ROCKS OFF - The Rolling Stones Message Board

Ten Thousand Motels Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 1,797 Gender:	The Coolest album cover ever Apr 30^th, 2009 at 11:57am 1. I guess that goes without saying.... 2. I mean.... I could be wrong. There's aways that possibility.
Back to top	IP Logged

Starbuck

Rocks Off Regular

Offline

Postito, Ergo Sum.

Posts: 4,698
Minneapolis, MN
Gender: male

Re: The Coolest album cover ever
Reply #1 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:01pm

dude.

i know you're unemployed, but shouldn't you spend your money on something besides malt liquor? it makes you post teh suck.

Back to top

"Why would any sane person want to leave Rocks Off? If you have an issue outside of Rocks Off, handle it. When you return it will be as if you never have left. Once you are here-it's expected you stay. Why waste long cultivated posting skills somewhere else? The outside world will not understand." -Nellie

“You assclowns are destroying this nation.” –Riffy

"You can lead a horse to the facts, but you can't make the horse understand the facts if he's a dumbfuck horse stuck on stupid." - Riffy

Posts: 66936 | Registered: Dec 2002

IP Logged

Zack

Rocks Off Regular

Offline

Chiba Face Rules You Bastards!

Posts: 1,727
Dakar
Gender: male

Re: The Coolest album cover ever
Reply #2 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:04pm

Disagree on both, especially IORR which I hate: creepy neo-Nazi imagery is not my cup.

For the Stones, Sticky Fingers or Stripped. For Dylan, BIABH or Desire is much better than that.

Greatest ever: King Crimson 21st Century Schizoid Man comes to mind, Pink Floyd Animals, the Dead American Beauty, The Who Sell Out . . . Zepplein IV fascinated me as a child looking through my older sister's record collection. The peasant with the sticks on his back against the wall of a crumbling tenement.

Back to top

Only a crowd can make you feel so alone.

IP Logged

glencar

Ex Member

Re: The Coolest album cover ever
Reply #3 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:08pm

IORR is cool. I know it was inspired by some Nazi painting but it's not evident just looking at it on its own. Geez, it's been a long time since there was a cool CD cover. Revenge of the SD?

Starbuck, yes, TTM is dull & insipid but if he actually starts a thread that is about music & doesn't include some wacky poll, I'm all for giving him a pass.

Back to top

IP Logged

glencar Ex Member	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #4 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:11pm Can't you find a nice truckstop & get some "work"?
Back to top	IP Logged

Ten Thousand Motels Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 1,797 Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #5 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:30pm A nominee....
Back to top	IP Logged

Ten Thousand Motels Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 1,797 Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #6 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:33pm This one's hard to top.
Back to top	IP Logged

Heart Of Stone

Rocks Off Regular

Offline

Rocks Off Rules

Posts: 4,001
Charlottetown Prince Edward Is
Gender: male

Re: The Coolest album cover ever
Reply #7 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:39pm

"Their Satantic Majestics Request" comes to mind, "Diamond Dogs" (same guy who did IORR, Guy Peellaert Rock Dreams) also Sgt. Pepper, Absolutely Free, We're only in it for the money, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street, Odgen's Nut Gone (small Faces) Cheech & Chong Album covers (they always were creative) 2 Alice Cooper albums-School's Out & Billion Dollar Babies, I know there's others but can't think of them right now.

Back to top

The Rolling Stones ain't just a group, their a way of life-Andrew Loog Oldham.
[URL=http://s6.photobucket.com/user/merrillm123/media/69inLA.jpg.html]

IP Logged

glencar Ex Member	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #8 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:43pm Nirvana's Teen Spirit, some early Dylans, Oasis's Morning glory...
Back to top	IP Logged

rogerriffin Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 398 MEXICO DF. Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #9 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:51pm
Back to top	"Rock`n`Roll, Let`s Go! Keith-Mexico`95 IP Logged

glencar Ex Member	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #10 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:52pm Sorry, Rodge but that's ghastly. Simply ghastly.
Back to top	IP Logged

Saint Sway Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 2,356	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #11 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 12:54pm IORR is my favorite but Sticky Fingers is, in a nutshell, all that is Sex Drugs & Rock N Roll (excuse the pun)
Back to top	"On saturday night we dont go home&&We bacchanal, there aint no dawn"&&&&&&&& IP Logged

