“Flash and the Pan”. Even better is “Lights in the Night” (take a close look at the “scratch”).
Pink Floyd – “Ummagumma”
Blood Sweat and Tears – “Child is Father to the Man”
Jethro Tull “Thick as a Brick” (the LP version, CDs didn’t capture it all).
And, of course, the all-time classic, “Whipped Cream and Other Delights.”
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
Click over one which makes the cover.
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, PJ Harvey
Stevie Ray Vaughan - SRV
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
De La Soul - …Is Dead
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Here are a few in my collection that stand out just for kitsch value…
Georgie Auld Plays for Melancholy Babies (I think my uncle had a bar like that)
Martin Denny, Primitiva
Also, I always loved 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, just for sheer balls/epically bad judgment.
My all-time favorite: “Cheap Thrills!”
Me too, I just noticed that Lower Manhattan is all cups, saucers, cutlery, etc.
Have you ever seen Robert Crumb’s illustrated Book of Genesis? Wild stuff.
In addition to that album:
Santana, Abraxas
Cream, Disraeli Gears
Beatles, White Album
Another favorite: “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake” by the Small Faces. As far as I know, the only round album cover!
Velvet Underground & Nico: ‘The banana one’
Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
Talking Heads: Fear of Music
Ohio Players: Honey
and, given my moniker, this should be expected… Kate Bush: Hounds of Love.
Honorable Mention for the sheer dickitude of The Return of The Durutti Column
EDIT: Labdad, check out Public Image, Limited’s second album, Metal Box
Sesame Street - Born to Add
R.E.M. - Reckoning
Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
Violent Femmes - violent femmes
Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos
BeauSoleil: Bayou Cadillac
Donald Byrd: Black Byrd
Marvin Gaye: I Want You
Stevie Wonder: Fulfillingness First Finale
Ron Carter: Peg Leg
The Beatles,White Album
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
BOC Agents of Fortune 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
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.
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Patti Smith, Horses
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David Bowie, Hunky Dory
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The Smiths, “Louder Than Bombs”
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Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville
And, in honor of another Cafe Society thread:
- Grace Jones, Island Life
Roxy Music Country Life
Wait! That’s not right.
Hey, I was a teenage boy. Also, I really liked Roxy Music.