yep
kanye wests new one is mint i agree but amy wine house as took my mind coz it’s pretty good.

oh and mika’s one is the bomb

Picnic with Zombies-Welcome to the picnic

KMFDM-SYMBOL

N.W. A.-straight outta compton

NIN - Year Zero

Covers that made me look twice in 2007:
In Rainbows
Neon Bible
Kala
Because of the Times
Gagagagaga
Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever- great cover, great title, great album
Liars
Our Love to Admire
Random Spirit Lover
The Reminder
The Sheperd’s Dog

Of Montreal - Hising Fauna, Are YOu The Destroyer: I like the use of positive and negative space, and the mosaic of color. Maybe not art museum stuff, but eye-catching.

Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times: A smashing light bulb is symbolic of the quickly fading light in the modern world, or it just looks pretty.

Menomena - Friend And Foe: I want to frame this cover and put it on my wall. It is just very fun to look at, that is all.

NIN - Year Zero
NIN - Y34RZ3ROR3M1X3D
The Killers - Sawdust

How about the new Angels and Airwaves album I-Empire. That shit was designed by he same guy that did the star wars covers. Nothin beats fuckin star wars.

Korn-Untitled it’s amazing,dark,detailed,and most of all it’s HAND DRAWN!!!!its not done with shitty computer like arcade fires album cover or any other album cover.

nin: year zero
bjork: volta

WILCOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

1) NIN — YEAR ZERO
2) Radiohead — In Rainbows
3) Wilco — Sky Blue Sky
4) Bjork — Volta

The Liars cover is pretty sweet

QOTSA: Era Vulgaris…sweeeet cover
Arcade Fire: Neon Bible, enough said
Born To Runner Up: Herby Unleashed, what an awesome cover
Kanye West: Graduation…just a cool looking cover

Mika “Life In Cartoon Motion”
Feist “The Reminder”
Hard-Fi “Once Upon A Time In The West”
Lily Allen “Alright, Still”
Bjork “Volta”

My three best:

3. Fratellis- Costello Music

2. Arcade Fire- Neon Bible

1. Sky Blue Sky

Bloc Party- A Weekend in the City

Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nghitmare

ghostface’s album is probably the worst pick this magazine has made on any list this year (and you guys always make terrible picks, so thats saying something)

Heres the first ones that came to my mind

Tomahawk- Anonymous
Sonata Arctica- For the Sake of Revenge (its hilarious)
Type O Negative- Dead Again
Teagen and Sara- The Con
Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
Bright Eyes- Motion Sickness (live recordings)
The White Stripes- Icky Thump

Tomahawk- Anonymous

Sonata Arctica- For the Sake of Revenge (its hilarious)

Teagen and Sara- The Con

Queens of the Stone Age- Era Vulgaris

Bright Eyes- Motion Sickness (live recordings)

Arcade Fire- Neon Bible

The White Stripes- Icky Thump

Tomahawk- Anonymous

Sonata Arctica- For the Sake of Revenge (its hilarious)

Teagen and Sara- The Con

Queens of the Stone Age- Era Vulgaris

Bright Eyes- Motion Sickness (live recordings)

Arcade Fire- Neon Bible

The White Stripes- Icky Thump

Sonata Arctica- For the Sake of Revenge (its hilaious)

Arcade Fire- Neon Bible

Queens of the Stone age- Era Vulgaris

Bright Eyes- Motion Sickness (live recordings)

Tomahawk- Anonymous

Teagen and Sara- The Con

Puscifer- V is for Vagina

What’s up with all these people choosing “Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!”???? That cover sucks. It must be one and the same person who’s choosing this album cover because it’s definitely does not belong on this list.

The League Bowlers- Some Balls.

(remember when art work was creative & important?)

of course now it’s like designing a postage stamp…but there are still some gems, Wilco, Neil Young, Kings of Leon, but my kids just put the CD in a wallet and toss the cover like gum wrappers…

Billy Corgan thinks he’s real deep with his album cover with Paris that’s supposed to be some kind of comment about our society.

What an arrogant washed-up dick!

. . . how about Kayne and Billy Corgan for their shitty covers!

. . . and the music? don’t get me started!

“I need to kill someone . . .”

Growing Pains…Hot Album & Cover I love it the Queen is @ it Again…I love her.

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
Kanye West - Graduation
Radiohead - In Rainbows

No one should be allowed to say such things so put it up and get out of my way!!!

Radiohead-In Rainbows
Smashing Pumpkins-Zeitgeist

the shins - wincing the night away

dinosaur jr - beyond

spoon - ga ga ga ga ga

battles - mirrored

nine inch nails - year zero

Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
Straylight Run - The Needles The Space
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Chick Corea and Bela Fleck - The Enchantment
The Almost - Southern Weather (not my kind of album, but beautiful cover)

silversun pickups

MIKA - Life In Cartoon Motion

bloc party- a weekend in the city

um i’d have to say

bloc party- a weekend in the city

nine inch nails- year zero (rolling stone should have given this a better review!)

bloc party- a weekend in the city(great cover)

white stripes- icky thump (have they gone country)

yeah i agree

serj tankian- elect the dead

bloc party- weekend in the city

the fratellis- costello music

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!

bloc party- a weekend in the city

saul williams- the inevitable rise and liberation of niggy tardust!

Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara

marilyn manson eat me drink me

PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Led Zeppelin - Mothership

QOTSA-era vulgaris
the good the bad and the queen-the good the bad and the queen

Guns N’ Roses- Appetite For Destruction

Ummm, what’s that? 2007?

OOOhhh! Okay, never mind! Oh fuck! That’s 1991! Damn it, Jim!

The Shins album cover jumps out at you.
The Good the Bad & the Queen.
Neon Bible- Arcade Fire
Shepherds Dog- Iron & Wine (evil looking puppy with the yella eyes..)

Queens of the Stoneage- “Era Vulgaris”. Brilliant artwork.

Big Doe Rehab? Graduation?
great music/awful covers

Top 5:
1.Friend or Foe- Menomena (I can’t believe this wasn’t mentioned yet. you have to own the album to appreciate the creative design.)
2.Cassadaga- Bright Eyes (once again you have to own the album)
3.Strawberry Jam- Animal Collective
4.Neon Bible- Arcade Fire
5.Mirrored- Battles

The In Rainbows packaging sounds unique and worth mentioning as well as The Cool by Lupe Fiasco.

Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab? WTF??????

This one looks like a SNL sketch!

RS is so predictable. You focus on the same artists constantly.

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!

Definitely Neon Bible.

mother ship

band of horses - cease to begin

no art cover this year evokes the music on the album quite like this one. (well maybe kanye as well)

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!

Battles - Mirrored

tiger army- music from regions beyond
dropkick murphys- the meanest of times

The Go Team “Proof Of Youth”
Interpol “Our Love To Admire”
Kings Of Leon “Because of The Times”
Justice “Cross Album”
Dizzee Rascal”Maths and English”
Ghostface killah”the big Doe Rehab”
Duran Duran”Red Carpet Massacre”

Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre

nin-year zero
marilyn manson-eat me drink me
qotsa-era vulgaris

Bright Eyes–Cassadaga
Arcade Fire–Neon Bible
Against Me!-New Wave
Les Savy Fav–Let’s Stay Friends
Animal Collective–Strawberry jam

Justice - (Cross)
Kanye West - Graduation
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Queens Of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!
Black Light Burns - Cruel Melody

Nine Inch Nails…Year Zero.
The whole damn booklet is rad.

Probably a very unpopular pick, but I loved Springsteen’s cover. A great photo of a great face.

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero

Nine inch nails - Year Zero

Talib Kweli
“Ear Drum”

Sean Price
“Jesus Price Superstar”

Little Brother
“Getback”

Ghostface Killah
“The Big Doe Rehab”

Jay Z
“American Gangster”

Jill Scott
“The Real Thing: Words & Sounds Vol. 3″(looking as damn sultry as ever)

Keyshia “XTRA SMOOTH” Cole
“Just Like You”

Lily Allen
“Alright, Still”

The Go! Team
“Proof Of Youth”

BONUS:

Swizz Beatz
“One Man Band Man”

Wilco-Sky Blue Sky(Its artistic)
Gogol Bordello-Super Taranta
Arcade Fire-Neon Bible
Radiohead-In Rainbows
Smashing Pumpkins-Zeitgeist

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!

NIN - Year Zero

Year Zero by Nine Inch Nails

The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! by Saul Williams

arcade fire - neon bible

poison the well - versions

angels of light - we are him

skinny puppy - mythmaker

Nine Inch Nails: Year Zero
Saul Williams: The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!

Year Zero by Nine Inch Nails
American Gangster by Jay-Z
The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! Saul Williams

kings of leon
of montreal
arctic monkeys
elliot smith- new moon
the hives

Wilco
The Pipettes
Polyphonic Spree
The Fratellis

“Year Zero,” Nine Inch Nails
“The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!” Saul Williams

Sorry, I couldn’t settle on just 5 so you’ll have to settle for 6:

Volta - Bjork
Infinity on High - Fall Out Boy
Our Love To Admire - Interpol
West - Lucinda Williams
White Chalk - PJ Harvey
Zeitgeist - Smashing Pumpkins

M.I.A.-Kala
Kings of Leon-Because of the Times
RADIOHEAD-IN RAINBOWS….DUH!!!!

kanye west!?
sorry ppl, i love kanye but the cover of the album sucks
Interpol”our Love to admire”
M.I.A Kala
Kings of Leon “because of the times”

NIN - Year Zero
Puscifer - V is for Vagina
Kanye West - Graduation

Polyphonic Spree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shank Frank and the Blizzardos

Wilco
Arcade Fire
RADIOHEAD

My Best Covers of 2007:

The Clientele - God Save the Clientele
Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta
The Polyphonic Spree - Fragile Army
Kanye West - Graduation
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Feist - The Reminder
The Fratellis - Costello Music