Fave album cover?

[citizenED]

Annasfield Wrote:

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is that art work by the fella that "did" the Alien stuff?

Sure is Anna - the guys name is Hans Ruedi Giger. Did several other covers too.

[Annasfield]

Thanks CitizenED, I thought I recognised it. Have you ever seen any of the stuff he did when designing the Alien? Some really good bits, but my what an odd chap!

[capt_birdseye]

Fugazi: In on the Kill Taker

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41H3V8YNHCL._AA240_.jpg

First CD I purchased where it actually seemed like they'd bothered to make an effort with the inner sleeve instead of just shrinking down an LP cover.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Smart

 

[Incitatus]

Always been a fave album and cover, created by the artist/graphic designer Jean-Paul Goude the impossible pose is a montage of images.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Grace_jones_island_life.jpg

[Jah Lush]

Incitatus Wrote:

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> Keeping it local, here's some Dulwich Prog Rock,

> still enjoys a cult status too.

I used to know the drummer in Quiet Sun many moons ago.

[mockney piers]

This one was absolute genius, some of the best CD packaging of all time

Here's the low down on the full geniusness of it all.

 

[barrymarshall]

MP - I still have that album, and the original packaging, pretty much intact despite being played lot, esp. when I was a student stoner :)). I remember very carefully opening the foil tray with a pen-knife to get the "pill" from out of the box. I still have all the bits - remember the instructions?

Now, isn't there an Alice Cooper LP in the form of a pizza box?

Similarly, Public Image Ltd.'s Metal Box LP came in, er, a metal tin, kind of like a cinema reel. I only have the CD version, in a mini tin.

[SeanMacGabhann]

The CD version of Metal Box always gets confused with Metalheadz collection in my house...

Re Spiritualised - great cover, great album

[mockney piers]

yeah the instructions were great and reproduced in full on that link.

I had the single CD blister pack, but I didn't previously know they produced a 12 mini CDs blister packs version!!

[barrymarshall]

cool webpage - yeah the 12 mini CD version looks great - and I didn't know if it either - but then if I did have it I'd never want to open it!

[mockney piers]