Thanks for letting us know! Do It Yourself was issued in at least 32 different wall paper sleeves and was designed by the great Barney Bubbles. very official. Misplaced Childhood? Didnt see Wheels Of Fire from Cream, the first platinum album, what about King Crimsons first album? My 12-year-old self loved that cover! Pepper album cover to great success. Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells. Yardbirds Roger The Engineer Nazareth,,,any of them but especially No Mean City ! The cool album cover for The Miracles 1961 debut encapsulates the old-school showbiz that Motown would soon lead the world away from. I dont know why I keep looking at these top 100 lists, they always annoy me with who they have on the list and who they leave off. The Cars spent six months in England laboring over Heartbeat City, perfecting the mix of elements. Well, Ill just put my personal fav into the mix. The Who The Who Sell Out 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. Everybody since has been influenced by their music and creative style. Deep Purples Deep Purple in Rock and The Beatles Abbey Road? The great thing about the famous Blondie Parallel Lines album cover isnt just the black-and-white composition but the way Debbie Harry (the only one not smiling) exudes power, while all the guys look a bit goofy. Scorpions fly to the rainbow. How about some love for the greatest live album ever recorded? Id suggest the cover with the red/yellow profile picture of Hendrix which was used in North America. This cover is Roger Dean at his most vivid. The cover for the British prog-rock outfit Familys 1971 album is a multi-foldout extravaganza and features an early computer graphic, adding the individual band photos to each other until they become the pretty blur at top right. The abstraction of the Talking Heads beautiful, moving-parts cover for their 1983 record Speaking in Tongues couldnt have better represented the music within. Since Miles Davis Bitches Brew sounded like no other previous jazz albums, it couldnt look like one either. Ten points if you can find where the Beatles are hiding in the 3D image on Their Satanic Majesties Request. Jimmy Jimmy goes for an extremely Suicide-ish electronic pulse, as Ocasek narrates the tale of a troubled teenage boy who doesnt want to go home and take out the garbage. Also born to run, top 10? Those who have chosen the list looked at books, as the themselves state. plus Carl Glover, Storm Thorgerson, etc. And, Guitars that destroyed the world. Little known fact about the London Calling album cover-the date of the bass smash photo (9/21/79) is incorrect. Black Moses by Isaac Hayes! Rodney Matthews did a superb job especially on my personal favourite On a Storytellers Night, but there are many more worthy of inclusion in this list.. Interesting that they all seem to be from the vinyl era,no cd artwork Blue Cheer Outsideinside their 2nd LP has very creative cover art. Kansass Leftoverture. Not one Moody Blues album cover.unfrickinbelievable!!! I think you just wanted to provoke a reaction. i think whats going on here is some of these albums became really popular hence the covers became somewhat iconic. Yes: Yessongs Just the album cover, not necessarily the vinyl. The Doors Morrison Hotel Cars - Complete Greatest Hits. Band Eat a Peach Ocasek and the Cars walked a fascinating line between shiny power pop and total weirdness; Youre All Ive Got Tonight is in both places at once, with a whole lot going on in its four minutes and 14 seconds, from the Queen-ly backing vocals (thanks, no doubt, to a shared producer in Roy Thomas Baker), a flanged drum intro, a freaky harpsichord-like keyboard part in the first verse, and a monster chorus. One really missing is Deep Purple In rock. B.H. I ended up with Sticky Fingers Warhol, Weasels Ripped MF Neon Parks, Disreali Gears Martin Sharp etc. The Jam All Mod Cons and Sound Affects, The Style Council Our Favourite Shop, Paul Weller Stanley Road, The Stranglers Rattus Norvegicus should all be on the list, but all far too English for this list, Santanas first album, Deja Vu, Blue Oyster Cult such as Extraterrestrial or Agents of Fortune, Primal Scream Screamadelica (He spotted the eponymous Dude statue at an art gallery and took it home for inspiration.). Sweet Moments With The Blue Velvet Band for the Eric Von Schmidt designed board game on the INSIDE of the fold out cover. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. Cabaret Voltaire Microphones One of the greatest metal covers ever designed, designer Larry Carroll packed a thousand nightmares into this Bosch-like painting for Slayers thrash masterpiece Reign in Blood, which influenced metal imagery for decades to come. From indelible images to perfect portraits, the 100 greatest album covers provoke and awe just as much as the contents inside. But, he continued, were not what youd call a free-form jam band. Your email address will not be published. The most extra terrestrial capture of El Zim casting further questions on just what planet did Bob arrive from? Not much of a list! Close to the Edge by Yes Most of the classic Blue Note covers were full of bright graphics and exuberant photos (and lots of exclamation marks!). Goats Head Soup The Rolling Stones, cd packaging is a different size as well. Steppenwolf: 7 What about Its only a Movie, with the free Banger inside?! The reason? Blown Pig,pigs head,headphones,sunglasses,a smoke,hilarious. Columbia Records art director John Berg was responsible for iconic covers like Bob Dylans Greatest Hits and Bruce Springsteens Born To