https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/Blackstar_album_cover.jpg
― niels, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 08:32 (eight years ago) link
http://noquarter.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Chris-Forsyth-The-Rarity-of-Experience-1200px.jpg
― nomar, Tuesday, 26 January 2016 08:34 (eight years ago) link
http://images.musictimes.com/data/images/full/53733/st-lucia-matter.jpg
― lute bro (brimstead), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 08:43 (eight years ago) link
I was gonna post that Christ Forsyth
another repost from the 2015 thread:
Roly Porter - Third Lawhttp://cdn.self-titledmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Roly_Porter-third-law.jpg
Bombino - Azelhttp://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/as/bombino-azel.jpg
RJD2 - Dame Fortunehttp://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/RJD2-Dame%20Fortune%20jpeg%20cover%202.jpg
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 08:48 (eight years ago) link
http://s0.limitedrun.com/images/1157585/v600_cak111_prince_rama_xtreme_now_900.jpg
― lute bro (brimstead), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 09:00 (eight years ago) link
(st lucia - matter, prince rama - xtreme now)
― lute bro (brimstead), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 09:01 (eight years ago) link
Was kinda hoping that was a new Prince album called Rama
― stupid children forever (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 10:35 (eight years ago) link
http://echoempire.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Kaitlyn-Aurelia-Smith-EARS-Artwork.jpg
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears
― nomar, Thursday, 4 February 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link
her last one was very cool too
― marcos, Thursday, 4 February 2016 22:20 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zBxe4bq.jpg
lonely guy just thinking baout things inside a Myst game
― ciderpress, Friday, 5 February 2016 16:09 (eight years ago) link
This fuuuuuckin garbage
http://i67.tinypic.com/21oq52w.png
Had to see that album cover every day at work for months now (it's always on the front page of our one-stop's website), want to buy a copy just to burn it.
― we salute you, our half-inflated dark lord (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 8 February 2016 19:14 (eight years ago) link
aaaargh agree, it's the most offensive cover this year
mods plz hide img
― niels, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 13:50 (eight years ago) link
ok lol
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 13:54 (eight years ago) link
What's wrong with that cover? I think it's funny.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 9 February 2016 13:58 (eight years ago) link
Feeling these:
Skewbi & Head Dress - Aglanthahttps://f1.bcbits.com/img/a2451836814_10.jpg
Rüfüs (du Sol) - Bloomhttp://images.musictimes.com/data/images/full/51701/rufus-du-sol-bloom.jpg
― Assault Mime (Sanpaku), Friday, 26 February 2016 19:42 (eight years ago) link
this one's great
http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/m83_junk_3600x3600.jpg
― niels, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 10:12 (eight years ago) link
I've been following the guy who did that RUFUS cover on tumblr for a while. Lots of people have started going to him for cover art.
http://jackvanzet.tumblr.com/
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 13:52 (eight years ago) link
Moomin - A Minor Thought https://cdn.xlr8r.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Smallville_LP11_Moomin_Cover_Web.jpg
― davey, Thursday, 3 March 2016 09:01 (eight years ago) link
or ratherhttps://cdn.xlr8r.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Smallville_LP11_Moomin_Cover_Web.jpg
― davey, Thursday, 3 March 2016 09:02 (eight years ago) link
http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/FAQ2album.jpg
― ogmor, Friday, 4 March 2016 11:19 (eight years ago) link
https://assets.boomkat.com/spree/products/329236/large/804297826011_T25995052790054.jpg
Mary Lattimore - At The Dam
― François Pitchforkian (NickB), Saturday, 5 March 2016 18:45 (eight years ago) link
Santana - Santana IV
https://cbsradionews.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/santana-iv.jpg
― lute bro (brimstead), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 20:13 (eight years ago) link
m83s really doubling down on that crepey peter pan lost boys vibe from the last album eh
― ﷽ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 20:18 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/a8sC1S4.png
The Fall - Bingo Masters At The Witch Trials
― drive me to a girly rave (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 10 March 2016 13:58 (eight years ago) link
so many limbs that don't seem to belong to anyone
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Thursday, 10 March 2016 14:41 (eight years ago) link
a lot of these are dreadful
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
tellytubby riot cop wtf. that looks ugly as sin
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:20 (eight years ago) link
Skewbi & Head Dress looks cool tho. Prince Rama cover is mesmerizing
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:21 (eight years ago) link
The Fatima Al-Qadiri is a Josh Kline artwork. I agree that it's not very good, though (v Banksy "make u think"). Still reckon the album will be cool.
