Favorite Album Art

I just went and bought some old vinyl. A lot of the album art back then was amazing. Show your favorites!

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   Kolby said 5 months ago

   

   

   

   

   

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   quakerninja said 5 months ago

   It may not look like much but beck takes the cake for innovation with the do it yourself sticker cover.
   
   

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   ryandouglass said 5 months ago

   

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   heroes said 5 months ago

   there was these guys called the cold war kids

   they did the artist in the ambulance
   war all the time
   and rufio 1985 artwork

   and i cant find anything much else by these guys if anyone could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated

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   mission_alphaville said 5 months ago

   heroes1985 said: there was these guys called the cold war kids they did the artist in the ambulance war all the time and rufio 1985 artwork and i cant find anything much else by these guys if anyone could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated

   shit. that war all the time artwork is sooooo awesome.

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   Kolby said 5 months ago

   ryandouglass said:

   I love that one too. I almost bought it today but the zipper was falling off.

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   conor said 5 months ago

   One of my favs, Rage Against The Machine. One of the only album covers that will forever be stuck in my mind. Up until about a year ago I wasn’t even aware of the story behind it.

   

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   Randomentity said 5 months ago

   
   
   

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   mitchbones said 5 months ago

   
   

   I love the comeback kid album art so much I did two paintings of my version of it. I’ll post pictures of them sometime

   Edit: both are done by the same guy

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    Pearls To Pigs said 5 months ago

    mitchbones said:

    yeah, mike bukowski. he’s one of my favorite artists out there. he does some amazing zombie illustrations. i like that four year strong album cover so much that i made my aim sn after it (wizardonasquid) haha.

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    cajun metal said 5 months ago

    I can tell you my LEAST favorite album art: Green Day’s American Idiot. Never have I seen a more blatant rip of Saul Bass.

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    nate gonz said 5 months ago

    Pearls To Pigs said:

    mitchbones said:

    yeah, mike bukowski. he’s one of my favorite artists out there. he does some amazing zombie illustrations. i like that four year strong album cover so much that i made my aim sn after it (wizardonasquid) haha.

    dude i’ve been thinking since i’ve joined this site why mike isn’t on here...last chance illustrations is so sick

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    dobi said 5 months ago

    Randomentity said:
    

    the perspective on those legs is so bad.

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    robolove said 5 months ago

    

    I painted this on my wall a few years ago. Took ages and then we moved house.

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    matt_1914hero said 5 months ago

    

    not sure what people think of that band but i love that album.

    

    that ones not bad

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    volatile v said 5 months ago

    

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    a killer wombat said 5 months ago

    

    and

    

    basically what I strive to be like every time I try photo realistic stuff in photoshop, and I think im finally getting close.

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    Dave!PTS said 5 months ago

    

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    Kolby said 5 months ago

    robolove said: I painted this on my wall a few years ago. Took ages and then we moved house.

    That one was pretty badass.

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    Kolby said 5 months ago

    Ive always liked this one too.

    

    and when its open....

    

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    Master_Control said 5 months ago

    even though they’re talking shit about vegetarianism in the lyrics, i love this album artwork:

    

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    mevett said 5 months ago

    
    

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    justgeoff said 5 months ago

    
    

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    Randomentity said 5 months ago

    justgeoff said:

    yesssssssss

    hot KISS bitches for life.

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    joshp said 5 months ago

    

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    skull with hair said 5 months ago

    Dave!PTS said:

    HOLY FUCK!!! dave, do you actually own this record?! i have 2 copies. the whole record was like super lame new romantic era bullshit, but the last song "food fight" is one of the most bad ass punk songs of all time. sounds ridiculous i know, but seriously, there are gang choruses, screaming, and turbo drum fills.

    you may have just posted this as a joke, but dude, that shit rips!

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    Quetzalcoatl said 5 months ago

    
    
    

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    Randomentity said 5 months ago

    skull with hair said:

    Dave!PTS said:

    HOLY FUCK!!! dave, do you actually own this record?! i have 2 copies. the whole record was like super lame new romantic era bullshit, but the last song "food fight" is one of the most bad ass punk songs of all time. sounds ridiculous i know, but seriously, there are gang choruses, screaming, and turbo drum fills.

    you may have just posted this as a joke, but dude, that shit rips!

    is that a serious SWH endorsement of the village people album?
    i might have to hunt this down.

