Album covers you love

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Is it just me that loves some of the photographs you see on the covers of albums and also the experience of browsing through the enclosed booklet? I think this is probably one of the reasons vinyl's appeal to me so much.
Anyway, I though it might be interesting to see some of the album covers you love.

I'll get us started with a few:

First up is Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
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Next is Ludovico Einaudi - Divenire
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Finally we have Distance - My Demons
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All images were taken from the first page of google by searching artist and album titles, hope this doesn't cause any copyright problems.

They all follow a fairly similar urban trend but the music i'm listening to has got my mind heading in that direction. Hopefully with your contributions this thread can become more diverse!
 
Only one I can think of at the moment...

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One thing I wanted to ask, on the Moby 'Play' album, is the guy holding a light meter?
 
Definitely looks like one to me. Interesting, I have that album and never noticed it :thinking:
 
Cant link it but the one cover I adore, and now have framed, is Joni Mitchell's Blue. I keep looking for the right model so I can shoot it myself.
 
The Smiths had some excellent covers most of which are taken from photographs associated with films.

My favourite is their Singles collection which features Diana Doors. I really like the way the image has been cropped down so what's actually a bed stead looks like the bars of a prison cell.

I also love the Single cover of What Difference Does it make.

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My favourite album cover picture - 'Quark, Strangeness and Charm'

My favourite album cover photograph - 'Nevermind'
 
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which obviously became the album cover of....

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one of the best albums ever made
 
I've lost count of how many times i've seen that picture of The Clash as a poster in some one's bedroom!
 
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is pretty nice ^_^

don't think I've seen a real album cover in years.... or not larger than spotify album cover view size anyway >_>
 
itsdavedotnet said:

don't think I've seen a real album cover in years.... or not larger than spotify album cover view size anyway >_>[/QUOTE]

Sadly it's true, my experience of album covers is largely limited to cover flow on iTunes but I do miss the tactile experience you get with hard copies.
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Me too, I don't really miss CD's tbh, they took up too much space! Only thing I really miss is the inserts in them, some of them had some really cool photographs of backstage and stuff.
 
I really miss proper album covers - the ones for 12" vinyl, not those tiny CD ones. Some of the old Album ones were real works of art - One that springs to mind was the first issue of Alice Cooper's BIllion Dollar Babies - a 12" square double album cover printed and embossed to look like a MAHOOSIVE green leather wallet. Came complete with a enormous $1billion note, with Alice and the Band on the front.
 
Not sure what it says about me, but I find this one strangely alluring!

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TheBigYin said:
I really miss proper album covers - the ones for 12" vinyl, not those tiny CD ones. Some of the old Album ones were real works of art - One that springs to mind was the first issue of Alice Cooper's BIllion Dollar Babies - a 12" square double album cover printed and embossed to look like a MAHOOSIVE green leather wallet. Came complete with a enormous $1billion note, with Alice and the Band on the front.
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Sticky Fingers by the Stones was an image of the top of a pair of jeans with a working zipper fly!

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Pink Floyd - Wish you were here. The shot of the guy diving into Mono Lake in California.
Some of the Bowie covers were good too.
Definitely agree with Roxy Music....only porn young boys could get hold of in those days! You bought the LP for the album cover and learned to like the music within.
 
I know it wasn't produced 'for' an album cover but it was used as one. A famous image......

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Happens to be from one of the best British bands around.... MUSE

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Seeing as its a photography forum, thought i would stick to a photographic cover :)
 
quality album cover by a quality band

 
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