Favorite Album Cover

[r3port3r66]

Everyone has a favorite album of course, but that doesn't always mean that the album has great cover art. And sometimes the opposite is true.
There have been some really good album covers through the years, and just because the medium has gotten smaller doen't mean the impact of a good piece of art on the cover has.

Here's one of my favorites:

[Garrett]

Here is one of my favorites.

[Beale the Rippe]

Blue Oyster Cult is always good this time of year.

"Don't fear the reaper, baby take my hand, don't fear the reaper, baby I'm your man..."

On a similar note, one of my favorites is from Oysterhead:

http://www.oysterhead.com/photos/images/photo-00.jpg

[led_zeppelin]

Good album from the best band ever. . .

[led_zeppelin]

Even better album. . .

[led_zeppelin]

My fav. Zeppelin album. . .cover kinda sucks though

[led_zeppelin]

And, the 2nd best selling album of ALL TIME!. . .

[LordSlaytan]

Some favorites from my youth.

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drc300/c395/c395432504x.jpg

http://www.3logic.net/~lsd/iron_maiden/pic/beast.jpg

http://www.lyrics.com/b/black.sabbath/black.sabbath.jpg

http://anthraxtheband.com/images/discs/ant_fistful.jpg

http://www.noiserecords.com/shopimages/noise/ESMCD334.jpg

http://www3.airnet.ne.jp/~vzr04461/album/Reign%20in%20Blood.jpg

http://www.themusicindex.com/rockahead/reviews/jpriest3.jpg

[r3port3r66]

Nice covers Slay. I particularly like the Reign in Blood cover of Slayer's.

[Caitlyn]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000JH07.01.LZZZZZZZ.gif


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003TA4.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002J1Y.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002IZ4.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[led_zeppelin]

BLACK SABBATH is the coolest man! You rock!

[Beale the Rippe]

Coolness Cait. :cool:

Another one I love a lot is Fragile by Yes.

http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/steveandabe/images/fragile.jpg

[Piddzilla]

(Teenage Fanclub - "Bandwagonesque")

http://dyingdays.net/Teenage_Fanclub/Teenage_Fanclub_Bandwagonesque.jpg



http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000023YDA.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000002G7C.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/V/van_halen_1984f.jpg



http://www.jpc.de/jpcimages/jpcpics/cover/front/156/1563921.jpg



http://www.beatlesroutes.com/assets/cd-fronts/07-00.jpg



http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000025SZ1.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002L7J.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



http://medlem.spray.se/kasus/kiss_07.jpg

[LordSlaytan]

Good choices Caity, Piddy. I love Yes!

More that I like:

http://www.saunalahti.fi/~htapiom/salb2/abominog.jpg

http://www.toaster.org/images/misc/misc_jeffairplane.jpg

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drc400/c422/c422766b19g.jpg

http://www.whom.co.uk/russian/2112.jpg

http://www.rockstar.it/img/ummagumma.jpg

http://www.thegauntlet.com/pix/korna4.jpg

http://www.jmnlyrics.netfirms.com/band/tapas/manson2.jpg

http://pages.prodigy.net/paedrag/images/piece.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005UQFD.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Piddzilla]

http://www.jpc.de/jpcimages/jpcpics/cover/front/142/1422087.jpg

[r3port3r66]

I am so happy to be a part of this forum, where you guys actually get the point of this thread. I thought for sure someone would post a picture of their favorite album, thereby missing the whole reason that this thread was created. All of you here are so wonderful because you can see art and can be moved by it. Every album cover posted here is brilliant; the richness of colors, composition and overall emotional impact. OK, enough sentiment; post more albun art!

[LordSlaytan]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000JH07.01.LZZZZZZZ.gif

What is that from?

[r3port3r66]

Bri, I was going to ask the same question...

[Caitlyn]

What is that from?


