Favourite Album TITLE or ARTWORK

[Jiggz]

This is a bit of an abstract idea. What's your favourite album title or artwork. It doesn't necessarily have to be a band or artist you like, just an album name or album art that appeals to you for some reason.

Obviously if the art and name work well together, all the better.

A couple of mine would be:

Steal This Album - System of a Down

The album design was also clever. It looked like a home copied CD.

And definitely:

Never Trust a Hippy - NOFX

With obvious religious connotations.

Share yours...

NOTE: If NSFW please label as such.

[Gudizere]

I really like the album cover for The Real Thing by Faith No More.

http://www.live-metal.net/200x200fnm.jpg

Haven't a clue why, just do.

[Fodniethan]

I love the Life In Cartoon Motion by Mika album cover. It's just so colourful and awesome:

http://umusicimages.ca/mika/cd_lifeincartoonmotion.jpg

[danthelegend]

In my opinion, this is the greatest album cover of all time. Just because of simplicity and the fact that almost everyone can recognise it.

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40056000/jpg/_40056932_storm.jpg

[jayce]

Choking Victim - No Gods, No Managers

Finger Eleven - The Greyest of Blue Skies

Smackin' Isaiah - The Way to a Girl's Heart is Through Her Boyfriend's Stomach

Strung Out - The Skinny Years Before We Got Fat

Unpaid Debt - Ugly on the Inside

[Mobius]

http://img.verycd.com/posts/0605/post-424937-1148578166.jpg

Probably the most recognizable album cover from Jimi Hendrix.

[Tempest]

The album art for Mudvayne's Lost and Found (http://www.plantstudios.com/gallery/current_release/Mudvayne_lostfound3.jpg) is, I think, amazing. Link because of table breaking.

[Mirrorman]

Wow, Tempes, that is absolutely beautiful.

[Drekorig]

I like the name:
Nursery Crime
by Genesis. Here is a pic
http://hitparade.ch/cdimg/genesis-nursery_crime_a.jpg

[Chocoholic]

Title: Refused's Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent

Artwork:
http://cdn.last.fm/coverart/300x300/3280377.jpg
Blue Scholars - Bayani

[Mr. Pink]

Although the album hasn't yet been released, I have to say The Graduation by Kanye West. Takashi Murakami is by far one of my favorite artists.

[BKS]

Absoultely a huge fan of Pink Floyd, and I must say, Wish You Were Here is an amazing album cover. I even have a shirt with it on it!http://petrovich.nutus.com.ar/Wish%20you%20were%20here.jpg

[gizzalove]

Who will cut our hair when we're gone? by The Unicorns. I like the art for obvious reasons. It's really colorful.
http://www.alien8recordings.com/release_image/name/103/size250/UnicornsCoverRGB.jpg?1154014460
Nine times that same song by Love is all. I don't know why I like it I just do.
http://www.yourstandardlife.com/images/album_love.jpg

[Assassin]

I really like the artworks for Atheist's Unquestionable Presence and Elements, and Axamenta's ever-arch-I-tech-ture

For titles, I don't have any funny ones or something I can think of, but my favorite catchy titles are too many to list

http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/1827/cover_171782005.jpg

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drd700/d700/d70037tuj0c.jpg

http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/2474/cover_504021252006.jpg

[sk8er4life]

i have several favorites. unfortuantely no pics though.

hours-funeral for a friend
dookie-green day
based on a true story-the starting line

[Shmuh]

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
http://indiemuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/wilco_skybluesky_lo.jpg
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/1711.jpg
Muse - Absolution
http://laviedungrobdavien.goldzoneweb.info/Pages/Musique/Images/Muse/Muse_4.gif

And favourite album names:
NIN - [With_teeth]
Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors
Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks, here's the Sex Pistols
Sam Roberts - Chemical City


All I can think of right now... =/

[Vyyescheslav]

http://www.thegoldenbeargroup.com/05/tsoaf/wemustbecome.jpg

[sparta47]

The Mars Volta-De-Loused in the Comatorium and The Doors-Strange Days are the best covers ever.
http://digilander.libero.it/1doors/The_Doors_-_Strange_Days-front.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/The_mars_volta-de_loused_in_the_comatorium-2003-cover.jpeg

[Niki]

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/613FDQ1R8SL._AA240_.jpg
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61M4DGV96GL._AA240_.jpg

[acci_dent]

I agree with legendary Dan, Dark Side of the Moon's cover is brilliant. My personal favorite album cover would have to be from a Yes album. Relayer or Keys to Ascension are good examples. Or Fragile, it's all good.

