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100 greatest album covers of all time
as chosen by the writers of Rolling Stone
in their November 14th, 1991 issue.


TOP-10

1
The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)



2
Sex Pistols
Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)




3
The Beatles
The Beatles [White Album] (1968)



4
The Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers (1971)



5
The Rolling Stones
Exile on Main St. (1972)



6
Eagles
Hotel California (1976)



7
Blind Faith
Blind Faith (1969)



8
Grateful Dead
Aoxomoxoa (1969)



9
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Cheap Thrills (1968)



10
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)






The other 90 can be found HERE:

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/fedderedder/rolling_stones_100_greatest_album_covers/

Damn! I'da thought that "In The Court Of The Crimson King" would have made the top 10...ditto for "Dark Side Of The Moon"

There will be ALOT of disagreements over those choices, but... I don't know what their criteria was... Artwork? Making a statement? Historically recognizable?


Which would you have added to the Top-10, or taken away?

philbymon wrote:Damn! I'da thought that "In The Court Of The Crimson King" would have made the top 10...ditto for "Dark Side Of The Moon"

Good ones...

For me, #'s 2, 5, 6, & 9 are rather boring. The White Album was clever in its time, though, before you jump on me for that.

Abraxas could easily fit. Same for that John MscLaughlin & the Mahavishnu Orchestra one that I can't remember right now. "Eat A Peach" was good, too, as was "Acquiring The Taste" (Gentle Giant). That covers the 4 covers I removed, don't it? Damn! I still wanna fit in the King Crimson one & Pink Floyd's!

Interesting, I own all of the top 10 except for the VU.

This would be my #1:

I looked, & I'm surprised that there is only ONE of Roger Dean's great works listed in there. He did a lot of Yes' LP's & I thought they were all pretty good.

I guess it's all pretty subjective, but I can't figure out how so many were ignored.

Try this quiz out!

Name the 20 album covers in 6 minutes time...

http://www.sporcle.com/games/albumcovers.php

When you go there, click to start, and then just type in any of the ALBUM names.
If correct, it clears the text-box automatically, so you can type in your next album title.


Good Luck!

LOL there's 3 in there I don't think I've even ever seen!

So much for my musical knowledge!

philbymon wrote:LOL there's 3 in there I don't think I've even ever seen!

So much for my musical knowledge!

I admit, I sucked on it too!

LOL


Jimmy will probably get 15 or more I bet.

From a females point of view it would have to be sticky fingers.
It had an actual zipper on the LP

I knew all but the Bjork, Kanye West and Notorious B.I.G. and have most of them too.

Honestly how in the hell did this not make it?

There are a lot that I like better than some of those choices. The Sex Pistols cover??? Seriously? Not seeing anything real special about it.