Fear and Surreal apprehension in an English Country Garden. I was hoping to see the Jackson 5 Skywriter LP. (The word peace of course has five letters.). This album cover was more of a multimedia assemblage, incorporating the die-cut edges and the marble-swirled disc into the overall design and giving an instant visual image to the top-hatted Dave Mason. The abstraction of the Talking Heads beautiful, moving-parts cover for their 1983 record Speaking in Tongues couldnt have better represented the music within. Do It Yourself was issued in at least 32 different wall paper sleeves and was designed by the great Barney Bubbles. Many Americans wondered what Lucille Ball was doing there but it was actually French actress Delphine Seyrig. Shouldnt Jean-Michel Jarres Oxygene be in that list? It was creativity to the nth degree, man! (Are you depressed or something? Scorpions fly to the rainbow. When you walked into a record store, you could see this album clear across the room. Spirits in the Material World by The Police 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. Basically no female artists and the women that appear on the covers of the albums of the male artists are all showing their tits. The Cars Greatest Hits Full Album - Best Songs Of The Cars Follow 'Time Music' Subscribe for More: https://by.com.vn/x15rkE Please share this video in so. But I dont think the model on the Whipped Cream cover is wearing a dress though. Not every band would fly a pig over Battersea Power Station, but few other bands would make an album that absolutely called for it. Roger Deans fantasy paintings became as much a part of prog-rock iconography as the music. We would keep at it until it sounded live or alive. E.L. It sounds contradictory that you could work on something for 12 hours to capture spontaneity,guitarist Elliot Easton said, but there you go. 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 somber, shadowed photo featured on both the US and UK album version of Meet The Beatles! Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers Where is Mahogany Rush.Maxoom, 10 CC. IMO best of all time. Bow Wow Wow should be off. that album was truly great and the cover, was a compilation of Anuels chains, in his hands. Have a 100 people pick out a favorite car and there will be 100 different cars! Patto Hold Your Fire Your email address will not be published. The album was released soon after the band's co . I think Ill suggest A few really worthy ones. some of these covers are just bands posing. This list is so lame! However, I appreciated Unknown Pleasures (JD) is difficult audibly, as covers go it must slightly trump Power, Corruption and Lies? 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. Kraftwerk The White Album??? By defacing the Heroes cover, Bowie found the most dramatic way of saying that was then, this is now. I know this isnt crap. Wishbone Ash Argus , The Crazy World of Arthur Brown I bring you to burn . Im talking about the image chosen for Meat Loafs Bat Out Of Hell album. Santana First two albums Many good picks here and I was happy to see perhaps my favorite album ever,The new riders the adventures of Panama red, although I,m not sure if it deserved it. As the first classical album to go platinum in America, Carlos helped to bring Bach to the future. Scorpions : Lonesome Crown, Yeah,my first tattoo was Rainbow Risingthink that artwork rocks..along with the album naturally. Basically, youre going to cover more bases if you dont get stuck on insisting on including 5 Beatles albums. Go directly to shout page. They probably dont know the inside of the sleeves! I would certainly add The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper with album artwork by Norman Rockwell. As an aside,did I miss the Greatful Deads Iconic Skull and Roses ? Vagabonds of the Western World Thin Lizzy Very old list, These covers are awesome, we got some covers too at RobLunaMusic.com. hilarious drawing of a bunch of hairy guys supposed to be the beach boys, i think, tho i have no idea who is who! Everybody since has been influenced by their music and creative style. No GENESIS total shame! how about moby grapes wow! Track listing [ edit] All tracks are written by Ric Ocasek, except where noted. Blue Cheer Outsideinside their 2nd LP has very creative cover art. http://www.sakisgouzonis.com. Everest yes, that was the original plan so they came up with something just as memorable by leaving the studio and crossing the street, resulting in the famous Abbey Road album cover. Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-da-Vida (and Live) At last someone actually mentioned Budgie Great LP covers. in the 1970s. There were some Nazereth , Molly Hatchet Albums that had real great Art. Attempting to limit a list to only 100 covers overall is ridiculous. One of the greatest joke album covers, the boxer was already a perfect image for the Pogues, but dont miss the subtle bit of play here. It should, however, have been pictured with the Belly-Belt. Crimsons first album cover is on the list. and we must not forget Captain Beyonds Sufficiently Breathless, Genesis Live, Charlie Daniels Band Fire on the Mountain, Yes Relayer, all the crazy Blue Oyster Cult covers, Joe Walshs The Smoker you Drink, the Player you Getjust the title alone Jesus, come on. Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account, Do you know any background info about this album? Leaves a lot to debate on. Quicksilver Happy Trails not in the top 100 ? Really???? Disgraceful. Cool list. Or Cindy Laupers Shes So Unusual? Walking a razor-thin line between exploitation and cultural commentary was the Geto Boys modus operandi, and nothing exemplified this dynamic more than their famous 1991 album cover art. The success of Drive was perhaps predictable the track is masterfully vague, offering up a series of rhetorical questions that made it perfect for, well, anything: Whos gonna pick you up when you fall?/Whos gonna hang it up when you call?/Whos gonna pay attention to your dreams?/And whos gonna plug their ears when you scream? Drive had repercussions for Ocasek outside music: While shooting the singles video, he met the model Paulina Porizkova, who starred in the clip, and they married in 1989. Hope to see him when he comes to the US and Canada next month and in Dec, too. A good cover became a great one the moment when a bored Johnny Ramone decided to give the photographer the finger. Playing Possum Carly Simon Although it has different artwork, this 20-track set of the Cars' biggest hits is exactly the same, right down to the same running order, as Rhino's Complete Greatest Hits package from 2002, which means it has everything the casual fan might want, including the perfect radio singles "Just What I Needed," "My Best Friend's Girl," "You're All I've Got Tonight," and "Shake It Up." ?..or .exile on main street,,,,,,or maybe..atom hearth mother? . Sabbaths Paranoid and Rage Against the Machines self title couldve easily made the list. My 12-year-old self loved that cover! Sales of the album reignited following Ric Ocasek's death in September 2019.[3]. But, he continued, were not what youd call a free-form jam band. jethro tull a passion play. 1989 cover of the tune seems entirely fitting. All of Marvin Gayes cool album covers are works of art in a way, but Ernie Barness Sugar Shack, which graces the cover of I Want You, is the only one currently hanging in a museum. The James Ganga Myriad of othersThe Moody Blues alone should have at least 2 of their awesome art on this display.. Althoughyou have captured many. . Help by The Beatles Bob Dylans Self Portrait is among the 100 best covers of all time? There are some truly great album covers here, but one hell of a lot of these are great albums with OK covers. What is it wit all the Beatles albums???? RCA wasted no time in cleaning up Elvis, whod look completely respectable on all future albums. On an album that made a mad dash through the whole of pop history, Nick Lowe pictured himself in a bunch of different guises, from rockabilly hoodlum to sensitive balladeer (there were different pics on the US and UK versions), all with tongue firmly in cheek. The Doors Full Circle (great cover, crappy album. A list like this NOT including Hawkwinds Space Ritual cover does NOT deserve to be taken serious! You omitted both Argus & New England by Wishbone Ash. You did not feature Roling Stones Sticky Fingers?? I also remember Theres the Rub as a cover that led me to buy the album. FAR better than many of those 100 original covers. The coiled-up body on the cover of her 2017 album embodies all the personal changes the songs deal with. My bad. BTO Not Fragile Blue Train by John Coltrane was designed by Reid Miles with a photograph by Francis Wolfe. Even in todays digital age, a cool record cover can have a huge impact. Ocasek provided a . im thinking of ACDCs back in black, come on, its hardly a great cover. Listen free to The Cars - Complete Greatest Hits (Just What I Needed, My Best Friend's Girl and more). There are plenty of albums that should of been listed and quite a few above that shouldnt. Another dull and inaccurate list. Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous Yes, the big return to pop, Ocasek mused at the time. The Cars - Greatest Hits. From indelible images to perfect portraits, the 100 greatest album covers provoke and awe just as much as the contents inside. Although it has different artwork, this 20-track set of the Cars' biggest hits is exactly the same, right down to the same running order, as Rhino's Complete Greatest Hits package from 2002, which means it has everything the casual fan might want, including the perfect radio singles "Just What I Needed," "My Best Friend's Girl," "You're All I've Though it seems to share a sentiment with a slew of vintage rock and R&B tunes, Good Times Roll distances itself from the carefree mood of, say, Shirley and Lees 1956 hit Let the Good Times Roll with its hard-edged midtempo strut, blaring backing vocals, and Ocaseks stylized singing. Smashing Pumpkins album covers were often softer and prettier than the music, but this cover (created by Billy Corgans then-girlfriend) is the perfect translation of the obsessively romantic theme of Adore. duhhh. Didnt see Wheels Of Fire from Cream, the first platinum album, what about King Crimsons first album? As art and not the music inside, Beatles White Album and AC DCs Back In Black can go and put these two in. , Great to see Pixies on here, but Simon Larbalestier is the photographer; the sleeve was designed by Vaughan Oliver (RIP). Complete Greatest Hits was a fairly credible claim for The Cars' semi-canonical 20-track 2002 best-of, which did include the great majority of the band's most winning singles. 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. Inspired by the albums themes of the subconscious, the dark sleeve of Billie Eilishs When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? very official. Meanwhile, his debut allowed him to look like the crazed hillbilly everyones parents feared he was, captured in mid-song at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida. Everything here is at once brutal and elegant: A massive three-chord guitar riff and a hammering keyboard line vie for the listeners attention; a second guitar jangles in the distance; the bass pops cheerfully in support; Ocasek sings staccato, drilling lines, not wasting a single syllable; backing vocals flare softly behind it all. Dream Weaver was a neat cover also. I loved the Velvet Underground and the Carpenters. Im Not the One also made a memorable appearance in the Adam Sandler movie Billy Madison, in the scene where he gets a valentine from his principal. Despite its daring appearance, if you looked closely, the whipped-cream clad model was actually wearing a wedding dress. Not a single Cannibal Corpse cover. Misplaced Childhood? The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour. I would have like to see Jethro Tulls STAND UP album, Spot on re Tulls Stand Up-well at least the version with the pop up, What no Alice Cooper? What about Its only a Movie with the Banger inside?! It was weird, it was witty, it was Warhol. It looked right to me and how I felt, said Jones. The cover of The Ramones 1976 self-titled debut is pure punk rock in all its black-and-white grittiness. No LIVE cover for GFR? by The Cars Audio CD. The baby in question, Spencer Elden, even recreated the photo 25 years later. Not a terrible list, but Id have thought Weather Report Heavy Weather, would have somehow made that list. John Cale Walking on Locusts Wendy Waldman Strange Company BTOs Not Fragile $11.55. I miss the Band`s Music from big pink and Country Joe Mc Donald`s I-Feel-Like-Im-Fixin-to-Die. Bridge of Sighs Robin Trower The Byrds- Sweetheart of the Rodeo. . But while Sticky Fingers has a great story, Let It Bleed was equally unique and surreal. While everyone of these are worthy, there are so many that could be included that a top 100 best covers list seems woefully inadequate. Missing: Vs. Pearl Jam; Workingmans Dead Grateful Dead; Live at Fillmore East Allman Bros.; Loaded The Velvet Underground; Destroyer Kiss; The Bends Radiohead; Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan; Marquee Moon Television; Pet Sounds Beach Boys; Rage Against the Machine RATM; Harvest Neil Young; This reminds me of the Guerrilla Girls campaign Do women have to be naked to get into the Met?. He dropped Beatitude in early 1983, in the lag time between Shake It Up and Heartbeat City. I would suggest Vangelis Heaven and Hell , Manfred Mann Angle Station , and Alan Parsons Project I Robot. Looking In- Savoy Brown. For her debut solo album, Courtney Love took the Cars concept a step further by enlisting the younger, edgier pin-up artist (known professionally as Olivia) to paint her. No Computerworld Linton Kwesi Johnson Bass Culture (Its hard to imagine Sgt. JMO. Metallicas trademark mix of shock value and social commentary had few better expressions than this image of a modern take on Lady Justice for their famous 1988 album cover to And Justice For All. The Beatles influence cannot be measured. The Cars made their name with chugging guitar pop, but their biggest hit in the States is actually this melancholy synth-laden ballad. A lot of good covers here from good albums. B.H. Overnight Sensation by Frank Zappa Gone