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    Jon Kruse said 5 months ago

    
    Jeff Soto!

    I think Jeff Soto did one for Finch to.

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    chrisrushing said 5 months ago

    3 off the top of my head.

    

    

    

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    bobdylanspeakstruth said 5 months ago

    too bad nothing GREAT has been designed in last 20 years. Alright maybe 15 if you count Nirvana.

    

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    swissarmyshark said 5 months ago

    

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    zoot said 5 months ago

    Grateful Dead: Europe '72, Axomoxoa and Bear’s Choice
    Kiss: Destroyer (because it’s the first record I ever bought)
    Led Zepplin: Houses of the Holy
    

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    zoot said 5 months ago

    Oh. And the first Motorhead album with that nasty, bitchin' bullshead logo thing!

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    bobdylanspeakstruth said 5 months ago

    Even though I’ve seen these a million times, they keep getting better. Not that I’d expect those of you who listen to shitty indie rock to know who half of these artists even are...

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

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    Kolby said 5 months ago

    chrisrushing said: 3 off the top of my head.

    +1 on all of those!

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    Kolby said 5 months ago

    bobdylanspeakstruth said:

    I cant believe I forgot that.

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    dobi said 5 months ago

    chrisrushing said: 3 off the top of my head.

    believe it or not, mark ryden did that.

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    manos said 5 months ago

    

    

    

    Well basically most of Roger Dean’s cover art and type treatments either on LPs or computer games like Shadow of the Beats etc etc.

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    dobi said 5 months ago

    ubershark said:

    thanks!

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    kyleisez said 5 months ago

    

    

    

    all bostons covers had guitars in them

    

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    OhioLeslie said 5 months ago

    

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    derekdeal said 5 months ago

    

    

    my best friends older brother left this on the kitchen counter when i was over, i stared at it for about 20 minutes

    

    
    seeing a tit on an album cover changed my life forever

    

    
    not so much the cover, but all of rob’s illustration work in the booklet is ace!

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    Hide&Seek said 5 months ago

    

    I wondered when someone would post this...amazing sleeve.

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    justgeoff said 5 months ago

    I forgot this one. Not to mention, it’s a killer album.
    

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    OhioLeslie said 5 months ago

    ok.. in all seriousness i loved the everglow
    

    and the special addition shot by dave hill was killer
    

    and the pumpkins' art was one of my faves back in the day
    

    oh, and this came with toys and stickers!
    

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    Hide&Seek said 5 months ago

    Scarlet’s walk came with toys and stickers?

    Mine came with a map and some polaroids...

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    benaiahclothing said 5 months ago

    

    Oh, Sleeper - "When I Am God"

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    Kolby said 5 months ago

    bobdylanspeakstruth said: too bad nothing GREAT has been designed in last 20 years. Alright maybe 15 if you count Nirvana. />

    Your kidding right?

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    Quest said 5 months ago

    

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    faithbydesign said 5 months ago

    Kolby said:

    bobdylanspeakstruth said: too bad nothing GREAT has been designed in last 20 years. Alright maybe 15 if you count Nirvana. />

    Your kidding right?

    Kolby, i think we’re playing the ignore game with this dude. He’s got nothing good to say. He wishes he went to nam and talks about the good old days.

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    OhioLeslie said 5 months ago

    Hide&Seek said: Scarlet’s walk came with toys and stickers? Mine came with a map and some polaroids...

    yup, i got those too. you didn’t get the sticker pack and the little plastic animal?

    edit: found a link listing contents. apparently the uk version did not include the stickers and "charm" as they called it.

    http://www.thedent.com/dvd02.html

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    Eternyl said 5 months ago

    Licensed to ill is my all time fav....

    

    

    

    

    

    

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    bobdylanspeakstruth said 5 months ago

    yeah unfortunately nothing nowadays will be revered as legendary in 30 years. And that’s the truth. I’d love to be proven wrong.. but... ain’t gon' happen kiddies!

    Step outside of your world of bands with names that are stupid prepositional phrases for a second and think of what the last groundbreaking great band was that contained legendary instrumentalists and legendary songwriting.... that’s right, there hasn’t been one since the 90's.

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    LitoQ said 5 months ago

    bobdylanspeakstruth said: yeah unfortunately nothing nowadays will be revered as legendary in 30 years. And that’s the truth. I’d love to be proven wrong.. but... ain’t gon' happen kiddies!

    wouldnt we have to wait 30 years to prove you wrong?

