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Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2021 1:14 am

I question any list that doesn't have Ten and S/T in the bottom 3.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2021 2:06 am

The only reason I rank Ten higher than some of the others is that there's actually an original creative impulse behind it and it's not just cut and paste. There's a real sentiment and thematic effort there. While that doesn't make it good, it's not nothing, and it's easily better than aping someone else's work.

To be clear, the Ten cover isn't good.

digster · **Joined:** Thu January 03, 2013 1:10 am **Posts:** 3879

Riot Act's definitely the best, in my opinion. It manages to be an evocative image in its own right while expertly capturing how it feels to listen to that record (I feel that many album covers, even good ones, tend to only nail one of these).

Something like...

Riot Act
Yield
Vs.
No Code
Binaural
Vitalogy
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt
Ten
Gigaton
S/T

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2021 2:38 am

digster wrote:

Riot Act's definitely the best, in my opinion. It manages to be an evocative image in its own right while expertly capturing how it feels to listen to that record (I feel that many album covers, even good ones, tend to only nail one of these).

Something like...

Riot Act
Yield
Vs.
No Code
Binaural
Vitalogy
Backspacer
Lightning Bolt
Ten
Gigaton
S/T

Completely agree about Riot Act's cover.

Anders · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2021 5:14 am

Yield's cover also captures a feeling, that you can then get in a lot of the music.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2021 5:19 am

Anders wrote:

Yield's cover also captures a feeling, that you can then get in a lot of the music.

Also true.

Tsuga · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2021 12:09 pm

Vitalogy
Vs.
No Code
Riot Act
Gigaton
Binaural
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer
Ten
Yield
Pearl Jam

B · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2021 2:29 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:

I question any list that doesn't have Ten and S/T in the bottom 3.

I wish I could find the thread where we added avocados to every album cover in the history of music. Good times!

joostone · **Posted:** Tue May 11, 2021 4:20 pm

my artwork on vinyl ranking:

01- Riot Act
02- No Code
03- Yield
04- Vitalogy
05- Gigaton
06- Lost Dogs
07- Backspacer
08- Binaural
09- Vs
10- Lightning Bolt
10- Avocado
11- Ten

Ten and Vs are better on cd. Avocado is way better on vinyl.

Buby · **Posted:** Tue June 15, 2021 5:37 pm

RockPusher · **Posted:** Sun February 11, 2024 6:33 am

RockPusher wrote:

1. Vitalogy
2. Riot Act
3. Pearl Jam
4. Yield
5. Binaural
6. Gigaton
7. Vs
8. Ten
9. Backspacer
10. No Code
11. Lightning Bolt

If I were ranking Lost Dogs it would be near the top. Love that image.

If what we've seen of Dark Matter is really the cover, I'd rank it 7th behind Gigaton and ahead of Vs

Anders · **Posted:** Sun February 11, 2024 8:20 am

Would be fairly low for me, but much better than their worst cover in Lightning Bolt.

Val · **Joined:** Thu December 07, 2023 9:27 am **Posts:** 913

No Code was the highest high in terms of package design.
Stellar work.

Nothing else touches it.

Anders · **Posted:** Sun February 11, 2024 9:56 am

Love the packaging for Vitalogy and No Code.

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 11856

Avocado is such a dogshit cover. If it's not dead last, there's something seriously wrong with your eyeballs.

Val · **Joined:** Thu December 07, 2023 9:27 am **Posts:** 913

Ello Sailor wrote:

Avocado is such a dogshit cover. If it's not dead last, there's something seriously wrong with your eyeballs.

The graphic inside the cover was actually decent. Miles ahead of the actual cover.

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39925

lightning bolt has my second favorite overall packaging, but the cover is weak

Ranking just album covers

Riot act
Yield
Vs
No Code
Avocado - i like the absurdity of it
Backspacer
Binaural
Dark Matter
Ten
Gigaton
Lightning Bolt

rick malone · **Posted:** Sun February 11, 2024 2:15 pm

If that is the Dark Matter cover it loses points for being too similar to Binaural.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Sun February 11, 2024 2:21 pm

I think they have just four great albums covers:

No Code
Vs
Riot Act
Binaural

If we’re talking booklet design then I’d be more generous

Bammer · **Posted:** Sun February 11, 2024 2:26 pm

epilogue wrote:

The only reason I rank Ten higher than some of the others is that there's actually an original creative impulse behind it and it's not just cut and paste. There's a real sentiment and thematic effort there. While that doesn't make it good, it's not nothing, and it's easily better than aping someone else's work.

To be clear, the Ten cover isn't good.

Ok but what if the backdrop wasn’t pink. Like what if it was gold or burgundy or something. How about greyscale?

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