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Poll Question: Your favourite classic era Big Six album artwork?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
1 [1.35%]
2 [2.70%]
7 [9.46%]
4 [5.41%]
2 [2.70%]
1 [1.35%]
6 [8.11%]
8 [10.81%]
0 [0.00%]
12 [16.22%]
1 [1.35%]
3 [4.05%]
3 [4.05%]
3 [4.05%]
2 [2.70%]
1 [1.35%]
7 [9.46%]
11 [14.86%]
0 [0.00%]
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    Posted: July 10 2021 at 03:13
For the purposes of this series of polls I have taken the generally accepted 'Big Six' of prog (whatever our reservations about it), and defined the 'classic era' as being from 1967 to 1979.

This time it's all about the artwork (not the music for once) - I've tried to choose three classic sleeves by each Big Six artist from the classic era.

Please vote for your favourite album art, and comment!
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I have seen loads of big 6 polls, and to be honest, many don't interest me much, but this one is great. I don't remember having seen one like this before, even though in 150 years of PA history it probably exists.

Several iconic candidates here. I tend to prefer what Pink Floyd comes up with even though I do appreciate TAAB, Lizard, some of Roger Dean's work a lot. Vote goes to Dark Side of the Moon.
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Great poll! A lot of amazing album art here.

Love the Genesis album art work, although some people can think its a bit twee.

DSOTM album cover is obviously iconic

But I'm a big Roger Dean fan and love his other worldly concepts.

Relayer is great with its mystical, romantic cover.

Always loved the inside cover of TFTO with the fish swimming across the landscape.

But, for simple genius and pure impact it's got to be the cover of Fragile, with the strange trees growing out of the fracturing globe of the earth. Love it!
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Yep Roger Dean designed many iconic sleeves, as did Hipgnosis for many artists - but strangely their efforts for Yes didn't really work in my opinion.
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[I have no idea what to vote for yet.]
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Brain Salad Surgery is for me, probably the most unique sleeve ever used for any of the 1st gen Prog Rock giants (somewhat ironically, despite their extravagant wealth, HR Giger claimed ELP never paid him for his artwork)
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Stand Up. Opening the LP turned into a pop-up book.
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I think BSS and TAAB are amongst the cleverest designed sleeves of all time (and cannot possibly be replicated with the same effect for CD).
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BSS ahead of ITCOTCK for me.
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Very tough choices!
Had to go with Nursery Cryme. 
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My favorite album cover has always been Stand Up, so it gets my vote.
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Tales is my fav Yes cover---but voted SEBTP---nice painting captures the album.
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Relayer > Tales > Animals >= TaaB
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Stand Up, In The Court, BSS, SEBTP...all great...   hard to choose.
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Stand Up, In The Court, BSS, SEBTP...all great...   hard to choose.


That's precisely why I deliberately didn't allow multiple choice.
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Roger Dean - the epitome of prog sleeve design.

No Moody Blues covers?  Oh sorry, Tull were 'more' prog...
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I'm sticking with the 'alleged' Big Six.
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I forgot to mention Minstrel in the Gallery, which is actually a wonderful cover. Surprised that Stand Up seems to be preferred among those who vote for Tull.
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I was about to vote Relayer, when I remembered the old vinyl fold-out version of Brain Salad Surgery.  That's my pick!
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