Nothing Safe ~ Alice in Chains

[Caitlyn]

A few I forgot...



http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002GQG.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002GQK.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002VJH.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[LordSlaytan]

Nothing Safe ~ Alice in Chains

Did that come out after the singers death? I had all the albums of theirs I thought. I always loved them. Very melodic rock. :yup:

[Sexy Celebrity]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002P7Z.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002IJ2.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002L6P.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000025UW.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002GFE.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000068PQ0.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Caitlyn]

Did that come out after the singers death? I had all the albums of theirs I thought. I always loved them. Very melodic rock. :yup:


I think it came out before and was a teaser for the Box set... I don't have it (yet :D) ... but the last time I looked in Virgin Records, they had it...

[Piddzilla]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00009P1O0.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



http://www.thecriticalvoice.com/pefear.jpg



http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005KB9R.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002KYL.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



http://www.jpc.de/jpcimages/jpcpics/cover/front/584/5841563.jpg



http://www.jpc.de/jpcimages/big/6877820.jpg



http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000294L.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000066HI4.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000002LNM.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



http://www.maitespace.com/images/tony/destroyer.jpg

[Caitlyn]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005Y1T7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006BCNP.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006L5E6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[LordSlaytan]

Damn, those are sweet.

[Garrett]

Piddzilla has had the best choices so far. and the Led Zeppelin covers.

http://primussucks.com/animals/images/cover.jpg

[LordSlaytan]

Piddzilla has had the best choices so far. and the Led Zeppelin covers.

You mean this was a contest???!!!??? Damnit!!! And I just thought it was what each of us liked. *****....my night's ruined that you didn't choose mine. :bawling:

[r3port3r66]

Actually Slay, Pidd's cover art is awesome, but I'm familiar with most of them. Yours, on the other hand, I've rarely seen, and I liked looking at them for the first time--Cait's too. I never knew Korn had great taste in art. Interesting...really!

[LordSlaytan]

Actually Slay, Pidd's cover art is awesome, but I'm familiar with most of them. Yours, on the other hand, I've rarely seen, and I liked looking at them for the first time--Cait's too. I never knew Korn had great taste in art. Interesting...really!

I was just being sarcastic. I also thought Piddy's choices were cool, but Caity's are too. Go figure.

[Caitlyn]

I was just being sarcastic. I also thought Piddy's choices were cool, but Caity's are too. Go figure.


I like everyone's choices... they are all very cool :yup: ... and if I remember correctly, the artist who did the Yes covers is Roger Dean and he also did covers for Uriah Heep...

[Hondo333]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UAR.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UYZ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UZ1.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UAX.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005YU95.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002H4Q.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000OVP.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000028RR.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002LQR.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000035E7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Ok thats enought

[r3port3r66]

way to cool Hondo. Yes, way.

[Revenge of Mr M]

Nooo Hondo I was going to post Pinkerton. Oh well, this one is good too

[Aniko]

Everyone has such great covers. Mine are tame in comparison, but I still like them. Here are a few...

[Piddzilla]

Yeah, Kiss were my first idols and that album made me want to play in a band. It was the first really important album in my life, I believe.

Do you know that the photograph on the album cover was actually shot on a stage but not during a concert? They did it without an audience in front of the band and they stood practically still on the stage when they took it. They wanted to get a perfect photo for the cover.

[EDIT]

Hmmm... What happened to the Alive! cover, Zep?? :confused:

[led_zeppelin]

Yeah, Kiss were my first idols and that album made me want to play in a band. It was the first really important album in my life, I believe.

Do you know that the photograph on the album cover was actually shot on a stage but not during a concert? They did it without an audience in front of the band and they stood practically still on the stage when they took it. They wanted to get a perfect photo for the cover.

[EDIT]

Hmmm... What happened to the Alive! cover, Zep?? :confused:

The picture looked too messed up so I'm gonna download from somewhere else.

[Piddzilla]

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d885/d88523bej8m.jpg

I know I've allready posted this wonderful cover, but when we're on the subject of Kiss anyway, I just wanted to say that this is my favourite Kiss studio album. It has one of my absolute top fav Kiss songs on it: Mr Speed. I love it! And the sound on this album is so great! :)

[led_zeppelin]

woa woa woa mr. Pidzilla, step aside for the master of KISS albums. . .again

[Piddzilla]

woa woa woa mr. Pidzilla, step aside for the master of KISS albums. . .again

*steppin' aside*

[led_zeppelin]

DAMN! It never looks good, oh well, if you click on it you'll see a better pic.

