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Points: 4202 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 20 2008 at 04:25
^Except for the excellent cover of Lizard, I agree. Islands is ok, In the Court... is awful, and In the Wake... even worse.
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^^^ I actually really like the covers for In The Court through Islands, but usually looking at the entire cover (front AND back) together is better.

Lizard has fun illustrations in each letter; it reminds me of Scheherazade (by Renaissance).

Islands looks like the cover for (what should be) the perfect space-rock album...
   
I'd agree their fifth, Earthbound, is ugly though. And if you count Larks' Tongues as the fifth, it's not really anything special, but not bad.
Again, it's all about personal "tastes"....

Fun discussion though!


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Originally posted by ClassicRocker ClassicRocker wrote:


^^^ I actually really like the covers for In The Court through Islands, but usually looking at the entire cover (front AND back) together is better.Lizard has fun illustrations in each letter; it reminds me of Scheherazade (by Renaissance).Islands looks like the cover for (what should be) the perfect space-rock album...    I'd agree their fifth, Earthbound, is ugly though. And if you count Larks' Tongues as the fifth, it's not really anything special, but not bad.Again, it's all about personal "tastes"....Fun discussion though!


Agree with the Crimson's covers...
Lizard is quite good, even though nothing special.
In the Court is great, really fits with the name of the album.
Islands I totally agree with you...
Lark's...: isn't special, rather weak but not ugly.
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Originally posted by Agemo Agemo wrote:

It has been discussed a few more times, but here's an article that might interest you: Decorate thine façade with resplendent self-seriousness: 18 particularly ridiculous prog-rock album covers (http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/decorate_thine_facade_with/1).
 
I think they could have done a better job, there are far more ridiculous prog album covers to be found (altough Tormato is a good choice), for instance Hinten from Guru Guru. What do you think?


I love the cover art for Broadsword and the Beast and Leftoverture, so while I don't agree with the reviewer's assessment of each, I do understand why he would dump on them.
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Well, I agree with most everything in the article. Even the covers I love are, of course, totally ridiculous. Yeah, of course, deeper meanings and such abound, but that is besides the point. Naked dude walking on a brain is ridiculous regardless of the psychological interpretation. You aren't a progger, and you walk past it in  music store, what do you think, seriously?

People need to lighten up. This guy isn't a prog hater, he actually knows the albums, as you should be able to pick up reading the article...

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In the court of the crimson king is one of my faves of all time!!
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Originally posted by ClassicRocker ClassicRocker wrote:


I'd agree their fifth, Earthbound, is ugly though...
Again, it's all about personal "tastes"....

Fun discussion though!


You're right about taste, I love Earthbound's cover (none more black!).

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Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Broadsword and the Beast is definitely on of the best prog album covers, IMO.


You're joking, right? I've always felt BROADSWORD was when the band went over the top and adopted the style of a third-rate Metal band...
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Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:


Btw: My alltime favorite progcover is Nursery Cryme, though. Dispite its clumsyness and naivety, its got an unique atmosphere that's been haunting me ever since i first saw, and bought it. 


A unique atmosphere - that's precisely what it is. And the same goes for Foxtrot: conventional beauty wasn't intended, but the mood is dreamlike.
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How exactly is the 'De-Loused' cover bad? I enjoy that cover very much. Same goes for the 'Script' artwork. Ouch
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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2008 at 17:17
Originally posted by fuxi fuxi wrote:

Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Broadsword and the Beast is definitely on of the best prog album covers, IMO.


You're joking, right? I've always felt BROADSWORD was when the band went over the top and adopted the style of a third-rate Metal band...


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Points: 2488 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2008 at 18:30
Well, give me DIESEL AND DUST, any time!
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Originally posted by fuxi fuxi wrote:

Well, give me DIESEL AND DUST, any time!
 
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Points: 7341 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 23 2008 at 14:48

The Camel one is my favorite. LOL

And Tarkus is really horrible. But Nursersy Cryme and In the Court... probably don't belong on there at all.
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Points: 23 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2008 at 14:23
I don't know if they are prog but at the least they are prog related since Trevor Rabin was in the band..
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Points: 164 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2008 at 22:46
I know this is only related tangentially, but has anyone seen the Pink Floyd album cover for Relics, with the weird, voodoo-like head with double eyes? 

That one freaks me out seriously, even today.



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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2008 at 10:50
I know that this is going to tick some or all people off here but, isn`t prog itself ridiculous ? I`ve been listening to progrock since I was a kid back in the early seventies and ever since I`ve  had to put up with ribbing from everyone from my friends at high school to my wife`s classical musician friends.
Nonetheless, the one on the guy`s list I really have to disagree with is the Script For A Jester`s Tear cover. All the Fish era covers in my opinion are great.
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Points: 1119 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2008 at 11:46
I would have loved to see some of our Finnish bands mentioned, for example Wigwam with Being especially the extended back cover which I can't find a picture of, and then Haikara's debut album under the name Haikara too:

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Points: 1594 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 27 2008 at 08:48
Originally posted by Nuke Nuke wrote:

Originally posted by A B Negative A B Negative wrote:





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