[Rainbird]

It's not like I have an absolute favorite here, but I think this one is good:
Clawfinger - Use your brain
http://www.rockdetector.com/assets/img/covers/15513.jpg

[thefwf]

http://www.lacoctelera.com/myfiles/martinmmartin/cover-manowar-anthology.jpg



























......Not really

[Commodity]

Thrice's Vheissu is pretty damn awesome.
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/345481.jpg

[thatswhatyourmomsaid]

I love the name

Dear Diary, My Teenage Angst Has A Body Count by From First to Last

great title, fantastic album too

also
Music Pimp$ by Adam and Andrew

there's also
Yours Truly, Angry Mob by the Kaiser Chiefs

plus
Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge by My Chemical Romance.....really great album

I only thought of "Dear Diary, My Teenage Angst Has A Body Count", first, then I went through my iTunes, LOL

[Spiffy13]

Favorite album title has got to be either Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! or United Abominations.

My favorite album cover is South Of Heaven by far: http://mediaportal.ru/uploads/posts/1182341875_kopija_slayer__south_of_heaven_a.jpg

[street_of_boredom]

http://www.symphonyx.hit.bg/pic/Damnation%20game.jpg

Plain awsome.....just like the album..
I find that most of Symphony X's album covers are great and beatiful as their music...
Other album covers I like would be anything by Slayer,Dream Theater and Testament(especially the cover from new world order)

[Benjaman]

I think the best album title is Norman Greenbaum's Album The Eggplant That Ate Chicago. :fmita:
And, of course, favorite album art is Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica. http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/Adimio/TroutMaskReplica-coverart.jpg
It's just so weird. :hmm:

[Idioteque]

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000025558.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\
Radiohead always has such fantastic album art. Just such weird landscapes that make you scan for hours and see new things.

http://www.kitsunenoir.com/blogimages/okcomputer_blog.jpg
This used to be my wallpaper

[Vin]

http://www.13t.org/muzike/imagenes/nine%20inch%20nails%20year%20zero-500.jpg

Year Zero by nine inch nails. Loved the God/alien reference, the hidden tracks which when put into a sonograph looked like the album cover, and the youtube videos to match.

There were also a bunch of websites and phone numbers to build up full story to match the album. Quite interesting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Zero_%28game%29).

[Raxo]

http://servescribbles.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/cunninlynguists.jpg

I really like this album cover from the rap group CunninLynguist's A Piece of Strange. The cover shows the human version of marijuana, Mary Jane (or drugs in general) with their tempting and seducing nature. But it also shows how it leads down a path of wrong with the skulls hidden there. (fucking scrollbar)

It's very pretty and if I could I'd get a poster of this. The cover is basically for the song "Mary Jane" which is a love story about weed being a real girl.

[opn4bzns]

I know someone already posted Absolution, but it's a cool album cover, and here's a nice big version without the logo.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2939/absolutionxt5.jpg
And an alternate version.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8607/museabsolution257766vq4.jpg

Both Arcade Fire's albums have pretty cool covers.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/ArcadeFireFuneralCover.jpg
and
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3865/digital20booklet2020neoox2.jpg

[WTF]

I love Epica's Phantom Agony CD cover and album title, even though they've got nothing to do with each other...
http://www.essentawards.nl/media/fotos_hoofdtekst/foto%20epica.jpg

Also Blind Guardian's Another Stranger Mecover
http://img1.nnm.ru/imagez/gallery/d/3/d/1/5/d3d1597ec02b5b02d9539887d8ebc951.jpg

And last, Kamelot's Epica so cool and related to the album, which is a melodramatic thematic masterpiece:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Kamelot_epica.jpg

[Tweek]

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers is pretty sweet.

http://www.musicjot.com/blogpics/bssmlarge.jpg

[Hats of!]

