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Post Neon Knight Fri 17 Jan - 22:02

The focus of this topic is on the artwork, but you can post a link to a song from one or more of your album choices if you wish.

From 400 to 550 pixels high is about the right size for pictures posted in this thread.




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Post Sary Sun 19 Jan - 22:25

^ I like the Tyger of Pan Tang album cover best,  it reminds me of a feline King Kong.

Three album sleeves done by the English artist Philip Travers, for the Moody Blues.

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Born in 1945, Philip studied art and design at the Sutton School of Art and the London School of Printing. After college, he spent several years working as a designer and illustrator in studios in the London area. It was at this time that he became associated with the internationally-renowned rock group – The Moody Blues – for whom he produced record sleeves in the late 1960s and early `70s, including:

– In Search of the Lost Chord (1968)
– On The Threshold of a Dream (1969)
– To Our Children’s Children’s Children (1969)
– Question of Balance (1970)
– Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)
– Seventh Sojourn (1972)

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Post Neon Knight Fri 24 Jan - 23:34

I probably wouldn't have guessed those three album covers ^ were by the same artist. The top one reminded me of this cover picture by Rodney Matthews:

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"The Eleventh Hour! illustration was mostly the brainchild of Magnum's Tony (the hat) Clarkin, a likeable 'Brummie' of eccentric appearance. He came to my studio where we listened to lyrics and he scribbled out a little sketch indicating the figure on the throne, the group of young children and the industrial wasteland. The aircraft (like ducks on a wall) and the unreasoning shark missiles in their silos were my own contribution.

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Tony had joked that his idea for the title of the record had come from his impression of Jet Records who appeared to leave everything until the last minute, though he did explain a deeper significance, one which I think becomes obvious from the artwork. Many of Clarkin's lyrics show a deep concern for the shortcomings of our civilization and the injustices which occur, although he is not advocating any revolutionary solutions. The changes have to come from each individual." – Rodney Matthews [Wikipedia]

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Post OsricPearl Sat 25 Jan - 5:12

Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia
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I don't even like the Indigo Girls. It's just a good album cover.




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Post Sary Wed 29 Jan - 0:15

^ The Indigo Girls album cover would also fit nicely under the Beautiful Feminine Art thread. I am not familiar with their music.

The Magnum album cover reminds me of one of my favorite albums, The Houses of the Holy.  The cover is eerily beautiful,  again depicting children (innocence) left behind in some kind of post apocalyptic world.
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Post Neon Knight Sun 2 Feb - 2:25

I thought that Led Zep album cover might have been inspired by the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%27s_Causeway - and apparently it was! The Indigo Girls artwork does look feminine, but also a bit surrealist.

Another Tygers cover:

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Which one in that photo is 'built to destroy' - the man, the guitar, the car or the woman (she looks quite strong) ?

Michael Schenker is the younger brother of the Scorpions guitarist Rudy Schenker.

Dogs Of War: https://youtu.be/C5_fR8z_dj0




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Post Sary Tue 18 Feb - 0:32

I came across a Yes Relayer album the other day.  Like the Zep album cover the artwork is meant to be looked at with the album open, both front and back together, one picture.
I like this surreal fantasy style of artwork that progressive rock bands use to use use for their covers, especially when animals incorporated into the design.
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Yes always reminds me of Emerson Lake and Palmer and another beautiful cover.
Greg Lake was only 12 years old when he wrote Lucky Man, pretty amazing!
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Post Neon Knight Mon 2 Mar - 23:39

You can usually get a fairly good idea of the music by the album cover and the name of the band.

"Slechtvalk (the Dutch word for peregrine falcon) is a Christian black metal band from the Netherlands, formed in 1999." [Wikipedia]

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The Falcon's Flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFvOG4NUGjo

Artist: http://home.scarlet.be/krisverwimp/welcome.htm




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Post Sary Sun 8 Mar - 12:26

^ The dark imagery used in both covers is very beautiful. I like the contrast of the falcon to the dove on the ELP album.

Two interesting album covers from the Canadian group Silverstein. I can’t say I am a fan of their music, it is too hardcore for my taste, but I do like the artwork.

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Queen, News of the World was one of the first albums that I ever bought 😊

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Some information on the artist.

The album's cover was a painting by American sci-fi artist Frank Kelly Freas. Taylor had an issue of Astounding Science Fiction (October 1953) whose cover art depicted a giant intelligent robot holding the dead body of a man. The caption read: "Please... fix it, Daddy?" to illustrate the story "The Gulf Between" by Tom Godwin. The painting inspired the band to contact Freas, who agreed to alter the painting for their album cover, by replacing the single dead man with the four "dead" band members (with Taylor and Deacon falling to the ground, and Taylor only visible on the back cover).




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Post Sary Sun 8 Mar - 12:31

Neon Knight wrote:The focus of this topic is on the artwork, but you can post a link to a song from one or more of your album choices if you wish.

From 400 to 550 pixels high is about the right size for pictures posted in this thread.

I am having a hard time adjusting the pixels, feel free to change the size of any of the images that I am uploading.




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Post Neon Knight Sat 4 Apr - 3:28

I notice your preferred album pictures generally have a theme of introspection or dreaminess, Sary. Although many rock and metal album covers are like that anyway. I like the first three Queen albums but am not familiar with the others.

During the summer that I first got into music, I borrowed this live Black Sabbath (with Dio) album from the town library and was quite thrillled with it. The characters on the cover each represent one of the songs on the record:

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Children Of The Sea:  https://youtu.be/1wZZBy40VCg




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Post Sary Tue 7 Apr - 21:42

I somehow will always associate the character of the Neon Knight with you and your personality. He is you, you are him...in my mind anyway Smile 1
An interesting album cover with vivid colors, conveying mixed feelings of strength, despair and hope.
It kind of reminds me of this Grateful Dead cover.

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When I go to church, my mind will wander, taking in the beauty of the stained glass windows and the stories that they tell.


Another interesting cover, this one by Joe Walsh. I like the song too, it has been awhile since I listened to it.

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The cover art for the album features the painting Zwei Männer in Betrachtung des Mondes (Two Men Contemplating the Moon), a famous work by the German nineteenth-century romantic landscape artist Caspar David Friedrich, with a grainy photograph of Walsh in behind. The back cover is another painting by Friedrich, Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (Wanderer above the Sea of Fog).
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Post Neon Knight Sat 2 May - 0:11

The GD cover is very attractive and intense, like a Christmas card. The Joe Walsh album picture is similar to others you've chosen, Sary - somewhat dreamy and melancholy. I quite like the song - heavier than I expected.

The first Rainbow album which brought Dio, who sang on it, to the world's attention for the first time:
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This is a realist recreation of it:

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A very different album cover from the German band Accept. It gives me mixed feelings, but I like it overall:

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A ballad from the album with some short but very emotive guitar solos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2_99-Dr168




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Post Neon Knight Wed 3 Mar - 18:55

Two more album covers with knights:

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