Honky Tonk Man Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 2,271 Blackwater, Hampshire Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #12 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 1:49pm Doesn't get much better then their second Decca LP - and, no writing on the sleeve: the imagery says it all.
Back to top	IP Logged

Sioux Rocks Off Regular Offline Brian Jones---Foundation Stone--Golden Stone Posts: 4,176 Virginia, U.S.A. Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #13 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 6:47pm Honky Tonk Man wrote on Apr 30^th, 2009 at 1:49pm: Doesn't get much better then their second Decca LP - and, no writing on the sleeve: the imagery says it all. Amen. Beautiful and snotty at the same time...
Back to top	"When you change with every new day, still I'm going to miss you, Brian" IP Logged

Factory Girl Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 2,194 US Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #14 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 7:24pm Well, I'm partial to Sticky Fingers or Let It Bleed myself. LIB was the first Stones vinyl I bought when I was 13. So, LIB is the winner for the bizarro cake cover.
Back to top	&&Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us. &&Leo Tolstoy && IP Logged

platter Ex Member	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #15 - Apr 30^th, 2009 at 7:35pm the Flowers album cover has long been a favorite of mine. non stones? probably....bob marley's Uprising.
Back to top	IP Logged

Gazza

Unholy Trinity Admin

Offline

Rat Bastid "We piss
anywhere, man.."

Posts: 13,214
Belfast, UK
Gender: male

Re: The Coolest album cover ever
Reply #16 - May 1^st, 2009 at 7:09am

I always thought Let It Bleed was a terrible cover.

The first album that HTM posted above is great. I think it was the first album to NOT have the title or artist's name on it. Pretty groundbreaking for a band issuing their debut album. Sticky Fingers, Exile and Some Girls are amongst the Stones best ones - coincidentally, its their three best albums as well IMO. Most of the recent Stones album covers have been poor - especially the live albums. In the post-vinyl age, it seems to be a lost art (no pun intended)

Odd choice of Infidels for a good Dylan album cover. The early ones are mostly great - especially Freewheelin',, Highway 61 etc.

My fave Dylan ones though are these three :

(two very different moods there!)

Back to top

« Last Edit: May 1^st, 2009 at 7:12am by Gazza »

IP Logged

gimmekeef Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 5,753 Ontario Canada Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #17 - May 1^st, 2009 at 9:41am For me its not even close...The original with the working zipper..And the new open G sound of Brown Sugar to kick it off......
Back to top	ac2stickyfingers.gif (21 KB \| ) "Runnin Like A Cat In A Thunderstorm" IP Logged

Honky Tonk Man Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 2,271 Blackwater, Hampshire Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #18 - May 1^st, 2009 at 9:56am Gazza, that sleeve is for Rolling Stones No 2. This is the debut
Back to top	IP Logged

Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,214 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #19 - May 1^st, 2009 at 10:19am Cheers - I wondered why the 'Decca' logo on the front looked unfamiliar! 'Black and Blue' is a great cover as well. They've rarely looked more threatening. Especially Keith and Charlie, who resembles an east end gangster.
Back to top	IP Logged

nankerphelge Rocks Off Regular Offline Maybe being bad is more fun than being good... Posts: 2,763 Sweet Virginia Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #20 - May 1^st, 2009 at 11:08am Might actually be the hottest cover ever...
Back to top	https://tenor.com/view/biden-falling-joebiden-gif-20924692 IP Logged

lotsajizz Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,790 Rhode Island Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #21 - May 1^st, 2009 at 1:10pm Roxy Music has the best covers....
Back to top	"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." Dr. Johnson. IP Logged

Brainbell Jangler Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,319 Portland, OR Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #22 - May 1^st, 2009 at 8:33pm
Back to top	« Last Edit: May 1^st, 2009 at 8:43pm by Brainbell Jangler » "The ROLLING STONES are more than just a group--they are a way of life."--Andrew Loog Oldham IP Logged

BONOISLOVE Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 869 The world Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #23 - May 1^st, 2009 at 8:50pm
Back to top	IP Logged

Sioux Rocks Off Regular Offline Brian Jones---Foundation Stone--Golden Stone Posts: 4,176 Virginia, U.S.A. Gender:	Re: The Coolest album cover ever Reply #24 - May 1^st, 2009 at 9:01pm I swear, that looks like a Brady Bunch kid...
Back to top	"When you change with every new day, still I'm going to miss you, Brian" IP Logged