[Garrett]

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d885/d88523bej8m.jpg

I know I've allready posted this wonderful cover, but when we're on the subject of Kiss anyway, I just wanted to say that this is my favourite Kiss studio album. It has one of my absolute top fav Kiss songs on it: Mr Speed. I love it! And the sound on this album is so great! :)

My favorite Kiss album is probably Hotter Than Hell or Dressed to Kill.

[Hondo333]

I do love this one

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000007NC0.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Piddzilla]

I do love this one

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000007NC0.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

That's indeed a great album! Right now I would say my favourite on it is Hesitating Beauty. :yup:

[Monkeypunch]

My favorite album cover of all time is the cover to "Cheap Thrills" by Big Brother and The Holding Company, drawn by R. Crumb. it is a work of art. I went out and bought the original LP just to see it in all it's glory.

My other favorite is Alice Cooper's "Welcome to my Nightmare." Easily the definitive picture of Alice.

[Hondo333]

Right now I would say my favourite on it is Hesitating Beauty

Yes i love that one to. I reckon Volume II is the better of the two tho

[led_zeppelin]

the definitive live album of ALL friggin' time!

http://www.club-chantal.com/platten/cds/inter/alive1.jpg

[Beale the Rippe]

I'd personally opt for Yesshows, but cool.

[jrs]

http://queen-fip.com/ALBUMS/qurocks.jpg

[led_zeppelin]

My favorite Kiss album is probably Hotter Than Hell or Dressed to Kill.
http://www.rockyear.net/cover/pic/k/Kiss_Hotter%20Than%20Hell.jpg


Hotter than Hell is my favorite KISS studio album.

[Henry The Kid]

Not surprsing a lot of Roger Dean's Yes stuff has already made an appearance. I won't choose any more of his, because they pretty much all are great.


I don't believe I saw these anywhere...

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre400/e423/e423395we8t.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd700/d756/d75667wg2x1.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd400/d492/d4927040449.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd300/d316/d316825o9rm.jpg


I'll concede that I haven't even heard this next album, but the cover is gorgeous.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf800/f876/f87610fpurw.jpg

[Garrett]

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c024/c02425f2g2u.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd100/d131/d13102yd3x6.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf000/f065/f06558pbej0.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d819/d81902iyy8m.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f572/f57235swzqs.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c000/c000479sbwb.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd100/d106/d106679gd4i.jpg

[LordSlaytan]

Not surprsing a lot of Roger Dean's Yes stuff has already made an appearance. I won't choose any more of his, because they pretty much all are great.


I don't believe I saw these anywhere...


I posted Wish You Were Here under favorite album of all time. I din't know it was a renowned artist that made the cover. Floyd always had cool cover art.

[Garrett]

Floyd always had cool cover art.

Indeed they did:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre000/e072/e072443h3u3.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc800/c834/c834131hbdw.jpg

And My favorite:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf100/f132/f13274hxvup.jpg
Ummagumma

[Piddzilla]

http://www.jpc.de/jpcimages/jpcpics/cover/front/901/9014565.jpg




:D

[Caitlyn]

http://www.jpc.de/jpcimages/jpcpics/cover/front/901/9014565.jpg




:D


The name would be perfect if they dropped the "s" ... ;)

[Garrett]

http://www.jpc.de/jpcimages/jpcpics/cover/front/901/9014565.jpg




:D

NOOOOOOOOO! :laugh:

[linespalsy]

Kind of in the Pettibone mould. I like this kind of stuff a lot.

[Knoxville]

I like Rammstein Covers, they're always pretty cool.

[Sedai]

A couple covers I like...

click to make them look better ;)

Cheers

[Aniko]

Just wanted to keep this thread going. Here are a few more covers I like.

