Favourite Album Artwork?

[The Cynic]

I'm not sure if this would be better suited to the Art Gallery... oh well.

What are your favourite album covers on your iPod/mp3 player? They need to be pretty good to make you pick up that CD or click download on iTunes or other, illegal methods. Obviously the music itself is the most important, but attractive or meaningful album artwork always goes down a treat. I'm specifically refering to albums own here and not just albums with nice covers.

Here are a few of mine:

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[Rogue planet]

Parenthetical Girls - Entanglements

The album art depicts someone being consumed by darkness from the inside, which ties in with the lyrical themes present throughout the album, centering around experiencing states of fear and confusion and how it can become overwhelming. Surprisingly though, the actual music is rather light hearted and not at all dark.
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Pink Floyd - Animals

The floating pig become symbolic for Pink Floyd after the album was released. The pig is a metaphorical image for capitalism, which the whole album is based around. Battersea Power Station was the perfect spot for them to choose.​

Autechre - Draft 7.30

Nothing meaningful here. Just a pretty cool pattern, imo.
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Porcupine Tree - Signify

There aren't a lot of lyrics on this album, as it's mostly instrumental, but from what I can tell it's about being stuck in a dull life following a generic, unhappy routine with no way to break out of it, which would explain the cover art showing a girl tied in to place with no way to move. That's just my own interpretation. Regardless, I just like the artwork a lot.

Faithless - Outrospective

A photo of the French May 1986 student uprisings. A lot of protest in France against the government during this time. Seems to tie in with the lyrics as they are often dealing with either taking action to get what you want, or just doing nothing and waiting in sorrow.

Fang Island - Fang Island

Just because it's awesome. My own interpretation is that it's about being able to do fun and ridiculous things as a child, and once people are older it's seen as unacceptable. You can tell they weren't trying to be deep or serious with the music on this album and that it was made for fun, hence the picture of children just having fun without a care suits it well.
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[The Cynic]

Porcupine Tree - Signify

There aren't a lot of lyrics on this album, as it's mostly instrumental, but from what I can tell it's about being stuck in a dull life following a generic, unhappy routine with no way to break out of it, which would explain the cover art showing a girl tied in to place with no way to move. That's just my own interpretation. Regardless, I just like the artwork a lot.

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I love Porcupine Tree's album artwork as well. I could have put In Absentia, Stupid Dream and Fear Of A Blank Planet up there with my other favourites but I though 15 was enough. Is it the same artist who does all their cover work?

 

[hiphiphippo]

i'm a killers fan, so ofc...

The Killers - Day and Age

and as a her space holiday fan...

Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines (Remixed)

but yeah, idk the real meanings to the covers, but they're just cool to me~

 

[Esper]

I can't say I know much about these album covers. I just like them. It must be the vibrant colors or the sharp, central images.

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[Reina]

Some of my favorites for one reason or another. I really like the Three Days Grace one.

 

[institutions]

Pink Floyd - Animals
Mastodon - Crack the Skye, Blood Mountain, Leviathan
Pearl Jam - Vs

I know there are many, many more but I can't think of them atm.

 

[Graceful]

So...Yeah. I Really Love Those Cover Artworks!

 

[mondays suck]

Amon Amarth - The Avenger, Twilight of The Thundergod
Bal Sagoth - A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria

Dissection - The Somberlain, Storm Of The Light's Bane, Live Legacy
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Sear Bliss - Glory and Perdition
Vader - Litany


It wasn't exactly easy to restrict myself to those...

 

[Haza]

 

[Rogue planet]

I love Porcupine Tree's album artwork as well. I could have put In Absentia, Stupid Dream and Fear Of A Blank Planet up there with my other favourites but I though 15 was enough. Is it the same artist who does all their cover work?

I'd add Lightbulb Sun to that list, but yeah they've definitely got some interesting art work for their album covers (guess it matches their interesting music) and I'm sure they get different artists for each cover, they're all very talented though.

 

[Hybrid Theory]

Well the username sorta gives it away:

The winged soldier is just epic win. Plus one of the band members actually painted that!

 

[Houndour2005]

 

[Okami Chi]

I'm not sure if this would be better suited to the Art Gallery... oh well.

What are your favourite album covers on your iPod/mp3 player? They need to be pretty good to make you pick up that CD or click download on iTunes or other, illegal methods. Obviously the music itself is the most important, but attractive or meaningful album artwork always goes down a treat. I'm specifically refering to albums own here and not just albums with nice covers.

Here are a few of mine:​

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It seems Muse is your favorite band, just like me.

I think the best album art are the ones used for my band. (Lol because I made them.)



But except for that. Every Muse, RCP, Radiohead, and Death Cab For Cutie/Postal Service...I wonder if that has anything to do with them being my favorite album art. :cheeky:

 

[Jolene]

I like all of the Joni Mitchell album covers because they are nice and colorful.

 

[Pokémon Ranger ✩ Moriarty]

The cover for Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, because it depicts the alien war machine melting the hull of the Thunderchild. The 'Forever Autumn'/'Thunderchild' tracks are one of my all-time favourites, along with 'The Spirit of Man' from the second CD. ❤