I can't be the only one around here fascinated with great album covers. My idea with this thread was for us to share our favorite cover art - be it CD, Vinyl, SACD or even Tape.
Post your art and preferably a small comment about it. Is it a cover which awakens memories for you? Does it represent anything to you? Have you ever bought an album just because of the cover?
I'll begin with a couple favorites of mine:
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
(I mean come on - what did you expect?)
Apart from being a fabulous album music- and audio-wise, I find this cover one of my favorites. As you can see it's very simple - yet so elegant. The minimalistic stripe of our color spectrum on a black background with a prism.
Opeth - Orchid
Once again, the simple elegance. Just as with "Dark Side of The Moon" we have here a pitch black background and a contrasted detail on top, in this case an Orchid - also the name of the album. This cover feels so very Opeth to me, I've always thought of Opeth surrounded by flowers and darkness. The mellow and poetic pieces followed by groundbreaking death metal - all in a progressive manner. So very Opeth.
Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Pt.1
We have here a cube floating around in outer space, not to forget a rainbow in the upper right corner. Awesome, it has everything I want in a cover - outer space and a rainbow! I have yet to figure out what's on the cube though. Why I relate to this album cover is because my dad always used to play this album in his car whenever we went on some kind of trip (This was when I was 6-8 years old). I really loved the first track on the album, "The Road To Hell", and I remember finding the album cover awfully cool. This is the ultimate "Highway song" in my opinion.
I can't figure out any more favorites right now, so I'll pass the ball to my fellow head-fi:ers.
(REMEMBER TO KEEP THE POSTED ALBUM ART IN SANE RESOLUTIONS. 200x200 - 400x400 PIXELS FEELS REASONABLE)
Post your art and preferably a small comment about it. Is it a cover which awakens memories for you? Does it represent anything to you? Have you ever bought an album just because of the cover?
I'll begin with a couple favorites of mine:
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
(I mean come on - what did you expect?)
Apart from being a fabulous album music- and audio-wise, I find this cover one of my favorites. As you can see it's very simple - yet so elegant. The minimalistic stripe of our color spectrum on a black background with a prism.
Opeth - Orchid
Once again, the simple elegance. Just as with "Dark Side of The Moon" we have here a pitch black background and a contrasted detail on top, in this case an Orchid - also the name of the album. This cover feels so very Opeth to me, I've always thought of Opeth surrounded by flowers and darkness. The mellow and poetic pieces followed by groundbreaking death metal - all in a progressive manner. So very Opeth.
Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Pt.1
We have here a cube floating around in outer space, not to forget a rainbow in the upper right corner. Awesome, it has everything I want in a cover - outer space and a rainbow! I have yet to figure out what's on the cube though. Why I relate to this album cover is because my dad always used to play this album in his car whenever we went on some kind of trip (This was when I was 6-8 years old). I really loved the first track on the album, "The Road To Hell", and I remember finding the album cover awfully cool. This is the ultimate "Highway song" in my opinion.
I can't figure out any more favorites right now, so I'll pass the ball to my fellow head-fi:ers.
(REMEMBER TO KEEP THE POSTED ALBUM ART IN SANE RESOLUTIONS. 200x200 - 400x400 PIXELS FEELS REASONABLE)