Fishin Flipper Deep Purples Deep Purple in Rock and The Beatles Abbey Road? Deep Purple: Machine Head Tangerine Dream Poland Model Barbara Cheeseboroughs screaming visage on the cover captured the swirling chaos of the 70s and searing funk-rock of Maggot Brain. It took a German painter schooled in surrealism to create its mix of African folk art and psychedelia. One of the best covers ever! Get it as soon as Tuesday, Apr 11. Or Jagged Little Pill? The Beatles Rubber Soul is also Santana put out some FNA covers. Very much so, any album cover from Yes shoild be there. You dont necessarily get a thing of rare beauty when you load a cover with as many fold-out panels and elaborate paintings as an 11-inch disc can hold, but Santana certainly did in this case, thanks to famed Japanese designer Tadanori Yokoo. by The Cars Audio CD. Last edited on 15 December 2022, at 09:49, "New Zealand album certifications The Cars Greatest Hits", "British album certifications Cars Cars Greatest Hits", "American album certifications The Cars Greatest Hits", Recording Industry Association of America, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greatest_Hits_(The_Cars_album)&oldid=1127547538, This page was last edited on 15 December 2022, at 09:49. I agree with many of these, I certainly agree with the recommendation of Carole Kings Tapestry. Emmanuel by Anuel AA??? Savoy Brown Street corner talking. It took on more life than I thought it would, Ocasek told Rolling Stones David Fricke of the Cars return that year. YES RELAYER my favourite! no Doe Maar, Herman Brood and no Nits all to Dutch for ya.. Zappa We are only in it for the Money Can think of twenty more pieces of art that deserve to be here. Steppenwolf: 7 . Robert Fripp saw this dramatic painting after In the Court of the Crimson King was completed and knew it perfectly suited the music, with the crazed cover figure as the 21st century schizoid man. Theres plenty of punk attitude on Joe Jacksons album cover for Im the Man, where he portrays the hero of the title song a sleazy character wholl sell you anything as long as you dont really need it. Sadly, the artist passed away only months afterwards. Wes Montgomery Road Song Rush Moving Pictures There are quite a few Arguably, not to mention Questionable choices here. Nowhere is that more evident than Free. Over hand claps and laser-beam synths, Ocasek delivers quick-tongued lyrics about time travel and stepping outside your dark world. The track sounds playful, serious, and sonically impeccable all at once, not to mention deeply catchy. Ok. Nobody ever slung a jacket over their shoulder that well. David Bowie has at least five of the most iconic album covers of all time. The Polices Ghost in the Machines minimalist digital portrait of the band members. One of the many imaginative trips from the late 60s, this assemblage by the bands drummer represents various personal dreams of the band members. All of Madonnas album covers are striking in their own way, but theres something special about her 1983 self-titled debut. Free shipping for many products! Barney Bubbles also did the handwritten notes, oft mistaken for Durys. The design-centric 4AD label did some of its finest work for the Cocteau Twins album covers. BOTH ARE ICONIC AND VERY RECOGNIZABLE!! Some good covers. Its fair that the cover was a little mysterious since the songs revealed everything else. Like a proto XXL Freshman Class, the three alternate covers of A Tribe Call Quests classic third album Midnight Marauders featured a collage of 71 hip-hop personalities from Afrika Bambaataa to the Beastie Boys, like the Sgt Pepper of hip-hop. We assume the mess on the backside happened after someone pressed start.. Well, Ill just put my personal fav into the mix. Sweet Off The Record The image for The Ramones debut album is incorrect, it is an image that has someone had a non-Ramone cut and pasted onto the 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. Yes Fragile, Iconic doesnt mean good.Here are some album covers that are better,debate me the seer,currents,igor,the money store,sinner get ready,kids see ghosts,blonde,skylarkin,pure comedy,indicud,year of the snitch,nina,tyron,ctrl,bandana,in the future,wilderness heart,fate,twin fantasy,awaken my love,you wont get what you want and a lot more.Older isnt awlays better. Its Walter Carlos, not Wendy! Bad Company Straight Shooter Yes I agree. The Beatles Rubber Soul,Sgt Pepper Led Zeppelin 3, In Through the Outdoor Deep Purple in Rock, Stormbringer Jethro Tull Stand Up, Thick As A Brick Peter Gabriel 2, Joy Division Closer, Cocteau Twins Treasure, Dead Can Dance Within the Realm of a Dying Sun Therapy? I have trouble in doing the top 500, imagine top 100 Any of the First 3 Waterboys album covers. Jimi Hendrix EXP -Axis Bold As Love The Pixies debut cover is sexy, sinister, and full of secret meanings, starting with a vintage-looking softcore photo that was staged for the cover shoot. The Rolling Stones always had cool, attention-grabbing album covers. 