Not one Iron Maiden album? I also remember Theres the Rub as a cover that led me to buy the album. Fish Out of Water Chris Squire It was weird, it was witty, it was Warhol. Tbh a fair few of these are not even close to being top 500 never mind 100. The red velvet cover, with gold embossed lettering, served notice that Odessa was going to be unique and beautiful, which it was. My taste was to always go for that mix, even back in the Sixties, Ocasek told Vanity Fairs Marc Spitz. The Cars joked that they shouldve called their astonishingly tight 1978 self-titled debut The Cars Greatest Hits, for good reason, and they kept rolling out precision-tuned new models throughout the Eighties. Shake It Up is the Cars finest New Wave dance-party jam, a simple, irresistible tune gliding along on a bloopy keyboard line. For the artwork AND the music. ELOs Out of the Blue complexity is the miracle, who tries to say it all? Im sure you could probably add another 100 albums too. Alice Again-Schools Out. But if one of. I would have included the Crown of Creation cover by Jefferson Airlplane and the Beatles Yesterday and Today Butcher cover. If anyone else has said this, apologies, but Im not going to read 400 comments! Rush Moving Pictures Tangerine Dream Poland I met the Cars and told them, The bands in the medicine chest, and then on a bar of soap, and Rics a fly, Stein said, and one of them said, Why dont we all just play on a turd in the toilet bowl? That was the prevailing attitude. J.D. Ocasek also had success as a producer and solo artist, and when the Cars returned with their 2011 comeback LP, Move Like This, they proved they could rival the many bands from Weezer to No Doubt and the Strokes who made classic music in their long, gawky shadow. Or any Molly Hatchet cover? 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. Davis Is a Bonkers Vision of Our AI-Controlled Future, You Killer Joe Goldberg Channels Willy Wonka in For You and Only You. It is difficult because it might be 101 on the list, but it should be up there, and arguably better than some in the top 100 I would say (1/7.4 billion isnt much of an opinion I know) sorry the rest of you geezers, I forgot to mention, Def Leppard, High and dry, this ought to be on this list, And come to think of it, Def Leppard. Yardbirds Roger The Engineer ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. No DSOTM? Ten Years After SSSSH, Stonehenge, and Cricklewood Green No ABBA on it ? ACCEPT Breaker ? As it turns out, The Beatles were just too lazy to go to Mt. Cars - Complete Greatest Hits. Complete Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American rock band the Cars, released on February 19, 2002, by Elektra Records and Rhino Records. 18), and "Let's Go" came close to . This article on a 2000s compilation album is a stub. I totally Agree with the one that Requested Crime Of The Century rather than Breakfast In America of Supertramps Covers. I ended up with Sticky Fingers Warhol, Weasels Ripped MF Neon Parks, Disreali Gears Martin Sharp etc. Jethro Tulls Living In The Past with its Book design (The Hardback one!) Who made this list? Well, I dont agree. , The Groundhogs Who Will Save The World? The album was released soon after the band's co . Raise your hand if you also thought the cat was a head of lettuce. Adam created some of the most iconic visuals in musical history. The Beatles Rubber Soul is also Santana put out some FNA covers. The White Album is a good cover, but come on, man, its a blank page. How can Steppenwolf 7 not be in the list? KISS DESTROYER, KISS LOVE GUN, KISS HOTTER THAN HELL, NINE INCH NAILS DOWNWARD SPIRAL, NIRVANA IN UTERO, METALLICA LOAD, NAZARETH HAIR OF THE DOG, AC/DC HIGHWAY TO HELL, DANZIG DEMONSWEATLIVE, QUEEN NEWS OF THE WORLD. Impossible to achieve. We started out wanting to be electric and straight-ahead rock, and it kind of turned into an artier kind of thing, Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes once said of the way the band fine-tuned its sound in the early days. served notice that Eilish was here to mess with your head. Blue Train by John Coltrane was designed by Reid Miles with a photograph by Francis Wolfe. An iconic cover and album . I agree with many of these, I certainly agree with the recommendation of Carole Kings Tapestry. One of the most famous album covers of recent vintage. Pink Floyd Ummagumma Didnt see ELO Out of the Blue or Discovery, both very lush pieces of artwork. Hello . One of many great Stiff Records album covers, this caught Ian Durys personality and stood in stark contrast to the elaborate sleeves on the market at that time. (The word peace of course has five letters.). That was my song about what the good times in rock & roll really mean, instead of what theyre supposed to be, he once said. Goats Head Soup The