New Wave Outpost Forum

There is so much that can be said about album covers, some like them plain, some with band on the cover, some where it tells a story.

Roger Dean cover fron the progressive era show a lot of artistic flair and imagination , see--->
http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/Y/yes.html

There was also the Hipgnosis, Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey "Po" Powell, with thier simple masterpiece Dark Side Of The Moon,
http://pages.eidosnet.co.uk/johnnymoped ... s_art.html

For shock appeal what about Grand Funk's Survival http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/G/ ... vival.html

The New Wave has some classics Joy Divisions Closer, The 3D of The Stranglers' The Raven, Midnight Oils Red Sails In The Sunset.

The above are favourites of mine what are yours? Can you supply links?

Blancmange "Happy Families" one of my fav's
<img src="http://www.pedes.net/covers_cd/happy_families.jpg">

The Damned's "Phantasmagoria" is probably my favorite.

[quote]Originally posted by golfer


There was also the Hipgnosis, Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey "Po" Powell,

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"From the Tearooms of Mars...To The Hell Holes of Uranus" by Landscape.

4AD put out some of my favorites. Go to http://www.fedge.net/~desiderata/4ad20.html and soak it all in.

I've always liked the cvoer for Echo and the B-Men's "Ocean Rain":

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200 ... 1cf3zd.jpg

[quote][i]Originally posted by design_femme[/i]
<br>4AD put out some of my favorites. Go to http://www.fedge.net/~desiderata/4ad20.html and

Definitely Midnight Oil's "Red Sails In the Sunset"
Very striking depiction of Sydney Harbor after being hit by meteors.

sorry, it's not new wave, but the best album cover ever is this muddy waters one:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002 ... ZZZZZ_.jpg
Check out the look on his face, and the name of the album: "Hard again"

IAM SIAM's "She Went Pop"
Total 80's decadence, glitz & glam...[:X]
<img src="http://home.mindspring.com/~waxtraxboy/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/swp1.jpg"

oh god, those 4AD covers were always so striking, gorgeous eye candy...mmmmm.....

Flash and the Pan's frisbee cover was always one I thought was cool.

[quote][i]Originally posted by randy[/i]
<br>Flash and the Pan's frisbee cover was always one I thought was cool.
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this is an easy one for me...
Siouxsie & the Banshees: A Kiss in the Dreamhouse!

-mk-