I like the name:
Nursery Crime
by Genesis. Here is a pic
http://hitparade.ch/cdimg/genesis-nursery_crime_a.jpg

I love you.

But this one is much better.
http://pixhost.eu/avaxhome/avaxhome/2007-10-15/the_lamb_lies_down_on_broadway_Hdefinitive_ed._rem asterO_V_frontCinside.jpg
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

[probablypike]

All the artwork for linkin park [maybe excluding minutes to midnight] is pretty cool...they put a lot of effort into it as a band as well, which you don't see very often.

I also love the name and artwork for the new Hadouken! album, music for an accelerated culture:

http://images.play.com/covers/3432066m.jpg

[UncleDuck2]

I really like the cover and the name of 'Songs For The Deaf' by Queens of The Stone Age

http://www.jambase.com/merch/3146lg.jpg

[blltmssgy]

This is by far my favorite album art:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Winterland1973.jpg

It doesn't appear unless you take the three CD sleeves and open them up and then they create that image. It's really cool.

Also, Bird in a House by Railroad Earth

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000066AV6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Melodeath]

Once was Not by Cryptopsy. Fave one by far
http://www.headbanger.hu/be/htdocs/updir/cryptopsy_oncewasnot_cover.jpg
United Abominations by Megadeth
http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/bestof07/Megadeth-300.jpg
And I like the name: "Hitler Bad, Vandals Good" by the Vandals

[Shagg]

My favorite Album Covers would be:

The Shins "Wincing The Night Away"
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://blogs1.marthastewart.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/07/wincing_cover.jpg&usg=AFQjCNHy_4RaFGvqHwW6WI1AnJbh3FprNQ

Wolfmother "Wolfmother"
http://www.popboks.com/img/albumi/wolfmother.jpg

The Fratellis "Costello Music"
http://img.tesco.com/pi/entertainment/CD/LF/717491_CD_L_F.jpg

and The Vines "Highly Evolved"
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/13974.jpg

I don't really have a favorite album title.

[Jiggz]

I bought Becks 2006 album The Information yesterday, and I must say, the album art, or rather lack thereof, is one of the most innovative things I've ever seen.

You get this:

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/5348/200pxtheinformationsv8.jpg

Then, inside, instead of self-appreciating band pics is an A4 sheet full of random stickers. You can then arrange the stickers however you like, in a sense making your album entirely unique. I decided, however, to stick them all over my laptop.

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/7361/beckinformationur3.jpg

[Pingu]

Reel Big Fish - Monkeys for nothing and the chimps for free
One of my favourite album titles, the cover's pretty good too.

The album cover to the Division Bell by Pink Floyd's also one of my favourites. Hell most Pink Floyd album covers are pretty damn good.

[Hats of!]

I thought I could add some progrock that no-one cares about.

King Crimsons "In the Court of the Crimson King (an observation by King Crimson)" is a great title, as it's cover.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/IntheCourtoftheCrimsonKing.jpg

[fabz]

NOFX -Heavy Petting Zoo

Great Album title and Great artwork (http://caio.ueberalles.net/log/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/nofx_heavy_petting_zoo.jpg).NSfW?

[Ace991]

While I agree with DSotM being one of the greatest album covers, I believe another Pink Floyd album has it beat out:
http://www.zobo.host.sk/pinkfloyd/pulse.jpg

I think my favorite album name would have to be "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

[kellykawaii]

The artwork for "Isn't this supposed to be fun" is one of my favorites. It's so cute and colourful!

Farewell (http://photobucket.com/image/farewell%20album%20cover/kcwest14/farewell-mini-rgb.jpg?o=1)

[Ikin]

Paramore - Riot!:
http://www.davemoran.co.uk/global/music/paramore-riot.jpg
Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather:
http://www.fastatmosphere.com/Merchant2/graphics/en-US/mmui/FOW-TW-lg.gif

[lobster bisque anyone?]

