Directors Album Cover Art: A Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Walter Kittel]

Nominate:
Abraxas - Santana

Second:
Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake, & Palmer

- Walter.

 

[Angelo.M]

1 Abbey Road, The Beatles (Angelo.M)
2 Kind of Blue, Miles Davis (Lew)
3 Blind Faith (george)
4 Season of Glass, Yoko Ono (Rain)
5 Tommy, The Who (Jim_K)
6 Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Derek and the Dominos (Dome)
7 Relayer, Yes (Brook)
8 Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin (Zen)
9 Mother's Milk, Red Hot Chili Peppers (Brian)
10 The Velvet Underground & Nico (John Wilson)
11 Weasels Ripped My Flesh, Frank Zappa (Martin)
12 Whipped Cream & Other Delights, Herb Alpert (Chris)
13 News of the World, Queen (Scott)
14 Surfing with the Alien, Joe Satriani (Agee)
15 Disintegration, The Cure
16 Led Zeppelin (IV)
17 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
18 Trout Mast Replica, Capt. Beefheart
19 A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles
20 Nothing's Shocking, Jane's Addiction
21 Bitches Brew, Miles Davis
22 The Beatles (White Album)
23 Music from Big Pink, The Band
24 No Code, Pearl Jam
25 War, U2
26 Candy-O, The Cars
27 Electric Ladyland, Jimi Hendrix
28 Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
29 Lost Souls, Spaccanapoli (Steve)
30 Disraeli Gears, Cream
31 License to Ill, Beastie Boys
32 Brain Salad Surgery, Emerson, Lake + Palmer

33 Nevermind, Nirvana
34 Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
35 Honey, Ohio Players
36 Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
37 Revolver, The Beatles
38 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
39 Are You Experienced?, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
40 Rubber Soul, The Beatles
41 Who's Next, The Who
42 Dig Your Own Hole, The Chemical Brothers
43 London Calling, The Clash
44 Abraxas, Santana
45 Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones
46 Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth
47 Peter Gabriel (III}
48 Within the Realm of a Dying Sun, Dead Can Dance
49 Country Life, Roxy Music
50 Aja, Steely Dan
51 The Meeting Pool, Baka Beyond
52 Quadraphenia, The Who
53 Two Virgins, John Lennon
54 We're Only in It for the Money, Frank Zappa
54 Let it Bleed, The Rolling Stones
55 Blue, Joni Mitchell
56 With the Beatles

Nominated
Trio, L. Ronstadt, D. Parton, E. Harris
Der Ring des Nibelugen, R. Wagner, Solti conducting
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, Richard & Linda Thompson
All Shook Down, The Replacements
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, Alanis Morissette
Smell the Glove, Spinal Tap
Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth
Maggot Brain, Funkadelic
Closer, Joy Division
Blues for Allah, Grateful Dead
Aladdin Sane, David Bowie
Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
Buena Vista Social Club
Beautiful Freak, The Eels
Diary, Sunny Day Real Estate
Strangers from the Universe, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan, Mackerras conducting
The Real Deal: Greatest Hits 2, Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble
Wonderwall, George Harrison
Unhalfbricking, Fairport Convention
Are You OK?, Was (Not Was)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Black Sabbath
Aenima, Tool
Soup, Blind Melon
Yield, Pearl Jam
Spledor Solis, Tea Party
Talking with the Taxman About Poetry, Billy Bragg
Schubert's 8th/Mendelssohn's 4th, Sinopoli
Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathrusa/Don Juan, von Karajan
Meat is Murder, The Smiths
Amorica, The Black Crows
Vulgar Display of Power, Pantera
Throwing Copper, Live
Turn of a Friendly Card, Alan Parsons Project
Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
In My Tribe, 10,000 Maniacs
The Essential Michael Nyman Band
Save Our Children, Pharoah Sanders
Matapedia, Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Requiem/Pelleas et Melisande/Pavane, Gabriel Faure, Dutoit conducting
Chicago IX (Greatest Hits I))
A Date With Elvis, The Cramps
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Spiritualized
Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen
Bookends, Simon & Garfunkel
A Love Supreme, John Coltrane
Hejira, Joni Mitchell
Fresh, Sly & the Family Stone
Live 93, The Orb
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Genesis
U2, Negativland
Chocolate & Cheese, Ween

 

[Angelo.M]

• List on Page 3 is updated.
• Two more seconds for everyone who's participated to this point. Total of 4 seconds for everyone.
• We'll stop at 64 albums.

 

[Chris Moe]

My new seconds:

Nevermind, Nirvana
Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd

 

[MartinTeller]

I'll second Honey by Ohio Players

 

[MartinTeller]

Noms:

A Date With Elvis, The Cramps
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Spiritualized

note: the correct spelling for that Zappa album is WEASELS.

 

[george kaplan]

I'll second

Revolver

Dark Side of the Moon

 

[Jim_K]

I'll second

Who's Next, The Who
Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
Are You Experienced?, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Rubber Soul, The Beatles

 

[Angelo.M]

List updated.

 

[Zen Butler]

My new seconds:

Dig Your Own Hole, The Chemical Brothers
London Calling, The Clash


eels-beautiful freak

 

[Angelo.M]

Interesting site...

The Greatest Album Covers that Never Were

 

[SteveGon]

I'll second:

Abraxas
Sticky Fingers

 

[Angelo.M]

Let's get this thing rolling. I'm increasing noms/seconds to 10/4 for everyone.

Adding these nominations:

Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen
Aja, Steely Dan
Bookends, Simon & Garfunkel
A Love Supreme, John Coltrane
Hejira, Joni Mitchell

 

[MartinTeller]

Nominate:
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun, Dead Can Dance
Peter Gabriel (III), Peter Gabriel (the one with the melting face)
Live 93, The Orb
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Genesis
U2, Negativland


Second:
Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth
Licensed to Ill, Beastie Boys

 

[MartinTeller]

Since some of my noms are a bit lesser-known, here they are:

 

[Chris Moe]

Martin I already nominated Peter Gabriel, you can second my nomination if you want

 

[MartinTeller]

Oh whoops!

I'll replace that nomination with Fresh by Sly & the Family Stone.




I'll 2nd Gabriel if Angelo hands out any more seconds.

 

[Chris Moe]

Well you seconded License to Ill which has already been seconded too.

 

[MartinTeller]

Oh, I see... it's on both lists.

Okay, then, I second Peter Gabriel

 

[Angelo.M]

List updated on Page 3. We're getting there.

And someone cancel Martin's bar tab...

Reminder: 10 nominations and 4 seconds for everyone. I'd like to get this tournament started by tomorrow morning.