Your Favorite Album Covers

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Ok..I'm going to have to credit the following members for sparking this idea:

Originally Posted by Remicks

But the album it's on ... oh brother, .... that cover !

Originally Posted by discokicks

And I love the cover! Strange, intriguing, cool....who'd-a thunk I was an 'ahtsy-fahtsy' type guy?!

I feel that most artists choose to have a certain style of album art because it is the first thing that the consumer gets to absorb besides the music and also because it represents them or what they stand for in some way or another...Then we have those UNIQUE album covers...Ones that may or may not have anything to do with the artists or the album's content but for some reason seems to stand out with that certain level of creativity,originality or maybe even surrealism. I can remember back in the days when the new "Parliament" albums would come out. Everyone was already hooked on whatever groove that they had going but for me,That was only half the fun. It was something about tearing the plastic off of that new LP and opening the cover to see the latest works of Pedro Bell while listening to the album. That just made owning them all the more better and an added plus to the already great sounding music. I have even known people to buy albums that they never even heard simply because they thought the cover was nice :o.

List your favorite covers (any genre)

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

Osibisa - Osibisa

Osibisa - Woyoya

Osibisa - Heads***** (My favorite Osibisa cover...Very creative)

Parliament - Mothership Connection / Clones Of Dr.Funkenstien / Funkentelechy VS The Placebo Syndrome

Slave - Slave***** (my favorite Slave cover)

Rasputin's Stash - Rasputin's Stash

Rasputin Stash - Devil Made Me Do It

<Honorable Mentions>
Stevie Wonder (Fulfilliness First Final'e,Innervisions & Songs In Key Of Life)
Ohio Players (All Westbound & Mercury up to Jazz-Ay-Lay-De)
Herbie Hancock (Headhunters & especially Manchild)
L.T.D (Togetherness & Devotion*****)
Bob Marley (Catch A Fire)
Funkadelic (Maggot Brain,Cosmic Slop,Hardcore Jollies,Standing On The Verge & Let's Take It To The Stage

There's many more. Sorry if this post is weak or has been discussed before. I just like to find out other heads tastes...:grin:

[buckaroo]

This topic has been covered before, but it's still a good subject. here are a few albums from my collection:-



These ones are a bit naughty, but nice...

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Hey....I remember that Dee Dee Bridgewater album. Haven't heard it in a long time so it's good seeing it. Kleer's "Winners" was a good one too but that Greatest Hits by Fatback I don't remember.

[soulsta]

I didn't know that osibisa had so many lp's. I have the third one you have posted and one other. now I see they have more.

how many fatback band lp's were there? now I have 17 of them although only one or two of them really did anything. but that greatest hits one I have never seen before.

my fave lp is the lakeside covers

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Originally Posted by soulsta

I didn't know that osibisa had so many lp's. I have the third one you have posted and one other. now I see they have more.

Soulsta...These are the other 2 Osibisa cds that I own. I like "Osibirock" more than "Happy Children" however, Both of them are good. I see that you mention having the "third" album that I have posted and one other (which I assume was not posted). If you mean "Heads" as the one you own and one other not shown here then I must tell you this. If you like Osibisa or want to delve deeper into their catalogue, I recommend you get "Osibisa" & "Woyoya" first as must haves and "Osibirock" and "Happy Children" down the line if they are among the ones that you do not own. I would say that you haven't heard Osi unless you have absorbed those first two LPs. There is a 2 on 1 Osibisa/Woyoya cd available. "Heads" was ok but not one of their best (musically).:-)
Osibisa - Osibirock

Osibisa - Happy Children


I am also a big fan of Lakeside's covers as well as the music. My favorites are in the following order:

Your Wish Is My Command played it to death. I must have bought this one at least 6 or 7 times.


Fantastic Voyage this is their classic essential


Rough Riders glad I snatched this b4 it went out of print


Shot Of Love my least favorite

[eddie]

Alright I've held out but if you want my HONEST answer, my pick would be The Country Life Lp by Roxy Music from 1974. I hate the music but the cover is great!!