Disturbed-Believe
http://www.dance-lyrics.com/ama/believe_b000069kn8.jpg

Pantera-Vulgar Display of Power
http://www.connollyco.com/discography/pantera/vulgar_hi.jpg

[Soul]

One of my favorite album covers ever is definately Menomena - Friend and Foe there's just so much going on in it that I could stare at it for hours and find something new in it.

http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/menomena_friend_and_foe.gif

One of my favorite album titles is Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever

[Fluzz]

Iron maiden - sactuary single, because i still fucking hate thatcher, I do however enjoy this song.

http://www.zumablog.com/images/120/iron%20maiden%20sanctuary.jpg

Starcastle - citadel, never heard anything by these guys, just enjoy looking at it.

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/resources/classicrock/citadel_hi.jpg

Pink Floyd - Pulse, great album.

http://images.yazzy.org/albums/Backgrounds/pink_floyd_pulse_cover.jpg

[Fixxxer]

Metallica- Master of Puppets

The cover is actually better for track 5 "Disposable Heros" than for the song "Master of Puppets" itself. I just think its very creative artwork and has a lot of little things that tie it all together, like the helmet hanging from the cross, the over grown weeds covering the cemetary, and the puppeteers hands in the background.

http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/les%20goupes/M/Metallica/Master%20of%20Puppets/Master%20of%20Puppets.jpg

[Habitu]

I'm not really sure which one, but Iron Maiden has to have the best covers.

[Vin]

B52s

http://www.mulch.demon.co.uk/b52s/albums/dance/dance.jpg

It has a lobster and a rose.

[MistyTehMoose]

He Poos Clouds by Final Fantasy is my favourite CD title.

[asphysciated_emus]

Don't Download this Song by Weird Al.
Can't see why anyone would want to, the whole thing's trying to persuade you not to.

[Buftoon]

Somewhere out in Space- Gamma Ray
http://www.truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/somewhereoutinspace.jpg
Just love the mix of present and past all being sucked into the black hole, with the reaper watching over.

[PersiaScarecrow]

The album cover for Junkyard by The Birthday Party.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2mzbg2d.jpg

Sick stuff.

[asphysciated_emus]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2314/2170511761_71eee9fe15.jpg?v=0
http://www.stpaulsgallery.com/Images/rsz_pink_floyd_the_wall_hammers_gerald_scarfe.JPG
I suppose the imagery for The Wall is only really cool if you've SEEN The Wall... still.

[Momanmomananam]

Also my current avatar, I love Haste The Day's album "Pressure the Hinges.http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000NA28AC.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V44324717_.jpg
The artwork just looks awesome.

[Ocellatus]

Mastodon's Blood Mountain. The artwork can be appreciated here: http://www.workhardened.com/mastodon/bloodmountain.php

[Metalhead636]

Mastodon's got cool covers in general.

I love Dream Theater's covers.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/Dream_Theater_-_Black_Clouds_%26_Silver_Linings.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Dream_Theater_-_Octavarium.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Dream_Theater_-_Train_of_Thought.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Dream_Theater_-_Awake.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Dream_Theater_-_Images_and_Words.jpg

[PineappleHead]

This has my vote for both. Not necessarily my favorite, but definitely one of them.

John Cale- Vintage Violence

http://i26.tinypic.com/w843gg.jpg

[laugh]

Iron maiden's Fear of the Dark:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iron_Maiden_-_Fear_Of_The_Dark.jpg
Favourite album tittle is Atreyu's Lead Sail Paper Anchor

[ShockWave]

Converge - No Heroes

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/9680-no-heroes.jpg

[AnOddRant]

I like all of the Job for a Cowboy album covers. Doom takes the cake though.
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/1/5/101523.jpg

My all time favorite album cover is It's All Happening by iwrestledabearonce
http://mindequalsblown.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/IWRESTLEDABEARONCE-debut.jpg
(sorry if they're too big)

[RaygunShaun]

Any album cover or album title by Of Montreal for sure.

I mean, who can beat titles like Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? and Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse? Come on, those are awesome.

Hissing Fauna cover:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b289/Ranmala/OfMontreal-HissingFaunaAreYoutheDes.jpg

Skeletal Lamping cover (not exactly NSFW; depends, I guess)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b349/cave-in/skeletallamping.jpg

Of Montreal kick ass.

[Jeftris]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61U%2BowT9BGL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Finch - Say hello to sunshine.
Don't really know why, but I really like this one.