VH-1's 50 Greatest Album Covers of All-Time

[A.J.]

Terrible.

50. Hole: Live Through This
49. DMX: Flesh Of My Flesh. Blood Of My Blood
48. The Doors: Strange Days
47. System of a Down: Steal This Album
46. Christina Aguilera: Stripped
45. The Police: Ghost In The Machine
44. Green Day: Dookie
43. Johnny Cash: American recordings
42. The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
41. Aerosmith: Get A Grip
40. Public Enemy: Fear Of A Black Planet
39. U2: Achtung, Baby
38. Beck: Odelay
37. Supertramp: Breakfast In America
36. Van Halen: 1984
35. Dixie Chicks: Home
34. Blink-182: Enema Of The State
33. Ol' Dirty Bastard: Return To The 36 Chambers
32. Rage Against The Machine: Rage Against The Machine:
31. Korn: Issues
30. Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual
29. Marilyn Manson: Mechanical Animals
28. David Bowie: Aladdin Sane
27. Beastie Boys: Licensed To Ill
26. The Black Crowes: Amorica
25. Tupac: All Eyez On Me
24. The Go-Go's: Vacation
23. *NSYNC: No Strings Attached
22. Duran Duran: Rio
21. The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico
20. AC/DC: Back In Black
19. Bruce Springsteen: Born In The U.S.A.
18. Prince: Purple Rain
17. The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
16. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
15. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Street Survivors
14. N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton
13. KISS: Hotter Than Hell
12. No Doubt: Return To Saturn
11. Bob Marley: Catch A Fire
10. Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking
9. Snoop Dogg: Doggystyle
8. The Clash: London Calling
7. The Ramones: The Ramones
6. Led Zeppelin: Houses Of The Holy
5. Madonna: Like A Virgin
4. Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon
3. Nirvana: Nevermind
2. The Who: Who's Next
1. The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers

VH-1's list (http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/67956/episode_about.jhtml)

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[TheMojoPin]

Easily the worst list of ANY kind...EVER. And I usually like music lists. What the fuck was even the point of this? It smacked of desperation.

It made no sense. I watched the special, and most of them seemed to have been picked based on how good the ALBUM was as opposed to the art itself.

BAH.

And nobody's made "album covers" in over a decade. Stop trying to trick us, VH1.

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[who6489]

Easily the worst list of ANY kind...EVER. And I usually like music lists. What the fuck was even the point of this? It smacked of desperation.

It made no sense. I watched the special, and most of them seemed to have been picked based on how good the ALBUM was as opposed to the art itself.


A M E N !!!
Absolute crap! I turned it off after the first few. After reading the list, there are only about 10 that are worthy.
S.O.A.D. "Steal This Album"?!?!? It's pure laziness, and it gets a nod?!
I love The WHO, they're my favorite band, but to have "Who's Next" as number 2!? Why, because they just got done takin' a piss?
Most of their covers were boring, and the only one that would have been worthy was "Tommy".
Yeah, "Dark Side Of The Moon" is a cool cover, but most of their covers are better, esspecially "Wish You Were Here" Hypnosis has done a bunch of great covers, and this was the best they could come up with!?

Why were there no YES covers!? Roger Dean is one of the best album cover artists ever, and NOTHING!!
Wow, they mentioned the band logo. Big whoop!
Hugh Syme wasn't represented either!! He's done numerous great cover art, with RUSH his most worked with band, and nothing!
Where were the IRON MAIDEN, E.L.P., SABBATH, JOURNEY, ZAPPA, and many other overlooked bands whose every cover was great?!

And finally, why in the Hell was "SGT. PEPPER" nowhere to be found!? This is one of the most recognized album covers in history!

Well, I USED to watch VH-1
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Obviously VH1 never saw or heard "Poodle Hat." Hmmmph.




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[A.J.]

39. U2: Achtung, Baby

So this made it and NOT The Stones' "Exile On Main Street"? U2 was obviously influenced by it:

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8. The Clash: London Calling

This made it and Elvis' first album didn't?

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And where the hell is the best Sinatra album cover: "No One Cares"?

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I'm surprised they didn't list The White album.

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[TheMojoPin]

This made it and Elvis' first album didn't?

Actually, they did go out of their way in the special to point out how the album design was paying homage to Elvis'. And besides, The Clash's version is a thousand-billion-zillion times better. Possibly my favorite album cover of all time...

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[CaptClown]

I am just suprised they didn't try to put Meatloaf in there somewhere.

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How about Guns and Roses' "Appetite for Destruction?" The Beatles' "With the Beatles" or Sgt Peppers or "Abbey Road" (all famous)?

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[StupidGirlllll]

I was thinking of the original Bon Jovi "Slippery When Wet"

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3. Nirvana: Nevermind


Wow, what a shock! VH1 has never had a list of any kind that didn't feature Nirvana as number one. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!!!!

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Spinal Tap's "Smell the Glove".
There's none blacker!

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[Heavy]

WHat about the "Butchered at Birth" cover???? Not mainstream but damn that was some good artwork

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I would also put "Tomb of the Mutilated" up here but i think its illegal and certainly wouldnt be recieved well on the board

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[high fly]

Some of my faves, in no particular order, were:
Shhh - Ten Years After (great inside photo)
Party Time - Heptones
London Calling - Clash
Raw Power - Iggy & Stooges (Marilyn Manson fans note the photos of the Mightey Pop on the back cover)

There was one that hardly sold at all put out by the Faces that had a goofy face on it and when you bent the album cover, the eyes would move and the mouth would open and close. Sorry, I can't remember the title. 2 songs were "Borstal Boys" and "Silicone Grown".

The first Eddie and the Hot Rods was a good cover.

Blind Faith - the one with the nude 13 year-old girl on it
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones - I always liked the Spanish edition cover as well as the one everyone knows
Velvet Underground Live 1969 With Lou Reed
Horses - Patti Smith
Weasels Ripped My Flesh! - Zappa

I'd like to see a list of great album covers that were on awful records.

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[curtoid]

Spinal Tap's "Smell the Glove".
There's none blacker!

Now that's funny.

It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.

[El Mudo]

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[Gvac]

My personal favorite would probably be Willie Nelson's "Spirit."

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