cool album covers

I looked up some album covers i liked (and some of my personal faves) as research for creating my final cover. I wrote a little about each one and why i like it to try and identify what makes them appeal to me.

This is one of my favourite albums of all time, Sunshine Underground's second album, Nobody's Coming to Save You. I like the design a lot, it seems industrially themed and has an almost communist Russia propaganda feel, or maybe art deco influences. Either way i think it's a really cool design and the colour pallette works really well.

I found this on a website of greatest album covers and it really caught my eye. Such a simple shot/idea yet very iconic. And i think that's why i like it, simple yet effective. I can imagine the shoot that produced this artwork was probably wrapped up in well under an hour.

Another cover that caught my eye is Starting Line's Direction. Again a very simple idea but it works really well and is immediately recognisable. I like the way the ground frames the edge of the album and how if i look at it full screen i find i unconsciously tilt my head to the side to try and see it the right way up. The blue and yellow work really well too, this is a great cover.

Another one of my favourite albums, and my favourite album cover ever. It's very arty and meaningful, the title and haunting image work together really well. The man with the gas mask (which implies to me that the world has been the subject of some kind of devastation like nuclear war) looks up in desperation at the figures flying above. Whether they be the cause of the destruction or the saviours of mankind leaving the fallen behind i haven't decided, all i do know is it is very thought provoking.

 This had to be on my list of favourite album covers. It's a great album and such an iconic cover and yet the photo itself was taken very quickly and not even focused properly. Maybe that's why it appeals so much as it adds to the gritty, punky feel of the album.

Another one of my own albums that i pretty much bought just because it looked good. The image is made up of many photographs of the same type of object (gas storage thing) layered over one another. The effect is really cool and i am going to try it myself once i have decided what kind of structure to use. The colour scheme really finishes it off with a sickly, toxic yellow smog colour which compliments the gas storage thing.

Finally i chose the White Stripe's Elephant album cover. I love it because it's a simple studio shot but really well thought out. I am seeing a theme here with my favourite covers and that is simplicity (apart from one or two). I think it stands out mainly because of all the red but also because there's little details that keep you looking at it while you figure it out.