10 Greatest Album Covers (Part 1)

Here they are, the 10 greatest album covers ever.


1)The Last Gunfighter Ballad- Johnny Cash - This album was never released on cd, it was only ever put out on vinyl. And that's how I have it, in a big thick square on my wall. The best of them aim right at you, and keep on shooting as you fall.


2)Time Fades Away- Neil Young Another album never released on cd and one of Neil Young's all time greatest ever. From the stage in the 70's, here's what it looked like. This cover always reminds me of the movie Almost Famous. My favorite era; and the last flower of the sixties tossed on stage before the lights go out.

3) Who's Next- The Who They find the monolith that could make them gods, unzip their pants, and make them men. The album itself's a little over rated, (although Baba O'Reilly is a great song), and if I've listened to it a lot it's partly from how great the cover is.


4)The Howlin' Wolf Album- Howlin' Wolf Released in 1969, he apparently didn't like this album because it sounded too psychedelic. He was 59 years old and his best years behind him, and Marshall Chess of Chess records was trying to "modernize" his sound. So there's fuzz and wah wah peddles where there used to be just blues, and Wolf didn't like it and told a Rolling Stone reporter that the album's sound was "dog shit"; and if you're Marshall Chess what do you do? If the music's missing bite give him your throat, let him bite you. The album didn't sell, and he was right, it's not that great; but if Marshall Chess is going to fuck up your sound let him make the cover too.

Continued Next Post