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Title: Which Album Has The Best Artwork?
Post by: Bobber on October 25, 2006, 07:49:49 PM: Ha! Another useless poll! I really like those the best. What album has the best artwork in your opinion? Multiple choice is possible!
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Post by: tkitna on October 25, 2006, 11:33:29 PM: I voted for Revolver and it told me to go back and select a valid choice.

I must of gotten it wrong.
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Post by: Hello Goodbye on October 26, 2006, 03:15:50 AM: Quote from: 373
I voted for Revolver and it told me to go back and select a valid choice.

I must of gotten it wrong.

I got the same response when I voted for Rubber Soul.

I've always like that cover best. It was particularly nice hearing Paul tell how it all came about in Anthology.
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Post by: Bobber on October 26, 2006, 09:45:56 AM: I guess the polls are still not working properly... :(
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Post by: ringo rules on October 26, 2006, 10:01:46 AM: Yeah I tried voting for Peppers but didnt work
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Post by: on October 26, 2006, 04:17:49 PM: Artwork for with the beatles always get's me for some reason, i love it..and yeah it didnt count my vote.
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Post by: Wayne L. on October 27, 2006, 03:35:24 PM: I voted for Abbey Road, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, White Album, Beatles For Sale & With The Beatles since it was multiple choice & doesn't work for some reason.
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Post by: Taxgirl on November 10, 2006, 10:21:28 PM: I voted for White Album ;D ;D ;D ;D

Actually the voting doesnt work for me. :-/
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Post by: BlueMeanie on November 11, 2006, 06:18:12 AM: Rubber Soul.

Voting didn't work though.
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Post by: Indica on December 14, 2006, 12:37:36 AM: Revolver - a phenomenal achievement.
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Post by: Bobber on January 05, 2007, 11:18:10 AM: SGT PEPPER IS VOTED NATION'S FAVOURITE ALBUM COVER

The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper
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Post by: Kate on January 06, 2007, 10:39:18 PM: White Album - significant
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Post by: BlueMeanie on January 07, 2007, 10:43:47 AM: Quote from: 37
White Album - significant

But very white!

Still, if you put it in a frame it goes with anything ;D
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Post by: on January 07, 2007, 05:02:26 PM: With the beatles
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Post by: raxo on January 07, 2007, 09:11:16 PM: Quote from: 483

But very white!

Still, if you put it in a frame it goes with anything ;D
I thought there was more than the cover ;)
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Post by: McLennon on January 15, 2007, 11:01:37 PM: Revolver just has that actual drawing effect so it gets my vote! Even though I think Abbey Road and With the Beatles are two very creative images!
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Post by: Will Campbell on January 17, 2007, 06:49:28 AM: My vote's for Revolver.  Second is Rubber Soul.  Given that the two albums could be volume one and volume two anyway, it's no big surprise.

You really need the LP to appreciate the cover - you could look at it every day for a month, go away and come back in a year and see something in the collage that you never saw before.  It's amazing.

I also like the job Klaus did on the three Anthology covers and the subsequent "box" packaging.  That was very cool also.   8)

(Oh and by the way, the voting worked for me)
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Post by: BlueMeanie on January 19, 2007, 10:01:27 AM: I can't believe I'm still the only voter for Beatles For Sale. It's a classic bit of Robert Freeman photography Clearly portraying the downbeat mood of the album. Great stuff, and their first gatefold!
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Post by: raxo on January 19, 2007, 02:00:59 PM: Quote from: 483
I can't believe I'm still the only voter for Beatles For Sale. It's a classic bit of Robert Freeman photography Clearly portraying the downbeat mood of the album. Great stuff, and their first gatefold!

How!!! You can count me in!!! ;D
The first really "artwork", not just a pic for the frontcover ...
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Post by: harihead on January 19, 2007, 06:33:57 PM: I feel your pain, BlueMeanie! Yet they had many good album covers, just as they had many good albums. Drat this slavish adherence to quality! But it's good fun to pick one. (I picked Rubber Soul; just love the colors and the shapes of their faces.)
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Post by: nousha on January 23, 2007, 01:43:35 PM: I tried to make my multiple choice and I did it - so my voice(s) for Abbey Road, Sgt. Pep & Let It Be.
I just like the composition and the sunshine feeling I get when looking at the AR cover (not to mention the funny story with Paul walking barefoot and eyes closed that made so many people feed theit "Paul is dead" theory). Sgt. Pep is just a masterpiece of artwork and was an incontestable phenomenon when it appeared at that time.
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Post by: sewi on February 05, 2007, 12:59:06 PM: Abbey Road is my faovrite album and I think that the artwork was a novelty with no title and the back cover is cool as well. I vote for that.
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Post by: ScareCrow on February 10, 2007, 10:41:51 PM: I really love the Sgt Pepper and Revolver covers.
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Post by: BlueMeanie on February 11, 2007, 05:19:13 PM: To be honest, they're all good. Which is saying something for a lot of 60's covers.

Theen again, Let It Be is pretty ordinary.
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Post by: andersonCouncill on February 12, 2007, 12:03:08 AM: The White Album. Seriously, it's so avant-garde and when taken in context of it's impact, it was such an out there idea for a cover.
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Post by: BlueMeanie on February 13, 2007, 02:04:55 PM: Quote from: 18
The White Album. Seriously, it's so avant-garde and when taken in context of it's impact, it was such an out there idea for a cover.