[Knoxville]

The Misfits do pretty cool covers

[Holden Pike]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000AVHBO.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Underground, Thelonious Monk


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000W5N.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002552.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
The Basement Tapes, Bob Dylan & The Band


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002GXS.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
The Heart of Saturday Night, Tom Waits


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002KG2.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
On the Track, Leon Redbone

[Aniko]

I know it's old, but still a goodie...and thought I'd bump it up again for some new people. :)

Here's a couple more I really like...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002LRR.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002PUH7Y.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Piddzilla]

I know it's old, but still a goodie...and thought I'd bump it up again for some new people. :)


Good thinking, m'Lady!

I love the album cover for Tool's "Lateralus". It has something sinister over itself and at the same time it's ambiguous. I can't decide if it's good or evil, or what's good and what's evil about it... Or if it's just mystical. Just like the music on the album.

[Monkeypunch]

http://www.nightwish.com/pics/once-usa.jpg

I've always liked this one.

[Sedai]

http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/540/544003.jpg http://cover6.cduniverse.com/PhantomArt/188572.jpg

[Tacitus]

By a country mile - New Order's Technique...

http://www.btinternet.com/~comme6/saville/New_Order_Technique_a.jpg

...of course it doesn't look like a cherub jacking off.

Does it? ;)

[SamsoniteDelilah]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00001OH7W.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006L736.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000065V1V.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Caitlyn]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000071MW.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002MG4.01._PE7_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Dazed&Confused]

http://store.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drd700/d723/d7230392c86.jpg
http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/PearlJam/images/riotactcover2.jpg
http://pacside.free.fr/cover6.jpg
http://coverart.last.fm/300x300/1412202.jpg

[Iroquois]

I can't believe nobody has posted this...

http://www.stormthorgerson.com/images/art/go/PF_afc_DarkSideOfMoon.jpg

[Philmster]

http://www.king-crimson-lyrics.com/images/album_covers/in_the_court_of_the_crimson_king.jpg (http://www.king-crimson-lyrics.com/albums/In-the-Court-of-the-Crimson-King.php)

http://www.the-mars-volta-lyrics.com/images/albums/france-the-mute-small.jpg (http://www.the-mars-volta-lyrics.com/albums/Frances-the-Mute.php)

[Iroquois]

And another one...

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000006TRV.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[SpoOkY]

My favourite Radiohead album and I love the cover too

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Radiohead.okcomputer.albumart.jpg

An interesting cover by Coldplay

http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lglp0770.jpg

Captures the essence of Jimi Live

http://www.inet.hr/~abubalo/albums/covers/woodstk1.jpg

Not only an Aussie band I love but also a cool cover on their live concert album.

http://www.undercover.com.au/pics/cdpowderfingerthesedaysliveinconcert.jpg

[shadymaggot]

http://www.himonline.tv/images/releases/discog_album03.jpg

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00004T9UF.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[undead_bunny]

Dopethrone - Electric Wizard
http://www.riseaboverecords.com/images/products/RISECD52_1_1.jpg

Tales From The Thousand Lakes - Amorphis
http://www.rockdetector.com/assets/img/covers/12734.jpg

Pump - Aerosmith
http://www.upnorthservices.com/images/Aerosmith%20-%20Pump.jpg

Tomb of The Mutliated - Cannibal Corpse
I'll just post a link for it...contains graphic zombie stuffs.
http://www.tombofthemutilated.net/~covers/Cannibal%20Corpse%20Tomb%20of%20the%20Mutilated.jpg

British Steel - Judas Priest
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00005CBTF.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Show No Mercy - Slayer
http://syokutaku.seesaa.net/image/shownomercy.jpg

Far Beyond Driven - Pantera
http://images.windowsmedia.com/img/prov_w/300_80/075679230225.jpg

Scream Bloody Gore - Death
http://coverart.last.fm/300x300/310945.jpg

In God We Trust, Inc - Dead Kennedys
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/1845/graphics/album2.jpg

Ten - Pearl Jam
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/PearlJam-Ten.jpg

Valdr Galga - Thyrfing
http://www.scandinavian-metal.de/schweden/schweden-sammlung/thyrfing/valdr-galga.jpg

In The Nightside Eclipse - Emperor
http://www.plastichead.com/phd/images/covers/medium/CANDLE030CD.jpg

Blood Fire Death - Bathory
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000048CP.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

To Mega Therion - Celtic Frost
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000006TK1.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

None So Vile - Cryptopsy
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005BC67.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Humanure - Cattle Decapitation
I'll just link to it...
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002FR0GK.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

And like...25 billion others...