Rolling Stones, cd packaging is a different size as well. This is not even close to 100 of the greatest covers. No Moody Blues? Here theyre on the 10th floor of a hotel standing at the precipice, and only one of the guys seems concerned about it. Its the quintessential Ocasek combination: doom and gloom wrapped in a pop melody. Wings Band On The Run is missing.Really, it IS! Features the band's biggest hits plus the . Jethro Tull Stand up Dream Weaver was a neat cover also. The mysterious image on 1989s cover was an easy one for her fans to copy, and they did. The Polices Ghost in the Machines minimalist digital portrait of the band members. Interesting that they all seem to be from the vinyl era,no cd artwork Santana debut (lion) Beth Orton Trailer Park Go directly to shout page. Taking a second look at the list, I discovered Eat a Peach is included. Indeed, Candy-O is where the Cars set up shop in the Billboard charts: It went all the way to No. The Breeders Last Splash Anyone who went to plays or read the New York Times in the 70s will recognize the work of the line-drawing caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, who did his magic on Aerosmiths members here. It was their party; you could join if they let you. Stand Up by Jethro Tull Sigur Ros all. Ten points if you got the original with the underwear inner sleeve. The two covers tell you everything you need to know about the bands duality and the sound of each album in the set. As a Personal request, Id say that Roy Harpers Lifemask, with its split centre -and-fold-back Definitelys got a place amongst the 100 most Unique Record-Covers. Left off: Jimi Hendrix Cry of Love; Osibisa Osibisa; Osibisa Woyaya; Suntreaser Zin-Zin; Babe Ruth First Base; Uriah Heep Demons and Wizards; Blue Cheer Blue Cheer; Blue Oyster Cult Blue Oyster Cult; Colosseum the Grass Is Greener; Babe Ruth The Best of Babe Ruth; Lenny White Venusian Summer; Pink Floyd Relics (US LP); Blind Faith Blind Faith (banned coved); Suzi Quatro Suzi Quatro; Buddy Miles Them Changes; Golden Earring Moontan (US banned cover); Kate Bush Kick Inside (Yugoslavian cover & red socks cover); Hard Stuff Bolex Dementia (US cover); Rory Gallagher Tattoo; Linda Ronstadt Dont Cry Now; Dolly Parton Something Special; Tanya Tucker Tanya Tucker; Helen Reddy Reddy; Julie London Make Love to Me; Jaye P. Morgan Just You Just Me; June Christy Junes Got Rhythm.etc. See? Some of Eltons greatest album covers were a bit splashy, others a little somber. Why in the world did Humble Pie get a bunch of policemen to form a human pyramid? The Cars Candy-O lp in Shrink STERLING 5E-507 Monarch . The so-called White Album was innovative; the first LP cover to come out with no picture! excelent Which one si the most important sleeve of all times?? . The band chose to include one new song with the release, Tonight She Comes, a quietly contagious synth stomper that Ocasek had been planning to keep for himself. The cool album cover for The Miracles 1961 debut encapsulates the old-school showbiz that Motown would soon lead the world away from. If you have sergeant peppers then you should have were only in it for the money by the Mothers of Invention. I thought the list was overall pretty good. Ok, not bad. Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American rock band the Cars, released on October 25, 1985, by Elektra Records. just because of his name, the rarity, and therefore their collectibility XTCs Drums and Wires because of the way the bands name is incorporated into the portrait. "Tonight She Comes", a previously unreleased song, and a remix of "I'm Not the One" were issued as singles to support the album. Others missing Where are any of those incredible Yes covers like Yessongs? The somber, shadowed photo featured on both the US and UK album version of Meet The Beatles! hilarious drawing of a bunch of hairy guys supposed to be the beach boys, i think, tho i have no idea who is who! ! By Billboard Staff 03/16/2022 Getty Images (3); Courtesy. What about some of the Moody Blues albums? guess I scrolled too fast. From the lightning bolt on Aladdin Sane to Ziggy Stardust, its hard to pick. It won NMEs award for best album artwork in 1969. It could have just as easily been Born in the USA, with its Annie Liebovitz photo and Bruce in a white t-shirt and blue jeans in front of an American flag. Thank You for such a wonderful list even though you overlooked some of my personal favourites. Allman Bros. minor damage to jewel case including scuffs or cracks, or to the item cover including scuffs, scratches, or cracks. Key DeSantis Donors Rip Him in Private Chats: What the F-ck Is Wrong With RD?. I grew up shopping in the vinyl era, and there were so many great covers then. Deep Purples In Rock Mount Rushmore- Covers Truly Is a Unique Record Cover and on