Coming after something like Sgt. Pepper. The album with the fanciest cover and longest title, to The Beatles, with a plain white cover. Brilliant idea.
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Post by: Bungalow Bill on February 19, 2007, 04:07:54 AM: I chose Rubber Soul cause i love the whole look of it.. it's just like "BANG" right there with the stretched faces and the colours it seems to set the stage for the album
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Post by: Seashell Eyes on February 24, 2007, 02:15:36 AM: I voted for Sgt. Pepper's and Revolver. My favorite Beatle shirt I own is my white Revolver one, because the artwork just makes it a unique shirt. Sgt. Pepper is just genius, and very memorable.
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Post by: somedude210 on February 24, 2007, 04:29:39 PM: i voted revolver, sgt pepper came a close second
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Post by: Andy Smith on March 21, 2007, 11:35:54 PM: I vote Sgt Pepper! It's a cover i can never forget & i've been trying
to memorise all the people on the cover!
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Post by: zoo_gang on March 23, 2007, 01:46:46 AM: I've always liked the cover of With The Beatles. It's just a really good picture of them.
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Post by: Beatlemania on March 25, 2007, 06:04:42 PM: I think that "A hard day`s night" and "Revolver". But every album of Betles has somethink spesial, i`ve never seen something so original...
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Post by: Tara_the_beatle_freak on March 25, 2007, 08:00:25 PM: That's a good question..... ;D personally I'd pick Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band because it had a lot going on, and a lot of symbolism as well.
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Post by: on May 25, 2007, 11:00:15 PM: I voted The White Album Simpley Perfect .

DaveRam

(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w292/davedodo/whitealbum.gif)
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Post by: on May 26, 2007, 03:07:44 AM: I concur.
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Post by: wingsman on June 04, 2007, 03:36:52 PM: Sgt. Pepper for sure.
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Post by: DarkSweetLady on June 11, 2007, 04:52:38 PM: I definitely don't think sgt. pep. is the best....

i voted love... just because when I see that cover it gives me goosebumps...

maybe b/c it is like the legend reborn...there technically not even on the cover but even there shadows are enough to seel the deal...

i love it....

8)
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Post by: Andy Smith on June 11, 2007, 09:45:45 PM: The Anthology cover's have great artwork by Klaus Voorman! but of course
they are not proper albums.
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Post by: DarkSweetLady on June 12, 2007, 05:00:51 PM: i think they should count... i totally agree....

it is like all beatle history squoshed into one little cover....

8)
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Post by: maninthequeue on June 13, 2007, 07:53:01 PM: Sorry for being obvious but it is Sgt Peppers, etc for me.
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Post by: Klang on September 12, 2007, 03:28:23 AM: 'Revolver' for me. It was so fascinating to behold at the time, and still is. The same could be said for '...Pepper's...', of course, but I'm just personally partial to illustration over photos.

:)
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Post by: on September 12, 2007, 11:50:51 PM: Quote from: 63
5. Mike Oldfield
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Post by: Aunt Mimi on September 14, 2007, 10:15:16 PM: 'With The Beatles' got my vote. Great Pic! :)
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Post by: Pasta Cheif on September 16, 2007, 03:39:31 AM: Love Revolver's cover and even have a fondness for Help. Yet, the obvious choice for me is Sgt Pepper.
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Post by: Badfinger_Boogie on September 24, 2007, 04:10:57 AM: The Beatles had a lot of good album covers, but all in all, I'd have to say Sgt Peppers. I have a big poster of it on my wall, and almost every time I study it, I see a new face that I hadn't remembered seeing before. By far one of the most detailed and thought-out covers I've ever seen.

Honorable mentions: Yesterday & Today (both covers), Revolver, The White Album, Abbey Road, Love
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Post by: Beatlemaniac64 on September 25, 2007, 08:09:14 PM: I really like the cover of Sgt.Pepper of course, Rubber Soul 'cause I think it's a great pic of them and I like the whole accidental story behind it, and I like Abbey Road and Hard Day's Night.

As unbelievable as it sounds, the 2nd cousin or something of a friend of my parents helped design the cover for Sgt.Pepper!! :o
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Post by: Kaleidoscope_Eyes on February 03, 2009, 10:21:02 PM: I voted for Rubber Soul and With The Beatles
Love the photography in With The Beatles and Rubber Soul has very nice images too, like the stretchy cover.
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Post by: Geoff on February 05, 2009, 11:31:55 AM: This is probably an eccentric opinion, but I like A Hard Day's Night best. It's very straightforward, but it implies that the Beatles have arrived and are here to stay.

(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm317/geoffw_2008/AHDN-1-1.jpg)
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Post by: Penny Lane on February 05, 2009, 02:48:49 PM: ^ I voted for "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Etcetera"(?) ;D but I enjoy the "AHDN" cover too. I just love its humor.
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Post by: Mrs Lennon on February 05, 2009, 10:20:47 PM: Quote from: 63
SGT PEPPER IS VOTED NATION'S FAVOURITE ALBUM COVER

The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper
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Post by: Euan Buchan on February 06, 2009, 12:47:49 AM: I like Abbey Road
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Post by: Hello Goodbye on February 06, 2009, 03:04:30 AM: Quote from: 596
I voted for Rubber Soul and With The Beatles
Love the photography in With The Beatles and Rubber Soul has very nice images too, like the stretchy cover.

I voted for Rubber Soul too. It's always been my favorite and deserves another look-see:

(http://www.thebeatles.com/core/music/rubbersoul/1.jpg)
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Post by: liliom on February 06, 2009, 07:27:47 PM: The Beatles Again,i've always thought it was a new album when it's released! a big thrill!
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Post by: liliom on February 06, 2009, 07:30:41 PM: The Beatles Again,i've always thought it was a new album when it's released! a big thrill!