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Old 06-02-2009, 03:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Prog album covers

Sure, when they're bad, they're really bad.

But when they're good, they're epic.

There's several great album cover artists associated with the genre, mainly the Hipgnosis gang (most notably Storm Thorgerson) and Roger Dean.

So anyway, post some of your favorites.

Some of mine.




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Old 06-02-2009, 06:11 AM   #2 (permalink)
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The full sleeve for In the Land of Grey and Pink is so cool!

The full UK art for the Octopus sleeve is also good .. of course, it's by Mr. Dean.



Seldom mentioned on MB is Matching Mole, Robert Wyatt's band after he left Soft Machine (Mathing Mole is a pun on "Machine Molle" which basically means "soft machine" in french). They have a couple of good albums with sweet covers

This is the 1972 debut :



This is their second album released the same year :

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Capability Brown's From Scratch has always seemed so nice to me:


I've also always loved the cover for Lizard.
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Old 06-02-2009, 06:32 AM   #4 (permalink)
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For me Magnum had some fantastic covers:



OK It's like a rip off LOTR but it's such an intimate and warm cover with the browns and oranges.



I like the composition here. There are 3 things vying for your attention yet nothing detracts from another and that city just looks so magical and elusive.



This is the full cover from Magnum's Mirador. The relative lack of colour works brilliantly here and is seemingly simple yet looking closer it is incredibly layered.
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Here's a couple prog. covers I consider pretty damn awesome! = D









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Wow, some really good ones. Those Magnum ones are epic.
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That Klatuu is bloody awesome! not heard it either!

I am going for relatively generic ones but hey ho:



I wanted the full gatefold of this for better perspective but couldn't find it. I love the 'bedsit' vibe of the cover and the reflection in the mirror is sublime.



It doesn't immediately strike you but I spent many a day in my youth poring over the small details on this album.



Just seems to fit their lush, gentle, pastoral compositions and quintessentially English.
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I like Moody Blues' In Search of the Lost Chord ..



And I like this :



.. Alright, so I like the album art. So what?

(And who doesn't secretly like Dust in the Wind anyways?)
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