Album Covers Top 5 - The Killers + solo albums

[Banana Hammock]

1 The Singles - The First Ten Years
2 Super Trouper
3 Voulez-Vous
4 From ABBA With Love
5 Arrival

 

[Karin Schill]

You can do a quick list of Beatles album, Karin. I will accept more votes for them because of so few voters.

Alright then.

1. Abbey Road
2. Revolver
3. Yesterday and Today
4. On Air - Live at the BBC
5. Yellow Submarine

 

[Emelee]

One week late (sorry for that), but we have a winner. And the winner is.....

1. Super Trouper - 19 points

2. Abba: The Album - 11 points
2. The Visitors - 11 points

4. Arrival - 10 points
4. Voulez-Vous - 10 points
4. Greatest Hits (UK Gatefold) - 10 points
7. Greatest Hits (1975) - 8 p.
8. ABBA - 6 p.
9. Waterloo - 5 p.
9. Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - 5 p.
9. The Singles - The First Ten Years - 5 p.
12. From ABBA With Love - 4 p.
13. Ring Ring - 1 p.


Thanks to all the voters!
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[Emelee]

The Beatles has a new winner because of late votes. The new winner for The Beatles is Abbey Road with 15 points (check page 2).

I will only allow late votes if one artist or group get very few voters. 5 or more voters = no late votes will be edited in.

 

[Willie Oleson]

I will only allow late votes

Oh, you shouldn't, really. It only makes people lazy.

 

[Emelee]

Next up, it's disco diva

Donna Summer

List your favorite album covers by Donna Summer. ​

Top 5 will count, but if you wish, you can list more.
But only the 5 first will get points.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Summer_albums_discography

Last day for voting: Thursday, April 13th.
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And remember:​

Be specific which album you list, as there can be more than one cover version.
Album covers - not singles covers.
Albums include live albums, compilations albums and soundtrack albums.


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[Mel O'Drama]

1. Live And More

A radiantly beautiful Donna captured in full flight by Francesco Scavullo. This is THE Donna Summer picture as far as I'm concerned.




2. The Summer Collection: Greatest Hits

Simple and very effective. Love the sketchy look of this one.




3. Four Seasons Of Love

Like the music on the album, this is sensuality swathed in playfulness and wrapped in class.



4. On The Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II

Perfect for the album title and with endless possibilities for Donna's musical connection.



5. Love To Love You Baby

Sultry, suggestive and soulful.







A few more favourites:



She Works Hard For The Money

More playfulness with Donna seeming to enjoy acting out her role.



The Ultimate Collection (2016)

More iconography. I love how subjective this one feels.



I Feel Love: The Collection

This one scores for using a rarer picture on the cover.





And a special mention for my favourite back cover:


Love To Love You Baby

Very sexy indeed.

 

[Willie Oleson]

1. Donna

2. Live And More (also used for the "I Feel Love '95" single, and "The Journey" collection)

3. A Love Trilogy

4. Walk Away Collector's Edition

I like the lettering. Reminds me of Falcon Crest.

5. On The Radio Greatest Hits (see image posted by Mel O'Drama)

 

[James from London]

My preference is for the somewhat inaccessible, unknowable, even anonymous Donna Summer. Even when she's looking directly into the camera, you can't tell what she's thinking or even if she's thinking anything at all:

1. Once Upon a Time
2. Love to Love You Baby
3. Bad Girls
4. Four Seasons of Love
5. I Remember Yesterday

 

[Willie Oleson]

I find this one a bit scary, it's too...in your face, as it were.

Wait, is it your #2, the one that appears as an "x"?

 

[James from London]

No, my 2 is Mel's 5.

 

[Angela Channing]

1. Live and More
2. All Systems Go
3. Four Seasons of Love
4. A Love Trilogy
5. Lady of The Night
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[Emelee]

1. Four seasons of love
2. Crayons
3. On the radio: Greatest hits
4. The Wanderer
5. A Love Trilogy

 

[Emelee]

Donna Summer's best album cover, according to SC, is....

Live and More

1. Live and More - 14 points
2. Four Seasons of Love - 13 points
3. On The Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II - 6 points
3. A Love Trilogy - 6 points
5. Love To Love You Baby - 5 points
5. Donna - 5 points
5. Once Upon a Time - 5 points
8. The Summer Collection: Greatest Hits - 4 points
8. All Systems Go - 4 points
8. Crayons - 4 points
11. Bad Girls - 3 points
12. Walk Away Collector's Edition - 2 points
12. The Wanderer - 2 points
14. I Remember Yesterday - 1 point
14. Lady of The Night - 1 point


Thanks to all the voters!



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[Emelee]

Next up is another SC favorite....

Kate Bush

List your favorite album covers by Kate Bush.
Top 5 will count, but if you wish, you can list more. ​

But only the 5 first will get points.​

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bush_discography​

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Last day for voting: Saturday, May 6th.​

And remember:


Be specific which album you list, as there can be more than one cover version.​

Album covers - not singles covers.
Albums include live albums, compilations albums and soundtrack albums.
​

 

[Emelee]

My picks are:

1. The Kick Inside
2. Aerial
3. Director's Cut
4. Hounds of Love
5. Lionheart

With #1 and #2, I am especially drawn to the colors and the art.

 

[James from London]

 

[Toni]

Great choice @Emelee!

Here are my five favorite covers by Kate Bush:

 

[Long Lashes]

1 - The Red Shoes

2 - The Sensual World

3 - The Whole Story

4 - Live At Hammersmith Odeon

5 - Hounds Of Love

 

[Mel O'Drama]

My top three was really tough. All three kept getting moved in and out of the top slot. I'm just going to click reply before I change my mind again.



Aerial

The symmetry and calm are captivating.



Never For Ever

This is new to me (thanks James) and really made me smile.



Lionheart

There's something very evocative about the child at play in the attic theme.



The Red Shoes

Iconic. Once seen, never forgotten.



The Kick Inside

I can almost feel the freedom of flying away on a kite under the watchful eye of a giant.







Honorary mention for:

The Single File

This was going to make my top choice even more difficult. But then I realised it was a collection of singles. But then so, too, is a compliation album. Oh - the agonising technicalities.