record covers

[steve56]

lets vote for the best one(s); ill start with electric ladyland;the jimi hendrix experience.

[Bob Singleton]

King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Led Zepellin: Physical Grafitti
Santana: Abraxas
Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks

[Jacques]

Velvet Underground & Nico

[steve56]

bob;great choice there yes did some good ones too.

[johnlewis]

original LP artwork:


Rolling Stones :Sticky Fingers (Andy Warhol artwork)
Velvet Underground: First (Andy Warhol artwork)
Hawkwind: Live-Space Ritual
Uriah Heep:Look At Yourself
Grand Funk Railroad :Shinin On (3 D)
Emerson,Lake & Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery(HR Giger artwork)
Alice Cooper:Schools Out
Genesis:Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Hypnosis artwork)

[diplodocus]

all the Iron Maiden ones - Eddie rules

[mark cremona]

Kiss-Destroyer and Spinal Tap, the Black Album.

[RetroDon]

"Weasels Ripped My Flesh" The Mother of Invention

[nosey]

All this is just like buying a paperback book for ITS cover. It doesn't improve the contents.

[The Last Word]

But how do we judge a sleeve? Primarily it's there to successfully sell/promote/represent the artist via a suitable aesthetic sensibility. Thus:

Shania Twain: Come On Over
The Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks
Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell

They look nothing like each other - and rightly so, but each does its job with perfection.