# What are your favorite album covers? (please read OP) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239 "2014-04-29T01:32:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/21 "2014-04-29T13:17:24Z")
[“Flash and the Pan”](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EVZ1683PL.jpg). Even better is [“Lights in the Night”](http://www.nyahl.net/pics/01-20/13recto.jpg) (take a close look at the “scratch”). Pink Floyd – [“Ummagumma”](http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/81277721/Ummagumma.jpg) Blood Sweat and Tears – [“Child is Father to the Man”](http://i.recordshopx.com/cover/big/3/35/351409.jpg?lp) Jethro Tull [“Thick as a Brick”](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/ThickAsABrick25thAnniv.jpg) (the LP version, CDs didn’t capture it all). And, of course, the all-time classic, “[Whipped Cream and Other Delights](http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/14/55/64/3333429/5/628x471.jpg).” ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/22 "2014-04-29T13:21:25Z")
Madonna - [True Blue](http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/madonna/true_blue/buy) Springsteen - [Born to Run](http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bruce_springsteen/born_to_run/buy) Led Zeppelin [Houses of the Holy](http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/led_zeppelin/houses_of_the_holy/buy) ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/23 "2014-04-29T13:28:28Z")
Genesis - [Wind and Wuthering](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=genesis+wind+and+wuthering+album+cover+front+and+back&go=Submit&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=genesis+wind+and+wuthering+album+cover+front+and+back&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=&adlt=strict#view=detail&id=0DBE52734034054DE688BC89033BA7CC3D404465&selectedIndex=1) Click over one which makes the cover. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/24 "2014-04-29T13:36:49Z")
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, PJ Harvey ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/25 "2014-04-29T13:53:28Z")
Stevie Ray Vaughan - [SRV](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZTeuNKvbL._SY300_.jpg) Pantera - [Vulgar Display of Power](http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/pantera_vulgar_display_power_front.jpg) De La Soul - […Is Dead](http://images.popmatters.com/news_art/d/de_la_soul_is_dead.jpg) [Rage Against the Machine](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/RageAgainsttheMachineRageAgainsttheMachine.jpg) Faith No More - [The Real Thing](http://www.pattonmad.com/Vinyl%20&%20CD/Images/Vinyl/12/TheRealThingLPMexicoF.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/26 "2014-04-29T14:05:01Z")
Here are a few in my collection that stand out just for kitsch value… [_Bongo Madness!_](https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/don_ralke/bongo_madness_/) _[Georgie Auld Plays for Melancholy Babies](https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/georgie_auld/georgie_auld_plays_for_melancholy_babies/)_ (I think my uncle had a bar like that) Martin Denny, _[Primitiva](https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/martin_denny/primitiva/)_ Also, I always loved The Dictators’ [_Go Girl Crazy!_,](https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_dictators/go_girl_crazy_/)but to really appreciate that, you have to be able to read the liner notes on the back and have the photo innersleeve. And for my final selection I have to include the original cover of _"[Yesterday"… and Today](https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_beatles/yesterday___and_today/)_, just for sheer balls/epically bad judgment. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/27 "2014-04-29T14:43:28Z")
My all-time favorite: [“Cheap Thrills!”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cheapthrills.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/28 "2014-04-29T14:49:51Z")
[The 5000 Spirits or The Layers of the Onion](http://rarerecordcollector.cfhdesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/euk-257-incredible-string-band-front.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/29 "2014-04-29T14:54:32Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Ya know, after seeing that album cover for decades, I only now just realized the waitress is the Statue of Liberty. :smack: Me too, I just noticed that Lower Manhattan is all cups, saucers, cutlery, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/30 "2014-04-29T14:57:31Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > My all-time favorite: [“Cheap Thrills!”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cheapthrills.jpeg) Have you ever seen Robert Crumb’s illustrated [Book of Genesis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Genesis_(comics))? Wild stuff. In addition to that album: Santana, [Abraxas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas_(album)) Cream, [Disraeli Gears](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disraeli_gears) Beatles, White Album ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/31 "2014-04-29T15:01:40Z")
Another favorite: [“Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake”](http://www.soundstation.dk/images/products/large/82/112282-a.jpg) by the Small Faces. As far as I know, the only _round_ album cover! ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/32 "2014-04-29T15:10:46Z")
