Best looking CD/LP for sleeve & artwork

[geralmar]

Not particularly original; but I've always liked this cover:




This one not as much:

[JBS]

Rhapsody in Blue gets a lot of cover images featuring the Manhattan skyline, but I see only two using bridges

[JBS]

On a completely different topic, here's the cover of Lieberson's King Gesar, based on a legendary Tibetan hero whose life is the focus of what is supposedly the world's longest epic poem.


[It's part of the Sony Peter Serkin Complete Recordings box.]

[geralmar]

Two more appealing "New World" skylines:

[Irons]

Another skyline and one a bit different.

[geralmar]

One attractive New World that avoids cliche:

[Florestan]

This is the best hands down.

[Jo498]

But wouldn't late 19th century transatlantic lines mostly have steamships
I know that there were sailing ships going from Europe to Chile for guano as late as the 1930s or even later but I think the migrant or tourists between Europe and the US in the 1890s would go by steamships.

[Florestan]

But wouldn't late 19th century transatlantic lines mostly have steamships

To me it evokes the original concept of "New World", the Columbus one.   

[Irons]

To me it evokes the original concept of "New World", the Columbus one.   

Good point.

[Irons]

White Night by Edvard Munch, 1901.

[Todd]

That is a fantastic cover.

[Irons]

I own the CD and for the longest time I thought it was an onion on a stick.

Or a pendulum.

[Peter Power Pop]

I'm currently captivated by this cover:

[geralmar]

1955

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[Florestan]

My very favorite, hands down:



Besides fitting the content of the disc to a T, it makes a strong statement. Kudos to whomever designed it.

EDIT: Great music, too!

[geralmar]

Monophonic



I never liked how the "STEREO" banner plastered at the top of so many L.P. albums obscured the artwork:

[geralmar]

Monophonic



Mercury dealt with the issue by simply shoving the image down, losing detail at the bottom:





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[geralmar]

1964

This album cover fascinated me when I was young, wondering how the photographic effects were obtained.  No computer animation back then.