Best Rush Album Cover Artwork

[treeduck]

Which album cover do you like in terms of artwork, not nostagia as in "ohhh this one takes me back to when I etc etc etc" which design does it for you?

 

Me? Well i really like Feedback as I'm a sucker for bright colours and retro stylings, even though Feedback isn't a "proper" studio album...

 

What do you lot think?

 

(btw if this poll's been done before you KNOW it's not been done as well as this, you KNOW it's true!!

[rushfanNlv]

GUP for sure. It's just so colorful and deep. I've always loved that cover. If the colors were not so complex, that would be the Rush tattoo that I would get.

 

Has anyone noticed that in the Movie Nightmare on Elm Street, Johnny Depp's character has the GUP poster right above his bed? Pretty cool rush sighting there.

[Rush!]

Hemispheres is my favorite. I don't know why, I really like all of 's album covers. I just like the overall "artsy" feel to Hemispheres.

[treeduck]

Before Feedback it was always Fly by Night for me, hence the avatar...

 

Hemispheres was always the "famous" one...

[bytor11]

GUP is my favorite, Hugh at his finest. That piece of art is visually striking and complex.

[Kudzu]

Vapor Trails, closely followed by Grace Under Pressure.

[treeduck]

QUOTE (bytor11 @ Aug 17 2006, 01:54 PM)

GUP is my favorite, Hugh at his finest. That piece of art is visually striking and complex.

Hugh has that on his website and a full version of Test for Echo. You can't "borrow" any pictures for your comp though it's a flash site...

 

http://www.hughsyme.com/test.html

[third hand grace]

I voted for GUP, but if were talking backsides of albums to me the best of all is Caress of Steel's twisted tree.

[Maddy]

Grace Under Pressure, although the owl on Fly By Night reminds me of my grumpy parrot Dharma when he's annoyed about something (which he usually is; he's such a curmugeon.)

[treeduck]

QUOTE (Maddy @ Aug 17 2006, 02:34 PM)

Grace Under Pressure, although the owl on Fly By Night reminds me of my grumpy parrot Dharma when he's annoyed about something (which he usually is; he's such a curmugeon.)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/697/flybynightclosewo5.jpg

[GeddyRulz]

It's kind of a toss-up for me between Hugh's two best paintings - Grace Under Pressure and Power Windows. I went with GUP. Carugati's owl gets honorable mention.

[YYZ Working Man]

in order of top 4 would be

 

GUP

MP

AfTk

VT

 

I like the concept of FBN but they could have gone with a little more detailed Owl- something more graphic on the owl.

 

FBN could have likely been the best if that happened

[Padfoot]

I voted for GUP - the cover immeditely drew my attention to it, the first time I saw it.

 

But I absolutely love the concept of Moving Pictures and could have easily voted for it instead.

[Grandpa Grizz]

Hemispheres. I'm fond of Presto as well.

[fledgehog]

Test for Echo.

[treeduck]

QUOTE (fledgehog @ Aug 17 2006, 05:44 PM)

Test for Echo.

I like that one too...

[deadwing2112]

Grace Under Pressure for me also. Except Moving Picture had a very cool concept also. I've always liked Signals for some reason also.

[madra sneachta]

AFTK, I've always loved it

[Arleen2112]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j36/arleen2112/kmnjk.jpg

 

Fly by Night has my vote

 

It has always been my favorite.

I love the owls eyes

 

 

*and the ONLY vote so far*

[treeduck]

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/697/flybynightclosewo5.jpg

[Maddy]

QUOTE (treeduck @ Aug 17 2006, 07:36 PM)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/697/flybynightclosewo5.jpg

Yup, that's Dharma's "Get the f*** away from my cage" face.

 

At least until he realizes there's popcorn in the microwave - then all at once he's all "Buddy! Pal! Friend!"

[priest_of_syrinx]

I don't get it, what's the deal with Grace Under Pressure? I think it's one of their lamest cover arts, like some stupid abstract crap...

 

I voted Test For Echo. If I ever got a Rush tattoo, it'd be that sweet rock man!

 

 

EDIT: it's called an Inukshuk...

[Roddy]

GUP's the one, and I've always thought that. It IS abstract, but it's SO eyecatching....

[The Rocinante]

P/G isn't abstract, it's one of the best album covers I've ever seen. Unfortunatly, I forgot about P/G and voted for RTB

[priest_of_syrinx]

QUOTE (The Rocinante @ Aug 17 2006, 08:15 PM)

P/G isn't abstract, it's one of the best album covers I've ever seen. Unfortunatly, I forgot about P/G and voted for RTB

Whatever it is, I think it looks pretty stupid... There's a chicken drummy in the upper left, an eye in the cloud-thingy, a piece of scrap metal, p/g, a big puddle, and a couple drops of blood at the top.