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
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Bunchofuckingoofs Coke - The Real Thing for Real Assholes Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Lit vert Le Vieux Show Son Sale
Heads in the Sky Three Isle My Land ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Black Knight Master Of Disaster Master of Disaster (EP)
Compilation Judy Singh - Emily Unselfconsciously Canadian
Heads in the Sky Atlantis Lies ST
Islanders Two In The Ghetto Personally Yours
Charlebois, Robert C’est pour ça ST
Heads in the Sky Atomic Energy Sweet: a: Heavy Water; b: Meltdown; c: Requiem ST
Wankin Family T.O. We Did It For the Kids
Tudjaat Qiugaviit ST
Heads in the Sky Heads in the Sky ST
Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) Charlow's Boogie Le Vieux Show Son Sale
British Modbeats Don't Answer Me Mod Is
Melchior Alias Totor Melchior ST
Dandy, Trevor It's a Long Journey Don't Cry Little Tree
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Wild Mountain in the Thyme (Scottish traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
La Révolution Française Québecois Québecois
Dixon, Glenn Bathtub Bravery Cardboard Heroes
Pagliaro, Michel Ballad of Bessie Rosanne Pagliaro
Charlebois, Robert Demain l'hiver ST
Bunchofuckingoofs CMD Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Crocodile ST
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) You Needed Me (Goodrum, Chappell, Ironside) Peter & Mary And Friends
Gregorash, Joey Freedom Means Love North Country Funk
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of Northern Lights ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Wankin Family I Left My Heart in Iran (Forgotten Rebels) We Did It For the Kids
Canada Pops Until It's Time For You To Go Did You Know?
Canada Pops Walk Hand In Hand Did You Know?
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Mary Sivuarapik - Sound of a Cooking Seal Flipper ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song for a Baby ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
La Révolution Française Americas Québecois
Bunchofuckingoofs Aidsaphobia Carnival of Chaos + Carnage
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Shake the Dust (Alan MacRae, Canint - Natson) Peter & Mary And Friends
Black Knight Aaraigathor (Metal Anthem) Master of Disaster (EP)
British Modbeats Watcha Gonna Do About It Mod Is
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Baloue, Lewis Love Showered Me L'amour
La Révolution Française Et la terre tournera Québecois
Dufresne, Diane Comme des chiens À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben / Opéra cirque
L'infonie finale Vol 3
Houston Elizabeth ST
Fortier, Jean Philistins ST
Wankin Family We Do it for the Kids We Did It For the Kids
Gregorash, Joey Jodie North Country Funk
Wankin Family No Justice We Did It For the Kids
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Mais où est donc Carnior ST
Fortier, Jean La Chanson Pour Whizzim ST
Pagliaro, Michel Northern Star Pagliaro
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
Dixon, Glenn No Cause for Alarm Cardboard Heroes
L'infonie J'ai perdu 15 cents dans le nez froid d'un ange bronze Vol 3
Moses Sit Down End of the Line
Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
Evaporators Oh Baby United Empire Loyalists
Compilation Alasi Alasuak & Nellie Nungak - Story of a Goose ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Compilation Nellie Nungak & Mary Sivuarapik - Mother Singing a Baby to Sleep On Her Back ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Tudjaat Hear Me ST
Houston Pretty Millie ST
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Canada Pops Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft Did You Know?
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Walk Out of My Mind (Lane, Tree Music) Peter & Mary And Friends
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 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Personally Yours
Houston Fly ST
Compilation The Fifth - You Don't Seem to Care Winnipeg Vol 1
Canada Pops The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Did You Know?
Moses Nobody End of the Line
Vini Vidi Vici with Princess Demeny Pleasure Garden Vini Vidi Vici
British Modbeats L.S.D. Mod Is
Dales Hawerchuk, Les J'monte au lac ST
Houston Mucho Gusto ST
Iron Gypsy For the Crown ST
Tudjaat Traditional Throat Song Medley ST
Islanders Two Six Days On The Road Personally Yours
Fortier, Jean La Paix Soit Avec Nous ST
British North American Act I'll Find a Way In the Beginning
Gregorash, Joey Don't Let Your Pride Get You Girl North Country Funk
Compilation Lucy Amarualik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of Sea Weed ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Gregorash, Joey Make a Better Place North Country Funk
Dales Hawerchuk, Les Abuse de moé ST
Compilation Alasi Alasuak, Nellie Nungak, Mary Sivuarapik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of a Name (For a Boy) ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
L'infonie Agnus Dei Vol 3
Canada Pops My Way Did You Know?
Houston Fast Thinkin' Sam ST
Iron Gypsy Hell 'n' Back ST
Dixon, Glenn A Song for Canada Cardboard Heroes
Peter & Mary (Peter Jansen & Mary Kingsley) Lord of the Dance (traditional) Peter & Mary And Friends
Compilation Alasi Alasuak, Nellie Nungak, Mary Sivuarapik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song of a Little Girl ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Black Knight Born To Rock Master of Disaster (EP)
Dandy, Trevor Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
La Révolution Française Bingo Québecois
Compilation Alasi Alasuak, Nellie Nungak, Mary Sivuarapik & Alaci Tulaugak - Song About the World ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk
Compilation Alasi Alasuak - Song of a Three Stringed Fiddle ᐊᕐᓇᐄᑦ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥᐆᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔭᑐᑦ ᐊᒪᓗ ᕐᑲᓂᕐᐸᓗᑐᑦ Inuit Throat And Harp Songs: Eskimo Women's Music Of Povungnituk

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