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Post by cammythemortonfan on Jun 13, 2024 12:22:55 GMT
Inspired by the WYW thread, what is everyone’s favourite album cover ?
Piledriver is brilliant but i have a penchant for Heavy Traffic.
It was different, eye catching and i liked how all the band were on it.
Any thoughts ?
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Alabama 3, ZZ Top, Paul van Dyk, Jeff Beck, Bowie, Gerry Rafferty, Band of Skulls, UFO, S.A.H.B
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Post by mortified on Jun 13, 2024 12:31:07 GMT
It's either Piledriver, Dog or Quo.
I think I'll plump for Piledriver. It's truly iconic (as are Quo and Hello! admittedly) but this was the image that set me - and the band - on their way.
I think it's actually my favourite album cover of any artist. It captures a moment in time like no other.
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Post by markquo on Jun 13, 2024 12:41:22 GMT
Quo or NTL for me Cheers
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Post by railroad007 on Jun 13, 2024 12:51:14 GMT
It's either Piledriver, Dog or Quo. I think I'll plump for Piledriver. It's truly iconic (as are Quo and Hello! admittedly) but this was the image that set me - and the band - on their way. I think it's actually my favourite album cover of any artist. It captures a moment in time like no other. Agreed, the whole thing is wonderful, you know they're not playing a ballad.
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Favourite Quo Album: 'Hello' [and 'Quo Live']
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Post by gerh on Jun 13, 2024 13:04:12 GMT
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Post by railroad007 on Jun 13, 2024 15:58:59 GMT
The whole gate fold, the big fcuk off ape with a bomb, inspired by Dr Strangelove?, the picture's inside. This isn't some finger in the ear bunch of uni/art school classically trained musico's ripping off Mozart or telling us how it is with interminable guitar solo's and songs by deservedly obscure Delta bluesmen.
This is Status Quo, this is Piledriver,this is where Paper Plane lives,this is more, this changed you forever,this is what you really wanted and this is 52 years later.This is what genius sounds like and you still love it.
You were right.
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Favourite Quo Album: Dog Of Two Head, Piledriver, Hello, Quo, Live
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Post by col on Jun 13, 2024 16:05:20 GMT
The Dog, The Piledriver Gorilla, Quo and Live!
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Post by 4th Chord on Jun 13, 2024 16:25:06 GMT
Hello. It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
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Post by gerh on Jun 13, 2024 17:00:46 GMT
The Dog, The Piledriver Gorilla, Quo and Live! Ooh yeah, forgot about ‘Live’ another of my all-time favourites. Mind you, so is ‘Tales from Topographic Oceans’ 🤪.
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Post by Victor on Jun 13, 2024 17:43:45 GMT
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Post by roadhouse on Jun 13, 2024 18:51:09 GMT
Just Supposin' or Never Too Late for me 👍
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Post by stringybob on Jun 13, 2024 19:18:20 GMT
Quo, with Hello! and On The Level as runners up. Coincidentally my three favourite albums (in that order) as well!
Worst sleeve: I almost went for Aquostic - Stripped Bare but then I remembered who was on the front of FITLC...
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Post by backwater67 on Jun 13, 2024 20:02:44 GMT
Piledriver or Quo. Both classics in their own right.
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Post by roadhouse on Jun 13, 2024 20:46:10 GMT
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Post by tqontq on Jun 13, 2024 20:52:00 GMT
It's funny, when the music itself suffered, so did the album artwork (Rockin, Heat, 82, BTB, Army and everything after that until HT).
So Dog to Live and then WYW to NTL, all great album covers and great music.
I would say Blue For You is my all time fave. Not just the cover shot but the whole package and whole visual feel of that album. Extremely well done.
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