
Without a doubt, "Felona e Sorona" is Le ORME at the top of their game, going for a concept about two opposing planets. They had already released two albums in the prog vein ("Collage", which seems to only get a lukewarm response, and "Uomo di Pezza", where response is much greater), with just three guys, Aldo Tagliapietra, Michi dei Rossi, and Toni Pagliuca (the two guys from the early years had long since left the band). The next Le ORME album I got was "Felona e Sorona", and I couldn't be more surprised how different this album sounded. It was "Ad Gloriam", an odd pick given that album isn't what you call progressive (it was psychedelic pop). Soul Food album by Raven Wolf – PugDogRecords.I remembered the first Le ORME album I ever bought. Ambient Monkeys album by Tangerine Dream – ġ5. The Fusion Syndicate album by Billy Sherwood – ġ4. Logical Drift album by Logical Drift – ġ3. Great and Terrible Potions album by Ben Craven – ħ.

Floating on a Melody album by Christopher Boscole – Ħ. Island Paradise album by Hennie Bekker – ģ. The cover artwork shown is courtesy of each artist. Read the publication Reader’s Poll: The Best Album Covers of all time, along with the Wikipedia page for Best Recording Package. While each organization makes their selections for the best album cover art based on different rules or guidelines, in terms of aesthetic value, the cover art collection I selected gives you get the best of both worlds, so sit back, close your eyes, and enjoy the music! When selecting the Best Album Cover Artwork below, I decided to go a step further by choosing 16 visually and audibly appealing album covers in the Instrumental, New Age, Progressive Rock, and World music genres. There is even a GRAMMY® Award for Best Recording Package, which began in 1959 with the first award given to Frank Sinatra for the LP vinyl record cover Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely. The Rolling Stones (band) Sticky Fingers album with a working zipper and a painting by Andy Warhol are two more famous album covers readers selected the best album covers in Rolling Stone’s Top 100 list. The Rolling Stone Magazine’s list, chosen by readers was often selected based on their notoriety or artwork created for superstar artists or famous celebrities.

If you visit Rolling Stones Magazine, you will most likely recognize the album artwork in their publication. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon & Nirvana’s Nevermind album, were the top 3 best album cover art picks. The Rolling Stones Magazine published a reader’s poll of the best album covers of all time last year. In some cases the visual features of an album cover can influence a consumer, and may even prevent a shopper from making a purchase.Ĭover artwork for any music genre is in effect, an artistic statement to the contents inside like an advertisement. For many consumers however the visual qualities of album cover artwork created by a designer or photographer can make a difference. When selecting music for yourself or for another as a gift, it’s obvious from an auditory point of view the album cover artwork has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the quality of music you are about to purchase.