**Velvet Underground & Nico** : ‘The banana one’ **Rolling Stones** : [_Sticky Fingers_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_Fingers) **Talking Heads** : _[Fear of Music](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_Music_(album))_ **Ohio Players** : [_Honey_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_(Ohio_Players_album)) and, given my moniker, this should be expected… **Kate Bush** : [_Hounds of Love_](http://www.katebushnews.com/wp-content/uploads/Hounds-of-Love.jpg). Honorable Mention for the sheer dickitude of _[The Return of The Durutti Column](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Durutti_Column)_ EDIT: Labdad, check out **Public Image, Limited** ’s second album, _[Metal Box](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Box)_ ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/33 "2014-04-29T15:39:32Z")
Sesame Street - [Born to Add](http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album-Sesame-Street-Born-to-Add.jpg) R.E.M. - [Reckoning](http://www.albumartexchange.us/assets_c/2011/11/rem-reckon_09-thumb-450x450-8852.jpg) Rolling Stones - [Their Satanic Majesties Request](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/Rolling_Stones_-_Their_Satanic_Majesties_Request_-_1967_Decca_Album_cover.jpg) Violent Femmes - [violent femmes](http://www.yenmag.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/violent-femmes.jpg) Hoodoo Gurus - [Stoneage Romeos](http://bothbarson.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/sr.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/34 "2014-04-29T16:34:56Z")
BeauSoleil: [Bayou Cadillac](http://www.amazon.com/Bayou-Cadillac-Beausoleil/dp/B0000003BM) Donald Byrd: [Black Byrd](http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B000005HDT/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0) Marvin Gaye: [I Want You](http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B0000060NN/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0) Stevie Wonder: [Fulfillingness First Finale](http://www.amazon.com/Fulfillingness-First-Finale-Stevie-Wonder/dp/B008E007R4/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1398789098&sr=1-3&keywords=fulfillingness+first+finale) Ron Carter: [Peg Leg](http://www.amazon.com/Peg-Leg-Ron-Carter/dp/B000000YT3/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_9) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/35 "2014-04-29T16:41:03Z")
The Beatles,[White Album](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_%28album%29) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/36 "2014-04-29T18:09:20Z")
Ones I have framed on the wall: Sniff N the Tears Fickle Heart [http://eil.com/images/main/Sniff+'n'+The+Tears+-+Fickle+Heart+-+LP+RECORD-562489.jpg](http://eil.com/images/main/Sniff+%27n%27+The+Tears+-+Fickle+Heart+-+LP+RECORD-562489.jpg) BOC Agents of Fortune [http://www.progarchives.com/progressive\_rock\_discography\_covers/2940/cover\_1456161332010.jpg](http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/2940/cover_1456161332010.jpg) Led Zep In through the Out Door [File:Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door.jpg - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Led_Zeppelin_-_In_Through_the_Out_Door_alt.jpg) There are six covers, all slightly different. I have 4 in a collection in the game room And I add a vote for _Weasels Ripped my Flesh_, though I don’t have a copy. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Made\_French\_Toast\_For\_You](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@I\_Made\_French\_Toast\_For\_You](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Made_French_Toast_For_You)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/37 "2014-04-29T18:50:36Z")
1. Patti Smith, [Horses](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/PattiSmithHorses.jpg) 2. David Bowie, [Hunky Dory](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/40/David_Bowie_-_Hunky_Dory.jpg) 3. The Smiths, [“Louder Than Bombs”](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/LouderThanBombs.jpg) 4. Liz Phair, [Exile in Guyville](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Liz_Phair_-_Exile_in_Guyville.jpg) ---
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And, in honor of another Cafe Society thread: 1. Grace Jones, [Island Life](http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2012/07/Grace-Jones.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SirGalahad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@SirGalahad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirGalahad)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239/39 "2014-04-29T19:10:55Z")
Steppenwolf Monster [http://www.soundstation.dk/data/products/32081.aspx](http://www.soundstation.dk/data/products/32081.aspx) ---
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Roxy Music [Country Life](http://www.sugarbarons.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/roxy-music-country-life-2.jpg) Wait! That’s not right. Most likely NSFW [http://mansfinelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/roxymusic-4thmusicalbum.jpg](http://mansfinelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/roxymusic-4thmusicalbum.jpg) Hey, I was a teenage boy. Also, I really liked Roxy Music. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-album-covers-please-read-op/687239.md?page=3)