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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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Originally posted by TerLJack TerLJack wrote:

I was about to vote Relayer, when I remembered the old vinyl fold-out version of Brain Salad Surgery.  That's my pick!


If I recall correctly, the flexi-disc promotional single which came stuck to the front of the NME back in the day had a similar sleeve design.
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The woodcut by James Grashow for the Stand Up album is superb. Wish we could vote multiple because there are several great album covers here, including Thick as a Brick's amazingly creative newspaper and the iconic face on ItCotCk.
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

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.

Well....'cover art'...for me that includes the pop up inside......
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Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull (Vinyl)
 
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Always loved Nursery Cryme.
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Gotta go with Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick.
Opening up into a newspaper with articles about Gerald Bostock, absolutely brilliant !

I love many of the others as well, not just for the front face but for the whole package.
So TAAB, followed by In the Court of the Crimson King, Wish You Were Here, Tarkus.
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These are all great, well Pictures less so unless the frames are filled in. Difficult poll!

I had to go with Foxtrot. Bright, happy, complex, hand painted, filled with symbolism, that font! Just what I want my prog album cover to look like. 
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Genesis - Nursery Cryme Smile
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It's got to be Relayer, my favourite cover ever. But there are many great ones on prog, of course, and in general Roger Dean and Hypgnosis are always great, but in particular, the covers for Thick as a Brick, and even more so, Brain Salad Surgery, on their LP versions, are something really special too.
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On a side note, the WYWH cover was shot at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, where I work as a tour guide! I mention it to any professed PF fans on the tour. I did it today in fact, for a guest wearing a Roger Waters 2016 tour shirt.
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1. Relayer
2. ITCoTCK
3. Foxtrot
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first vote for Animals , my favourite album artwork of all time. Battersea Power Station in all it's glory plus a giant inflatable pig. What's not to like?! LOL
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shame there is no vote for Pictures , I've just acquired on vinyl and it looks gorgeous!
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I voted for In The Court of the Crimson King, which towers far above the others as my most favourite album cover of all time, across all genres.

If there were multiple votes allowed, I would have voted for the following, that make up my top five from this list:

1. Court
2. Tales
3. Animals
4. WYWH
5. Foxtrot
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Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull. The artwork is simply amazing and original with its fakes newspaper.
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hard to beat "In the Court".  Second choice would be TAAB but you almost need a separate category for it
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It'll be a tough decision between Pictures at an Exhibition. The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here.

The latter is probably the most aesthetically interesting of the two PF albums, but if you think about it, the message isn't that subtle: The band (as symbolized by the man in flame) is burning up because of the evil record company (symbolised by the other guy who shakes his hand). Not sure why it is shot in the film city in Los Angeles though. Because of the supposed fakeness of the music industry perhaps? Dark Side is probably more convoluted.

Think I'll go with Pictures. I like the idea of empty canvases.

Others I like:
Thick as a Brick

Always found the Court cover a little too much.


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Also like to mention Atom Heart Mother. The cow appears very humorous and ironic considering the musical content of the album.
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Hard to pick only one option, love Giger voted ELP
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