Run, but this was likely one of his more expensive: They built an entire set, complete with costumed extras, to create Monks arresting album cover. One of those web features where many of those 100 pioneering sleeve designs are are merely chosen to provoke controversy (or ridicule). The band again worked with Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker, but Ocasek said they tried for a rawer approach than on their first album. Seriously why was this omitted? Of course, it got an extra dimension by playing with Loves own image at the time. Complete Greatest Hits was a fairly credible claim for The Cars' semi-canonical 20-track 2002 best-of, which did include the great majority of the band's most winning singles. Very old list, These covers are awesome, we got some covers too at RobLunaMusic.com. What about the Moms Apple Pie album? E Pluribus Funk (a da moeda): Grand Funk Railroad, Good selection. Heres an essential list of Ocaseks finest moments. Blind Faith, Cheap Thrills- Big Brother, The Who sings My Generation, Love It To Death-Alice Cooper, Everybodys In Showbiz-The Kinks, The Tubes (especially the back cover-yowza), The Slits, New York Dolls, MC5- Live at The Grande Ballroom, Captain Beefheart- Clear Spot, Moby Grape- Apple Pie, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks- Wheres The Money, Ohio Players-Honey, etc, etc. From the lightning bolt on Aladdin Sane to Ziggy Stardust, its hard to pick. The cover art and liner notes are included for a CD. The live adventures of Al Kooper & Michael Bloofield. But, album covers are another thing, and I dont think that every single shit the Beatles ever took needs to be lionized as genius. My first album (x2) that my Grandma bought me cause I told her I liked it; Mom was not pleased when I opened it at XMas and played LOUD! Disturbed has some rather good album covers (e.g. And also, Eels, Daisie of the galaxy, Gong, Flying Teapot and Camembert Electrique, Zappa Hot Rats, Christophe, Pas vu pas pris (the kitchiest one ! They had some of the best album cover art Bassist-singer Orr had died in the interim, a huge loss, but in so many ways, the Cars sound was pristinely preserved. Barness sensual figures and jubilant dancers reflected the carnal nature of Gayes 1976 album. The Byrds- Sweetheart of the Rodeo. The Byrds Fifth Dimension and Younger than Yesterday. The Cars had four Top 10 hits: "Shake It Up" (1981), "You Might Think" (1984), "Drive" (1984), and "Tonight She Comes" (1985). I totally Agree with the one that Requested Crime Of The Century rather than Breakfast In America of Supertramps Covers. I just figured having a girlfriend stolen was probably something that happened to a lot of people. The second single from the bands debut LP, it hit the Top 40, offering a slick New Wave twist on classic-rock tropes as Ocasek tossed off playfully surreal references to suede blue eyes and nuclear boots. As he later recalled, At some point, I realized my lyrics didnt include the words My Best Friends Girl. So I pulled out the lyrics someone had typed up and added a chorus in the margin in pen: Shes my best friends girl/Shes my best friends girl/But she used to be mine. J.D. The album cover for Hsker Ds final studio album is one of those cases where a cover is exactly like the album: vivid, colorful and jarring in a welcoming way. There were nearly as many copies of Alice Coopers Schools Out in 1970s high schools as there were actual school desks. That was like a one-off single that we just all came together and did. Putting it on the Greatest Hits compilation turned out to be the right move: The song became a Top 10 hit, one of their best-charting singles ever. Just What I Needed (written by Ocasek but sung by Benjamin Orr) is obvious proof of that philosophy, with its chugging eighth-note guitars marching along in crisp perfection; that, along with omnipresent synth riffs, is one of the reasons why The Cars sounds like one of the first album of the 1980s despite being released in 1978. Moody Blues In Search Of The Lost Chord, Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Tales Of The Unexpected, YOU MISSED A LOT RICHIE BLACKMORES RAINBOW. All those drum sounds were played into a computer, according to an interview with The Chicago Tribune, and then fed into the tracks as samples. duhhh. Get it as soon as Tuesday, Apr 11. An ultimate Nudie back patch with intricate stitching as befits the Dandy 60s Combo. 2 great Hipgnosis-designed covers. Grateful Dead Blues for Allah ? Janes Addiction Nothings Shocking AC/DC and Meatloaf, Talking Heads, Elvis, Bob Dylan Asia, Most Pink Floyds LOOK AT THE COVERS ON THESE BABES Hot Rats, Zappa Wazoo, Were Only in it for the Money, and Freak Out by Zappa, most Grateful Dead covers Eno, Another Green World and check The Chocolate Watchband. Well, the list is almost purely anglo-american. When you walked into a record store, you could see this album clear across the room. PiLs follow-up to their famous Metal Box album cover was even cooler, showing non-performing bandmember Jeanette Lee with a rose in her teeth, a weapon in her hand, and a murderous look in her eyes. Some for consideration. Inspired by the albums themes of the subconscious, the dark sleeve of Billie Eilishs When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Next time shoot for 250 and you,d still better prepare for some flack. By Billboard Staff 03/16/2022 Getty Images (3); Courtesy. Just about anything from Mark Wilkinson [Iron Maiden, Marillion, Fish, etc.] Metlica : Ride The Ligthning The ubiquitous Hipgnosis team outdid itself with this