[Nano]

Pat Metheny Group - Offramp (1982)


Grace Jones - Slave to the rhythm (1985)


Defunkt - Defunkt (1980)


Chic - Risqué (1979)


Ohio Players - Honey (1977) the entire foldout, outside and inside, is unforgettable :-)


Cocteau Twins - Head over heels (1983)


Genesis - The lamb lies down on Broadway (1975)


Supertramp - Breakfast in America (1979)


The Clash - London calling (1979)


Talking Heads - Remain in light (1980)



Miles Davis - Tutu (1986)


Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Weasels ripped my flesh (1970)


Beastie Boys - Licensed to ill (1986)

From the CD era:


Miles Davis - Doo bop (1993)


Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)


The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the infinite sadness (1995)

[dancer5612004]

As specific artists go, expecially in the disco world of fast tracks and fast album covers, I thought the pinnacle for my fun and incredible disco ride career back in the late 70's was pointed out from the likes of Grace Jones. I literally took for granted the original disco cuts she put out on 12" vinyl THAT'S THE TROUBLE/SORRY and I NEED A MAN. Some of her other albums after this were pretty Avant Garde. Robert/see attachments.

[tony98]

my favorites are probably the ones where years later the artist looked back and said why did i do that? swamp dog sat on a giant rat for the l.p.-rat on-any johnny guitar watson cover and without saying the whole blowfly series

[soulsta]

sorry I couldn't get the quote to work for ya visuals to acknowledge your response.

the other osibisa head lp that I have is white also but not much picture on it as in artistry. but dang you have found more from them!

I am also a big fan of the lakeside lp'. they took each one and found a different adventer scenario to make the covers which I thought was clever.

do you have the miles davis lp called water babies

also I hear the lp of the ohio players with the bald lady on it is the same lady on one of the isaac hayes lp's. thanks for the info I appreciate it.8)

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Originally Posted by soulsta

do you have the miles davis lp called water babies

Hey soulsta...Sorry it took so long for me to reply to your post. Shamefully so, The only albums by Miles Davis that I own are "Bitches Brew" (which I'm not too thrilled about) and "On The Corner". I would like to delve into some more of his stuff but am absolutely clueless as to where I should start.:roll:

[eddie]

I would start with Kind of Blue or Seven Steps to Heaven. I bought alot of the stuff Miles did for Columbia in the late 1950's to late 1960's. Listen to sound samples before you buy.

I wouldn't dismiss anything he did like his early stuff distributed by Fantasy. I'm not a fan of his smooth jazz (even though I thoroughly like the genre) nor his 20 minute jazz-rock fusion. I would NOT reccommend In a Silent way Lp either.

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Originally Posted by eddie

I would start with Kind of Blue or Seven Steps to Heaven. I bought alot of the stuff Miles did for Columbia in the late 1950's to late 1960's.

With that being said, what do you think of the "Bitches Brew" offering? This was one of the first cd's that I bought back when I started out replacing my vinyl/cassettes with cd's and that was at the time when the internet was in it's embryonic stages. The album art first attracted me and it was going real cheap on the dump table. At the time, I had no Miles at all so I copped it. Needless for me to say, The album art is still the only thing I like about it.

[originalbigm]

Just some of my favourites

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originalbigm: Nice covers! I really like Erotic Drum Band's cover. I have been seeing the artist's name around here quite frequently lately. As I am a bonafide beat/drum/percussion head, I wonder what their stuff sounds like. I can't seem to find any cd's readily available on them nor samples. The one with the girl at the vanity with the serpent torso is cool 2.

Almost all of the Ohio Players covers are cool. A 3 way tie between: Honey,Contradiction & Mr.Mean are my picks with honorable mentions being Pain,Ecstacy,Angel,Ouch,Everybody Up & the weak "Tenderness"

***There is a song on that album titled "Sometimes I Cry" which I thought was hilariously good on one of the weakest OP albums I ever heard. To have Sugarfoot singing a ballad with country music in the background was interestingly creative on their part.