[Swedish Chef]

http://www.parisdjs.com/images/covers/djouls_molestinglaura4/Primal_Scream-Screamadelica_b.jpg
Primal Scream, "Screamadelica"


http://a3.vox.com/6a00ccff85312a985d00ccff8f501b4064-320pi
Teddybears, "Soft Machine"


http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WQ74J675L.jpg
Blur, "Think Tank"

[linespalsy]

http://www.fakejazz.com/images/covers/vonlmo.gif
http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/Z/zappa/zappa_studiof.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E89QKMNKL._AA240_.jpg
http://www.yogiga.com/yukie/11_review/03_Rock/photo/Residents-ThirdReich'nRoll.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/ionford/317320.jpg

There are a bunch of others that I won't post images to because they're kind of gross.

[pagerok]

It never fails I think of this album whenever I see this sign.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l37/pageroks/albums.jpg

[Swedish Chef]

A few more I really like...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/GreenDayDookie.jpg
Green Day, "Dookie"


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000IYW8.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
The Cranberries, "Bury the Hatchet"



http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002KP3.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
T. Rex, "Electric Warrior"



http://homepage.mac.com/yuzou/artwork/no_doubt/tragic_kingdom.jpg
No Doubt, "Tragic Kingdom"


http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/4466/audioslave3ca.jpg
Audioslave, "Audioslave"


http://www.rollingstones.com/bin/galImg/siteFiles/81703fb511.
The Rolling Stones, "Goats Head Soup"

[happycyclist]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513ZV7T537L._SS500_.jpg

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/c7/66/ae5512bb9da0e83dac64c010.L.jpg

Boards of Canada's 'Geogaddi' and 'Trans Canada Highway'.

[FernTree]

Here from my favourite all time band in the world ...

Hawkwind :cool:

Space Ritual (1973)
http://jamilton.typepad.com/gordielewis/images/hawkwind.jpg

Double live recorded in December 1972, featuring a perfect blend of power and trippiness - pure space rock.

The cool thing about this double album, was that there was a version that folded out like a road map ... took quite some rubix cubistic concentration to refold ... especially when under the influence of certain substances :eek: :licklips:

http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/space_ritual2.jpg

Here is link if interested in detailed images and the other side http://www.collectable-records.ru/groups/hawkwind/space.htm

I miss album art ... can't get this stuff with CDs :(

[FernTree]

Fugs - Golden Filth -1968
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/fugs.jpg

Review by Richie Unterberger
By the time of this recording on June 1, 1968 at the Fillmore East, the Fugs had evolved from their primitive beginnings into a pretty full and tight rock band. They'd also grown into a pretty large group, in fact, with ten musicians, including two drummers. However, most of the material was initially recorded between 1965 and 1966, ESP era. While some listeners might be disappointed by the absence of live versions of highlights from their Reprise records, this release actually has more value than the typical live album because it has notably different arrangements of well-known songs. On the Fugs' first recordings in particular, the sound and execution was pretty primitive, and it's good to have full, together rock versions of notable songs like "Slum Goddess," "Supergirl," "Nothing," "I Couldn't Get High," "Coca-Cola Douche," and "How Sweet I Roamed." The spoken intros haven't dated as well, with Sanders' monologues about lesbian dwarfs and zebra puke, and Kupferberg moaning at one point, "I want a titty"; what was once a shocking and taboo-breaking is now superfluous to the music. The reissue of this on Edsel in Britain may be easier to find now than the original LP.

and now some of :cool: FernTree Rock Trivia -
The heady times of the Vietnam War ... during a big peace demo in US ... hordes of peacenicks arrived and instigated by the Fugs, the protesters linked hands and circled the Pentagon ... then the chant started ... "Out Demon Out !" repeated and gaining a powerful momentum and energy ... :furiousdevil:
Eventually the troops were withdrawn ... clear evidence for me :yup: that the exorcism worked :p



Midnight Oil
Australian Band ... for lack of a genre - environmental/political rock ...