ultra-clever 10cc sleeve, which is not only inspired by one of the songs (the phone sex-themed Dont Hang Up) but is full of hidden gags, with the same people turning up in each of the four main photos. Jeff Bridges got nothing on the original The Dude, the effortlessly cool and quixotic album cover character that appears on Quincy Jones genre-blending solo debut. Oh, I forgot to note that all covers done by Neon Park for all Little Feat albums. We want to hear it. Dylans Highway 61 Revisited belongs Self Portrait doesnt. They always were.. Benjamin Orr sang the lounge-lizardy vocals, but Ocasek (who wrote it with keyboardist Greg Hawkes, which made it the only song on the Cars debut not solely written by Ocasek) took over in live performances after Orrs death. Be Bop Deluxe Sunburst Finish Children Of the Future (Steve Miller Band), Blues For Allah (The Grateful Dead), In Search Of the Lost Chord (The Moody Blues), Just For Love (Quicksilver Messenger Service), Outside Inside (Blue Cheer), Escape (Journey), Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield), Firefall (S/T), The Royal Scam (Steely Dan), Pink Moon (Nick Drake), Dire Straits (S/T), In Rock (Deep Purple), Mellow Yellow (Donovan), Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd), Misfits (The Kinks), Santana (S/T) and theres so many more that I could list too. Ocasek didnt keep all his good songs for himself. Pump by Aerosmith You missed oneAlice Coopers Schools Out album cover was one of the cleverest ever designed. Deep Purple in Rock. Also Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies snakeskin wallet cover or the Schools Out School desk cover one of these should be there. The Cars - Greatest Hits. and the famous 1st US edition of Faces 1st LP, named by mistake Small Faces on the cover .. What about Steppenwolf Monsters? Speaking of censorship, what about the uproar over Blind Faiths album? Roger Deans fantasy paintings became as much a part of prog-rock iconography as the music. Croquet Anyone? Photo was actually taken on the 20th. and Dont Crust that Dwarf, Hand me the Pliers? (So has the Interpretation Of Classical Works.). No Dark Side of the Moon? Live Adventures by Kooper and Bloomfield didnt make the top 10? Animal Tracks by The Animaks Would be nice to actually officially credit them too! Id suggest more from Psychedelia, say the double live album by the Grateful Dead, I think one of the best ever, or the first Cream album, that came at a time that there looks and styles were very influential, and Ginger Bakers leather flight jacket set the style on fire for decades! Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream and Other Delights. Obviously, killary can count on one more fools vote for the of the government, by the government, for the government system that has and will forever more forget the wants and needs of its own citizens. i didnt see that herb alpert one with the girl in the whipped cream. It took on more life than I thought it would, Ocasek told Rolling Stones David Fricke of the Cars return that year. Already the sexiest song the Cars would ever record, thanks to an uncharacteristically slithery groove and an insinuating rhythm-guitar part, Moving in Stereo would hold a special place in Gen X iconography, after its instrumental soundtracked the infamous moment in 1982s Fast Times at Ridgemont High where Judge Reinhold fantasizes about Phoebe Cates rising from a swimming pool. Couple faves of mine were missing, like Savoy Brown -Looking In and Quicksilver Messenger Service- Happy Trails, but the truly iconic ones were there. Where is Blood, Sweat and Tears Child is Father to the Man? The Gimmick- Covers of the 60s and 70s, and Storm Thorgersons Hipgnosis- Designs ranks very near the top, Id say! ?.maybe dark side of the moon? Youd think this list was made in the 1950s. NRBQ At Yankee Stadium is a classic cover and album. I dont think half of these deserve to be on this list. It was a commercial success, going six-times platinum. Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers How can you have missed Bebop Deluxe Axe Victim. We know now who the real fool really is. The Led Zeppelin III cover is a far more Original and Iconic Cover even though HOTH is one of Hipgnosis most beautiful designs. Thanks for letting us know, Timothy! How could Music From Big Pink by the Band not be on here? Dukes of Stratosphere 25 o clock. Many Americans wondered what Lucille Ball was doing there but it was actually French actress Delphine Seyrig. This famous album cover did wonders with its simple strategy. I chose LPs from musicians that I liked that were done by fine artists of note and were interesting to look at. Nico The Marble Index One of Ocaseks earliest Cars compositions, and one of his greatest, My Best Friends Girl showed his love for Fifties rock & roll, particularly Buddy Holly and Carl Perkins, with the songs wiry guitar part and youthful sense of infatuation and angst. I do not know where you culled the images for this article, but whoever was responsible is clearly a dunderhead. Here are 2 that sprang to mind. Jeff Beck Truth So, without further ado, here is our pick of just 100 of the greatest record covers of all-time. Because they could, of course. Psychedelic album covers were an art form in themselves, and the explosion of color (with the band looking suitably avuncular) made Creams Disraeli Gears one of the definitive ones. List was made in the 1950s an extra dimension by playing with Loves own image at the time dimension playing! 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