Your most influential album cover

[hamerhead]

[cynic]

It wasn't spectacular, but I loved the active engagement.

[Gabe]

[Disturber]

A lot of covers made a huge impact on me. But today I choose this album. My best friend had received this album as a present. We did not think the cover was metal enough (we thought it was really gay), so we did not listen to it for months. Then one day we decided to give it a spin and we quickly realised that these mo**her f***ers was the real deal and more. The best glam rock metal group from this part of the world ever. They even influenced GnR. I still love it to this day.

[mudshark]

[mudshark]

[seeker]

Just one of those things. It was my Dark Side of the Moon, Fragile, etc. Both sides, every day, for 6 months. 

 

 

[velorush]

On 2/19/2026 at 12:00 PM, seeker said:

Just one of those things. It was my Dark Side of the Moon, Fragile, etc. Both sides, every day, for 6 months. 

 

 

Never listened to it, so I headed to Spotify. If anyone else is looking for this (c.1977), it's there, but as a 2009 reissue. Enjoy.

ETA @seeker: I enjoyed it very much, though I found it absolutely other than expected, especially the vocals. Very Kraftwerk-ish in places (which I enjoyed).

Edited February 20 by velorush

[soli'd]

First album I bought with my own money. I bought it for Rock of Ages, but soon realized the best song was Foolin'

[stobro]

When I was discovering The Clash, I couldn't imagine the Elvis inspiration.

 

[ChugD]

[draelyc]

I dunno about the *most* influential, but I always loved the tweaked version of the Matisse ***EDIT:  I meant Magritte!!!*** painting… and those 70s Styx albums were actually pretty influential in my development as both guitarist and singer/songwriter, so why not?

 

 

Edited February 23 by draelyc

[velorush]

1 hour ago, draelyc said:

I dunno about the *most* influential, but I always loved the tweaked version of the Matisse Magritte painting… and those 70s Styx albums were actually pretty influential in my development as both guitarist and singer/songwriter, so why not?

FIFY 😉

Agreed. The '70's Styx albums were on constant rotation.

[Biz Prof]

On 2/18/2026 at 10:32 AM, hamerhead said:

K-Mawt and Seeyahz have refused to carry the album. Just because of the cah-vuh."

[Jimbilly]

before I was even into music, an older cousin had a large record collection, ELP 'brain salad surgery' was an intriguing and memorable title, and cover

[Vintage Hamer-Lover]

My love for music started with this vinyl album I bought on my 14th birthday 1972 for 29 German Marks (= € 15) at our local music store. Everything was exotic and a revelation to me: the music, the foldout cover, the artwork, even the smell.

I played it with 16 revolutions per minute on my dad's turntable (Swiss Lenco L75) checking out  and copying the riffs of Mick Taylor thinking it was Keith!

Still got it, listen to it at least twice a year and would miss every crack. Only the enclosed postcards are missing, sent them trying to convince my friends...

 

 

 

 

 

 Great article about it's graphic history, his name is HAMERsveld:  https://bestclassicbands.com/rolling-stones-exile-cover-art-van-hamersveld-8-10-21/

[cmatthes]

On 2/18/2026 at 1:43 PM, mudshark said:

 

[cmatthes]

While not necessarily my favorite album as a kid, I probably spent too much time lusting after the checkerboard Standard on the back cover...finally acquired an all-mahogany 4-Digit (#0703) that was the perfect candidate for the conversion and let Stike and Shane go to town on it.

Dream realized 35 years later!

[BoogieMKIIA]

Well…..

[Spinaltap]

The Clash, London calling is one of the most RnR album covers ever.  It Screams Loud..

I love it so much

[draelyc]

On 2/20/2026 at 10:40 AM, velorush said:

FIFY 😉

Agreed. The '70's Styx albums were on constant rotation.

Thank you!  I can’t believe I bolluxed that, and I sincerely appreciate the correction.

[seeker]

On 2/19/2026 at 3:18 PM, velorush said:

Never listened to it, so I headed to Spotify. If anyone else is looking for this (c.1977), it's there, but as a 2009 reissue. Enjoy.

ETA @seeker: I enjoyed it very much, though I found it absolutely other than expected, especially the vocals. Very Kraftwerk-ish in places (which I enjoyed).

Glad you enjoyed. That was Robert Calvert, who had done spoken word pieces in concert with them until enlisted as lead vocalist 75-78). It reminded me at the time of some of the half-sung,  half spoken vocals of early punk as well as you noted Kraftwerk.  Decades later I learned John Lydon had been an early concert goer/fan and hungout with them backstage, before forming Sex Pistols. 

[velorush]

11 hours ago, draelyc said:

Thank you!  I can’t believe I bolluxed that, and I sincerely appreciate the correction.

Don't take me as some erudite connoisseur: I went googling because I had no idea that might be a Matisse - or actually I hadn't considered that might be a modification of an earlier work. That is when I found the artist's name and the original work.

Unlike Austin Powers, I am not very charming, not very debonair, not handsome, not witty and I have absolutely no knowledge of fine wines. Women do not want me; men do not want to be me. In short, I am not an international man of mystery.  

[alantig]

1 hour ago, velorush said:

Unlike Austin Powers, I am not very charming, not very debonair, not handsome, not witty and I have absolutely no knowledge of fine wines. Women do not want me; men do not want to be me. In short, I am not an international man of mystery.  

Could be worse - it's an international mystery I'm considered a man.

[velorush]