of Rock and Rolls most Famous ones. Sly & The Family Stones Theres a Riot Going On (Even though My copy is the one with Title printed on the front.) Jackson Browne Running On Empty, Agree.. or any Maiden cover all great TOUGH CHOICES! Explore their music with more than just one ear and youll discover that they were not only unique and groundbreaking, they WERE music for a period of time. The Pre New: Music For People Who Hate Themselves. J.D. You suppose she was naked. Its since gone done as one of the greatest of all time. Do It Yourself was issued in at least 32 different wall paper sleeves and was designed by the great Barney Bubbles. Looking for more? No GENESIS total shame! The Cars - Greatest Hits. IMO best of all time. Greatest Hits of the 50S Medley 1: Oh Carol! Edgar Froese: Macula Transfer We want to hear it. Bogus list, how in the world could they not include any grateful dead covers ???? Lists like this are always subjective! No Steppenwolf? Whats with the Ramones cover?!? My 12-year-old self loved that cover! Okay, so it was a little graphic and provocative, but as the single most controversial thing The Beatles ever did (and the most expensive for an original), the cover of Yesterday and Today surely earns a place on a list of the greatest album covers. Zeppelin III. 2 great Hipgnosis-designed covers. Neil Young Harvest or After the Goldrush It is possibly the most pornographic album cover ever, but subtle enough to circulate for a long time before someone noticed and it received new censored artwork. Needed: Sgt Peppers of course; Beatles Butcher cover: Woodstock; Smiths Meat is Murder; Dead Kennedys Plastic Surgery Disasters; Soundgarden: Louder than Love; Alice Cooper: Pretties for You; Jefferson Airplane: Crown of Creation; Buffalo Springfield: Retrospective; The Flaming Lips: Transmissions from the Satellite Heart. Black Flags trailblazing punk-metal wouldnt have been the same without Pettibons grisly comic images, though in this case, not quite as grisly as the album itself. Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Blvd It sort of makes me Stone Cold Sober , So good to hear of Crawler again. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. The list is too P.C. OMG Where are the judges? $19.49. The Allman Brothers Band: Eat a Peach (1971) As the urban legend goes, the surviving members of The Allman Brothers Band named this album Eat A Peach and put a peach truck on the cover (more accurately, art for the side of a peach crate) to commemorate the death of guitar player Duane Allman. Here here! Black Sabbath-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (front & back), Black Sabbath-Heaven & Hell, Atomic Rooster-Death Walks Behind You, Slade-Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome, Bad Company-Run with the Pack, Bad Company-Straight Shooter, Frank Zappa-Joes Garage, Roger Glover & Friends-Butterfly Ball, to name a few, Greenslade Time and Tide In this staged cover for Moving Pictures, which features many of the characters from the songs, we detect at least three different visual plays on the albums title. 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Einstrzende Neubauten Strategies Against Architecture or beach boys smiley smile, or beach boys live in concert double lp from 73, never mentioned as one of the cheekiest, or even rudest covers ever! Spare and pretty, with an openheartedly soulful vocal, its a tender, unguarded ballad in which he pledges thanks and devotion to a new love. Some good covers in there but all subjective and hard to disconnect with the music the covers represent. BTOs Not Fragile Glad to see the original Electric Ladyland cover. There are quite a few Arguably, not to mention Questionable choices here. Quicksilver Happy Trails not in the top 100 ? I think you just wanted to provoke a reaction. I agreethe white album? and Textured Goldprint rather than Aqualung. was just the opposite of the grinning pic that everybody expected to see, and the first of many carry-overs from the Beatles art-school days. No Dark Side of the Moon? 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. 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! It was kind of a parody of good times, really. School s Out George Harrison Wonderwall Too much british and not enough America, Captain Beyond- Captain Beyond (3D cover). Everything is subjective but whipped cream, santana 1 and Blind Faith are iconic. Deep Purples Deep Purple in Rock and The Beatles Abbey Road? even better than creams disraeli gears which is almost an eyesore is their wheels of fire cover, same artist, but way less of a dogs breakfast, cleaner and classy and silver, a refined version without the cliche dayglow. you have quite ignored the rest of the world. Very much so, any album cover from Yes shoild be there. $3.65 shipping. and Finally , the Mona Lisa of Rock and Roll Pavlovs Dog-Pampered Menial. Troublegum Paul McCartney Press to Play. