your favourite album artwork?

[Berselius]

[jcnporter]

[valleaux]

Something about wordless covers is appealing to me.

[Auditor]

[Orbited insanitarium]

I tend to prefer album art with soft textured warm almost rustic designs, which is strange because it’s the complete opposite to my own art & photography which is lurid and psychedelic.
Anyhoo, here are a few favourites. all of these albums I’d highly recommend, if the covers intrigue you then search em up!

Tindersticks - waiting for the moon (2003)


Caravan palace - panic (2012)


Peter Bjorn & John - writers block (2006)


Andy shauf - the neon skyline (2020)

[rodox_head]

Some Stand-out favorites of mine:

Wall of Voodoo - Call of the West

James Ferraro - Last American Hero

Depeche Mode - Delta Machine

Depeche Mode -Some Great Reward

Japan - Quiet Life

System of a Down - Mezmerize

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Infected Mushrooom - Vicious Delicious

The Buggles - The Age of Plastic

Skinny Puppy - The Process

[bungler666]

The Process is a really underrated record, blue sergeeeeee!

[rodox_head]

The Process is a really underrated record, blue sergeeeeee!

"Oh yeah!"
Blue Serge, the title track, Morter, and Hardest Head are all great. Kinda funny to read that the label wanted them to sound more like NIN for the record when I, as a younger fan, always thought it reminded me of the kind of stuff Infected Mushroom would later make.
Speaking of which, IM have a consistent track record of producing awesome album artwork:

Andy shauf - the neon skyline (2020)

This one is beautiful. I find I'm drawn to album covers that utilize shades of red.

[Quadrivium]

I've always liked the work of James Marsh https://jamesmarsh.com/design/sott-book/

[rodox_head]

I'm quite fond of the art for Gary Numan's "Berserker" album:

[Gazebo4]

Maybe a bit of a cliché on a Boards forum but, Geogaddi. It's strangely hypnotizing and so mysterious. Also the color combinations are so, primal? Never mind the symbolism!

[rodox_head]

A few favorites out of the DnB category:

[Orbited insanitarium]

Robert haigh is a true Drum n Bass genius!


Quadrophonia - Cozmic Jam (perfectly encapsulates 90s CGI cyber-delica on the cover)


Father John Misty - Pure Comedy


The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love


Fabriclive .08 - Plump DJ’s mix


The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody

[sandrail]

Team Doyobi - Choose Your Own Adventure



Still waiting for them to release a new album

[rodox_head]

Robert haigh is a true Drum n Bass genius!

That he is ! "Music For The Next Millennium" is still one of the finest DnB albums I've ever heard, and he's the first artist I recommend when people ask me for DnB recs (which is never lol). The aforementioned Paradox (Dev Pandya) does fantastic work as well. Big thanks to Rockstar Leeds for introducing me to Omni Trio.

Other cool DnB album covers:

Look closely and you can see this one was made in MS paint

The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody

I imagine that looks great on a vinyl sleeve

[Orbited insanitarium]

The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody

I imagine that looks great on a vinyl sleeve

It turns out most of the flaming lips artwork and album covers look like they’re intended to be printed BIG! Some incidental art for albums you could put on a poster, my definition of eye-candy!
A Few examples:

King's mouth incidental artwork







At war with the mystics album cover

[Orbited insanitarium]

I've got a new found appreciation for Tame Impala's 'The Slow Rush' cover. I think it fits the music perfectly. Can’t stop looking at it!

Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)

[Orbited insanitarium]

Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked (1988)


The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)


Thundercat - Drunk (2017)


New Order - Music Complete (2015)

[rodox_head]

I really like how the cover art for the "Team Silent" era Silent Hill soundtracks really capture the horror style of each game.

Silent Hill 2: Internal and abstract

Silent Hill 3: External and realistic

Silent Hill 4: mystical and folklore inspired

[Orbited insanitarium]

Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (1976)


I don’t think there is any album cover quite like this!

Have to say, if this art catches your attention.....listen to the music. You won’t regret it.
Spiritual, psychedelic, atmospheric fantasy driven prog!