Pete Garrett is now a Labor politician and Minister for Sport and some elements of the Environment :skeptical: some see this as a sell out :yup:
http://www.alp.org.au/images/people/garrettp.jpg
But a great band nevertheless... with a unique sound and Garrett's dancing is something to see :D
http://www.lt24online.com.ar/2002news/graficos/midnight_oil_peter_Garrett.jpg
Album covers differ greatly ... and usualy quite striking ...

Midnight Oil Date: 04/01/1978
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Very simple first cover ...

Head Injuries Date: 04/01/1979
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Bird Noises Date: 04/01/1980
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:eek: This one always freaked me out ... KFC anyone ?!!

Place Without A Postcard Date: 04/01/1981
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10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Date: 04/01/1983
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* Hated this name ... just shortened it to Countdown ...

Red Sails In The Sunset Date: 04/01/1984
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:eek: I really found this striking image of Sydney Harbour very disturbing

Species Deceases Date: 04/01/1985
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There are more but I gave up buying them ...

[mark f]

http://www.theovangogh.nl/Roxy_MusicCountry_Life-front.jpg
Country Life by Roxy Music

http://www.elpendulo.cl/imagenes/happy_crafty.jpg
Crafty Hands by Happy the Man

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La Pistola y El Corazón by Los Lobos

http://www.mp3.ge/covers/780a150a.jpeg
Led Zeppelin III
(The Whizz-Wheel rules!)

[FILMFREAK087]

Follow the leader, by KoRn

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Korn_follow_the_leader.jpg

[FernTree]

The Incredible String Band
60's Escoteric Folky Band
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_String_Band

The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion - 1967
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/spirits.jpg


Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air - 1971
http://dvweb.mpf.arcstarmusic.com/mdb_image2/T3/tT3H3_284222_l.jpg

My Fav Album title :cool:

[FernTree]

OK Groovers ... Here we gooooooo :cool:

Amon Düül II
One of the first active Krautrock units, Amon Düül grew out of a multimedia artist commune in Munich that mixed radical political criticism with a unique vision of free-form improvisation tied to American psychedelic rock, especially compared to the avant-garde inclinations of other space rock units like Tangerine Dream and Cluster. Such open-ended and non-musical origins made the later activity of the group quite confusing, as a quartet of (slightly) more musically inclined members branched out in 1969 as Amon Düül II. Meanwhile, the original Amon Düül continued releasing albums, most of which had actually been recorded during a mammoth jam session by the entire conglomeration in 1969. Though Amon Düül ceased recording material by 1972, frequent reissues during the decade — and the resumption of the Amon Düül name by several Amon Düül II alumni in the 1980s — resulted in still more confusion. Listeners unfamiliar with the lineup of every Amon Düül-related release can content themselves with the fact that the main line of the group began with Amon Düül in the late '60s and moved to Amon Düül II for the 1970s recordings.
When originally founded in 1968 however, the group was more of an alternative-living commune project than actual recording artists. Wishing to bring their vision of hippie living to a worldwide audience, the collective named themselves Amon Düül (Amon being an Egyptian sun god, Düül a character from Turkish fiction) and recorded hours of material during what is reportedly one mammoth recording session from early 1969. Even before the release of the self-titled Amon Düül debut that year, several members — led by vocalist Renate Knaup-Kroaetenschwanz (aka Renate Knaup), guitarist Chris Karrer, bassist John (Johannes) Weinzierl, drummer Peter Leopold and organist Falk U. Rogner — had broken away from the original group to form Amon Düül II. That group released its own debut album Phallus Dei in 1969. While three additional albums credited to Amon Düül appeared in 1970 and 1971 (Collapsing/Singvögel Rückwärts & Co., Paradieswärts Düül and Disaster), they were actually comprised of additional recordings from 1969 sessions.
By 1971, it was clear that Amon Düül II was the major unit of the axis. Still, lineups were barely stable enough to credit the same group with all of the work released under the Amon Düül II banner. Members came and went during the early '70s — the only constants were Karrer and Weinzierl — and Amon Düül II gradually progressed away from the acid-improv style of their first recordings to embrace a more pop-oriented approach to progressive rock on 1973's Vive la Trance and the following year's Hijack, which saw many old members returning to the fold. Two new additions, Stefan Zauner and Klaus Ebert, added a keyboard-dominated quasi-disco sound to 1976's Pyragony, and the duo's sound soon dominated the crumbling Amon Düül II lineup. Both Knaup and Weinzierl left the group by 1978 (to play with, respectively, Popol Vuh and Embryo), and Amon Düül II finally halted one year after.
Just two years later, however, Amon Düül II reunited with most of the original lineup to record another album, Vortex. That same year, Weinzierl moved to Wales to begin a British version of the band with old bandmate Dave Anderson. What should have been billed "Amon Düül III" was, however, simply christened Amon Düül. The release of four albums during the 1980s (including Hawk Meets Penguin, Meeting With Menmachines and Die Losung) confused even adept listeners, while Amon Düül II appeared to be finished.

