumb/d/d8/BrianPosehn.jpg/200px-BrianPosehn.jpg). Come one, I dare you to tell me I’m wrong. \*By the way, _Jesus Use Me_ sounds like something Cartman would have sung with [Faith + 1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Rock_Hard). ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/13 "2008-10-03T17:49:37Z")
Spinal Tap’s [_Smell the Glove_.](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/d/d3/180px-Smell_The_Glove.png) How much black could this be? And the answer is none, none more black. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/14 "2008-10-03T21:54:45Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Some of the images on that site are NSFW. Wish I’d known that before I clicked the link. To be fair you had to click through a few pages before there was even a hint of nipple. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/15 "2008-10-04T00:46:22Z")
> [@Apocalypso](#): > > I don’t know who Peter Sellers is, but that’s just awesome. You _don’t know who Peter Sellers is_??!? :eek: I feel very, very old. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/16 "2008-10-04T00:52:02Z")
> [@Struan](#): > > To be fair you had to click through a few pages before there was even a hint of nipple. But my apologies if there was any inappropriate content that embarrased anyone at work. I’d honestly not seen any when I posted the link. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/17 "2008-10-04T01:08:03Z")
Hey, I don’t see [Toe Fat](http://lemonodor.com/images/toefat-s.jpg) anywhere on that list. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/18 "2008-10-04T01:45:23Z")
My favorite has always been Uriah Heep’s [Look at Yourself.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LookAtYourself.jpg) The original LP had an actual mirror on the cover. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/19 "2008-10-04T01:53:38Z")
Hmmm, interesting following post there. Toe Fat members Ken Hensley and Lee Kerslake went on to form Uriah Heep. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268/20 "2008-10-04T02:33:58Z")
I love a lot of those. I once found a record store that had a bin with loads of vintage high gloss covers for 5c each, but you had to buy $1 worth. I came back with my car, and loaded them up 🙂 Another fun site, unfortunately not with as large size photos (some NSFW): [http://www.dantenet.com/er/records/index.html](http://www.dantenet.com/er/records/index.html) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-album-covers/466268.md?page=2)