Personally, Innuendo has always been my favourite album cover. Not just of Queen... but any band or artist. I know it's an old Grandville sketch that's been coloured in (Juggler Of Universes), but it's such a striking image. The artwork on the back and for subsequent single releases are all great too.
The Works and NOTW album covers would be up there for me also.
What about you guys?
Harry_queenrecordings · Member since
NOTW album art for sure! MIH is close second.
brENsKi · Member since
not The Works, surely? - that's an extremely unremarkable album cover
from the queen catalog: Queen II (a truly iconic cover), Innuendo, NOTW and The Cross - Mad Bad & Dangerous to know.
as regards other bands easily, far and away one of the best Beatles - Abbey Rd
closely followed by a couple of Yes albums, Rainbow - Rising, Thin Lizzy - Black Rose, Zep - Physical Graffiti, Floyd - DSOTM,
And one just for a perfect description of it's own album title - Status Quo - If You Can't Stand The Heat....
Sue Dounim · Member since
I'm waiting for someone to make a case for A Kind of Magic.
PrimeJiveUSA · Member since
Hot Space features a dynamite album cover as does Live Killers and Sheer Heart Attack. All three are electric and vibrant.
Come to think of it...Jazz is too.
The King Of Rhye · Member since
Good topic! I was pondering starting a thread on this topic a while ago, but never got around to it.....
My favorites......#1 has gotta be Queen II.......simple, memorable, iconic.....I even love the font of the 'Queen logo'...........
Also.....Opera/Races (I lump those two together, cus its basically the same thing, just different colors), for pretty much the same reasons....Hot Space is a good one too...........
Least favorite.............A Kind Of Magic.......too darn cartoony!
I think I could almost put Rainbow in my most AND least favorite lists at the same time............I like the picture of Freddie....and I even like the purple (kinda reminds me of the 1st album!).......but that cheesy 70s-ish font bugs me...........
Too bad that Queen never had a cover done by Roger Dean........that coulda been interesting!
The King Of Rhye · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sue Dounim wrote:[/b]
I'm waiting for someone to make a case for A Kind of Magic.[/QUOTE]
That aint gonna be me!!! lol
Nick Browning · Member since
queen II and news of the world
matt z · Member since
Innuendo. (It's slightly different than the Grandeville)
Then of course the Frank Kelly Freas NEWS OF THE WORLD album.
(Both having been done before their notions of artwork came into things)
ORIGINAL artwork: MADE IN HEAVEN. ... It's beautiful.
A Kind Of Magic was cool. I used to adore the silliness of it. Maybe it was done for commercial appeal like many things were targeted in the 1980's (towards children)
Same artwork on the single... only without the cool spattered paint
tomchristie22 · Member since
News of the World's is unforgettable and creative - I'd say that takes the top spot for me.
The photo used for Queen I is awesome too, Queen II's even more so.
A sort of related question - was the photo used for the cover of Queen II iconic or appreciated at all in itself? Or did it only come to be recognised when it was recreated for the Bohemian Rhapsody film clip?
dEUS · Member since
Live Killers...
ITSM · Member since
News of the World
Opera/Races
pidge123 · Member since
pidge123 · Member since
News of the World for me. I always think that The Game was a strange one, as though it was a rush job, never liked the silver look.