― emil.y, Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:26 (eight years ago) link
Maybe the teletubby cop is popopo?
― François Pitchforkian (NickB), Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:46 (eight years ago) link
(Or is that the joke? )
― François Pitchforkian (NickB), Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:49 (eight years ago) link
https://f1.bcbits.com/img/0006635233_10.jpg
Mikael Seifu - Zelalem
― marcos, Thursday, 10 March 2016 19:07 (eight years ago) link
hahahahahaha whoa xpost
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 10 March 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
huge bummer about the Fatima Al-Qadiri, when the cover is that bad i am not inclined to listen
― marcos, Thursday, 10 March 2016 19:10 (eight years ago) link
nope
http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/unnamed%20%2849%29.jpg%3Fwmode%3Dtransparent
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 10 March 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
trying again:
http://https%3A//consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/garbage-strange-little-birds-album-new.jpg%3Fw%3D806%26h%3D806
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 10 March 2016 19:18 (eight years ago) link
well whatever, it's the new Garbage cover.
genuinely surprised someone hasn't released an album cover yet w a broken image link
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 10 March 2016 20:30 (eight years ago) link
it could be like the white album and just have that little symbol in the corner like the album cover failed to load
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 10 March 2016 20:31 (eight years ago) link
http://screamermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Soul-Asylum-Change-of-Fortune.jpg
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 10 March 2016 20:43 (eight years ago) link
Oh man a couple of days ago I was brushing my teeth before going to bed and out of nowhere I had a sudden intense memory that Soul Asylum was a band that existed.
― joygoat, Thursday, 10 March 2016 21:02 (eight years ago) link
how did it make you feel?
― ogmor, Friday, 11 March 2016 11:45 (eight years ago) link
http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Azealia-Banks-SLAY-Z-2016.jpg
― niels, Thursday, 31 March 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
http://royalpotatofamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cover-art-1.jpg
― Mordy, Friday, 8 April 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61q1dbs3t5L.jpg
CCR Headcleaner - 'Tear Down The Wall'
― reader, if you love him so much why don't you marry him? (DJ Mencap), Friday, 15 April 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
so this has become a joke thread, right?
― Keks + Nuss (contenderizer), Friday, 15 April 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
notable can mean a variety of things
― Mordy, Friday, 15 April 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
grand puba - black to the futurehttp://www.undergroundhiphop.com/store/covers_original/IHHP546CD.jpg
― lute bro (brimstead), Friday, 15 April 2016 22:22 (seven years ago) link
(cover connection)
ace frehley - origins 1
http://assets.blabbermouth.net.s3.amazonaws.com/media/acefrehleyorigins1cd.jpg
― lute bro (brimstead), Friday, 15 April 2016 22:26 (seven years ago) link
XP: So disappointed this wasn't Detroit Grand Pubahs.
― Unyielding Dispair Foundation Repair, LLC (Sanpaku), Friday, 15 April 2016 22:26 (seven years ago) link
good onemakes u wish it was bigger
― niels, Friday, 26 August 2016 23:17 (seven years ago) link
that is excellent
― brimstead, Friday, 26 August 2016 23:26 (seven years ago) link
new vince staples cover photo gives me a hearty chucklehttp://www.tinymixtapes.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/Article_Width/1608/vince-staples-prima.jpg
― davey, Monday, 29 August 2016 10:18 (seven years ago) link
https://s3.amazonaws.com/delivery.midheaven.com/c/135564/images/604197114818.jpg
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 29 August 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
two new live bill orcutt/chris corsano tapes continuing their tradition of excellent album covershttp://www.forcedexposure.com/App_Themes/Default/Images/product_images/close_up/p/PAL044LP_CU.jpg
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 30 August 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
vince staples cover is so so bad and it a dumb trope used in like the corniest of advertisements and has been for years
― marcos, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 15:53 (seven years ago) link
xp that's a top notch cover
― ogmor, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 10:15 (seven years ago) link
http://2814.dreamcatalogue.com/cover.gif
― Mordy, Thursday, 1 September 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
Huh. I know the album, but how does that cover work--is it just for the digital editions?
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Thursday, 1 September 2016 02:01 (seven years ago) link
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― Mordy, Thursday, 1 September 2016 02:04 (seven years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/La_Femme_Mystere_album.jpgLa Femme - Mystère
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 2 September 2016 07:15 (seven years ago) link
I guess the hidden vagina is intentional?