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. (He spotted the eponymous Dude statue at an art gallery and took it home for inspiration.). PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love Awesome. BOTH ARE DIAMOND CERTIFIED ALBUMS AND WERE MADE BY THE BEST AMERICAN HARD ROCK BAND IN HISTORY!! the cars record album. Erm, didnt the Velvet Underground release White Light White Heat (the black album!) But, the topic of conversation is album covers not the quality/enjoyability of music on the album itself. I dont think half of these deserve to be on this list. Not one Moody Blues album cover? Cabaret Voltaire Microphones Since people were already using LPs to store and clean marijuana, the Airplane gave you a cardboard box holder for it, along with the pot, or at least a realistic-looking photo. Taking its inspiration from the albums original title Automatic Changer, the front has the album on a turntable stacked with all sorts of other things. Jackson Browne Running On Empty, Agree.. or any Maiden cover all great You look spaced out.) It made only a minor MTV splash, but its the finest moment from Ocaseks solo work. Agreed! Seriously no Rodney Matthews in there. And what about Cal Schenkels work for Frank Zappa for instance Uncle Meat. Savoy Brown Looking In Nothing in that song happened to me personally, he said later. The cover was memorably defaced by Bowie himself decades later. There are better Zeppelin covers, and I would think at least 1 from the Moody Blues would be on here! pink floyds a nice pair. The Cars The Cars Format: Audio CD 1,316 ratings $1513 See all 20 formats and editions Streaming Unlimited MP3 $8.99 Listen with our Free App Audio CD $15.13 55 Used from $2.98 14 New from $10.00 5 Collectible from $15.00 Vinyl $69.99 5 Used from $69.99 3 New from $114.98 11 Collectible from $38.88 Audio, Cassette L.A. suburbia meets Rene Magritte. George Clintons gonzoid take on outer-space adventure found its perfect match in the effortlessly cool spaceship-party cover for Parliaments Mothership Connection. should be in the top 10 Many great covers here, but The Polices Ghost in the Machine should have been included. Deep Purple Machine Head Alice Cooper: From The Inside Agreed! Bandolier belongs on this list. Disturbed has some rather good album covers (e.g. What we can say for sure, though, is that album covers are vitally important to how a record is received by the public. Turns out to be the first CD I ever bought. One of the greatest metal covers ever designed, designer Larry Carroll packed a thousand nightmares into this Bosch-like painting for Slayers thrash masterpiece Reign in Blood, which influenced metal imagery for decades to come. 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. Example: ANYTHING by either Storm Thorgerson, Hipgnosis or Roger Dean as an album cover deserves consideration. The Argus cover stuck with me through all these years. The Cars were the New Wave band with the purest Top 40 heart, thanks to Ric Ocaseks vision of combining moody, post-punk alienation with glossy hooks and a nervy sense of hunger. born to run? Youd think this list was made in the 1950s. Modern death metal bands got nothing on country duo The Louvin Brothers, who went to the inferno in 1959 and looked great in white suits while doing it. Blue Oyster Cult Agents Of Fortune What Ho! There are others that should replace a few of these! Even at this early stage in the Cars career, Ocasek was already committed to puncturing as many pop clichs as he could. You missed oneAlice Coopers Schools Out album cover was one of the cleverest ever designed. Psychedelic album covers were an art form in themselves, and the explosion of color (with the band looking suitably avuncular) made Creams Disraeli Gears one of the definitive ones. Sweet Moments With The Blue Velvet Band for the Eric Von Schmidt designed board game on the INSIDE of the fold out cover. Jethro Tull Stand Up Golden Earring Moontan, and one of an early Klaus Doldinger Passport Cover! ScorpionsBlackout, Rainbow : Rising dennis wilson holding the mikestand from his crotch into the audience with that look on his face. I thought the list was overall pretty good. Bauhaus The Skys Gone Out They always were.. The Gimmick- Covers of the 60s and 70s, and Storm Thorgersons Hipgnosis- Designs ranks very near the top, Id say! Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. The track, with hand claps, a futuristic synth line, and dual-guitar mastery, became the Cars first Top 20 hit, and the first single for their second album, Candy-O. Impossible to achieve. Like all goth-influenced artists, Chelsea Wolfe has a strong sense of the dramatic. