Seeing the interview of Jimmy Fallon and Keith with Fallon asking Keith which Stones albums are his favourite album covers and Keith mentioning Beggars but actually talking about Let It Bleed and then Exile got me thinking (and searching and I couldn't find one for some reason), what would you consider your favourite Stones LP cover and then possibly what would you consider their most historic LP covers? It changes a lot but I've always loved Tattoo You the most for some reason.

FAVES
Tattoo You
Let It Bleed
Undercover
Sticky Fingers
Black And Blue

HISTORICAL
Sticky Fingers
Some Girls
Beggars Banquet - original (RSVP)
Let It Bleed
It's Only Rock'N'Roll

Honestly, my fav is A Bigger Bang
Historically, it could be Sticky Fingers.
My fav inner art is the Black and Blue picture (the band, the beach, the sunset, the ocean... Could be better only if Mick wouldn't step aside)

Beggars Banguet
Sticky Fingers
IORR
Black and Blue
Some Girls
Tattoo You
A Bigger Bang

My favourites:

A Bigger Bang - don't know why, I just like the concept. I didn't notice their reflections on the lower half of the shot for ages.

Dirty Work - perfect shot of the band and everyone's (supposed) mentality at the time.

Black and Blue - killer concept, especially when it's folded out to include the back cover. Keith's whispering into Mick's ear is a pretty cool idea I think.

I'm with stones 78: the original and the best. No words or slogans on the sleeve necessary.

The covers for The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones No.2 and Out of Our Heads are wonderful. A mood all of their own. I think my favourite might be the Out of Our Heads one (the original, nearly the same as that of December's Children ).

The original Some Girls artwork before Lucy sued.

Rolling Stones UK
Rolling Stones 2
Out Of Our Heads UK
Big Hits US
Aftermath UK
Satanic 3d
Beggers white cover
Sticky
Some Girls original
Wandering Sprit
Main Offender

I must admit I'm not that fond of Beggars Banquet's front cover (decrepit toilets give me the horrors) but the banquet photo inside is one of my favourite Stones pictures.

Between The Buttons

Rolling Stones (UK release aka England's Newest Hitmakers)

Rolling Stones # 2 (UK release aka 12 x 5)

Black & Blue

Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass)

Still Life - open it out and it's great!

Voodoo Lounge

I really can't explain why VL is a fave, it's just something that I seem to visually connect with.

The three ones I like are (in ranking order): 1. Sticky Fingers, 2. Black and Blue, 3. Tattoo You. The rest are either passable or horrid!

tattoo you
some girls
sucking in the 70s
sticky fingers

Feel The Fear
And Do It Anyway

2 1 2 0

Most covers pretty good, but what happened with Babylon and Steel Wheels? Terrible..

Love: the original BB; I consider the inner cover to be part of the whole. Unsurpassed for style, elegance, decadence, allure.

Hate: the BB toilet cover. Gross and disgusting.

When you put back the "Black and Blue" in the vynil collection, you discover Mick's eye on the cover egde watching at you
that's a good concept

Black & Blue, Out of our heads, Between the butons, VL.....Love you live.....

I do not like BTB, ABB, UC and let it bleed................

Steel wheels is maybe the worst

Faves:

Exile On Main Street
Beggars Banquet (RSVP)
Get Yer Ya-Yas Out
Let It Bleed
Main Offender
Some Girls
Sticky Fingers (with working zipper)

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KeithNacho
Steel wheels is maybe the worst

agreed...very generic, although Bridges to Babylon is stoopid.

Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, Bigger Bang and No. 2

Between the Buttons

I just love the feeling of rainy moddy English weather
even though it was just vaseline spread on the lens..
Works for me

Marv Peck

Y'all remember that rubber legged boy