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Great thread!

Don't know if I'm really hitting the nail on the head with my picks, but here are a few covers I consider "minimalist."

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http://www.hardrockheavymetal.com/jacketcd/e/egg1.jpg

https://ro69-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/text_image/image/246367/width:750/resize_image.jpg

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https://ronkanefiles.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/faust-iv_new.jpg

https://www.music-bazaar.com/album-images/vol3/173/173879/1050729-big/Grosses-Wasser-cover.jpg

And the last two that I'm not really sure about, but it won't hurt putting them here, I guess.

https://fanart.tv/fanart/music/5193ce6b-a315-4c50-ae49-54e69ffbc988/albumcover/fifth-55f5f98a5dea7.jpg

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Points: 6777 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 01 2017 at 12:40
Good topic! I usually tend to favour more detailed album covers, so it was actually a little difficult for me to find examples that fit, but I ended up coming up with a few that work if you don't mind a bit of writing on them.



Alas - S/T - Not what I'd necessarily call a "great" album, as per your original post, but it's a pretty decent ELP-like Argentinian release.



Arco Iris - Agitor Lucens V - Okay, this one I'd definitely consider a great album. And I think the cover still somewhat fits what you're describing.



Arco Iris - Arco Iris - More of a straightforward folk rock album than Agitor (if I remember correctly), but the cover is definitely minimalist enough to fit here.



Magma - MDK



Nucleus - Elastic Rock


Some of the covers from the Grateful Dead's Europe '72 series also use the same sort of design.



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Points: 32668 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 01 2017 at 11:40
Prog lounge or not, I think that someone will mention the Beatles' White album and even Spinal Tap's Black album.



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A couple of well-known post-rock albums, the former having probably one of my favorite pieces of cover art
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I notice a strange pattern when I look at the cover of what I might consider to be my 3 favourite albums.







You see all 3 covers are pretty simple. A small centered logo with much of the background left unoccupied. Quite a contrast to a lot of extravagant Prog album covers a la Roger Dean. 

What are some other examples of great albums with this style of simple artwork?


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