| fofum 06.10.2014 10:47 |
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 06.10.2014 13:29 |
NOTW album art for sure! MIH is close second. |
| brENsKi 06.10.2014 13:34 |
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 06.10.2014 16:49 |
I'm waiting for someone to make a case for A Kind of Magic. |
| PrimeJiveUSA 06.10.2014 17:12 |
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 06.10.2014 19:24 |
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 06.10.2014 19:25 |
Sue Dounim wrote: I'm waiting for someone to make a case for A Kind of Magic.That aint gonna be me!!! lol |
| Nick Browning 07.10.2014 00:00 |
queen II and news of the world |
| matt z 07.10.2014 00:53 |
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 07.10.2014 01:16 |
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 07.10.2014 02:14 |
Live Killers... |
| ITSM 07.10.2014 02:26 |
News of the World Opera/Races |
| pidge123 07.10.2014 06:19 |
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| pidge123 07.10.2014 06:21 |
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. |
| KJ 07.10.2014 08:09 |
Best: Innuendo artwork Worst: Jazz artwork |
| LucasDiego 07.10.2014 08:29 |
Queen II Innuendo Sheer Heart Attack |
| ili 07.10.2014 08:39 |
I like Queen II, The Miracle, Greatest Hits, Made In Heaven, A Kind of Magic, Greatest Hits II and Queen Forever album covers. I don't really like NOTW, ANATO, ADATR covers. Jazz cover is the one I almost hate. |
| Citizen of Rhye 07.10.2014 10:35 |
Innuendo is my personal favorite, though I also really like Hot Space. News of the World is also great, along with the Family Guy episode about its cover. |
| Chief Mouse 07.10.2014 11:53 |
Queen II, A Night At The Opera, Innuendo. |
| The King Of Rhye 07.10.2014 12:05 |
Citizen of Rhye wrote: Innuendo is my personal favorite, though I also really like Hot Space. News of the World is also great, along with the Family Guy episode about its cover."I've got news for you.........News Of The World!" -- Stewie |
| flash00. 07.10.2014 22:31 |
The Miracle Innuendo Made in Heaven. |
| winterspelt 07.10.2014 22:58 |
My Queen favorites: Albums: Queen II News of the World Live Killers Live Magic Made in Heaven Singles: Who Wants to Live Forever A Kind of Magic Im Going Slightly Mad If I had to choose, my all time number 1 would be a tie between: *Q II - When I was a kid I remember I found it so enigmatic! *NOTW - I found very creepy and disturbing watching the guys being killed by a giant robot! *Live Magic/Killers: It may be just me but I could "feel the energy" of a concert coming from the cover. (I was 12, guys, dont make fun of me!) *MIH: I remember when I saw the cover, I was working on a record store, as soon as I saw it, I felt a weird nostalgia and sadness... The band with the WORST album covers, in my opinion, is Riot. Not even crappy punk, ultra super undergroung black metal or weird japanese bands come close to Riot. They are the kings of the worst album covers! |
| tomchristie22 08.10.2014 05:12 |
winterspelt wrote: Singles: Who Wants to Live Forever A Kind of MagicAs in the ones with the Highlander photos? |
| people on streets 09.10.2014 11:59 |
Live Magic. Very David Hockney. Singles: Princes of the universe (Australia) |
| winterspelt 09.10.2014 20:14 |
tomchristie22 wrote:Yup.winterspelt wrote: Singles: Who Wants to Live Forever A Kind of MagicAs in the ones with the Highlander photos? I love them. |
| brucifer 10.10.2014 14:12 |
My have is Queen II (which is also my favourite album of all time). It's just so iconic. I feel Queen put out some wonderful album covers right up until Made In Heaven. I thought they were all very creative in different ways and eye-catching. Some of the compilation covers in the past 10 years or so could have been a lot better. |
| Holly2003 10.10.2014 15:33 |
News of the World Greatest Hits ANATO ADATR Livekillers SHA Jazz |
| The King Of Rhye 10.10.2014 16:20 |
They're pretty darn basic, but I always liked the Greatest Hits (92 Hollywood Records version) and Classic Queen/Greatest Hits II artwork............the classic logo, cool-looking font (I seem to have this font fetish...lol)..........there ya go! Last person mentioned the SHA cover.............ugh, thats probably one of my LEAST favorites......... |
| PrimeJiveUSA 11.10.2014 12:19 |
@winterspelt I wouldn't even begin to laugh at your listing of Live Killers. It's definitely one of *my* personal favorites. Vibrant and powerful. Not only do I think it's one of *Queen's* best album covers...I would go as far as saying it is one of the best album covers from *anybody*. |