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes, Any early Genesis cover should be there, especially Trick Of The Tail or Selling England By The Pound. Blue Cheer Outsideinside their 2nd LP has very creative cover art. Captain Beyond: Sufficiently Breathless Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Wings Venus And Mars The iconic cover for Whos Next worked on two levels: first as a futuristic image of The Who against a monolith; and second, when you noticed their zippers and realized what the guys had been doing. Moody Blues In Search Of The Lost Chord, Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Tales Of The Unexpected, YOU MISSED A LOT RICHIE BLACKMORES RAINBOW. However, I appreciated Unknown Pleasures (JD) is difficult audibly, as covers go it must slightly trump Power, Corruption and Lies? Benjamin Orr tells the title character I need you so (a line originally sung as fortissimo) amid a rush of cryptic imagery (Purple hum, assorted cards/Razor lights youll bring/All to prove youre on the move. If The Beatles could do a double White Album, the Bee Gees could do a fuzzy red one. But, album covers are another thing, and I dont think that every single shit the Beatles ever took needs to be lionized as genius. or Reggae artists: But while Sticky Fingers has a great story, Let It Bleed was equally unique and surreal. How could Music From Big Pink by the Band not be on here? They always were.. Cars are central to one of the most famous album covers ever made - Abbey Road by The Beatles. Were referring to the original UK kite cover that introduced the strangeness and sensuality that Bush was all about. The Bands brown album (The Band) is a break with the periods psychedelic imagery and music. ?..or .exile on main street,,,,,,or maybe..atom hearth mother? greatest hits lp. There are plenty of albums that should of been listed and quite a few above that shouldnt. No Stratosphere Its Walter Carlos, not Wendy! Kraftwerk Not a terrible list, but Id have thought Weather Report Heavy Weather, would have somehow made that list. Penned by Ocasek and sung by Benjamin Orr, Drive reached Number Three on the Hot 100 in 1984. Ocasek uses repetition for maximum impact in Dangerous Type: He runs through the four-line hook 10 different times in four and a half minutes. 3 on the Top 200 (The Cars went no further than No. Thanks for letting us know, Timothy! Not so with John Coltranes Blue Train, whose cool album cover photo and mood lighting marked it as a work to take seriously. We try to be precise and tight, but that doesnt make our music stiff or calculated. My way of songwriting even if it seems overly obsessed with form and structure is just as emotional to me as soul music may be to someone else. E.L. So many Moodies covers are way better than a lot here, even albums I love! They have some good cover better than some shown. The Go-Gos sense of playful subversion extended to their sendup of glamorous cover photos on their hit debut, Beauty & The Beat. Are not they important? HOW COULD YOU FORGET CHEECH & CHONGS BIG BAMBU WITH THE GIANT ROLLING PAPER INSIDE. I heard the London Symphony do [it], he said in a 1997 interview, and that was weird. E.L. I was doing this thing at home of putting up framed album covers. PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love Allen Toussaint Southern Nights He fittingly put his coolest album cover on Yes most creative album, an icy winterscape that illuminates the albums war-and-peace theme. Agreed! Images in this review Reviews with images. Im sorry, but this list is a joke! Led Zeppelin 111, Grand Funk E Pluribus Funk a nd Survivors, Alice Cooper Schools Out and Billion Dollar Babies, A Taste of Honey by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. 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.. Deep Purple Machine Head Or Cindy Laupers Shes So Unusual? Savoy Brown,Outside Looking in.. My opinion the Best Cover art ever, Be Bop Deluxe Axe Victim and Sunburst Finish 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. Are you a friend of Donald Trump or did you come by your ignorance honestly. Anyone still interested in this old thread? Good thing that several people remember the 3d captain beyond cover. Attempting to limit a list to only 100 covers overall is ridiculous. The Cars Greatest Hits Vinyl LP Record Album Elektra 1985. A plain white cover with the band name SOOO artistic! When you walked into a record store, you could see this album clear across the room. No Uriah Heep? I framed it and hung it on my wall. Would be nice to actually officially credit them too! because of what, the nipples? This is the first time Ive heard somebody besides myself mention Crawler or Back Street Crawler in any way . A rare case where a parody (of the above Elvis cover) becomes a work of art in itself. 