Comments on: What album cover is this?

Question: What album cover is this?

joe lisboa — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:50:18 -0800

Classic Rock Filter: I'm looking for the name of a rock LP with a cover design that features a screaming face, essentially purple-hued. I believe it's either Deep Purple or Humble Pie, but Google is failing me ...

... that's about all I've got. From memory, the teeth are prominent, and the face is frozen in what looks like a silent scream. "Cartoony," possibly rendered in colored pencil or oil? Early 70s, perhaps?

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:52:39 -0800

Pink Floyd, The Wall?

By: xil

xil — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:54:30 -0800

Sounds like King Crimson, In the Court of the Crimson King.

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:02:34 -0800

Sounds like King Crimson, In the Court of the Crimson King.

That's exactly what came to mind when I read the question.

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:03:31 -0800

My first guess would be The Wall.

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:05:59 -0800

Here's the image from The Wall, since C_D's image doesn't seem to be working.

But come to think of it, I don't think that image was created until the movie version of The Wall came out. But maybe that's what you were thinking of.

By: LionIndex

LionIndex — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:32:10 -0800

Sounds like King Crimson, In the Court of the Crimson King.

That's exactly what came to mind when I read the question.

Same here.

By: reventlov

reventlov — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:42:57 -0800

For whatever reason, In the Court of the Crimson King was always at the end of my dad's record collection. This put it neatly at eye level for the toddler/small-child me.

That image is indelibly burned into my mind.

Also, it was released in 1969, which supports the early-1970s guess.

By: seawallrunner

seawallrunner — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:45:46 -0800

definitely King Crimson

By: Rock Steady

Rock Steady — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:57:55 -0800

>That image is indelibly burned into my mind.

So true. That and several ELP albums gave me nightmares as a kid. It's what I thought of when I read the question, even though I couldn't think of the name of it right away.

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:10:43 -0800

Best. Album. Cover. Ever.

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:11:08 -0800

(and by that, I'm voting for the Crimson King too)

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:13:05 -0800

several ELP albums gave me nightmares as a kid

Like this one?

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:18:56 -0800

OMG I love Tarkus (well...the A-side). That gave you nightmares?

I was more frightened by Nazareth's "No Mean City", myself.

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:28:37 -0800

In the interest of actually answering the question however, could it be "Blackout" from The Scorpions? Screaming guy with a sorta purplish background...

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:39:50 -0800

I don't know why this is so fascinating to me. Anyways, here's all the studio album covers of Deep Purple, and here's Humble Pie. I'm not seeing any screaming guys. It's probably King Crimson.

By: justkevin

justkevin — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:42:39 -0800

I was thinking The Wall, too, but a diiferent image:

By: nixxon

nixxon — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:31:25 -0800

My first thought was Maggot Brain. No purple, though.

By: Pressed Rat

Pressed Rat — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:18:41 -0800

That link definitely does not have all the Humble Pie covers - it's at least missing Rock ON with the motorcycle drill team cover

By: intermod

intermod — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:36:25 -0800

Well, since you all are posting images in here, I'll fire a volley for Crimson King:

Now try to tell me this isn't what the OP had in mind. The other suggestions fit the description, but only this one is disturbing enough to warrant the obsession ... prove me wrong, Joe ...

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:09:06 -0800

Where's joe?

By: papercake

papercake — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:13:05 -0800

I heard he shot his lady down.

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:32:19 -0800

Whoa, you guys are good. It is, in fact, King Crimson. Sorry it took me a bit to get back here and confirm. Thanks!