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    bobdylanspeakstruth said 5 months ago

    nope.. because within a few years of coltrane or the beatles or stones arriving, or even nirvana, it was obvious they were huge and represented a pivotal point in history.

    Nobody’s making that kind of splash nowadays. I mean, I wish they were, but they’re just not.

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    nate gonz said 5 months ago

    a killer wombat said: and basically what I strive to be like every time I try photo realistic stuff in photoshop, and I think im finally getting close.

    there was a website i used to go to that showed these albums and all the pictures and everything
    do you know what site it is cause its pissing me off i cant think of it

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    sjkaufman1 said 5 months ago

    
    I can’t believe I haven’t seen any other storm thorgerson work up.

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    Sol Amstutz said 4 months ago

    bobdylanspeakstruth said: nope.. because within a few years of coltrane or the beatles or stones arriving, or even nirvana, it was obvious they were huge and represented a pivotal point in history. Nobody’s making that kind of splash nowadays. I mean, I wish they were, but they’re just not.

    radiohead. beck. red hot chili peppers. they all have legendary status in my book.

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    Simply Complicated said 4 months ago

    solamstutz said:

    bobdylanspeakstruth said: nope.. because within a few years of coltrane or the beatles or stones arriving, or even nirvana, it was obvious they were huge and represented a pivotal point in history. Nobody’s making that kind of splash nowadays. I mean, I wish they were, but they’re just not.

    radiohead. beck. red hot chili peppers. they all have legendary status in my book.

    besides pretty sure hannah montana is a legend haha she is everywhereeeee hahaha

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    volatile v said 4 months ago

    see you again is my guiltiest pleasure

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    Corey said 4 months ago

    

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    alexgoldstein said 4 months ago

    
    This album is flawless overall, in my opinion.

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    landshark said 4 months ago

    
    Travis Millard/Fudge Factory Comics

    
    Some Photographer

    
    Not Sure

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    {miles to go} said 4 months ago

    bobdylanspeakstruth said: Even though I’ve seen these a million times, they keep getting better. Not that I’d expect those of you who listen to shitty indie rock to know who half of these artists even are...

    such a negative nancy, i own both the top two and like grant green to as well as owning a ton of other blue note records. used to be a jazz major. im a huge fan of all the old blue note album cover, juju, blue trane, all of hank mobleys.

    while your at it, get some class.

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    hideouscarwreck said 4 months ago

    
    
    

    

    and as of recently, animal collective’s strawberry jam. so in love with his album
    
    
    

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    andrE w. said 4 months ago

    casadaga didnt have great art, but i think it was the best packaging ever done.

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    kevinsylvia said 4 months ago

    so many amazing albums, Lenjer does some amazing work, and I have to mention the Converge artwork, I didn’t know so many people loved it as much as I did.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

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    okeefeness said 4 months ago

    that circa survive cover art really reminds me of this one...

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    hideouscarwreck said 4 months ago

    andrE w. said: casadaga didnt have great art, but i think it was the best packaging ever done.

    the decoder thing was badass.

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    Corey said 4 months ago

    

    

    

    

    

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    Beadler said 2 months ago

    

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    Beadler said 2 months ago

    

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    NVasion said 2 months ago

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

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    GerardoG said 2 months ago

    idk if any of you already saw this one, but

    

    

    

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    ThinkBaker said 2 months ago

    

    I hate this shitty band, But Drew Struzan is on of the greatest Illustrators of our time. (God only knows why he agreed to do this cover... I gues it’s b/c there were no good movies being made at that time to draw posters for....)
    

    Again, the band is alright, but the Illy’s in this album are SUPER badass!

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    Buck Nasty said 2 months ago

    great thread. Here are Some of my favorites that haven’t been posted here yet-
    mewithoutYou- Brother, Sister
    

    Edison Glass- Time is Fiction
    

    As I Lay Dying- An Ocean Between US (SWH)
    

    Search the City- A Fire So Big the Heavens Can See It-
    

    Norma Jean vs. the Anti Mother-
    

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    JacobPlague said 2 months ago

    

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    skull with hair said 2 months ago

    JacobPlague said:

    +10,000,000

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    corefolio said 2 months ago

    GerardoG said: idk if any of you already saw this one, but

    that’s awesome...

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    Ameeee said 26 days ago

    

    

    

    

    

    

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