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. It took a German painter schooled in surrealism to create its mix of African folk art and psychedelia. Ending Monday at 10:19AM PDT 1d 9h. Everything in the cover, from the sepia tone photo, to the clothes to the typography was the antithesis of the sixties aesthetic and announced a new music rooted in the past. He was beginning his relationship with Porizkova at the time, and the songs yearning melody and sweet lyrics of devotion reflect a sense of romantic bliss anyone could envy. Drawn by cat himself and very iconic. Eno Here come the warm jets. (Artists as varied as Young Thug and Glass Animals can attest to that.) Are you kidding me? Those who have chosen the list looked at books, as the themselves state. I did eventually see some covers that should be in a Top 100 list otherwise it looks like you were intending a Most Banal or Bland & Uninspired list. im thinking of ACDCs back in black, come on, its hardly a great cover. . Sleeve grades as VG+ / Vinyl grades as VG."I found the album cover in less than "collectable" condition with writing on the front cover, creases and a damaged corner. Published on March 22, 2022 By Brett Milano Illustration:. Goudes visual re-imagining of the androgynous singer led to some of the best album covers in music history, from Nightclubbing to Slave to the Rhythm and the arabesque grandeur of Island Life. 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. Thin Lizzy Black Rose no nektar. Nazareth,,,any of them but especially No Mean City ! Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues should be on the list. Most of these album covers ain`t that great. A good cover became a great one the moment when a bored Johnny Ramone decided to give the photographer the finger. ELO Time Who made this list obviously never saw a Uriah jeep album cover smh, Missing from list: The British cover of the Bonzo Dog Band with King Kong, and their other early albums. Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day by Man if only for the fantastic origami map of Wales. None of ABBA albums is listed in 100 which is not right, I wonder why this is on Agnethas Face Book. There were so many great covers that could replace all of these, in my opinion! Where is the first Moby Grape cover and no Jefferson Airplane cover ???? I dont think half of these deserve to be on this list. Langes production here is swoony and spacious, with sharp drums puncturing a haze of keyboards. Ocaseks keen grasp of pop-music architecture sometimes gave him pause. Turns out to be the first CD I ever bought. One of the psych eras great hallucinations, the famous album cover for Moby Grapes 1968 double LP Wow showed an otherworldly landscape with the worlds largest bunch of grapes. why on earth is Ian Dury & The Blockheads Do It Yourself not on that list and covers like Madness and Elvis Costello are? By defacing the Heroes cover, Bowie found the most dramatic way of saying that was then, this is now. Spirits in the Material World by The Police Misplaced Childhood? Discover the worst album covers of all time. Shake It Up peaked at Number Two on the charts. Agreed. Id include Budgies Bandolier, he first Captain Beyond album in 3D, Nazareths No Mean City and Lucifer Friends first album. Where is Whipped Cream & Other Delights by Herb Alpert???? Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous My favorite album cover though is Klaatus Hope. Def Maybe by Oasis is a great cover and photoshame it didnt make it. Scorpions : Lonesome Crown, Yeah,my first tattoo was Rainbow Risingthink that artwork rocks..along with the album naturally. The cover of Joy Divisions 1979 debut record is an actual depiction of radio waves. The Cars disbanded in 1988. 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Some good covers. Thats been fixed now. Classic. The cover depicts one of the greatest rock guitarists in his prime! How could you leave out the Blind Faith cover She looks like she can see everything thats going to happen to her in the next 40 years. If I would have sent any of those to a client for their album cover, they would have sent it back with a list of revisions and notes if not completely rejected. 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. Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account, Do you know any background info about this album? Magicians birthday was there.. In any case, there was no way to do this list without SOME argument was there ? Little known fact about the London Calling album cover-the date of the bass smash photo (9/21/79) is incorrect. 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