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Lewian 
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Posted: December 10 2016 at 10:49 |
Two current threads and my recent review of David Sylvian's last album, of which the cover fits the music that well that I'd say, if you like the cover, you'll like the music and if you don't, you won't, gave me the idea to ask for covers that fit the music on an album perfectly well and may give people a pretty good idea of whether they'll like the music or not. Here's Sylvian: 
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Lewian
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Posted: December 10 2016 at 10:54 |
Two more:  
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Magnum Vaeltaja
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Posted: December 10 2016 at 11:02 |
Great thread idea.
Here are some examples that I think really encapsulates this:
Caravan - In The Land of Grey and Pink
Whimsical, fantasy-like, psychedelic, a paradoxical mélange of upbeat and melancholy.
Abstract, surrealist, futuristic-yet-earthy, all tied together with an African flare.
Pastoral, dreamy, idealistic, nostalgic.
Intricate, pestilent, cold, technical, morbidly fascinating.
Those are the first few prog examples that leap to mind. There are also several non-prog covers that I immediately thought of that I could also share.
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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Manuel
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Posted: December 10 2016 at 11:30 |
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I remember back in the 70s, when I could go to a record store (an experience that I miss a lot), and discovered many bands just by looking at the cover. Bands like Genesis, Horderlin, yes, Uriah Heep, to name a few, gave me the impression that the music was great, and indeed, the music did not disappoint me, sounding just like I had imagined.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: December 10 2016 at 12:07 |
For me anyway:
Relayer Tales from topographic oceans A trick of the tail Selling England by the Pound (the lawnmower on the cover was painted in deliberately because of the song "I know what I like.") Atom Heart Mother (I know this is an odd one but those cows on the back cover are kind of spooky like some of the music and the front cover depicts the rural and pastoral nature of some of it too).
That's all I can think of actually.
Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - December 10 2016 at 12:08
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Magnum Vaeltaja
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Posted: December 10 2016 at 12:12 |
 AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:
For me anyway:
Relayer Tales from topographic oceans A trick of the tail Selling England by the Pound (the lawnmower on the cover was painted in deliberately because of the song "I know what I like.") Atom Heart Mother (I know this is an odd one but those cows on the back cover are kind of spooky like some of the music and the front cover depicts the rural and pastoral nature of some of it too).
That's all I can think of actually.
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The Yes and Genesis ones are great examples, too. Actually, I think that any of the Genesis covers from Trespass to Wind & Wuthering are actually fairly good representations of the music, though the fact that Paul Whitehead often incorporates lyrical elements into his paintings probably helps.
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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Posted: December 10 2016 at 17:08 |
Amon Duul II, YETI, DANCE OF THE LEMMINGS, CARNIVAL IN BABYLON, WOLF CITY & VIVE LA TRANCE. great imagery, from the keyboardist, I believe.
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Lewian
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Posted: December 10 2016 at 17:26 |
AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:
Atom Heart Mother |
 When I started the thread, I thought AHM is the only one I could be sure that will not be nominated.
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Dellinger
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Posted: December 10 2016 at 21:07 |
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The Harmonium one that was mentioned/shown before seems very adequate. Also I think Anthony Phillip's "The Geese and the Ghost". And many of Pink Floyd ones. Animals does it right... perhaps also Meddle; the Endless River too. And I guess the Classic era Genesis ones would fit.
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Posted: December 10 2016 at 21:23 |
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Most Tech/Extreme Metal cover arts suggest what's within.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: December 10 2016 at 23:08 |
Magnum Vaeltaja wrote:
AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:
For me anyway:
Relayer Tales from topographic oceans A trick of the tail Selling England by the Pound (the lawnmower on the cover was painted in deliberately because of the song "I know what I like.") Atom Heart Mother (I know this is an odd one but those cows on the back cover are kind of spooky like some of the music and the front cover depicts the rural and pastoral nature of some of it too).
That's all I can think of actually.
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The Yes and Genesis ones are great examples, too. Actually, I think that any of the Genesis covers from Trespass to Wind & Wuthering are actually fairly good representations of the music, though the fact that Paul Whitehead often incorporates lyrical elements into his paintings probably helps. |
I agree with the other Genesis albums you mentioned too. I would add And then there were three but I really am not sure what the heck that is suppose to be. Wind and Wuthering is a good example and so is Trespass. The others less so but even those do fit to some degree.
Also, I think Jethro Tull's songs from the wood is a good one for this too. The carved out record player on the back could literally be a song from the wood if it could play.  The first King Crimson album cover(the red face guy) fits the music in my opinion. The other ones not so much. Apparently there is more than one cover for Islands but the one I am familiar with which is some kind of astronomy picture sort of fits.
Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - December 10 2016 at 23:09
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: December 10 2016 at 23:47 |
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^ The other cover to Islands is a randomly shaped opalesque blotch on a cream background, with two more blotches on the back. I actually have this early US press (thick as all-hell) and prefer it to that Triffid nebula (or whatever it is) on the UK version.
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Posted: December 11 2016 at 04:07 |
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Posted: December 11 2016 at 04:11 |
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: December 11 2016 at 04:12 |
^^ Yeah !!! Magician's Birthday  ........whips Demons And Wizards any day of the week.........
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Posted: December 11 2016 at 04:13 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
^^ Yeah !!! Magician's Birthday
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When I close my eyes listening to the titletrack the whole battle that's displayed on the albumsleeve, comes to life in my head.
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Posted: December 11 2016 at 08:38 |
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Animals/Brain Salad Surgery/Brother Where You Bound/Close to the Edge/Eldorado/Eye in the Sky/Hemispheres/Look at Yourself/Now What?/Rain Dances/Red/Spirit of Eden/Thick as a Brick/A Trick of the Tail
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Posted: December 11 2016 at 08:42 |
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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