Wolf City - 1971
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Carnival of Babylon - 1972
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Yeti - 1970
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/yeti.jpg
Tanz Der Lemminge (Dance of the Lemmings) - 1971
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/lemmings.jpg


and some Gong :D

Gong slowly came together in the late '60s when Australian guitarist Daevid Allen (ex-Soft Machine) began making music with his wife, singer Gilli Smyth, along with a shifting lineup of supporting musicians. Albums from this period include Magick Brother, Mystic Sister (1969) and the impromptu jam session Bananamoon (1971) featuring Robert Wyatt from the Soft Machine, Gary Wright from Spooky Tooth, and Maggie Bell. A steady lineup featuring Frenchman Didier Malherbe (sax and reeds), Christian Tritsch (bass), and Pip Pyle (drums) along with Allen (glissando guitar, vocals) and Gilli Smyth (space whisper vocals) was officially named Gong and released Camembert Electrique in late 1971, as well as providing the soundtrack to the film Continental Circus and music for the album Obsolete by French poet Dashiel Hedayat.
Camembert Electrique contained the first signs of the band's mythology of the peaceful Planet Gong populated by Radio Gnomes, Pothead Pixies, and Octave Doctors. These characters along with Zero the Hero are the focus of Gong's next three albums, the Radio Gnome Trilogy, consisting of Flying Teapot (1973), Angel's Egg (1974), and You (1975). On these albums, protagonist Zero the Hero is a space traveler from Earth who gets lost and finds the Planet Gong, is taught the ways of that world by the gnomes, pixies, and Octave Doctors and is sent back to Earth to spread the word about this mystical planet. The band themselves adopted nicknames — Allen was Bert Camembert or the Dingo Virgin, Smyth was Shakti Yoni, Malherbe was Bloomdido Bad de Grasse, Tritsch was the Submarine Captain and Pyle the Heap. Over the course of the trilogy, Tritsch and Pyle left and were replaced by Mike Howlett (bass) and Pierre Moerlen (drums). New members Steve Hillage (guitar) and Tim Blake (synthesizers) joined.
After You, Allen, Hillage, and Smyth left the group due to creative differences as well as fatigue. Guitarist Allen Holdsworth joined and the band drifted into virtuosic if unimaginative jazz fusion. Hillage and Allen each released several solo albums and Smyth formed Mothergong. Nevertheless the trilogy lineup has reunited for a few one-off concerts including a 1977 French concert documented on the excellent Gong Est Mort, Vive Gong album. Allen also reunited with Malherbe and Pyle as well as other musicians he had collaborated with over the years for 1992's Shapeshifter album. Hillage also worked as the ambient-techno alias System 7. A number of Gong-related bands have existed over the years, including Mothergong, Gongzilla, Pierre Moerlin's Gong, NY Gong, Planet Gong, and Gongmaison. During the new millennium Gong material continued to be released, including Live 2 Infinitea issued in fall 2000.