― Tuomas, Friday, 2 September 2016 08:19 (seven years ago) link
I'd think so, yeah.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 2 September 2016 08:34 (seven years ago) link
"Hidden"
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 2 September 2016 09:08 (seven years ago) link
http://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2344318842_10.jpg
whatever the thinking behind this I appreciate it
― aromantic cuck (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 3 September 2016 07:42 (seven years ago) link
soul jazz tribute/piss-take?
― brimstead, Saturday, 3 September 2016 08:43 (seven years ago) link
yeah. why someone'd choose to do that for a compilation of crusty underground metal bands escapes me but it made me smile so
― aromantic cuck (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 3 September 2016 09:29 (seven years ago) link
http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Laura-Mvula-The-Dreaming-Room-2016.jpg
― Ludo, Saturday, 3 September 2016 10:58 (seven years ago) link
http://www.anp-archief.nl/attachment/109971
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 3 September 2016 11:11 (seven years ago) link
Haha
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 19:40 (seven years ago) link
Connoisseur and Brainoil rule. OK, back to regularly scheduled thread.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 6 September 2016 23:24 (seven years ago) link
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/14310301_10154186552304681_2792569586934503660_o.jpg
― savvinesslessness (map), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 22:45 (seven years ago) link
janky japanese translations still big in 2k16. i dig the graphx tho
― davey, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 03:05 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/nycH0BN.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 05:00 (seven years ago) link
Love the color scheme and fonts on this
http://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2015/10/bs235_frkwater_cvr-640x640.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 08:46 (seven years ago) link
http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kings-of-Leon-Walls-2016-2480x2480.jpg
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 13 October 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
Cute typography...http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Tove-Lo-Lady-Wood-2016-2480x2480.jpg
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 28 October 2016 09:06 (seven years ago) link
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2485387565_10.jpg
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 28 October 2016 10:21 (seven years ago) link
http://communicatingvessels.com/wp-content/uploads/WRAY_Hypatia_cover2-400x400.jpg
― Blood On The Knobs, Friday, 28 October 2016 15:28 (seven years ago) link
^ Wray - Hypatia
convextion - 2845
https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000177768606-eb4pgk-t500x500.jpg
looks like one of those 90s ambient comps on Apollo
― brimstead, Friday, 28 October 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
https://cdn.xlr8r.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Pirotecnia_Vol_2_digital-770x770.jpg
Pirotecnia Vol. 2
― soref, Thursday, 3 November 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
Tinashe - Nightride:http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2016/11/tinashe-nightride.jpg
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 4 November 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link
That cover is amazing and disturbs me.
Hope I didn't miss this one above - Altered Hours "In Heat Not Sorry." I like it.
http://i67.tinypic.com/14l2j4.jpg
― Lawsonomy Domine (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 14 November 2016 04:44 (seven years ago) link
Ok. That is ace.
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Tuesday, 15 November 2016 09:27 (seven years ago) link
The Maghreban, Brooklynhttp://thebluewalrus.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/the-maghreban-brooklyn.jpg
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Tuesday, 15 November 2016 09:30 (seven years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/StonesBlueandLonesome.jpg
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 21 November 2016 20:39 (seven years ago) link
bring back gorilla
― nashwan, Monday, 21 November 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link
loon and blowsome
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 01:39 (seven years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/87/Awaken%2C_My_Love%21.jpg/480px-Awaken%2C_My_Love%21.jpg
Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!"
― nashwan, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 11:27 (seven years ago) link
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/here_are_the_17_worst_album_covers_of_the_year-2016_in_lists
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
xp that is awesome
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Tuesday, 29 November 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2016/12/tim-darcy.jpg
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 8 December 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
https://d3kdsn8w8659vg.cloudfront.net/Images/ExtraLarge/20160906041808-1825e1e4-ad80-4092-a033-b30db385f57e.png
― wanderly braggin' (seandalai), Friday, 9 December 2016 01:10 (seven years ago) link
Desperately fending off glittery plunger attack
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 9 December 2016 01:52 (seven years ago) link
it's an occupational hazard
― wanderly braggin' (seandalai), Friday, 9 December 2016 09:32 (seven years ago) link
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0287150878_5.jpg
<3 connan mockasin
― davey, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 09:44 (seven years ago) link
er, here:
is there a 2017 thread
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
Noteworthy album covers of 2017
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link