Worst must be 'Dirty Work'. It sucks.

But the best... To be honest none of them is specatular. But it´s nice that they have tried to use different artists and tried different styles.

Ok, I say 'Out Of Our Heads'. Very classical 60s style and nice typeface. Other hot contenders are:

Get Yer Ya Ya's Out
Love You Live
Bridges to Babylon
Decembers Children
Black And Blue
Tattoo You
Beggars Banquet
Aftermath

Ok, time for you to say what you think!

Worst..... Flashpoint
Best ..... Their Satanic Majesties

Worst Flashpoint
Best Zippered Sticky Fingers an absolute obvious choice

Rgds
Rod

THe WORST: FLASHPOINT, A BIGGER BANG, GOATS HEAD SOUP,

THE BEST: Some Girls, EXILE, TATTOO YOU

PECMAN

DrPete Wrote:
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> Worst..... Flashpoint
> Best ..... Their Satanic Majesties


I agree w/ DR Pete.

don't give me that ole one two, one two three four

best
1. through the past darkly
2. tsmr
3. s.fingers
4. out of our heads
5. between the buttons


the worst
1. no security
2. bigger bang
3.................the worst all-time cover is jagger's solo p.cool!

BEST : Roger Waters - Pros and Cons of Hitchhicking

WORST: Roger Waters - Radio KAOS

Worst = Flashpoint ,wow is that bad, heres my fav with some promos

best: SOME GIRLS
WORST: bigger bang (what were they thinking, is mick giving keith a handjob?)

best 5for me;
Bravo The Rolling Stones - Germany
Around And Around - Germany
No. 2 - UK
Black And Blue
Aftermath - UK

Worst;
Flashpoint

It's amazing how bad some of the Stones album covers are:

1. Dirty Work - WTF with the Don Johnson suits and the bright colors? Who are these guys? So bad that they covered it with red cellophane when it came out.

2. No Security - Who are those losers? Wonder if they post on IORR?

3. Flashpoint - Slick looking, pointless, anonymous. Could be the cover of any album by any band.

4. Beggars Banquet (original invitation cover) - A compromise and boring. The Beatles did it better with the white album.

5. Goat's Head Soup - Mick with the Bonnet - pretty distressing. Would place higher, except Keith looks great on the back and the Goat soup insert is very cool and should have been the cover.

Worst - Steel Wheels
Best - Some Girls

Primitive Cool, fwiw, reminds me of Butt-head crossed with a dingo.

Steel Wheels was weak, but I gave them credit for the special edition, because the metal cover was kind of cool.

Talkin Stones Exile´s my fav. Flashpoint, DW or Steel Wheels ugliest.
ABB´s pretty good.

Talkin non-Stones these three are strong top-candidates:


Fav back cover (Morrison Hotel):

Worst: Bigger bang followed by Flashpoint and Beggars (just childish)
Best: The Rolling Stones (check out Brian, OMG), Some girls, Black n blue, Love you live, Sticky, Let it bleed, Exile, Aftermath

Worst : Flashpoint
Best : Aftermath - UK (I am not objective: it's my preferred album)

yeah, both the Afermath covers are mighty hip.
Out of Our Heads [UK] is great too, and Between the Buttons, and Black & Blue.

Best: Sticky Fingers, Exile, Between The Buttons, Out Of Our Heads (UK), Stripped
Worst: Sucking In The 70s, Jump Back

I don't like any of the late "abstarct' ones: SW, VL, B2B and Falshpoint. NS is just...beyond comprehension. A band as big as the Stones with something as idiotic as that cover.
I love all the older ones. The first 5 to 6 ones. Buttons is beautiful. Satanic = perfect. BB is made up with that great inside cover. And I love GHS, and the Wagnerian IORR too.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

best: exile on main street,
sticky fingers,
it's only rock and roll,
some girls,
undercover

worst:
flashpoint
dirty work
steel wheels
voodoo lounge
metamorphosis

Charles Baudelaire
1821-1869

I think the Stones could win a prize for having the worst album covers in the business. It's amazing how bad most of them are. I think they pretend to be artsy or something. Most of them are pure shit IMO. And I absolutely hate the ABB cover. Lousy.

I like Black & Blue, Love You Live and Sticky Fingers best.

Mick's Solo Album covers are much better. I like the WS and GITD covers. PC is awful, could be a Stones cover.

Best: Sticky Fingers, Some Girls...... Worst: Tie between Flashpoint, Bridges to Babylon, No Security, Steel wheels, Emotional Rescue

Worst: No Security / Voodoo Lounge
Best: Tattoo You / It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

Let It Bleed
Some Girls (uncensored)
Out Of Our Heads (export version)
The Rolling Stones (promotional album)
Bravo Hor Zu



The Worst.
Flaspoint
Dirty Work
Still Life.

Anyone checked out Q's 100 Best Record Covers?

worst: emotional rescue
best: sucking in the seventies, it's briljant...........

worst single: out of tears, it's just as bad as the song!
best single: Jumpin'Jack Flash

Best - Let It Bleed, Sticky, Some Girls, Love You Live

Not crazy about ABB, hire an artist!



Black girls just want to get. . . .all night.

Best Sticky Fingers,closely followed by the Spanish cover.

Worst Beggars Banquet,cleaned up version.

I don't like ABB, but what I did was fold the CD booklet inside out, so that the image of Keith and Ronnie from the center becomes the cover (W/Mick and Charlie on the back). Try it -- it looks pretty cool.

Haha! I Love that:"Primitive Cool was awful. Could have been a Stones cover".
The thing about all four of Jagger's solo albums is that they are ALL dated now. He is so careful to get into the current trip that hye foregoes any kind of subtlety.
1 - you had the stupid "Wheel of Fortune" and the jogging tight pants.
2 - was that ridiculous "artsy" abstract baloney
3 - was good but he was going for the Heroin-chic
4 - is now looking back..just..it makes me laugh. I mean, what the..?? What is that in his pants on a pedestal and a guitarz?? I guess, he is going back to basics. I don't know what to call it but it is ceratinly not a sweeping image.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

Easily the best: Exile. Great piece of work by Robert Frank, covering the content (Americana)
Worst: the last four albums: BtB, No Security, Live LIcks, ABB.

Interesting to see that the best albums seem to produce the best covers (LIB, SF, Exile, Some Girls)

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