Greatest Canadian Album Covers

This room celebrates the bold, bizarre, beautiful, and iconic artwork that has graced the front of Canada’s finest records. Greatest Canadian Album Covers is a visual tribute to the designers, illustrators, photographers, and artists who helped define eras and genres with a single image. From psychedelic masterpieces to DIY punk collages, sleek modernism to outsider oddities—these covers are more than packaging; they’re part of the story. Flip through the sleeves of Canadian music history, one unforgettable image at a time.

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

Les Dales Hawerchuk - ST foldout

Compilation - Winnipeg Vol 1

Melchior Alias - ST BACK

British Modbeats - Mod Is

Rob Jeffrey

Skarecrow - (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que

Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree

In the Beginning

Skarecrow

Plume Latraverse - Le Vieux Show Son Sale BACK

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A Benefit Show by the Village STOP

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Canada Pops Sometimes When We Touch Did You Know?
Baloue, Lewis Romance For Two L'amour
Charlebois, Robert Marie Noël ST
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - My Hands Are Cold ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Mutual Understanding When The World Was Young In Wonderland
Evaporators United Empire Loyalists United Empire Loyalists
Gregorash, Joey Jodie North Country Funk
Heads in the Sky Heads in Rio ST
Dandy, Trevor It's a Long Journey Don't Cry Little Tree
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Fuoco Del Sud (Italian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
Compilation Electric Jug & Blues Band - You Don't Love Me Winnipeg Vol 1
Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
Compilation Alaci Tulaugak & Nellie Nungak - Sound of Wind ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Evaporators Oh Baby United Empire Loyalists
Bunchofuckingoofs Aidsaphobia Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Evaporators Vampire Blues United Empire Loyalists
Baloue, Lewis Let's Fall in Love Tonight L'amour
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Fernando (Abba) Peter & Mary And Friends
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Sakura (Japanese) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Islanders Two Green Green Grass Of Home Personally Yours
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
Gregorash, Joey Freedom Means Love North Country Funk
Compilation Good Fortune - Ring in His Nose Winnipeg Vol 1
Gregorash, Joey Sugar Ride North Country Funk
L'infonie finale Vol 3
British North American Act If You're Looking for Honey In the Beginning
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Evaporators Pillars in the Room United Empire Loyalists
Gregorash, Joey The Key North Country Funk
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Pleasure Garden Vini Vidi Vici
Bunchofuckingoofs CMD Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Canada Pops One Fine Morning Did You Know?
Dandy, Trevor Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Unselfconsciously Canadian
Mutual Understanding Pretty People In Wonderland
Moses Sit Down End of the Line
Heads in the Sky On My Way to Freedom ST
Charlebois, Robert Doux sauvage ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Houston All My Life ST
Canada Pops Up Where We Belong Did You Know?
Melchior Alias Une facon de parler ST
Moses I'm Onto You End of the Line
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Adiadyll Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Wankin Family No Justice We Did It For the Kids
Wankin Family We Do it for the Kids We Did It For the Kids
Dales Hawerchuk, Les En déshabillé ST
Pomerance, Erica We Came Via You Used To Think
Dandy, Trevor Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Alaci Tulaugak - Sound of Panting Dogs ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
L'infonie Ode L' affaire - Ouverture Vol 3
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) You Needed Me (Goodrum, Chappell, Ironside) Peter & Mary And Friends
Evaporators Your Instrument Does Not Affect Me United Empire Loyalists
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Vini Vidi Vici Vini Vidi Vici
British North American Act The World Would Understand In the Beginning
British Modbeats Don't Answer Me Mod Is
Gregorash, Joey Dollar Bill North Country Funk
Islanders Two Highway Driving Personally Yours
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny New York Grief Vini Vidi Vici
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Listen to the Rain (Peter Jansen) Peter & Mary And Friends
Evaporators Baby Send For Me United Empire Loyalists
Tudjaat Kajusita (My Ship Comes In) ST
Canada Pops These Eyes Did You Know?
Canada Pops Both Sides Now Did You Know?
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song About a Thumb ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Islanders Two Knocking On Heaven's Door Personally Yours
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Vlajincia Dance (Serbian) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
British Modbeats More Love Mod Is
Islanders Two I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Personally Yours
Fortier, Jean La Reine Araignée ST
British North American Act Just How You Feel In the Beginning
L'infonie Agnus Dei Vol 3
L'infonie Solo Vol 3
Bunchofuckingoofs Molded Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Wankin Family I Left My Heart in Iran (Forgotten Rebels) We Did It For the Kids
CBC Folk Arts Orchestra Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie - Skip to My Lou (American Traditional) Presents Canadians All: A Musical Mosaic of Canadian Folk Songs & Dances from the Prairies: Directed by Dick Seaborn
British Modbeats Land of 1000 Dances Mod Is
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Corps mort ST
British Modbeats Try to Understand Mod Is
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Bobépine Le Vieux Show Son Sale
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Charlow's Boogie Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
La Révolution Française L'amour Québecois
Dufresne, Diane A part de d'ca À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
Moses 53 Chevy (Heebner's Blues) End of the Line
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Me case es su casa ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Walk Out of My Mind (Lane, Tree Music) Peter & Mary And Friends
Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
Bunchofuckingoofs Coke - The Real Thing for Real Assholes Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Bunchofuckingoofs Later Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Compilation Electric Jug & Blues Band - The Family Breakdown Winnipeg Vol 1
Evaporators It's My Pride (Randy Bachman) United Empire Loyalists
Wankin Family Imaginary Lines We Did It For the Kids
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Lord of the Dance (traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
Tudjaat Hear Me ST
La Révolution Française Pierre-Paul Ladouceur Québecois

Comments

Anonymous

A few other incredible covers: Harmonium (Les cinq saisons), Spirit of Christmas (Lies to Live By) and Jarvis Street Revue (Mr. Oilman). Not only do these covers stand alone as incredible artwork, they also capture perfectly the spirit of the music they represent - vk