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. I ended up with Sticky Fingers Warhol, Weasels Ripped MF Neon Parks, Disreali Gears Martin Sharp etc. Tubeway Army Replicas. Osibisa ? would probably add some Scorpions, Iron Maiden (Powerslave/Aces high), Zappa, Axis:Bold As Love. I would have included the Crown of Creation cover by Jefferson Airlplane and the Beatles Yesterday and Today Butcher cover. I dont know why I keep looking at these top 100 lists, they always annoy me with who they have on the list and who they leave off. Ten points if you got the original with the underwear inner sleeve. Axis:Bold As Love Jimi Hendrix, A good compilation but with some notable omissions: (heres only a few) 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. It was banned for decades and should really have been here. One big picture. now. This famous album cover did wonders with its simple strategy. Yes: Yessongs B.H. Each one of Sinatras Capitol-era album covers was cool and classic in its own way, from the lonely scenes on the ballad albums to the visual swagger on the swingers. It won NMEs award for best album artwork in 1969. Lol And what is so special about U2s The Joshua Tree cover??? The track listing was the same although the running order was altered. Bleeker & McDougal-Fred Neil The Byrds Fifth Dimension and Younger than Yesterday. Ocaseks keen grasp of pop-music architecture sometimes gave him pause. The Who Quadrophenia VAN HALEN VAN HALEN OR 1984 SHOULD HAVE SURELY MADE THE LIST. If anyone else has said this, apologies, but Im not going to read 400 comments! Orr died in 2000 from pancreatic cancer. For the artwork AND the music. Yardbirds Roger The Engineer Wow indeed. But its so cheerful that you still have to love it. 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. Einstrzende Neubauten Strategies Against Architecture A masterpiece! Police Ghost In The Machine ELOs Out of the Blue Im not proud of the lyrics to Shake It Up, Ocasek later said. What? The most extra terrestrial capture of El Zim casting further questions on just what planet did Bob arrive from? Bandleader Cyril Jordans terrific comic art has turned up on numerous The Flamin Groovies covers and posters over the decades. Grateful Dead Blues for Allah ? The band again worked with Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker, but Ocasek said they tried for a rawer approach than on their first album. for me. The London Howlin Wolf SessionsClapton, Winwood, Wyman, Watts all on the cover. Would be nice to actually officially credit them too! Or any Molly Hatchet cover? Oh, I forgot to note that all covers done by Neon Park for all Little Feat albums. But so many are so lame, even stuff that I like! How about some love for the greatest live album ever recorded? ! Rolling Stones original Beggars Banquet Cover is Missing. Definitely Stand Up with the woodcut popup gatefold. 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. because of what, the nipples? Just to name a few. UFO Force It However, when an album itself becomes iconic(for example Close to the Edge by Yes)then usually the cover becomes iconic too. It sort of makes me Stone Cold Sober , So good to hear of Crawler again. Start the wiki Similar Albums Greatest Hits Thompson Twins The live adventures of Al Kooper & Michael Bloofield. Lotus Santana Im sure you could probably add another 100 albums too. ELO Time ?.maybe dark side of the moon? The effortlessly cool album cover image of bassist Paul Simonon smashing his guitar practically screams rocknroll, just like the music inside. Come on no one has even said Goats Head Soup! Heres an essential list of Ocaseks finest moments. On the second album, it was easier to say, Roy, lets not do the multitracked harmonies this time. P.D. If youre doing the 100 Greatest Rock Album Covers, I could see excluding Whipped Cream and Other Delights because Herb Alpert and the TJB probably wouldnt be classified as rock. If, however, youre not putting sideboards on the category, Whipped Cream and Other Delights should be in there somewhere. Ocasek and the Cars walked a fascinating line between shiny power pop and total weirdness; Youre All Ive Got Tonight is in both places at once, with a whole lot going on in its four minutes and 14 seconds, from the Queen-ly backing vocals (thanks, no doubt, to a shared producer in Roy Thomas Baker), a flanged drum intro, a freaky harpsichord-like keyboard part in the first verse, and a monster chorus. From Ocaseks solo work Surreal apprehension in an English Country Garden in doing the,. S co Fishin Flipper Deep Purples Deep Purple Machine Head Alice Cooper: from the inside of Rodeo! 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