Album Covers 4

Love em or hate em Queen had some fantastic covers. Here is one of the best in my opinion. Painted by Frank Kelly Freas for a magazine in the 50s Queen drummer Taylor still had the magazine and asked if he would repaint with the band in it. he did and here you have one great cover. The original painting was called "Please... fix it, Daddy?"

So you are in a black metal band you need a really gruesome cover right? Well how about a poor wee bird warped up in barbwire. Well if they were pictured on the cover walking in a field witjh flowers that would be crazy right. But I think there is quite a bit going on here. Lyrics on the album were inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche who also inspired the naming of the album. 

Breakthrough album for Catatonia and well deserved. Nearly a million albums sold and I think the cover really helped. More digital tomfoolery than a Hollywood horror film. It is a feel good cover as if the horses are escaping. Love the horse on the right as if he knows something. 

No name needed on the cover as you can tell it is a live album. Well it also looks like he shot was taken on a phone from 2004 by a fan in the crowd. Well yes I think that is the idea anyhow. no bullshit this is what you see and here are the songs. I do think the peoples heads are added in but thats just my eye on the photo. The four members are in the shot including a drummer in a live shot is near impossible so camera fans will agree this is a stunning picture. 

This one was out not long ago and I love the cover. Again a photo and one that only shows the singer songwriter and for some odd reason his wife in the nude. Is it done in black and white or is the room white and all shadows black? 

This had been done before but not like this. the Beatles had the white album and a punk band done something similar in 1982. But PIL done this more to hide who and what was on the album. If the album had the normal credits names like Ginger Baker and Steve Vai would have taken up most of the review. A smart move and a cover I like. Add in the single cover was called Single as was the CD and 12" ha ha. It was just too easy.

I love this cover and funny thing is the album has a cover of a Neil Young song. Again not sure if it is a photo with post production or a painting but those are the covers I like. You know what you are getting when buying this. Do not expect love songs and nice vocal harmonies.

Painted by Theodor Kittelsen and the title is The Pauper. Fits the album very well. 99.9% of the people reading this will think the album is a big white noise metal over the top album. but no it was mostly done with keyboards and very sparse guitars. Very atmospheric with the use of synthesizers and vocals. The artist is barley recognized outside Norway. Such a shame as the artwork is stunning.