Camembert Electrique - 1971
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The Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible, Part 1) - 1973
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Angel's Egg(Radio Gnome Invisible, Part 2) - 1973
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You(Radio Gnome Invisible, Part 3) - 1974
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/radio3.jpg

[FILMFREAK087]

Here's dookie...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/GreenDayDookie.jpg

[FILMFREAK087]

Linkin Park, Hybrid theory-
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Linkin_park_hybrid_theory.jpg

[Silas]

The Strokes:

http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper932/stills/3bd8299bb4593-20-1.jpg

[Outbreak]

at the moment the covers that come to mind are prettmy much anything by Iron Maiden... including Edward the Great: Greatest Hits (as seen in my DP)

and at the moment pretty much anything by Dio: Dio's killing the Dragon
http://www.geocities.com/rfmd2k/diokilling.jpg

and The Last in Line


http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/D/dio_lastf.jpg

[Mrs. Darcy]

http://aolsearch.aol.com/aol/redir?src=image&requestId=fdd10eab51b2e88d&userQuery=blackout+album+scorpions&clickedItemDest=70503136339900360801074655539562906740&clickedItemMark=1217616224721&clickedItemURN=http%3A%2F%2Fmsp262.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fii110%2Fruthtrabal%2FScorpions-Blackout1.jpg&moduleId=image_details.M.xml&clickedItemDescription=Image Details

[Swedish Chef]

Gentle Giant had some pretty sweet covers.

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll177/chicoflood/GentleGiant-Octopus.jpg
"Octopus"


http://webzoom.freewebs.com/mortymusic/gentle%20giant%20taste.jpg
"Acquiring the Taste"



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Freehandcover.gif
"Free Hand"

[n3wt]

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/mechanical-animals_500.jpg

Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
http://www.musicfolio.com/modernrock/marilynmanson_antichrist.jpg

Slipknot
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003ZKSP.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Metallica - Ride the lightening
http://fasterthantheworld.com/ridethelightning.jpg

Metallica - Master of puppets
http://img.timeinc.net/time/2006/100albums/albums/metallica_masterofpuppets.jpg

Cradle of filth - Mideon
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/AveryMarx/CradleofFilthMidianCover.jpg

Soulfly - Darkages
http://thedarkcyde.net/images/covers/soulfly.jpg

[These Filthy Hands]

Nodes of Ranvier: Nodes of Ranvier

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61JS6KG63VL._AA240_.jpg

December: The Lamant Configuration

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/f5/c3/888ea2c008a0b6c4438b2010._AA200_.L.jpg

Tool: Undertown

http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/tool_undertow.jpg

Through the Eyes of the Dead: Malice

http://bp2.blogger.com/_7I9HtsSBSNo/RryN3IJ8-EI/AAAAAAAAAO0/bwWufdWEkeo/s320/61H.jpg (http://bp2.blogger.com/_7I9HtsSBSNo/RryN3IJ8-EI/AAAAAAAAAO0/bwWufdWEkeo/s1600-h/61H.jpg)

Silence the Epilogue: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ZRMjaQVRa-UpzM:http://www.christianrocklyrics.com/_covers/silencetheepilogue_bloodstainpatternanalysis.jpg (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.christianrocklyrics.com/_covers/silencetheepilogue_bloodstainpatternanalysis.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.christianrocklyrics.com/silencetheepilogue.php&h=130&w=130&sz=4&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=ZRMjaQVRa-UpzM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=91&prev=/images%3Fq%3DSilence%2Bthe%2BEpilogue%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den)

Mudvayne: L.D. 50

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[n3wt]

Slayer - South of heaven
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/happo_no_giri/SouthofHeaven.jpg

KoRn - Issues
http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a235/sirrunk/ki.jpg

Metallica - Ride The Lightening
http://fasterthantheworld.com/ridethelightning.jpg

[Justin]

http://www.roots-and-branches.com/Sonic%20Youth%20Goo%20DL.jpg


http://www.rosaselvaggia.com/CloserOK.jpg

[re93animator]

http://i48.tinypic.com/25kokdv.jpg