The Syndicate

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:So much prog around here but Camel gets no love.

I love Camel, but am not so into their album covers. Mirage is fantastic, particularly the keyboard solo on Nimrodel.

Great lists, MP and Epi! In the Land of Grey and Pink really does have a great cover, although I don't like the album at all.

Golden wrote:When everyones done this, I'm going to make my top 10 top 10 album cover lists by members of the syndicate.

At the moment, Jay ranks above llama for me.

I just realized that this whole list is a Six Degrees of Brian Eno game waiting to be played. That man runs like a thread through the tapestry of my musical taste.

I was perusing a book of rock album covers at the book store the other day, and I thought it might be fun to give our top ten favorite album covers. You don't even have to like the music, just the cover!

Here are mine, and it turns out that by happy coincidence, these are all among my favorite albums musically as well as graphically. No particular order.


King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King


Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish


Brian Eno - Another Green World


Cluster 71


The Crazy World of Arthur Brown


The Velvet Underground and Nico


T.Rex - The Slider


Elvis Costello - This Year's Model


Penguin Cafe Orchestra


David Bowie - Low